Homemade Body Polish

All you need is 

2 cups of brown sugar

Quarter cup of olive oil

Quarter cup of honey

Mix together and you have your homemade body polish! 

Christmas 2014

Yes, I know....it's spring and here I am, barely posting Christmas pics!  I was busy with planning a wedding and work but here I am.....finally able to rest and catch up on my fun blog!

Christmas was a very quiet and awesome holiday this year!  Darin and I spent it with his dad.  I made a roast and we had wine and watched movies!  It was so pleasant!

Daisy had her beautiful Christmas dress on and enjoyed having grandpa over.

I made some homemade hot chocolate and it was delish!

All in all, it was an awesome Christmas spent with my then fiance' and then future Father-In-Law!

Chicken Pot Pie from scratch

First you want to make your Pie Crust....the recipe calls for a store bought one but I prefer to make my own.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, chilled
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/3 cup ice water

Directions

1. Combine flour and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer. Cut butter or margarine or butter and shortening into tablespoon pieces; add it to the flour and butter. Use the paddle beater to cut the butter and flour together. Alternatively, this can be done by hand with a pastry blender.
2. With the mixer on low speed , or while stirring the mixture with a fork, pour in the cold water. When the dough starts to clump, and before it turns into a ball, stop stirring.
3. Lightly knead dough in the bowl until it forms a ball. Divide dough into two parts. Flatten each part into a disk, and chill for about 30 minutes before rolling.              

Ingredients

• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
• 1 cup sliced carrots
• 1 cup frozen green peas
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup chopped onion
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.)
2. In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside. 
3.               
4. In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
5. Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

 

Fire Crackers

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups canola oil
• 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 (1 ounce) packet ranch dressing mix
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 (16 ounce) package Whole Wheat Saltine Crackers

Directions

1. Whisk the canola oil, crushed red pepper flakes, ranch dressing mix, and chili powder together in a bowl. 

2  Divide the saltine crackers evenly into a sealable container. Pour the oil mixture evenly over the crackers. Seal the dish and flip every 15 min with tongs for one - two hours to allow the oil mixture to run over the crackers and saturate.

 

3. Allow to sit overnight before serving.