Jenny's Journey

  Once again I just finished eating yet another delish recipe that I adapted from a recipe found via pinterest.  http://millerfamilyorganizer.blogspot.com/2012/02/slow-cooker-salsa-chicken.html . I have said recipes are easy before(and some might disagree to what I find to be easy) but this recipe could not be easier…seriously!   Made with staples in my house(always a good thing) and it was mighty tastey if I do say so! Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (frozen is fine) 1 cup salsa 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup 1 packet taco seasoning 1 cup sour cream 6 tortillas Place chicken in the bottom of your slow cooker. Sprinkle taco seasoning on chicken. In a bowl, combine soup and salsa. Pour over chicken. Cook on low 6-8 hours.(High for 4 hrs) Shred chicken with two forks and stir in sour cream. Serve on tortillas with cheese and other desired toppings.

   I have to say that sugar scrubs are my newest favorite thing!  I got one from Bath and Body Works at Christmas time from my Godson, Jake. I also got a Burts Bee’s sugar scrub from St. Nick this year!  I LOVE them so much I started making my own once the other ones ran out!  I already had the oil and essential oils from a previous essential oil phase I went through(believe me I still love essential oils, but I am not so into making my own shampoos and stuff right now).  You need a small plastic container to store the scrub once its made. I suggest plastic, because you will be using this in the bath room and it can get slippery and the last thing you would want is glass shards everywhere and a bare body and toes! I really never measure the stuff before but I suggest the following: Mix equal parts Sweet Almond Oil (any oil…even olive oil works but I not fond of the smell.) Almond oil is lighter and absorbs fast ) and regular everyday sugar.  Mix we...

I, once again, got another recipe via Pinterest that looked mighty good. Easy too.  It was called No Bake Raspberry-Lemon Cheesecake from the site MyBakingAddiction.com . Well, by the time I got home from work I had concocted a slightly different version of the one I was gonna make.  Mine is more like the Jell-O No-Bake Cheesecake you can buy in the store. I figured Jimmy would love it….since he really really likes cherries and I have to admit loves the Jell-O No-Bake Cheesecake. (its not bad.) So here it is: For the crust: 1  1/2 cups of crushed graham crackers 3 tbsp. sugar 4 tbsp. melted butter. Mix all together and press into bottom of a pie plate. For the filling: 2/3 cup sugar zest of 1 lemon along with juice of 1/2 lemon 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 tsp. vanilla extract 8 oz. Cool Whip 1 can of pie cherries Mix all but the cherries together and put over the graham cracker crust.  Top with cherries and refrigerate for 2 or so hours .  ...

I always buy a turkey at Thanksgiving time because they are usually on sale for a good price.  Freeze it and make it some time later(before summer because I don’t think  turkey is really a summer food) but not to close to Thanksgiving.  March sounded like a good time to have turkey!  I had to work and asked Chef Jimmy if he would put a turkey in the oven on Sunday.  He was o.k. with the idea, as long as he didn’t have to baste it.  Yeah, no we don’t do that.  Instead I found a recipe called Mom's Roast Turkey from the site SimplyRecipes . It’s your basic oven roasted turkey recipe EXCEPT that you cook the bird breast side down.  According the the side it would result in a moist not dried out turkey.  Well, it did not disappoint.  Chef Jimmy cooked us a delish turkey dinner of mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn and turkey.  (we forgot good rolls ..boo hoo) .  He did great on his first turkey!  Try it out next time you ha...

  Here is a new recipe I made while at work on Wednesday.  It was very good and very easy.  The number of ingrediants is very little. I love my Crock Pot! 2lbs stew meat 2 cans of Golden Mushroom soup 1 onion, diced 1/2 cup water 1 clove of garlic, minced Dash or two of hot sauce (this does not by any means make it hot…I didn’t even notice it!) 2-3 tbsp of Worchestire Sauce 8 oz. of sliced fresh mushrooms 8 oz. of cream cheese (I used the lower fat kind and it worked just fine) Egg noodles, or rice or bread (for a Beefy Truckers Special) Mix everything but the cream cheese together  in a slowcooker.  Cook on Low 8 hrs.  30 min before eating, stir in cubed cream cheese (this takes a while to melt and I did help it along by smooshing some of the unmelted chunks. – but I don’t know about you but chunks of cream cheese are good in just about anything!) Serve over noodles, rice or buttered bread(above referenced Truckers Special) Pretty Tasty if I ...

That's me alright! I am not kidding you when I tell you I bowled a 200 game last nite!  Seriously!  My series still sucked...405...only because my first game was a 98 and my 3rd  game was a 107!  I blame the good and bad games on work and beer.  1st...I had worked that day....I was tired, stressed...not relaxed ...rushing.  Started drinking some beer and by the 2nd game I was in a zone...relaxed....doing well...beer tasted good!  The 3rd game...I am not so sure...but I was not able to keep it in the zone.  The beer was wearing off or I didn't have any more beer to drink.....or I drank too much beer!  (its pretty much the 1st 2 ones...)  Whatever it is...I was very pleased with my surprising 200 game!  That is 2  - 200 games this year!  Sweet!

I found this from Pinterest…thought it looked and sounded yummy….and I have to say it did not disappoint. The original recipe is from hiddenponies.com   I made a few changes and I also made it in a 9x9 pan mostly because a 9x13 pan of anything is too much for my family.   I did use my new trick I learned just recently from my Mom about cooking the noodles in the microwave….love it.  Works so nice!  This recipe makes a nice white sauce that would be a nice base for any type of cheese sauce (add cheddar etc to make homemade mac n cheese). One last thing is that I put another layer or cottage cheese…so basically layer it however you like.  I always lose track whenever I try to layer in a lasagna and in the end it really doesn’t matter!   Enjoy! 9 lasagna noodles ½ cup butter 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp. salt 2 cups chicken broth 1 ½ cups milk 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese,divided 1 cup grated Parmesan ...