Laundry, Italian, and Raspberry Lemonade

I made quite a few things yesterday.

 

First off was Liquid Laundry Detergent. It's only 4 ingredients and you get to choose your own soap. You can pick unscented and add your own essential oil in any scent you choose. Jerad and I choose a Pomegranate/Mango soap. This detergent smells DELICIOUS. and it was so easy, and cheap. I also put it in a drink container with a spout. No disgusting goopy scoops. A turn on and off spout and a measuring cup. Cute! Recipe Here

For dinner, we made Baked Cheese Sticks, French Bread Pizza, and The Cheesecake Factory's recipe for Raspberry Lemonade.

 The Cheese Sticks were so yummy. We skipped a step because we were hungry so they didn't keep their shape. They flattened out. But oh so good. We also make our own pasta sauce. I hate the jarred stuff. Recipe Here

 

 We didn't have enough cheese on ours, but man were they good. Takes 5 minutes to make, 5 minutes in the oven. 4 Times quicker than frozen pizza, twice as good, and twice as cheap. I don't see the bad. Recipe Here

And finally there's the Raspberry Lemonade. It's good, but it needed either less lemon or more sugar. And in my opinion, it's not worth it. It is good, but not worth using the blender and straining the seeds. It doesn't taste any different than any other Raspberry Lemonade I've ever had. But Here's the Recipe

Ta Ta for Now.

Baked Chicken Fajitas

Tonight's dinner was Baked Chicken Fajitas. They were soooo good. We put them in warm tortilla's and added lettuce, sour cream, and cheese. We also had some left over tortilla chips from dinner with my family the other night. We crumbled those on top of the fajitas. Gave it this wonderful crunch. Plus those chips were the best I'd ever had. Recipe Here.

In other news, I had the most wonderful week/weekend. On Thursday, Jerad and I decided to spend the entire day together, I wasn't allowed to work and he wasn't allowed to play video games. The day started with Jerad making me an omelet and serving it to me in bed. After that we went to the Grassmere zoo for several hours and I GOT TO SEE ELEPHANTS!!!! :) Then we came home, put chili in the crock pot, took the dog out, and drove next door to the park. Walked around and ended up at the library. After that we came home and watched movies together.

 

Friday, not great. Spent the day at the DMV. Jerad got his new license with his new address in 5 minutes. I had to wait 2 HOURS to get my new address and my married name. It took 2 hours to show someone my wedding license and get a new name. Ridiculous.

 

Saturday, Jerad dropped me off at my dads. Dad, Parker, and I went to the gun store just to look around. Then Parker, Dad, Haley and I went to lunch and then to see Taken 2. I loved it. After that, Parker and I met Jerad, My Aunt, Cousin, Cousin/Niece (The wonderful Mayah), and the Darling Clan to see my Cousins Ultimate Frisbee game. We visited, had dinner, and caught up. It was wonderful!

 

Yesterday, had lunch with my parents and then while Jerad and I went grocery shopping, Parker creeped on us. Followed us around because he was bored. Ha. I love that boy. Too much.

 

Today, I watched Reversal of Fortune, which reminded my how wonderfully perfect my Aunt Stephie's taste in movies is.

 

Ta Ta for now.

Have a wonderful week!

Pasta, Broccoli, Pasta, Chicken, and Cake

 

Food Time

 

Several nights ago we made A Cajun Chicken Pasta. The recipe was a bit runnier than we anticipated so extra cheese was added and it was AMAZING.

A few nights later, Jerad and I went on a date to O'Charleys to use a gift card we received for our birthdays. Jerad ordered the Cajun Chicken Pasta... Ours was better. Way better. This recipe will become a staple in our house. Recipe Here

 

 Tonight we had Crock Pot Sour Cream and Bacon Chicken, Spicy Broccoli, Parmesan Basil Orzo, and a Chocolate Coke-a-Cola cake for dessert.

 The broccoli was raw. I washed it then just tossed it in Paprika and red pepper flakes. Um.

 

 This isn't one of those place in a crock pot and leave all day meals. Sadly. But it is very easy. It cooks in 4 hours on low, 2 on high. Any longer and the chicken is over done and slightly mushy. Recipe Here

 

 This was SOOOOOO good. I made the whole amount, I usually half recipes since it's just the two of us, so I could have lunch tomorrow. I just knew this would be delicious.Recipe Here

 

It's so yummy. The cinnamon is more pronounced than I thought. It makes it so much better. The icing called for 4 cups of Confectioners sugar. Dumb Dumb me grabbed a box of regular sugar at the store. EVERY box around the one I grabbed was confectioners. Except the one I grabbed.... This would happen to me. Of course I'm too cheap to drive back to the store so I used regular sugar instead. and I only used a cup instead of 4. It's not nearly as sweet as it should be and It wasn't thick at all. Which is fine with me. I hate icing normally and this version made it crazy moist and wonderful with ice cream. Recipe Here