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Daily Archives: December 27, 2011

Great Ideas…

27 Tuesday Dec 2011

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I received this very interesting email at work today… I thought I’d share.

Ideas to Make Life Easier
Why didn’t I think of that?!  We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems.


Hull strawberries easily using a straw.

Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.  
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD-40.
Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.
Overhaul your linen cupboard, store bed linen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone or iPod in a bowl.  The concave shape amplifies the music.

Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.

Add this item to your beach bag.  Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily, who knew?!

Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.


Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.

Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.

Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.

For those who can’t stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.

Forever losing your bathroom essentials?  Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins, tweezers and clippers, behind a vanity door.
Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes.  And you can find them in just about every hotel.

A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy.  Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.

Bread tags make the perfect cord labels.

Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.

Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag.  Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff.

Install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles.

Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila, you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream.


Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.

Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.

Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.

Until next time…
Happy Blogging!

Home Cookin’…

27 Tuesday Dec 2011

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I drove to Arkansas for Christmas last week and much to my surprise, my mother had gone ahead and made my traditional birthday dinner and it was waiting for me!!  I just love Poppy Seed Chicken!  The birthday sides are usually corn on the cob, macaroni and cheese and crescent dinner rolls.  All yellow and all starches!  Mom decided to mix it up this year and swap out the mac and cheese for steamed broccoli… which was just fine with me.
I posted this picture on Facebook and numerous people asked me for the recipe… I’ve posted it below. 

Mom didn’t forget my birthday cake!  I am really not a fan of store bought cakes (unless they have whipped icing from Harp’s), so Mom makes this every year…

 
It’s Oreo Ice Cream cake.  The recipe for it is also below.

On Christmas Eve, Mom wanted me to cook for them.  I’m not much of a cook and can probably count on one hand the number of times that I’ve actually cooked for my family (probably a few more than that).  
I’ve made Chicken Tortilla Soup before with a recipe I found on a Crock Pot website, but that site was down all weekend L, so I came up with another one.
 
It was just as delicious!!  (Recipe below)  I was never really a soup person until I found this particular recipe. 

My weekend was great… now it’s back to the grind for three days and then back to Arkansas to see my sister and her family!  I can’t wait!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

 

Until next time…

Happy Blogging!
RECIPES:

Poppy Seed Chicken


Ingredients:

1 16 oz pkg boneless, skinless chicken breast strips (cooked and chopped into bite size pieces)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 small carton sour cream

1 ½ sleeves Ritz Crackers, crushed

Directions:

Mix all ingredients and put in 9×12 glass dish.  Top with poppy seeds.  Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly (about 35 to 45 minutes).  You can serve it over rice or just by itself.



Oreo Ice Cream Cake


Ingredients:

½ gallon Vanilla Ice Cream

Oreos

1 8oz. container of Cool Whip

Directions:

Scoop half of a ½ gallon of vanilla ice cream into a bowl and let soften.  Add the entire container of cool whip and stir until smooth.  Next add crumbled Oreos, nearly the entire package.  Spread in a 9×9 glass dish, cover with foil and pop in the freezer until firm.

Chicken Tortilla Soup in the Crock Pot


Ingredients:

3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I actually used one can of “chicken in a can” found next to the tuna at Wal-Mart)

1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes

1 packet enchilada or taco sauce mix

1½ cups water

1 8 oz. can tomato sauce

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 cups milk

Directions:

In the crock pot, mix the water, tomato sauce and enchilada/taco mix.  Add cream of chicken soup and milk and stir until combined.  Next, add in the chicken.  Finally add the diced tomatoes.  Stir.  Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours, or on high for 3 ½ to 4 hours.  If you use whole chicken breasts, be sure and remove them and shred or dice before serving.  Serve with shredded cheese or sour cream.   I also made tortilla chips… that easy recipe is next.

Tortilla Chips


Ingredients:

Flour Tortillas

Spray oil

Directions:

Line cookie sheet with tin foil and lightly spray with oil.  Tear up a tortilla into triangles and arrange on lined cookie sheet.  Lightly spray the tops with oil.  Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.

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