How to make your own peanut butter

Making your own  peanut butter is probably easier that looking for it at the store. Before Michael and I tied the knot he took a PB&J for lunch almost everyday. He loves them! But plain ol' Jiffy would not do for my man. I decided to make him Honey Roasted Peanut Butter. I did some Googling and learned how to it all by myself. It turned out to be so so so good {and so easy}

Honey Roasted Peanut Butter

What you'll need:

Food Processors

Honey Roasted Peanuts

(if you can find Fishers Honey Roasted Peanuts in your area that what I recommend)

5 Minutes

Salt/Sugar/Honey (Optional)

Directions 

Pour peanuts in food processor

Chop for a little minute

Grind for a little minute

Continue to chop/grind until desired consistency is reached

Taste and add Salt/Sugar/Honey as needed or preferred.

 You're Done! Transfer to an airtight container to store

Spicy Chicken Rigatoni

This was a recipe with a few "first". First time I've cooked with red peppers, first time I've used rigatoni, and the first time I looked at a recipe and thought "it looks so good but the recipe is soooo lacking". So off to work I went. I looked over the recipe and made changes as I saw fit. Here's what I came up with. So spicy. So good.

Spicy Chicken Rigatoni

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Adapted from Tastebook.com

Serves 8

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tbs chopped garlic
• 12 oz chicken, sliced
• 1 cup Marinara sauce
• 10 oz Light Alfredo sauce (Butoni)
• 1 lb Rigatoni pasta
• 2 cups reduced fat mozzarella

Directions

1.) In a sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat. Add crushed red pepper, salt, pepper, garlic and chicken until chicken is cooked. Cook pasta according to package directions (If you’d like you can chop the chicken into smaller pieces after its cooked)

2.)Drain Rigatoni and return to pot. Add chicken mixture and sauces to pasta. Mix well.

3.)Pour everything in a 9x13 casserole dish, top with mozzarella, and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

           

Family Rules

Still trying to figure out where to put it. Then I'll add colors :)

Oh Praise the One

And I hear the Savior say

thy strength indeed is small

Child of weakness watch and pray

find in Me thine all in all

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Lord now indeed I find

the power and thine alone

Can change the lepers spots

and melt the heart of stone

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

And when before the throe

I stand in Him complete

Jesus died my soul to save

My lips shall still repeat.

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Oh praise the One who paid my debts

and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the One who paid my debts

and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the One who paid my debts

and raised this life up from the dead

Oh praise the One who paid my debts

and raised this life up from the dead  

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

The Best Ever Pot Roast

I've been showing my crock pot lots of love lately and decided to try a roast. I can confidently perfect a filet mignon with a shallot port reduction, but for some reason throwing a roast in the crock pot was intimidating to me. Ha. The joke was on me. Ready for the best pot roast/easiest meal you'll make all week? 

Here it is:

 Pot Roast

 Adapted from Food.Com

You'll Need:

3-5lb Roast

1 Packet of Italian Dressing Mix

1 Packet of Ranch Dressing Mix

1 Packet of Brown Gravy Mix

1 Bag of Baby Carrots

1 2.5lb Bag of Baby Reds

1 Large Onion

1-1.5 C of water

Cut veggies (potatoes in half, onion in big chunks)

Dump all veggies in the bottom of the crock pot

Add thawed Roast

Dump mixes directly on top of roast

 

Pour water over the roast (if you don't want dark spots on your roast be sure there is no seasoning on it.It will make it look burnt)

 

Cook on low for 7-10 hours

 

 Serves 6-8

Ingredients

3-5lb Roast

1 Packet of Italian Dressing Mix

1 Packet of Ranch Dressing Mix

1 Packet of Brown Gravy Mix

1 Bag of Baby Carrots

1 2.5lb Bag of Baby Reds

1 Large Onion

1-1.5 C of water

Directions

Cut veggies (potatoes in half, onion in big chunks)

Dump all veggies in the bottom of the crock pot

Add thawed Roast

Dump mixes directly on top of roast

Pour 1-1.5 Cups of water over the roast (if you don't want dark spots on your roast be sure there is no seasoning on it. It doesn't taste funny, it will, however, make it look burnt)

Cook on low for 7-10 hours