Do as I am doing!

Whew! What a last two weeks it has been! Between working crazy hours at work, battling a nasty cold, and trying to find time to blog, I guess you can tell which took the back burner for a minute.  even Boomer felt the drag of the  last two weeks. as evidenced below.

Granted, this is still a pretty normal depiction of his regular daily activities.

First things first! I got my hair cut! (Again). I have a real issue with being so lazy every morning when I need to be to work, and I like to (try) to be the employee that looks like they care about their appearance. I was noticing that with my hair longer, I get even lazier in the morning and doing my hair becomes the last thing I want to do. Since cutting it short, but not quite to a pixie length, I have more determination to have my hair not just dry, but actually styled and not look like I just woke up. 

So here he have my hair prior to me chopping it off.

It's still not too terribly long here, but imagine maybe an additional inch of growth (and a mullet) 

And this was the final product!

I love this cut, and did I mention the color?!?! OMGosh.... My hair girl calls this a Cherry Coke color and I die every time I go this dark because I am in LOVE with it. 

Ok enough about me... 

So over the last two weeks we had the biggest Sunday of the year.... 

SUPER BOWL!

and lets just talk about the food. 

Holy Calories Batman!

Now I am going to tell you, these little taco cups were made by yours truly! Yes I know, they are darling, and you can get my recipe(and a bunch of other I made) here Follow Lindsay's board I like to eat eat eat on Pinterest.

Take a look!

I'll try to put up a few other recipes this week, especially the Phil approved ones! I Have one recipe I didn't get any photo's of, that I Just have to Share!

I call it Ranch Chicken, same as what my Godmother calls it, since that's who I stole it from. 

Seriously, I made this chicken for the Super Bowl party and it was a hit. It was one of the first things gone. The chicken is so juicy and tender, I had one person tell me it tasted identical to Chik-fil-A grilled chicken. I'll take it as a compliment anyday, cuz let's face it.. Chick-Fil-A= YUMMM!

Ok so Here it Is, Ranch Chicken!

Prep: 1hour-24 hours

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 lb of Chicken tenders (really, any part of the chicken is great, but I prefer tenders)

1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch Mix

1/2 Cup Olive Oil

Directions:

Take thawed chicken and place into Ziplock bag. 

Pour olive oil and contents of ranch Packet into bag.

Close the bag up and with the contents all together, circulate chicken and contents till everything is covered. (if not enough oil, add until all chicken tenders have coating)

Place in fridge for 1 hour-24 hours to marinade. (I have found that 3-4 hours is ideal for me, and makes for an easy Sunday go to Dinner). 

Now the fun part. I prefer to grill the tenders on our propane grill, but you can bake the chicken, use a George Foreman grill, or pan fry. 

If grilling: Place tenders on grill and cook thoroughly each side (about 5 minutes each side)

If Baking : Preheat oven to 350 Degrees. Place on cookie sheet, and bake for about 15-20 minutes. 

If Pan Frying: In a large skillet, heat up about a tablespoon of oil and place tenders in pan. Cook on medium high heat, thoroughly cooking each side( again, about 5-7 minutes each side)

I like to pair the chicken with any kind of veggie, particularly corn or green beans!

Hope you friends have found something you liked! Till next time!

Smell Ya later Friends!