For Ashley’s Baby Shower, a while ago, I was asked to make chocolate covered oreos. There is a really easy way, where you can just dip the oreos in chocolate and place them on a sheet to dry. The only thing I don’t like about this method, is that I feel they don’t look perfect enough. Now don’t get me wrong there are times when look doesn’t matter,but for this baby shower we wanted everything as close to perfect as we could get.
Grant and I like most chinese food. Growing up, I loved the orange chicken at Panda Express a lot. My mom and I would go on dates there randomly. I saw THIS  recipe floating around pinterest, and decided I would give it a try and let you know what I think. The process was very simple, and the result was very similar  to restaurants which I was surprised about! The tastes was VERY orange. I would have preferred a more subtle orange flavor. But I will at least show you the step by step on how to make it. In future, I will just change the actual sauce that we put into the crock pot and do everything else the same.
Growing up, I spent a lot of time at my friend Cara’s house. Her mom made homemade bread for the family every week. She even ground her own grains to make it worth the price. I love her regular bread a lot,but the cinnamon raisin swirl version was AMAZING! I finally was able to get her recipe, and I have made it twice for Grant, and there was never very much left. Below you can see step by step pictures and then the list of ingredients with all of the instructions. I hope you enjoy it!
Here is a really great and easy recipe that is a staple in our family. I prefer Chili with more beans than meat,but Grant isn’t a huge lover of Beans so I have to have a higher meat to bean ratio. 🙂 The things Grant actually cares about crack me up. Before I met Grant, I didn’t realize that people had texture issues with foods. Oh well, him being particular about foods just makes me laugh inside. I love how certain things makes everyone unique.
Well, our new flash is older now because we have had it for a couple of months,but I haven’t really posted about it yet. We wanted a flash to help take pictures. We have a light box, and I like the pictures it takes,but I don’t always want such a stark white background. I know nothing about good photography,but I know what I like. I would LOVE to use more natural light,but when I a blogging or taking pictures it is normally during the week after work and sometimes on the weekends. I have very little light to work with because of how our apartment is facing and the time of the day.  Here are some comparison pictures we took right when we bought our flash to show why we like it.
Here is one of my favorite recipes. There are THOUSANDS of different version of Chicken Salad! There was one that I grew up with that the amazing ladies at my church in Ohio always made, and it had grapes and cashews in it. I have to say that I am partial to a sweeter version of chicken salad. Of the varieties found in restaurants, Panera Bread has the best one hands down in my opinion. Well you can disagree with me and that is fine because little things make a huge difference. My older sister Kira has a great version too. I begged my mother in law, Gail, to ask the amazing ladies at church to give me their recipe. I have to say she did AMAZING!