Fairhome Road

Little sneaky peaky for the hubby here.

I have had a lot of thoughts brewing in this brain of mine and I am going to go ahead, make an executive decision that involves Rit Dye and this ugly couch we have sitting in our basement. That right! I am going to dye the couch! I haven’t been able to find any good tutorials on how to do this, in fact, pretty much everyone is saying DON’T DO IT. Well, I am going to take my chances on the ugly basement couch and go for it. What do I have to lose? {Answer: An ugly couch!} Brandon doesn’t like it anyway so I figure it would be a great opportunity to test out what I think could be an awesome project. Picking up the supplies today so hopefully I will have a finished product to show soon!

SURPRISE, dear!

Another meal thrown together with whatever we have around the house, I swear these are the best sometimes! Honestly, this was such a surprise and Brandon has even claimed it as his new {favorite}! You have got to try this!!

Now, I did look around to see if there were other versions of this. I feel with cooking most times even if you put something together yourself there is always someone who has already done something quite similar. A couple different methods I found used ketchup, cornstarch, veggies and different amounts of ingredients. I think mine is the best but I may be a little biased. Also, I try to make everything in small batches as we are a small family but you try it – play around with it and let me know.

{INGREDIENTS}

• 2 Large Chicken Breasts
• 1/4 cup Soy Sauce
• 1 Small Onion {chopped}
• 1 Garlic Clove {minced}
• A Good Squeeze on Honey {maybe 3 TBSP}
• 1 TSP Crushed Red Pepper
• 2 TBSP Hot Sauce
• 2 TBSP Water
• Salt and Pepper

You can cook this a couple ways…

Place all ingredients in baking dish, cover and cook at 375 degree until chicken shreds nicely. {I may add more water if doing it this way}

– OR –

{the way I did it} Place everything in Crock Pot and cook on HIGH for 2 to 3 hours.

Shred Chicken and serve over rice!

I like to rate the deliciousness of what I make by the amount of food left on my husband’s plate. I think I will let this one speak for itself.

My first recipe post!

I have been stressing a little too much about what these first few posts will be, I just have to start going! A lot of the time I plan our meals out a week or so and do my grocery shopping based on that {the weekly meal planner and shopping list coming soon} BUT sometimes I don’t grocery shop for a long time and wonderful meals are created with what we have around the house {much like this one}. I found a couple recipes online, nothing that really stood out to me but I did use this as inspiration.

{INGREDIENTS}

• Bag of Frozen Cheese Ravioli (I used a 1 1/2 lb bag)
• Half pound of BACON – sliced
• 1 medium yellow/white onion – finely chopped
• 2 cloves of Garlic – minced
• 8oz heavy cream
• 1 cup peas (I used canned but would suggest fresh or frozen)
• Salt and Pepper for seasoning

Heat Ravioli through per directions on the bag. {probably boil in water for about 8 minutes – DON’T over do it!}

Cook bacon to liking and remove with a slotted spoon leaving the grease.

Place your onion and garlic into the bacon grease and cook until translucent and fragrant.

Pour in cream and slightly thicken {I think I let it bubble for about 2  minutes TOPS} This is where I seasoned with Salt and Pepper. Don’t skip the seasoning part – your dish will still be good but not great!

Add the bacon back in along with the cup of peas and heat through.

Plate your ravioli and cover with sauce. I garnished with some green onion because that is what I had BUT some fresh Parmesan would be yummy!

I like to rate the deliciousness of what I make by the amount of food left on my husband’s plate.  This one achieved clean plate status!!

I want feedback, I love the food I make but always want to make it better! Make changes? Let me know!