Weigh-In Wednesday

Not such a happy Weigh-In Wednesday. I've been eating all the crap I can find and shovin' it into my mouth it seems. So I really shouldn't be too surprised with my weight gain.

 (Tilt your head to read this cause for some reason I couldn't rotate the pic. Ugh!)

 Sooooooo not a happy momma with that number. I'm getting my big ass booty back on track. This morning for breakfast I made me one of those Green Monster smoothies that everyone is chugging!!!

I put 2 big handfuls of spinach, a little over a cup of frozen fruit and this whole little juice bag of coconut water. Then I blended that ish up!!!

(Of course I had to put it in a mason jar cause everything taste better in a mason jar, Duh!)

I love these and I always feel better after getting some good stuff in my body! Hope y'all try them. Now I'm off to squeeze a workout in and clean up around the house. Oh I also was able to order the 10 day Cleanse and some Spark from Advocare. Sooooo excited to do the Cleanse and hopefully get the crap I was putting into my body...OUT!!! Happy Wednesday y'all!!!

Spicy Pretzels

I'm in love with these spicy pretzels (not to mention that they go good with an ice cold beer)! Here's the recipe, but of course as usual I didn't have everything so I made do with what I had.

1 1/2 bag of pretzels
1 cup (or less, enough to coat) oil
1 pkg. ranch dressing
1/4 cayenne pepper
1/4 garlic salt

Mix it all together, pour over pretzels and toss. Bake at 200 for 1 1/2 hrs. tossing every 30 mins. Then eat and enjoy the amazingness!!!!

As you can see in the pic I took I used Tony's (I put that ish on everything) and olive oil. I didn't have any vegetable oil, plus I was making it healthy (okay so that's my story & I'm sticking to it, ha)!!! Hope y'all try it and love it!!! Happy Tuesday y'all!!!

Trying Out Pinterst

I'm still loving Pinterest. It's so addictive. I still have my vision board on my wall next to my kitchen, but I love how I can have so many more in one place on Pinterst!!! So have y'all attempted any of y'all's pins?! Cause isn't that the point!!! Well this week I made a recipe I posted on my recipe board. It was called Pizza Braid.

(The Recipe & Source)

The boys thought I added too much cheese and Justin thought it had too much sauce. So next time I think I'll try it this other way of making it (also pinned).

(The Recipe & Source)

Check out this blog. She has tons of awesome recipes!!! Plus I've decided I'm now in love with the Rhodes rolls of Bread!!! Yum!

Well I'm off to drag a bin I just put our Christmas tree in into the garage ( Yes, I just took it down. I was even starting to consider making it into a Mardi Gras tree! Ha!) It took me this long because I couldn't find a bag or bin to put it in. So it's just been sitting there in the living room all naked!!! Hope y'all have a great Thursday! P.S. I can't wait for tomorrow it's my Birfday!!! Yay!!!

Tasty Tuesday

We had a great Labor Day weekend. It went by way to fast like most weekends do. Saturday I made Paula Deen's Fried Dill Pickles. They were sooooooo good. Find the recipe here.


Then I made the Pioneer Woman's Salsa. I've made this before and it is amazing!!! The only problem was I used jalapenos that I grew and it was a little spicy. Oops, but it still tasted good just with a little kick! Find the recipe here.


Hope y'all give these a try and hope y'all had a relaxing Labor Day! Happy Tuesday Y'all!!!

Tasty Tuesday!

Well I've decided to call today Tasty Tuesday!!! About a week ago we bought some oxtails from a farm we visited. We never have had them, so I wanted to try them. First off they're expensive. We paid $7.99 per lb. Second if you're thinking they're the tail of an ox, well you're wrong. They're the tail of the cow!!! So since I've never had them nor have I ever cooked them Amanda found a recipe for me online. It just so happened to be my all time, favoritest, Paula Deen!!! The verdict...I liked them and so did the boys, Tony and Amanda. Justin wasn't quite sure though because they are a little fatty and he doesn't care too much for that. Here's the recipe (we also thought the recipe would be great used with pot roast instead of the oxtails too).

Paula Deen's Country Oxtails

Total Time: 2 hr 55 min

Prep 10 min

Cook 2 hr 45 min

Ingredients

• 3 pounds oxtails
• House Seasoning, recipe follows
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
  
• 1 can beef broth
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 6 cloves of garlic, large ones cut in 1/2
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  
• 2 bay leaves
  
• 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 Vidalia onion, cut into 6 wedges
• 6 small new red potatoes, cut in 1/2
• 4 medium carrots, cut into 2-inch lengths
• 1 pot hot buttered rice

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 to 350 degrees F.

Sprinkle the oxtails liberally with House Seasoning on both sides.

Coat the bottom of a heavy oven-proof dutch oven with the olive oil. Once heated, add the oxtails and sear on all sides. Remove and set aside. Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the beef broth, red wine, Worcestershire sauce, and garlic gloves. Stir. Add basil, oregano, bay leaves, hot sauce, tomato sauce, and the reserved oxtails. Stir to combine all ingredients together.

Cover tightly, place in oven, and bake for 2 to 3 hours.

Remove from oven and bring to a simmer on stove top. Add the sweet onion wedges, red potatoes, garlic and carrots to the pot. Cover and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, roughly 15 minutes.

Serve oxtails with the vegetables over hot buttered rice.

House Seasoning:

• 1 cup salt
• 1/4 cup black pepper
• 1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

I served ours with buttered rice, bread and green bean bundles!

Hope y'all give it a try and have a happy Tuesday!!!

Best Chicken & Dumplings!

I found this recipe awhile back and fell in love! First it's a crock pot recipes, so it's soooooo easy! Second it taste just like the chicken & dumplings my Nannie used to make. Yuuuuuuummmm!
So here you go...hope you try it and fall in love too!!!

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (or leftover chicken)
  
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 (10.75 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 (10 ounce) packages refrigerated biscuit dough, torn into pieces
• chicken broth
  

Directions

1. Place the chicken, butter, soup, and onion in a slow cooker, and fill with enough chicken broth to cover.
2. Cover, and cook for 5 to 6 hours on High. About 60 minutes before serving, place the torn biscuit dough in the slow cooker. Cook until the dough is no longer raw in the center.

See I told you it was easy-peasy!!! Hope y'all have a great Thursday!!!

Homemade Mocha Frap!!!

Confession time...I have never set foot into a Starbucks. Weird! Right?! Well I have tried McDonalds Fraps and really didn't care for them, but I like the idea of it. I do love Sonic's Java Chillers, but HELLO CALORIES!!! So I searched the web for a recipe, found a few and then made it my own...

Homemade Mocha Frap

1 cup chilled strong brew coffee
(I used half coffee and half espresso, that I found at Krogers for $2.50 a can)
1 cup 2% milk
2 tablespoons sugar
1 large squeeze of chocolate syrup (or whatever flavor you like)

add all these together in the blender and mix for about 1 minute. This dissolves the sugar and makes it fluffy!!!

Then add about two cups of ice (crushed works better) and blend or you could just pour it over ice cubes, if that's your thing!!!

I also add these little shots of caffinee that I found at Wal-mart (like the espresso isn't enough). They're called Stok and they're sold in the coffee aisle. They're like 24 for $2.50!!! This momma needs all the energy she can get!

This recipe makes two large servings!!! It's soooooo yummy!!!

Hope y'all have a great Thursday!!!