Our Sealing

Jay and I have been married for almost five years and we just got Sealed with our two beautiful girls in the Salt Lake Temple. 

 I never thought that this would be my life, that I would have so much faith in our Heavenly Father or that being sealed to my family would be so important to me, but it is. I'm so thankful for my husband and my girls if it wasn't for them I would still be lost.

Getting Sealed to my family was so amazing, it gives me peace to know that no matter what we'll be together forever.

My family

Us with my grandparents.

Us with some of my family.

Oh Henry bars

Sorry its been so long! We have been so busy with you know LIFE :) This is one of my favorite sweets its not a new recipe but its still super yummy! 

Oh Henry Bars

1 cup sugar

1 cup light corn syrup 

1 cup peanut butter

rice krispies cereal 

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

In a large pan melt the sugar, corn syrup, and peanut butter together mixing until smooth.

Once its nice and smooth go ahead and mix in the cereal Im not sure how much but just until its the consistency of rice krispie treats. Pour in to a greased pan, melt the chocolate chips and butterscotch chips together and pour over the cereal mixture and let set and enjoy!!!! 

Brazilian Pancakes

I asked my husband what he wanted to eat on fathers day, and he said Brazilian pancakes, so here I am thinking of delicious pancakes  that are super fluffy with maple syrup on them... NO I was completely wrong!  Brazilian pancakes are like a crepe or tortilla filled with meat and served with rice and beans. I was a little weirded out by this recipe and Im still not so sure about it but Jay LOVED them so I guess thats all that matters.

Brazilian Pancakes

Meat Mixture

1lb. Hamburger

1 large tomato(chopped)

1 large onion(chopped)

1 tbs. oil

1 tbs. oregano 

1c. tomato sauce

1 beef bouillon cube

Put the oil in a pan and heat it up add the hamburger, tomato, and onion and brown, when your meat is about half way cooked add the tomato sauce and oregano and the bouillon cube, finish cooking.

 Pancake Mixture

3 cups flour (I only used 2 1/2 cups)

2 cups milk

2 eggs

4 tbs oil

salt to taste 

Mix all together add extra milk if needed. Use a non-stick pan and put just enough to cover the bottom of the pan, don't make it to thick. Flip once they cook pretty fast. Once done put some meat mixture in and roll it up! Some people put tomato sauce on top we didn't. Serve with rice and beans.

Wingers copycat sticky fingers

I love Wingers sticky fingers so when I seen this  recipe on Pinterest I knew I had to try it out, and Im glad I did. I think they are just like Wingers super yummy! And they are super easy like a lot of the things that I make :)

Wingers sticky fingers

1 pkg. frozen breaded chicken strips (We use Tyson brand)

6 Tbl. Frank's Hot Sauce (It has to be Franks Hot Sauce, no other sauce will taste as good)

4 Tbl. water

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

Chicken:

 Prepare the chicken strips as directed on the back of the package.

Sauce:

 Heat hot sauce, water and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, until sugar is dissolved.

Pour sauce over chicken, and enjoy!  Serve with ranch dressing for dipping.

I doubled the sauce because I love it so much I wanted leftovers

put as much sauce as you want.

I ate mine on my salad super yummy!! 

Blackhead remover

I saw this wonderful idea on Pinterest and decided to try it because let's face it we all get blackheads. I loved this, it is super easy and I know it doesn't have a ton of ingredients it just has 2. It worked very well my blackheads are smaller my pores are looking smaller and my skin is so soft! So here is how you do it.

Blackhead remover.

half of a lemon

4-5 drops of honey

Put the honey on the lemon and gently rub on your face, focus on the spots where your blackheads are the worst. Let the honey sit on your skin for 5 minutes or more rinse off with lukewarm water. 

Chinese coleslaw

Sorry its been awhile I have had a lot going on I just got over strep throat so that was fun lol. Anyways this isn't a new recipe but its so yummy and I wanted to share. We LOVE cabbage in our house and this is a super easy and yummy!!

Chinese Coleslaw 

1-2 heads of cabbage 

1 bunch green onions 

2 cups cooked chicken(diced) 

3 pkgs oriental ramen 

Crunch up noodles spread evenly on a baking sheet, bake at 350 for 15 mins stirring every 5(I only cook mine for about 10). While the noddles are toasting and the chicken is cooking cut up your cabbage and green onions and combine in a large bowl. Mix your dressing and put in the fridge until ready to use. When the noodles and chicken are done and have cooled add them to the cabbage and mix in the dressing and enjoy!! 

Dressing 

1 cup veggie oil 

1/4 cup sugar 

3 TBS soy sauce 

1 tsp pepper 

2 tsp vinegar

3 pkg oriental seasoning(from the ramen)

Combine all ingredients mix well.  

My toasted ramen. 

While my noodles where toasting I mixed up my dressing...

And cut up my cabbage and green onions.

All done!! YUMMY!! 

Copycat Outback Steakhouse Alice Springs Chicken

I seen this recipe on Pinterest and thought it look really yummy and it was! They say it is a copycat recipe of Outback Steakhouse's Alice Springs Chicken I have never had it so I cant compare the two (I have only been to Outback twice in my 24 years, I know sad). I did change it a bit from the recipe I found but it turned out really good. 

Chicken with just the seasoning.

The yummy sauce!

All ready for the oven.

All done

Enjoy!!! 

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded to 1/2 inch thickness Lowry's Seasoning Salt
6 bacon slices

1/4 cup regular mustard

1/3 cup honey

2 Tbsp. Mayonnaise

2 teaspoons dried onion flakes(I didnt use them because I didnt have any)
1 cup sliced fresh mushroom (I omitted because my family does not like mushrooms)
2 cup shredded Colby/Jack cheese(I just used cheddar cheese)

First, Sprinkle and rub the chicken breasts with seasoning salt.  Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
While the chicken is in the refrigerator, cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp.  Remove bacon and set aside.  ***Do not discard grease.***

Saute chicken in the bacon grease for 3 to 5 minutes per side, or until browned.  Place chicken in a 9" × 13" casserole dish or pan.

To make the Honey Mustard:  In a small bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise and dried onion flakes.  

Spread some of the Honey Mustard over each piece of chicken, then layer with mushrooms, crumbled bacon, and shredded cheese.

Bake in a 350° oven for 30 minutes, or until cheese is melted and chicken is done.

Serve with the left over Honey Mustard Sauce that you made.

Popsicle stick Stars

So this post is a crafting one, even though its super easy! I made these stars for my daughter Lyla's room her middle name is star so she loves stars. I also made snowflakes back before Christmas these are super easy and really cute! I just started out with good old popsicle sticks, I got mine from the dollar store so I got 150 for $1, and I had some red paint at the house and red is Lyla's favorite color so it worked out perfect! I just painted a bunch of sticks and let them dry and cut 5 in half to make a small star and then I just hot glued them in to stars, super easy! 

Let the fun begin! 

All painted and ready to put together.

One of the big stars.

One of the small ones.

Impossibly easy breakfast pie

I volunteered to make this for a church event and I'm so glad I did, it is so yummy! And it was super easy so that's even a bigger bonus. My family loved this is definitely going into the recipe box!

I thought the pancake mix was a little thin so I was nervous that I didnt do it right but it was fine.

All done!! yummy! 

Impossibly Easy Breakfast Pie 

2 pkgs pork sausage (12 oz each)

1/2 c. chopped bell pepper

1/2 c. chopped onion 

3 c. frozen hash browns 

2 c. grated cheddar cheese 

1 c. Bisquick

2 c.milk

1/4 tsp pepper 

1/2 tsp salt

4 eggs

Cook sausage  onions and peppers, drain and combine with hash browns and 1 1/2 cups cheese. Put in a greased 9x12 pan. Mix eggs, milk, Bisquick and salt&pepper. Pour over sausage mixture and top with the remaining cheese. bake at 350 for 40 mins. 

Corndogs and cheese sticks

I wanted to make some thing easy tonight, so I decided out of all my Pinterest recipes I would make the corndogs. They were easy the batter only had 4 ingredients, but it made a LOT and I even cut it in half and I had way to much! I also made it to thin so all the batter kind of slid off, so they didn't look pretty but the were yummy, I even made some cheese stick ones. Lyla gave them two thumbs up! :)

It was a little to thin but worked ok.

I just used cheddar cheese.

Not pretty but yummy!

Two thumbs up!!!

Classic corn dogs/cheese sticks

6 cups pancake mix (I used Krusteaz)

2 cups yellow cornmeal 

2 eggs beaten

6 cups water hot dogs 

oil for frying 

sticks 

In a large bowl, combine pancake mix and cornmeal stir to combine. Add eggs and water I would start off only adding 4 cups of water and add more as needed. Heat oil over med/high heat drop in a bit of batter to see if its ready. Insert sticks into the hot dogs so that they're 2/3 of the way through dip the hot dogs into the batter and allow the excess batter to drip off. Carefully drop into the oil, flipping here and there to ensure even browning.

Eat and enjoy!! 

My goal

I have decided to try a new recipe at least once a week and blog about it, so that I can share the recipes. Im going to get most of the recipes from Pinterest and Foodnetwork.com Im excited to try some new recipes and to share them.