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Whoa!  Almost forgot about my friday post!  Lots going on this week between newborn shoots and baton!  My girls have their provincial baton twirling championships this weekend.  We have been practicing everyday this week.  I am so proud of them and how hard they have been working.  I know they are going to do the best they can!

So this week I decided to try a couple of different recipes.  One was a maindish and one was a side dish.  The first one was a crock pot recipe which I am a HUGE fan of since it requires less work for moi!  Anything I can throw in the crock pot in the morning and let cook all day is a winner in my books.  This recipe was soooo simple and very tasty!  A favorite among my kids who eat like birds!!  I made a few changes to it since I didn’t feel like going out to get the exact ingredients.  I didn’t have red pepper flakes (which I’m sure my kids wouldn’t like anyway) so I used a teaspoon of dry mustard and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.  The other difference was the barbecue sauce…….it called for “Sweet Baby Ray’s” which I had a little of but not enough so I added “Cattleboyz”.  It was just as tasty!

“CROCKPOT BARBECUE CHICKEN” (Click on the name to see the recipe)

I’m not much of a food photographer but the chicken tastes better than it looks!  I promise!

My side recipe is a cucumber salad………it wasn’t that great.  I wasn’t a fan of this one.  It looks pretty but the taste was not for me.  I ended up throwing a pot of rice on too which was good with the sauce from the chicken.  Here is a picture of the finished product!

 

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So I’ve decided that friday is going to be “FUN FRIDAY”.  I spend far too much time pinning delicious treats onto my “Delish” board!  I am now going to bring them to life!  During the week I am going to try to make something from my library of yummies and then I’m going to blog about it on fridays.  I’ll let you know if it is as good as it looks or if it turns out to be a disaster!  I always wonder because they all look so GOOD!!  If anything my family will be happy to have mom making something for them to snack on. 

Since today turned out to be a snowy day I decided to start today!  I tried a couple of different recipes.  The first one was Creamy Lemon Oat Bars.  They were very simple to make and luckily I had all the ingredients kickin around in my kitchen.  I followed the recipe to a “T”.  The only change I would make is instead of using cooking spray on your pan, use butter and flour.  It completely stuck to the bottom.  I have yet to use the cooking spray and had success.  Not a fan.  Or you could line the pan with parchment paper…….my absolute favorite thing in my kitchen!  Other than that they turned out great and they are a huge hit with the kiddos!

“Creamy Lemon Oat Bars” (Click on the name to see the link to the recipe)

 

 

The next recipe I tried was a yummy cookie recipe.  It’s a Lemon Crinkle Cookie.  Mine definitely don’t look like the one’s in the picture on pinterest but they taste delicious!  Apparently she won a contest with these babies.  I made sure to follow the recipe exact so I wouldn’t mess them up.  Sometimes I get carried away with other things going on around me that I forget an ingredient or two.  Hazard of having 5 kids running around my kitchen while I’m baking.  I found the dough to be too sticky when I was rolling them.  My suggestion would be to put the dough in the fridge for an hour or so before you roll them.  Other than that……very chewy and soft.  LoVe them.  I will definitely make them again.

Here is a picture of my finished product!

“LEMON CRINCKLE COOKIES” (Click on the name to see the link to the recipe)

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