chicken sandwichs w/ 'pumpkin' buns

Every kid needs a fun lunch on halloween. My Aunt bought these buns and gave them too us for halloween so it was time to make lunch. Chicken is a hit in our house and thats what we had ready.

-Hamburger Bun 8 Ct @ Lee's
-Take your defrosted chicken and put it in a bag with a few splashes of olive oil, the lemon juice and herbs. Let marinate a little while. Cook in the over or in your lean mean fat grilling machine.
-Add Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cheese, & Miracle Whip 
-Put together and enjoy 
-For the younger kids I just cut up the chicken and let them eat the bun.
-Don't forget your french fries fingers.

What a fun Halloween Lunch or even a once in awhile lunch the chicken was amazing and moist

Haunted Halloween Signs

My neighbors and I  thought it would be fun to make signs to go in front of our homes.
At first the signs were going to say witch way, Ghosts Valley and many more spooky names. But then we came up with our names being spooky and pointing at each others house... It was super fun coming up with each others names. we each had great ideas and made each on different :)
This project took longer then hoped but worth while in the end.


The things you need.
1-long pole you can put in the ground
1-big sign for your name
4-6 little signs for your names
A nail gun
Lots of spooky paint
2 great neighbors to do this craft with

Spooky Ladders

Me and my girlfriend Jenn saw the cutest little ladders at a store and thought we can make these instead of paying 45 bucks for one.... We called up our friend Maggie and asked her to come make one... It was such a fun day :)

    Here is how you make them (so easy)
 Get two long poles for the sides and paint it any color you would like as you can see we all picked a different color. They pick four different sizes of boards and paint those what ever color you want... Have fun with it. We took a nail gun and nailed our boards in. 
 The spiders thats the tough part we took some blocks and just randomly cut it to give it a circle shape but still and different look. Then we tried 3 different ways to do the legs... The way we ending up doing them is hammer a nail in the back and then rap a long piece of wire so you have two legs... (Sorry if that doesn't make sense if you would like I can do a step for step on how to make them) then we just got some fun eyes hot glued them on then nailed them in. 
 We decided after that it would be fun with some cob webs... 

 Mine

 Maggies

 Jenns

We were all comfy and looking right in the sun... :) We love them!!!

Crock Pot Apple Sauce

My kids love applesauce, and the way they go thought it is emptying my pockets like crazy. I got a box full of apples and thought I would put them to good use. I pintrested it up and found an amazing way to make applesauce in the crockpot I could not pass this up I am a crockpot fan. If I can use it I am there. 

The plus about using the crock pot is that you don't have to stir for ever you just put it in and walk away....  :)

First thing you need to do is peel and slice them... I also diced them to make them smaller. 

Place them in your crock pot and add a little bit with love. (Sugar and cinnamon) 
I also add apple juice to it while I was still cutting up my apples.

Once you get the crockpot full to the tippy top  let the apple cook for 6 hours. It makes your house smell amazing all day :)

Once your done get your bottles ready, make sure you sterilize your bottles. Then pour your apple sauce in your bottles




They need to boil for 20 minute to seal... I have made three batches so far and we are loving it. It always seems that I have more time in the morning then evening thats why I have picked the crockpot way and I love it... Good luck let me know if it works great for you :)

note: I did make a batch with out sugar and it tasted just fine.

Clean Your Mattress

After a while things get smelly and dirty... Even mattresses!

I found an amazing way to clean my mattress and make it smell fresh and removes all the dust mites and other nasty things left in your mattress over a period of time....

1 cup of baking soda 
4 drops of lavender or lemon essential oil
Mix together and spread even on the mattress
Wait about an hour, use your vacuum hose and throughly vacuum the mattress

Baking soda helps draw up any moisture and deep dirtiness and deodorizes leaving the mattress smelling clean and fresh. The essential oil leaves a faint scent behind.
You will be surprised by the difference it makes. :)

Glass Bottle Tree's

I am making a different craft and needed bottle caps. We bought glass bottles for the bottle caps but I hated to throw the glass bottles away so I jumped on pintrest and grabbed a couple of ideas and ran with a random idea... Here is what I came up with!

Here is what I used:

Tissue Paper

Sticks

Glass Bottles

Hot Glue Gun

It was really easy and quick :)

Here is the link on how to make the flowers

http://burlapandlaceblog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-07-31T22%3A15%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7

Obsession

Obsession

By: Traci Hunter Abramson

This book was such a fun one! I finished it in two days and couldn't get enough of it...

Kendra Blake a pop singer who has been in the spotlight since she was a little girl thanks to her famous dad. At on of her concerts a bomb went off back stage. Running away to a remote cabin Arizona.

Charlie Whitmore a stunning FBI agent has been assigned to keep her safe and the only one who knows who she is.

A friendship develops and maybe a little more... Kendra is still in trouble when the law discovers that there may be a link between a notorious serial Killer and herself.

This is a super fun book. Try it out and let me know what you think :)

Pizza Pizza Crust

I have been trying out homemade pizza crusts for a while now and have finally found the one that we both really like. It was easy and quick, I was so pleased with it... So I thought I would share.

Pizza Pizza Crust

1 (.25 ounces) package active dry yeast (2-1/4 teaspoons)

1 teaspoon sugar

1 cup warm water

2-1/2 cups flour

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 450

2. In a bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand until creamy. (about 10 minutes)

3. Stir in flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth (do not over beat) Let rest for 5 minutes.

4. Lighly flour surface then pat and roll into a circle. Transfer crust to lightly greased pan.

5. Add toppings and let bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

This make a nice thin crust or a thicker crust we made both. We added so garlic butter around the edges.

Sorry I don't have a picture... I will take one next time I make it and post it...

Spinach Chicken Lasagna

Spinach And Chicken Calzone

I got a new crockpot cook book for my birthday and decided to give it a go. I picked a Spinach And Chicken Calzone... And All I can say is YUMMY!!! It was really easy but you don't use the crockpot as much as I like to its a little more hands on but totally worth it.

Spinach And Chicken Calzone

2-3 chicken breasts

2 C. Chicken Broth

2 Garlic Cloves, Minced

1 Tbsp. Onion Seasoning

1 Loaf Of Dough

1/2 C. Mushrooms

1/4-1/2 C. Spinach

1/4-1/2 C. Red Peppers

8 oz. Cream Cheese

Step 1: In the Crockpot, combine Chicken, Broth, Garlic, and Onion Seasoning

Step 2: Cover and cook on LOW for 3-5 hours.

Step 3: Remove Chicken from crockpot and shred. (Using 2 forks works GREAT)

Step 4: Put chopped Mushrooms, Spinach, and Peppers in bowl mix then add Cream Cheese

Step 5: Add Chicken with the mixture.

Step 6: Roll out dough and cut into strips. Place mixture in the center of each rectangle. Fold each rectangle over, then pinch the sides to seal. This forms a calzone :)

Step 7: Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.

A Couple Notes: The recipe calls for freeze-dried veggies but i would rather use fresh. You can use Freeze-dried if easier for you. Also we added mozzarella cheese to some of ours to try it out. I think its just as good without. GOOD LUCK!!!

Thanks 365 Days Of Slow-Cooking by: Karen Bellessa Petersen