Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken And Rice

Sometimes I like to just let the picture draw you in...

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My Results: This was amazing, my husband loved it I think he had 4ths. The only change I would do is to make it saucier and to only cook it for 3-4 hours otherwise it starts to dry out. 

Grilled Balsamic-Garlic Crusted Pork Tenderloin

I love grilling, especially in the summer here in Arizona so much nicer not having to heat up the house when its 110+ outside!

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My Results: Zero leftovers, my family devoured this, so so so good!

Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo

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My Results: I personally would have liked twice the sauce but my hubby liked it as is.

Whiter Whites: Is it possible?

My whites are no longer white, and this is something I never notice until I buy something new thats white and then, bam! Do you have this problem too?

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My results: I tried this twice. The first time I did it in a top load washer set on hot and let it soak and didn't really notice any change in the whiteness. The second time I boiled a spaghetti pot of water and dumped it into my sink that was filling with hot water and let it soak, stirring it occasionally. This time I noticed a change everything wasn't back to "brand new whiteness" but things were whiter. I think if you did this once or twice a year it would keep things brighter and whiter longer and the quality of the fabric makes a difference too, the boys low thread count sheets and towels didn't change at all.

Slow Cooker Creamy Ranch Pork Chops and Potatoes

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My Results: This was good, definitely a cool weather meal, but the flavor was lacking something. I think I'd make this again but play with the seasonings. Also, it makes a lot of food!

Clean Toilet ???

I would do anything to have fresh clean toilets that don't require me to scrub them, especially having two young boys in the house. Hence my search for this pin:

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My results: Nothing really changed, I didn't notice any major difference from before to after. Boo :( 

Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Sometimes you're just easily sold by how good something looks.

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My Results: Nobody really loved this, the adults thought it was ok and the kids hated it! I was imagining the sauce to be sweeter when I read the recipe but it had a little kick to it. 

Mongolian Beef

I love to cook and I love to find new and fun recipes, half the time I look at the reviews before making something but sometimes the picture is just amazing enough to make me want to try it. This was one of those times:

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My Results: This smelled divine but the taste was just ok, I also had issues with the sauce not thickening enough. I doubled the recipe but barely had enough to feed my family of 4 and my boys didn't like it at all. Probably wont be making this again. 

The Lorax Cake

My oldest wanted a Lorax themed birthday party this year and since I'm not a super crafty creative person I hit up Pinterest. This is the inspiration for the cake decoration, Truffula trees:

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And this is how mine turned out not bad for my skill level. I used Pirouette Chocolate Hazelnut Rolled Wafers for the trunk and then cotton candy for the top. (Side note: Once you open your cotton candy be ready to eat it within an hour otherwise it starts to shrivel up.) 

Oven Cleaning

I have NEVER cleaned my oven in the 7+ years we have lived in our house. And I love to bake so I had burnt on build up on the bottom of my oven.

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My Results: This worked really well it took 90% of that built up nasty grim off.

Puffy Cupcakes

I seemed to always have issues with my cupcakes coming out totally and completely flat! Then I found this awesome tip.

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My Results: This works 95% of the time for me, my oven sucks with keeping the right temperature so I'm partially blaming it on that. 

Yellow Arm Pit Stains

We have some gross arm pit stained shirts in our house, we live in Az and sweat a lot! Sorry its gross but thats the "fun" of living in summer 9 months out of the year!

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My Results: This worked alright but probably would have worked even better if I had turned the shirts inside out since that's were the source of the stain is. This is also a great grease stain remover too!

The Perfect Chicken and Rice Dish

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My Results: AMAZING!!! I had to lead with the picture because "a picture's worth a thousand words!" The whole family loved this. :) 

Chessy Enchilada Casserole

This was again one of those meals that looked amazing and I just had to try it.

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My Results: This was amazing everyone loved it and wanted the recipe! Success!!