Pineapple BBQ Grilled Chicken

I made these the other night when it was just to hot to turn on the oven.  They turned out wonderful!


Pineapple BBQ Grilled Chicken

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
4 pineapple slices
4 slices green pepper
4 tbsp bbq sauce

On a piece of foil center chicken breasts. Top with 1 tbsp bbq sauce, 1 pineapple slice and 1 green pepper slice. Fold into packet.

 Grill for 7-10 minutes or until chicken is done.

make it monday Carnival birthday party

Hey guys since I moved almost 2 months ago I have been very busy.  With getting things done to the house and trying to unpack and arrange things in a new house. Still not done with all of that. 

 

I am also trying to start a new business. Planning birthday parties for kids. I figured why not take my 11 years experience taking care of children an put it to good use.  Since I know what most kids like from trying to think up fun activities all these years. Also I have helped Mindy plan all of her DD parties the last couple of years.

 

The Name of my new business is Perfect Party Planning by Stephanie (P3)

 

So this weekend was my first party.  I was a carnival theme for a 2 year old. First I made tickets for invitations.  So I had to keep the party games pretty simple.  We had a ring toss for drinks, a knock the cans over game, a fishing game, a face painting station, a bubble pop station, and a photo wall. 

 

Today I am going to share with you how to make ticket invitations.

Our color them mostly red and white so I bought red card stock.

First I decided what I wanted the ticket to say then I went in word and made them up

Admit one

Carson’s 2^nd Birthday

Carnival Party

July 13 12:00 to 2:00

(Address here )

RSVP to the ringmaster at (phone number here ) 

Here is a example of what they said. 

Then print them out of your card stock it can be any color you want I used red to keep with our color theme. I was able to fit 3 on a page.

 

Next you are going to cut them out with zigzag scissors.

Once they are cut out take around about 1 inch hole punch and in the middle of each side punch a half circle.

when you are finished it should look like this

If you have any questions please let me knows

I know this is not a new idea by any means and there are probably better tutorials out there but I forgot to take pictures every step of the way.

I will be posting more carnival themed stuff all week.

 

Stephanie

Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

My girls have been out of school for a couple of weeks now and already the boredom has set in. I didn't have many snacks in the house ( it was to close to grocery shopping day lol) so I figured we could do some baking. After looking through numerous recipes I came across these cookies and since I actually had all the ingredients to make them ,off to the kitchen we went. They turned out pretty good, the girls really liked them. I think next time I would add some more cherry juice in the mixture though. If you try them I would love to know what you thought about them.

Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and

chopped

1 cup chopped walnuts

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. n a separate bowl, cream together shortening, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, cherry juice and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix well. Blend in oatmeal, chopped cherries and chopped nuts. Mix well. Roll into balls the size of walnuts and slightly mash down. Bake to a golden brown, 8 - 10 minutes.

McCormicks Slow Cooker Italian Herb Chicken

I don't buy a lot of prepackaged seasonings, I think they are just to expensive. I got this on sale one day though and tried it and I fell in love. It is so simple to do and best of all it goes into the crockpot!

It takes
 one packet of seasoning
2 -2 1/2 pds of chicken
1 pkg mushrooms ( I didn't use these)
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 can tomato paste

You mix it all up and cook in the crockpot all day. Serve over your choice and pasta.