Tequila Lime Chicen & Fiesta Rice

           

 

TEQUILA!

lime chicken!

looooove tequila lime chicken! Best chicken eva!

I got the basic recipe from Pioneer Woman. The only problem with her recipe is you have to marinate the chicken and grill it. I don't have a grill and I can never remember to marinate anything so..... this is the lazy woman's tequila lime chicken!

Ingredients:

 

6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

4 limes

1 cup tequila

1/4 cup olive oil

2 teaspoons kosher salt

5 cloves garlic

1 jalapeno, sliced

1/2 bunch chopped fresh cilantro

12 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2 cups grated Monterey Jack

 

Directions:

 

Add a little olive oil to a heavy bottomed pan or frying pan and brown both sides of your chicken breasts. 

Squeeze lime juice into pan, add the tequila, olive oil, salt, garlic, jalapenos and cilantro, reduce heat, cover and let simmer until chicken is done all the way through (about 20 minutes).

 

Melt some Monterey Jack cheese on each breast and that's it! Yummy! Obviously marinating the meat overnight would be better but if you're forgetful like me, this is a quick and delicious meal. I also make fiesta rice to go along with it.

 

 

Ingredients:

 

6 servings of cooked rice

1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)

1 tomato diced

1/2 a bag of frozen corn (or fresh) cooked (I usually use leftovers)

1 tsp garlic powder (more or less to taste)

chopped fresh cilantro

 

Mix all ingredients together and serve alongside your Tequila Lime Chicken!

 

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No More Dino-SNORE

We all snore......sometimes. But my husband has sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome so...basically it's like a song and dance every night!

Enter essential oils! I already gave you my "Magic Sleep Potion" which thankfully helped MY sleeping, but when there's a grizzly bear in bed with you it's difficult to get a good nights sleep! So, after some research I made up a roll-on for my Dino-SNORE husband.....

Here's what you will need:

Roll-on bottle (I buy these)
Carrier oil of your choice (I like Coconut)
10-20 drops Basil essential oil
10-20 drops Valor essential oil
10-20 drops Lavender essential oil

(I say 10-20 drops depending on the size of your bottle)

Here's what you do:

Mix all essential oils in your bottle, fill the rest up with carrier oil. Apply the concoction to the tip of your Grizzly Bears right big toe and enjoy a snore free night.




Why the bottom of the foot? The foot has the biggest pores so it's absorbed quickly and in the theory of reflexology the tip of the toe reflects the brain. I'm no expert, all I can tell you is hubby's snoring has decreased 10 fold, he no longer donkey kicks me in the night and we are both sleeping much better!

Go to my ESSENTIAL OILS page to find out how to get your own essential oils!

I'm partying at Coastal Charm, to see where else I party check out my PARTIES page!

*snoring can be serious! please see a doctor if you or a loved one snores regularly!!

It's in the Details Darling

It's all in the details darling. Wednesday I shared  the tutorial for the towel holder, today I'm going to show you the toilet paper holder and what I did to the "90's oak" frames on the walls.

First the TP holder, pretty simple....here's what you will need:

floor flange
nipple (this isn't pictured because I added after it was on the wall to add a little more space between the roll and the wall)
elbow
4" pipe
end cap

 

That's it! Told you it was simple! But it's just enough of that industrial chic I was looking for!

 

Another small update with a lot of impact was the picture frames. I have a collection of paintings from local artists (local to my home town) that I had framed years ago. They just needed to come into this decade!

 

 I just did a little bit of dry brushing on the frames with some white chalk paint and voila!

 

Small things like paint, new throw rugs and a couple accessories make a room look brand new!

 

For more "Industrial Chic" check out my DESIGN BOARD-INDUSTRIAL on Pinterest

 

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A Touch of Industrial

Did you notice the towel holder next to the sink in my last post? I made it! And I have the tutorial for you! This is so easy and industrial/rustic chic you're going to want to make 100, but don't, a small bathroom only needs one towel holder, and besides what would you do with the other 99?

Here's what you need:

3/8" Rope (20"long piece)
1/2" Pipe fittings: Floor Flange, Tee, Nipple
Glue gun
Scissors or sharp knife to cut the rope

Step 1:
Screw the nipple into the floor flange

Step 2:
Screw the tee into the nipple

Step 3:
Slide one end of the rope through the tee and hot glue the ends together one on top of the other. I then wrapped the twine that held the roll of rope together around the glued ends, just to help it stay together a little better.

Step 4:
Push the glued ends into the tee so you can't see them
Step 5:
Hang your towel holder.
Step 6:
Stand back and admire your super cute new towel holder you made all by yourself!

For more great "industrial" ideas check out my "Design Board-Industrial" on Pinterest


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Math Makes the Bathroom

1-1+2+0=bathroom update.

Let me explain....

I bought a mirror. So....naturally I had to paint the bathroom.

Still not making sense?

1 new mirror -1 old mirror +2 holes in the wall behind the mirror +0 leftover paint.

 See? If I changed out the mirror I had to paint the whole bathroom, and if I'm changing the mirror and painting I might as well update the whole thing right?

I've been looking for a new mirror for our downstairs bathroom and I wanted to paint it but it wasn't really on the top of my list. It looked OK so I wasn't in a hurry.

Here's the BEFORE



(these pictures were taken before we moved in, I had already changed the light fixture and hung some pictures, but you get the idea)


But then angles started singing when I saw this mirror from Home Goods ($19.99...whaaa? yep!)....

So I had to re-do the bathroom!


So much more.....modern? finished?.......ME!

The light is from World Market, paint is Benjamin Moore Baltic Gray (FYI if it were up to me that wood paneling would be white, but hubby put his foot down ), Mirror...you know, towel hook and toilet paper holder by yours truly (instructions to come), rug believe it or not...Walmart! I still have to change out the faucet but hubby hasn't been home long enough lately to tackle that.



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Fountain of Youth

 

I'm not claiming that a little vodka each day is going to make you look younger, but it certainly can't hurt. In fact, I read an article not to long ago that stated a Bloody Mary every morning was actually good for you!

I make a mean Bloody Mary.....today however, I am going to give you my recipe for my own personal Fountain of Youth using essential oils. Here's what you will need:

Ingredients:

1 tsp Vitamin E Oil
15 drops Geranium Essential Oil (speeds up reproduction of skin cells)
25 drops Frankincense Essential Oil (heals scars and diminishes dark spots)
20 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil (antibacterial which helps with acne)
Coconut oil (Liquid)
Roller Bottle (I get THESE)


Directions:

Using a dropper, add first 3 ingredients to the roller bottle then fill remainder of bottle with coconut oil (leave enough room at the top for the roller.) At bedtime, shake bottle and roll all over face, neck and eyes, concentrating on where your wrinkles are. I have been using this for a little over a month and I can see a difference. The fine lines around my eyes and mouth have diminished and my eyelids are more firm. It may not be the Fountain of Youth but it is definitely slowing down the clock!


**I am not a doctor. Please test all ingredients before applying them. I write from my own personal experience, not medical/scientific knowledge.

I am Ashamed of my Cherries

Happy Birthday to you! Not you....my baby....he was 15 on the 1st. Birthdays are bittersweet. I love to see my boys growing into handsome capable young men, but I would give anything to turn back the clock and keep them all little boys.....

But, of course we can't, so instead we make them cupcakes!

This year he requested vanilla with cherry filling. I gotta be honest, not what I would pick, but it's not my birthday so....

 Since I'm trying to make most things from scratch I used THIS RECIPE from Just So Tasty.
I haven't tried the Strawberry Buttercream, but it looks yummy!

After mixing the batter I put a cupcake liner in each muffin cup then spooned 3 tablespoons of batter in each, then spooned 2 teaspoons of cherry pie filling. I used canned not homemade. I know, I am ashamed.


Hopefully I will have some canned fruit by this time next year tho!

After filling the muffin cups bake them according to the recipe, let cool then frost with your favorite frosting!

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