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Beer Baked Chicken w/ Peppers ‘n Onions

 

 

Beer Baked Chicken with Peppers and Onions

  • 1 1/2 lbs Chicken ( I used breast tenders )
  • 1 c Beer of choice
  • 1 med Onion sliced
  • 1/2 c Bell peppers, sliced
  • 1/4 c Honey
  • 2 T Worcestershire
  • 1 t Garlic, crushd
  • 1 t Chili Powder
  • 1 t Turmeric
  • Pepper to taste

Lay Chicken out in a 9×13 baking dish.  Lay the slices of peppers and onions out over the chicken meat.  Sprinkle with garlic, chili powder, turmeric and pepper.  Pour beer and Worcestershire sauce over top of that. Drizzle with honey.  Bake at 325 degrees for 60-70 min.  We ate this over brown jasmine rice but it is delicious on its own or even atop a bed of spinach or lettuce.


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BBQ Bean Chili

Don’t you love those days when you haven’t made it to the grocery store yet and your inventory is running kinda low.  You go to the pantry to see what you have the ingredients to make and of course you need 1-2 more ingredients to make ANYTHING that you normally fix.  Although, some may see this as a perfect excuse to get creative and wing it.  For some reason *cough cough*, this happens to us a lot (ok, the real reason is ….I hate strongly dislike grocery shopping)

BBQ Bean Chili (no, it isn’t your imagination, you DO see the word BBQ on my blog a lot)

For frying beef:

Add all above ingredients to a deep skillet or other large pot and cook on medium heat until meat is thoroughly cooked, lightly drain and return to skillet or pot. (if you aren’t eating clean grass fed meat, drain completely)

 For the rest:

Add second list of ingredients, stir until combined, cover and simmer on low for 1 hour stirring occasionally

serves 4-5


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Spicy Southern BBQ Chicken

This recipe I used to make years ago.  I came across the recipe recently and decided to give it a try using organic ingredients instead of  *cough* what I used to make it with. Here is what I did and it turned out quite nicely, definitely a repeater.

     Spicey Southern BBQ Chicken

  • 2 lbs Chicken pieces (I like to use strips of breast meat)
  • 1 med Onion, sliced
  • 1 c  Chicken broth
  • 2 T  Vinegar
  • 2 T  Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 T  Chili powder
  • 2-3 T  Honey, Maple syrup or other natural sweetener of your choice
  • 2 t  Hot pepper flakes
  • Black pepper to taste
  • dash or two of turmeric

Place chicken in a 9×13, then place onion slices over top of the chicken.  In separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients and stir well. Pour mixture over chicken and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until cooked thoroughly, basting with mixture occasionally.


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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (GF)

     Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

  • 16 oz bag noodles, cooked and drained (I used Gluten Free Spirals)
  • 32 oz Free Range Chicken Broth
  • 1/2 lb chicken meat, cooked and shredded
  • 1 cup thickly shredded carrots
  • 4 celery stalks, chopped
  • 4 c broth from cooking your chicken
  • 2 T Italian seasoning
  • 2 t minced onion
  • 1 t chives
  • 1/2 t garlic powder
  • 1/4 t Turmeric
  • sea salt & pepper to taste, we use LOTS of pepper 🙂

Combine all ingredients (excluding chicken and noodles) in crock pot and turn on high while you cook your chicken.  While chicken is cooling, prepare your noodles.  Add chicken, broth and noodles to crock pot and cook on high for approx. 2 hours or until flavors are well incorporated and veggies are tender.


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Homemade All-Purpose Cleaning Wipes

I don’t know about you but back when we used icky chemical cleaners in our house, the kids were much more ‘into’ their chores when they could just grab the container of wipes to do their wipe downs.  I missed that convenience…. A LOT…. so I decided to make my own 😉

     Cleaning Wipes

  • 6 oz distilled water
  • 6 oz vodka (if you choose to not keep alcohol in your house, you can use White Vinegar)
  • 24 drops essential oil (I used 6 each of Lavender, Lemon and  12 drops of Tea Tree)
  • cut up old T shirt or other thin, washable rags

In a pint mason jar or other glass receptacle, place all of your liquid ingredient into the mason jar then add rags until jar is full but the liquid is still able to be somewhat shaken.


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Homemade Natural Dandruff Shampoo

We have one family member with eczema on the scalp and one family member with dandruff.  THIS shampoo works well for BOTH.

     Dandruff Shampoo

Combine all ingredients and put in the dispenser of your choice.  I use a pump because it is easier to use in the shower for the boys.  It only takes a small amount, just enough to cover and wash the scalp with.


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Natural Homemade Insect Repellent Spray

     Insect Repellent Spray

Combine ingredients in a spray bottle. spray on skin before going outdoors.  You can also spritz on your outdoor furniture and other things in the area you are going to be hanging around in.

 


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Natural Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Tabs

Natural Homemade Dish Detergent Tabs

Combine ingredients in a bowl, should be the consistency of sugar cookie dough so add juice or washing soda to get to right consistency.

Spoon mixture into ice cube trays and sit in the sun to dry.

Pop them out and put a tab in your detergent compartment of your dishwasher to wash your dishes.

                           Purchase pre-made HERE


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Softer Bread Recipe

Softer Bread Recipe

  • 1 1/3 c hot water
  • 1/3 c extra virgin olive oil (I use this)
  • 1/3 c honey (I use local, raw)
  • 2 t sea salt
  • 1/3 c applesauce (I used this)
  • 4 1/2 c whole wheat flour (I milled half hard red half soft white)
  • 1 T dry active yeast

Add ingredients in order to bread machine.  Cook on whole wheat setting if your machine has it.  Yields 2-2.5 lb loaf.

Yes, this IS the butt end of the loaf, when it got done, we plowed through most of it before I realized I needed a photo for this post, so here is another picture of my sandwich with tuna salad.


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Tex-Mex Chicken

ooo-la-la!!!! Crockpot, oh how I love thee!  This recipe is a winner, winner, chicken dinner!!!  I put the if you use your own or fresh measurements or if you buy organic in a can measurements, I like to do fresh when I can, but let’s be real; it ain’t always happenin’!

     Tex-Mex Chicken

  • 4lg or 5sm Chicken Breasts
  • 8 T Taco Seasoning, divided in half (or 2 packets if you don’t want to make your own)
  • 1/2 c green chilis (8 oz can)
  • 2 c diced tomatoes with juices (15 oz can, not drained)
  • 2 c corn (15 oz can, drained)
  • 2 c cooked black beans, drained (15 oz can, rinsed and drained)
  • 2 c cooked pinto beans, drained (15 oz can, rinsed and drained)
  • 2 c cooked kidney beans, drained (15 oz can, rinsed and drained)
  • Whole Wheat Tortillas (or tortillas of your choice)

Place chicken along the bottom of your crock pot, sprinkle 4 T of the Taco Seasoning over the chicken, continue layering with rest of the ingredients in the order listed, ending with sprinkling the second 4 T of Taco Seasoning over the top.  Cover and let cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours.  Stir, shredding chicken as you do, serve with tortillas (we use whole wheat ones with this, yum).  Add guacamole, sour cream etc for extra yum!