I Made: Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken

My next recipe I tried out was the Sweet & Spicy Bacon Chicken. This took some work but was worth it. I really like my bacon crisp and I cooked it too long which made the chicken dry. Next time I will cook in the microwave for abit.

http://diaryofarecipeaddict.blogspot.com/2011/07/sweet-spicy-bacon-chicken.html

My Prep

The Rolling

The cooking

The Done....

Sweet and Spicy Bacon Chicken

4 chicken breasts cut in thirds (12 pieces)

Bacon slices

salt and pepper to taste

garlic powder

chili powder

brown sugar

Cut each breast into 3 pieces, season all the chicken with the spices, then wrap a bacon slice around each piece, roll in brown sugar and place into an oven proof dish....make sure you have some olive oil in the dish too, like 2 or 3 tablespoons is fine {I skipped this since I grilled them. I honestly think you could coat your dish with nonstick cooking spray instead to save a few calories}.

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and bacon is nice and brown and crispy. Delicious served with mashed potatoes with some of the gravy from the chicken drizzled on top.

**Also great on the grill! No juices to drizzle on anything, but still delicious!

Remember to check out her site and enjoy.



Crafting Hugs,

I made: Chili Spaghetti

I have gotten into making recepies on Pintrest. One I just made was the Chili Spaghetti from Joyfull Home Making.  Easy to make and even my husband liked this one. http://www.joyfulhomemaking.com/2012/02/chili-spaghetti.html

If you can believe it only has hamburger, spaghetti sauce, kidney beans and chili powder. The hamburger is cooked with garlic & onions. Yummy.

Crafting Hugs,

I made : Chicken Crescent Rolls

YUMMY!  It turned out so good. My DH even liked it. I would add more chicken and use whole not canned if possible. Very easy to make but the first time I did feel out of sorts. I made the cheese spread while the chicken cooked. I had on sale chicken breast and used them.

This was found on Pinterest, but orginal on Food.com

On the plate.


Crafty Hugs,

My Desk after it all.....

Here we are done with the holidays and my desk is a mess. I looked at it and was-OKAY! this is it and you will be cleaned.

The cleaning began and the organizing again started. I guess my ODD comes into effect or my mother's voice telling me to clean my closet. Now you have to understand I came from a mother who was a clean freak. Drove us kids a mess. Nothing every was clean enough and still is not. She thinks my house is a mess and will not visit. We have two dogs but keep them clean. Oh Well. Her lost.

Here is some pictures and will show you the after math. Looking good...

I guess it is not to bad but that saying to clean my closet. Because you know I was a good kid and the room was clean, but the closet had all the items in it. LOL Hey out of sight.

Happy New Years and Crafty Hugs,

Christmas House

OK ladies! I know I am a bit off showing some holiday items, but now I can relax and here are some holiday things in my house:

The deer was made by my grandmother.





This is one of my Navitiy Scene's, which is sitting on

a old radio.

The wreath was made by my mother in law and given

to us when we first married. Now over 19 years old.

Holding up pretty well. LOL

I made the star a few years ago. Bought a metal one

at Michael's on clearance.

These are  our presents. We had to put them up on the

table because one of the dogs was mad we had left

for the day. So they ripped open a bag.

Our growing santa collection. Some are on the tree,

but we had gotten the Cloftie ones in Vermont before

we moved from a christmas shop we love.

This guy was made with stamps I got at one of the CHA

conferences. So fun to make.

I made her in Vietnam. This is now over

43 years old. WOW!

My mom paints and our ornament we made as kids

was this glass one. She gave me mine about a few years ago.

Since we always make one for the year. I had found this
idea about 7 years ago. My mom and I made a few & gave

them to friends. Alot of work but you can see it was fun.

This guy my mom made when we were younger and she

have me one to keep.

A old friend made this for me and has been a reminder

of good times-not in touch any more.

When we first got married my husbend started to give

me ornaments. This was a series he gave me. Hallmark

We finelly found something to fit on top of the tree. I just found this

at Cracker Barrell. Is he not great???

Another Navitiy but not my first. She was not

taken out this year. My husbend missed a few boxes.

My grandmother painted this and I have a

few more smaller ones. Finally was

able to get some items but had to be after

she passed.

I hope you enjoyed the ride and had a wonderful Christmas. Take care and keep eating the turkey up.

Keep Crafting & hugs,

Boxes and Boxes

Merry Christmas to All!

May all have a wonderful day with family and friends. Take care and enjoy the day with the moments.



I made these wonderful boxes for christmas gifts. My inspiration came from Karin at Creative Chaos. She is so talented and after buying a kit from her. I fell in love. I just hope the lucky ladies will love them also.

Some are being saved for birthdays and what not. I could be surrounded by these in a room in all different colors. The dark color is a dark blue. Came out nice.


MERRY CHRISTMAS..

Christmas Crafts

Well you bloggers out there in blog land. I finally got my pictures taken of all the fun things I have been making.

I got so involved in making things for a craft show (my first) that I had not taken many pictures.

It was fun but did not sell much. Not many people came. It was held in a coworkers home. This was her second time doing this and she needs to still twik it some.

Here are some items I have made lately:

Here one of my snowman jars. Added a tree and some mica in the glass. He is getting some twiking also. 



Have you seen these on Pinterest?? Well I just had to make these. I did make two and I thought I had the picture but I guess not. A lot of pushing pins in the styrofoam ball. So pretty though. Not so sure about the belt and will be redone. Have other ideas for the belt.

I made the head and then put this one on a reuse sugar bowl.

This was one card I made and then I have in the background a subway plaque I made. I finally got the hang of using Picnik site. Took awhile.

All in all it was a fun craft christmas.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!