Recipe Trial Tuesdays: Cheesy Bacon Biscuits

Welcome the the 2nd Recipe Trial Tuesdays!

I hope you're enjoying it! I know I am.

Anyways, how was your weekend? I didn't do too much, just stayed around the house and caught up on some schoolwork and housework while Leroy was at work. Exciting, huh?

Onto today's post!

Cheesy Bacon Biscuits!

I got this recipe from picky-palate.com.

All you'll need is:

1 can (8 count) refridgerated biscuits

bacon

Cheddar cheese

mozerella cheese

The most time consuming part of this recipe is cooking the bacon. It's so hard not to munch on it after it's done!

Make sure your pan is sprayed with cooking spray or some melted butter. I used my cast iron skillet for this recipe. I use this for everything I can! You can use anything you have on hand.

Just lay the biscuits in the pan then layer with mozerella cheese then crumbled bacon

Then just add the cheddar cheese

Just pop that bad boy into the oven according to the directions on the biscuit can

I had to cook mine about 5-10 minutes longer though

That's it! It's really simple



And this is sooo good! I'm not really surprised since I don't think you can go wrong with cheese and bacon.

What's your favorite breakfast?

This is totally my favorite right now!!

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How I Naturally Clean My Dishwaher

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to share a quick post with you.

My dishwasher had some pretty bad stains on it from the detergent I was using. This was before I switched to an all natural dishwasher concentrate. Now I use Shaklee's dishwasher detergent. It's better for my family and it saves us money!!

I had some Scour Off on hand and knew this would get the stains off.

It's made from cherry pits and it smells sooo good!



It definitely got the stains off! I love this stuff soo much and use it for everything!

Do you get stains on your dishwasher from detergents?

How do you get them off?

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I hope you have an awesome weekend!!



Recipe Trial Tuesdays: Breakfast Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie

Welcome to the very first Recipe Trial Tuesday!

Every Tuesday, I'll post a new recipe I have tried recently and tell you my verdict! :) (haha, get it?  ok...)

I love trying new recipes and seeing others opinions on them so I think this will be really fun!

Let me know if you have any good recipes you've tried lately! I'd love to try them out!

Here we go!

Today's is really simple!!

This is a really quick, healthy morning smoothie and it's GOOD!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal (uncooked)

1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

1/4 cup 1% milk (forgot to add to picture-oops!)

7 frozen strawberries

1/2 Tbsp Honey

**I also added a quality protein powder. This is really important for your morning nutrients!**

This is enough for 1 serving.

First, you'll grind the oatmeal alone until it's powder. This is really important to avoid a chunky smoothie. That just sounds gross!

Then, just add the remaining ingredients  and blend until smooth!

It's really that simple!

I was actually surprised how much I liked this since I'm not too crazy about Greek yogurt. I think the oatmeal and vanilla protein powder took away from the Greek yogurt taste for me. I'll definitely be keeping this recipe with me!

I am not sure where I got this recipe from, I've had it written down for a little while. If it's yours, please email me and I'll be glad to give credit where credit is due! :)

Hope you enjoyed!

What's your favorite smoothie?

Do you have smoothies for breakfast often?

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Recipe: Pasta Primavera

Hey guys!

I thought I'd share a recipe with y'all! Our anniversary was Monday and I wanted to cook something a little special! :)

I had this dinner at a friend's house and it was so good! I begged her for the recipe and I'm so glad I did!

This recipe does take a little time to cook, but it's soo good and you won't regret it when you're finished!

Ingredients:

1 lb fresh broccoli (I used frozen)

2 small zucchini

1/2 onion, diced

1 tsp. dry basil (didn't use)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup olive oil

1 basket cherry tomatoes, halved

1/2 cup frozen green peas

2 tsp diced garlic

1/4 parsley, chopped

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp red pepper

1 lb linguini noodles (I cooked the entire pound and it was waaaay toooo much!)

1/4 cup butter

3/4 cup heavy cream*

2/3 cup Parmesan*

*I doubled mine for extra Alfredo sauce!

The recipe doesn't call for any meats, but I added chicken for some protein!

I marinated about 6 pieces of chicken in the Italian dressing for an hour or two

I had some extra time so I went ahead and cut all the tomatoes, zucchini, onion, and parsley. When I get the dirty work done before hand, it things go pretty quickly. That's always a plus!

**TIP**

If you're not using your parsley right after chopping, cover with a damp paper towel to keep from drying out

After the chicken was finished marinating, I went ahead and started cooking it on a very low heat.

Don't forget to keep an eye on it while cooking everything else!

Go ahead and start boiling your noodles in one pot and your broccoli and zucchini in a pot.

Cook and drain the noodle

Cook the veggies until they are crisp tender, drain, then just set aside in a large bowl

Now, you're going to saute the garlic, onions, and tomatoes in oil for about  2 minutes.

This part smells soo good!

If you going to use the basil, add it now and cook for about 3 more minutes.

Now, stir in peas, parsley, salt, red pepper, black pepper, and cook for another minute.

I took the picture before I added the peas. haha!

After that's finished cooking, throw the sauteed mixture in the bowl with the broccoli and zucchini.

One final step!

You can use the same pan and add to melt the butter, then add in your heavy cream and cheese and cook over medium heat--stirring constantly until smooth.

Then you just add in your noodles and the vegetable mixture until its heated thoroughly! That's it!

I served it with garlic bread! Leroy loved it!

I hope you enjoyed!!

Do you have any recipes you like to cook on special occasions? I'd love to hear about them!!

One Year Anniversary!

Today is Leroy's and my 1 year anniversary!

It's seriously CRAZY how fast it's went by! I know everyone says time goes by so fast, and I believed it to a certain extent...but wow!

I'm so happy to be married to that guy! He truly is so, so good to me (and I'll admit...I don't always deserve it). I feel like we really do balance each other out and make a good team. That's important, right? :)

Well, happy one year to us! And many, many more to go! 

FREE LIFETIME SHAKLEE MEMBERSHIP EXTENDED!

Hey everyone!! Hope the beginning of your week has went smoothly!

Things have been a little hectic around here with finals and everything! :(

I'm so, so excited to tell you that the free lifetime membership with ANY purchase is extended through the month of May! I thought just one month of this special was too good to be true..but this has topped it! :)

Your membership will save you 15% off ALL Shaklee products for life!  

Click here to begin your path to a healthier life!

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My pages are a little lonley so come show some love!

Once I get to 50 likes on my Facebook page, I'm going to have a giveaway! So get your hiney over there and bring some friends, too!

1 Cent Washer Fluid!

Hey!

How was your weekend? I did my first Earth day booth Sunday! I'll have to show you some pictures later!!

I just wanted to share with you how to make your own washer fluid for CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!

All I use is water and my favorite cleaner- Basic H!

My windshield washer reservoir holds about a gallon of water.

All I did was put about 16 drops of Basic H in my gallon of water!

For windows and mirrors, all you need 1-2 drops per 16 oz

Since there's 128 oz in a gallon... 128/16=8*2=16 drops!

It cost less than 1 cent to make a GALLON of window/mirror cleaner!

You really can't beat that!

Then I just poured it in my washer fluid reservoir!

That's it! Easy as can be and I made it with products I already had!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Don't forget! Free membership with ANY purchase in April! Time is running out FAST! :)