Organizing my pantry

Well, my mother in law was kind enough to take my son for a few days so i had some extra time today. I downloaded an app called 'out of milk'. You scan everything in your pantry and it makes a list. So you always know what you have. I spent the day taking everything off the shelves, scanning the barcode of each item, then organizing it back in the pantry. I still have a lot to do but its nice to be able to see my can goods better lol
For dinner I made ranch chicken tacos in the crockpot. The actual recipe isn't a crockpot recipe but i made it into one. I put boneless skinless chicken in the crockpot with taco seasoning, 1/2 cup ranch, and a little bit of water. Once it was falling apart I split it up and put it soft taco shells with lettuce and a little ranch. These were so easy and yummy! I hope you give these a try!
-J

I hate Mondays!

Today was a lazy day. I didn't get much sleep the night before. My son of course was up at 630am jumping off the walls lol. For dinner my hubby made hamburgers with a 'secret sauce' that's not so secret, at least not if your from the west. Fry Sauce, as we like to call it. Its just ketchup & mayo. Some may think its weird. But try it! You may find you like it. We tried a new recipe for the burgers using sweet baby rays bbq sauce. They totally fell apart but they still tasted good. Next time we will try adding less bbq sauce and hopefully they will stay together better. I also made a salad with a dressing recipe i found on pinterest. Its a copy cat of olive gardens dressing. I love their dressing so i couldn't wait to try this! This has a ton of Ingredients in it so be prepared. Although i had all but a few in my cabinet. I threw all the ingredients in the blender and i was done! It made two bottles full. It tastes wonderful and tastes almost just like olive garden! Ill post both recipes below if you'd like to try!

olive garden copy cat dressing recipe

Burger recipe

Homemade granola bars!

http://www.laurenslatest.com/no-bake-chocolate-chip-granola-bars-easy-healthy/
We have to wait two hours before we can try these but they smell and look so good. These were super easy to make! Took under 5 minutes total! Just melted the butter, honey, and brown sugar together, added vanilla, poured over rice cereal and quick oats! Smash in cookie sheet, sprinkle with chocolate chips...DONE! Wait 2hrs+ before cutting them. I hope they taste good, ill let you know!
-J
UPDATE!- These taste delicious! The only problem is they are falling apart :( i read that i can stick them in the fridge for a few minutes to harden so im going to try that. Definitely recommend if you want a good "healthy" snack!

Dinner tonight-pork chops

My mom gave me two super thick pork chops that she got from Costco. I was originally going to stuff them but I found a different recipe. I made some stove top stuffing and put it in a casserole dish. I put the chops on top of that. Then mixed together chopped green apple, sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Put that on top the chops, covered and baked an hour. So yummy! Even my little 2yo gobbled it up and said "mmmm, good"!  I kindof just took a recipe and did my own thing with it. I forgot to take pictures of the deliciousness, sorry. 
Well tomorrow is friday, my favorite day of the week! Why you might ask? Well thats the day my son goes to preschool and mommy gets a break!  :) Tomorrow my sweet baby girl is getting her picture taken! I hope she smiles! Ill write more tomorrow!
-J

New restaurant in town

Last night my husband wanted to try out this new pizza place called "Little Texas". We hear they had a buffet for only $5.49 a person and 3 and under free! We ended up being the only people there. They just opened Dec 20th so I don't think many people know about it yet. We were greeted by a friendly waitress and a very clean and inviting restaurant. Although we were the only ones there, the buffet had fresh food on it and they even added new pizzas. Everything looked delicious!  I tried the spinach alfredo, pepperoni, and macaroni & cheese pizzas. It kind of reminded me of ci ci's but the pizza had a lot more flavor.  On there buffet they offer pizza, pasta, soup, salad, and for dessert cinnamon rolls and pudding.  Its not a huge buffet but I think its well worth the price of $5.49 (It will be $6.49 after Jan 20th). The cinnamon rolls are so moist, gooey, and incredibly good! Everything is hand made and you can tell. Please check it out! They also have a special going $3.99 for a medium pizza. Go here for more info...
http://www.facebook.com/LittleTexasPizzaBuffet
Thanks for reading!
-J

Good quote

I saw this quote on a church billboard and thought it was pretty cool. "A Christian must keep his faith, but not to himself" I struggle with this some times. Not in the way I would ever deny my beliefs but with sharing it with others. Im always affraid that just because i'm different then others I will be judged for that. My goal for this year is to share more of what I believe and what "The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints" teaches. I want others to experience the happiness my faith brings me. That is all for now.
-J

Dinner "almost" ruined

Well, i cooked the stew meat in the crockpot all day, according to the recipe. It turned out great! I continued to follow directions and put the burritos together. Broiled them to make the cheese nice and bubbly. Looked delicious!  (I've included a picture) i took a bite and it tasted a little too salty. I said to the family, "sorry guys, i added a little too much salt." My husband said "it's ok hunny, we will survive ".  Then it hits me, he had checked on and stirred the meat a few times before we ate. I asked, " Wait, did you add salt?" His response was a very quiet "yes." I said, " so you were going to let me think i had added too much?" Lol "yes" Oh my husband, you cant get away with anything! *grinning* we were still able to enjoy our dinner even though it was a tad salty :) I totally recommend this dish, especially if you love burritos! I will be making it again but not adding ad much salt...wink wink. The website for this recipe is in a previous post. Check it out!

Peanut butter cookies

I got some peanut butter "holiday" cookie dough cheap at Kroger. I made these cookies and froze the other half of the dough. Yummy! If you see this at your store snatch it up! You can freeze this for at least 2mos!

Flylady

Can any of you keep a clean living room for more than 5 minutes with a toddler? Ya I haven't figured that out yet either! Lol! I have found an awesome website to help keep up with the cleaning. Its called flylady.com! Its free! The "FlyLady" breaks your house into zones to make it easier. For example, one week you'll be concentrating on the kitchen. Each day she will email you a task to do...like, wipe down the fronts of your cabinets. You spend 10-15 min at a time doing it. You also have tasks that you make a habit of doing every day. (I'll be honest, I have not yet mastered doing these every day. But, when I do them it makes my life ten times easier!) Take a look at the website, it is awesome! 
So for today, I plan to clean downstairs, finish laundry, while also nursing my little girl and entertaining her very active brother!  Busy day :) At least I already put dinner in the crockpot. Tonight we will be having...Chile Colorado Burritos!  Found the recipe here: http://food-pusher.blogspot.com/2010/08/chile-colorado-burritos.html?m=1 Never had them before but they look and sound delicious! I will let you know how they turn out. I'm also going to try to make homemade granola bars today so we have some healthy snacks that don't cost very much. I'll post that recipe and pics when I make them. I hope i'm not boring whomever is reading this :)
-Jessica

Picture of lasagna rolls

Lasagna rolls

Go here for recipe... http://www.plainchicken.com/2012/12/lasagna-rolls.html?m=1 fairly easy to make and turned out great!!! We give this 2 thumbs up and definitely recommend it.

Well this blog was a fail! lol

I completely forgot about this, lol! Now that I have 2 kiddos my life consists of feeding, changing, and pretty much caring for these little angels 24/7. Unless my husband, Grandparent, Aunt or Uncle decides to help out. I love my job and im constantly trying to find ways to make my life a little easier and raise my kids right. For those of you who don't know, I'm a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints...also known as Mormon. We are Christians. My husband and I are doing our best to raise our children to love Christ, follow his commandments, and serve others. Ive decided to start this blog, again lol, and try to write about things that ive seen online or learned to help in my daily life. For example, websites that help me menu plan or keep the house clean. These are both daily struggles for me and I hope since its a new year I can try harder and succeed. I love my family very much and want to be the best wife and mommy I can be. If you feel like following my blog go right ahead, if not then thanks for stopping by. I'll probably end up being the only reader but oh well. Thanks, Jessica