Helloooo Stranger

Well hullo there, it's been awhile...

here are the following reasons:
~I got lazy
~I got a job
~I got pregnant and ended up sick for the first 4 months

I just got out of the hospital on valentines day after being in the hospital for a cummulative 2 months... I lost my job while I was sick so I have free time now.. for this...

Here are the pins I have done within the last week, followed by the pins I did in October but never posted about.. prepare to be blown away.

RECIPES: from my "favorite recipes" and "crockpot-y goodness" boards.

My inlaws were in town for president's day weekend and my husband mentioned making a slow cooker meal one of the nights.. since I have soooooo many slow cooker recipes I jumped right on that. I chose a pin that said it was the "best slow cooker meal ever tried".. a creamy tortellini dish....it didn't make the house fill up with food smell, and we used fresh tortellini instead of frozen, which made the noodles extra squishy... (stick with frozen like the recipe calls for) but overall it was DELICIOUS.

everyone enjoyed it and my niece Katie who never tries new foods ate all of her helping to her mother's surprise.. So this recipe gets an A-.
         
                 creamy crock pot tortellini

  my sister-in-law found the same recipe but she believes it to be improved here: http://realmomkitchen.com/14514/slow-cooker-creamy-tortellini-soup/

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Today I prepared a 7hour long slow cooker meal.. DELICIOUS parmesan, basil tomato soup, and paired it with one of my all time favorite pin recipes. CAPRESE GRILLED CHEESE... the cook time was long, and the process was somewhat grueling, making the soup, and then the roux and going back and forth back and forth and dirtying A LOT of dishes... but the result was delicious and even my daughter the self-proclaimed Soup hater ate her entire bowl and said she loved it! It makes A LOT so be prepared to have leftovers.. I put some in a tupperware container for tomorrow and put the rest in a ziplock bag and froze it for a later date.

                  Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup

 sooooo YESTERDAY was my husband's birthday, and so in a last minute scheme I decided to make him a sleeve for his game pad for his Wii U... I wanted it to be original and the idea came to me when I was dropping my daughter off at school.. so I combined two pins and made him this:
Green Power Up Mushroom Applique
Universal electronics sleeve pattern

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Now close your eyes and imagine yourself floating back to October... I did a lot of pinning then and testing, but no blogging so this will have to suffice to catch up...LOTS OF RECIPES so let's start there.

RECIPES:

First things first... Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos...

 I have done this TWICE now at my husband's request.. they don't photograph well, but man do they taste amazing!

#2 Crispy Cheddar Chicken

one word "UH-MAZING" the cheese and the sauce... Just omg.. try this one:

#3 Buffalo Chicken Garbage Bread

sounds disgusting.. Tastes amazing! Imagine all the flavors of buffalo wings wrapped up in one giant flaky bread! Messy, Spicy, Delicious! this one was a winner, but it was a very ungraceful process and not that high on the "this is healthy"-line... but if you ever want to spoil yourself.. give this a try.

#4 Lasagna Soup

all the flavors of Lasagna wrapped up in one AMAZING soup.. again serves many.. so prepare for leftovers.. My husband ate some for lunch at work for a couple days...

#5 Creamy Garlic Pasta

Doesn't garlic make everything amazing... add cheese and "creamy" and "pasta" and it's a dish that's out of this world.. MMMM.

       #6 Skinny Chicken Enchiladas

You heard that right... Enchiladas that are Skinny (meaning for the lighter fare).... I HAD to give this a try and the result?? My husband begged me to make them again... so I did.. Serves more than 3 so if you're a smaller family prepare again for leftovers.. but even the leftovers are delicious.

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 SOOO now on to the arts and crafts... I got a sewing machine for my bridal shower (it was on the registry) and I finally got brave enough to take it out of it's box and attempt to figure out how to use the fanfangled thing.... the motivation?? a cute stuffed bunny tutorial... but I switched it up and tried to make a cat out of my baby blanket from when I was an infant... the result?? Kinda Ugly, Kinda Cute... it just sits on my craft desk now... maybe I will get brave and attempt this again.

Mooshy Belly Bunny Pattern

THEN of course comes my love of YARN... thus my YARNTASTIC pinboard:

here are some projects I attempted

#1 The "PERFECT" Purse

I have made bags before, but this was my first go at a purse... I tried crocheting my own button which kinda made it look tacky in my opinion.. eventually I will master the art of applying buttons to yarn projects for aesthetic and functional purposes.

 #2 The EASY "genius" headband
Ok I love this pattern, I went a little hay crazy with it. It really is Easy and Genius and the result is stupendous! I even made one for my daughter's build-a-bear bunny with a scrap of some yarn I had littering my yarn caddy.

#3 I had a Sister born in September (yes you read that right.. I am 24 years old with a 5 month old sister... AND a 2 year old brother while we're at it) and I wanted to make her something cute to wear.. it's always fun to make things for infants because even if the project ends up flawed, you put it on a baby and it instantly becomes adorable.. can't go wrong there!.. My brother really likes birds so I found a few "pinspirations" of a blue bird hat I could make for her..

Baby blue bird inspiration pattern

 Well folks on that note I am ALL caught up... tomorrow night stay tuned I am trying another slow cooker recipe and testing it out on 10 of my closest friends! SURE TO BE A GOOD TIME.

in the meantime KEEP ON PINNING and I will Catch ya later.
STAY CLASSY -Erin.