Fabulous Food Friday's - Pork and Bean Stew

Pork and Bean Stew

Ingredients:

• 1 can (55 oz) baked beans with bacon and brown sugar sauce, undrained
• 2 cups shredded smoked pork
• 1 can (14.5 oz) fire-roasted diced tomatoes with roasted garlic, undrained
• 1 bag (12 oz) frozen onions, celery, bell pepper and parsley seasoning blend, thawed
• 1 box (9 oz) Green Giant Simply Steam frozen baby lima beans, thawed
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
• Red Pepper Sauce, if desired

Directions:

• Spray 5 - 6 quart slow cooker with cooking spray.  In slow cooker, mix all ingredients except pepper sauce.
• Cover; cook on LOW heat setting 8 hours.
• Serve with Pepper Sauce

I have put frozen in the slow cooker without it being thawed and it still turned out wonderful.  Hope you enjoy. 

Printable recipe can be found

 

Thanks for stopping by.....

Tipful Tuesday - Old Frames

Through the miracle of glue guns, we (as crafters ♥♥♥) can update old or used picture frames and give them as gifts on a number of special occasions...photos are nice but not necessarily required.  In the process you may even be able to clean out the junk drawer at the same time. 

You can use any size and just glue the appropriate items in place, wrap, and watch them smile when they open the package. 

• the gamester - poker chips, dominoes or mah jongg tiles - glue them in a line across the top and bottom or diagonally across two or four corners
• if you have a golfer use golf tees - the same way across the top and bottom or diagonally across two corners
• the fisher - some fishing lures - center them at the top or  in the bottom right corner
• parent-to-be - how about some booties or pacifiers - diagonally in opposite corners
• young child - legos, tinkertoys or lincoln logs - around the rim or diagonally
• dog lover - small dog biscuits coated with varnish or clear nail polish - around the rim

What have you used old frames for? 

Thanks for stopping by.....

Quote of the Week

Thanks for stopping by.....

It's Mega Swagbucks Day plus....

.....100 Free Swagbucks for New Members.  If you haven't joined Swagbucks yet; what are you waiting for? 

I'm sure you all like free things and free gift cards?  Now is the time to join Swagbucks and use code MARCHSWAG (valid until April 2) during registration and you'll get 100 FREE Swagbucks to start; normally you start with 30 Swagbucks.

And, right now it's March Swagness which means you can earn BONUS SWAGBUCKS.

Plus if that isn't enough today is Mega Swagbucks day!    On Fridays, your earning potential increases (but you need to join first).  Here's how to get started:

• Sign-up for Swagbucks with your name, email, password, zip code and birthdate.
• If you run into any problems, contact 'support' for help.
• Use Swagbucks as your search engine to earn more Swagbucks towards gift cards and EVEN cash via paypal!

Here are a few tips that I've found to help you earn an easy 45 Swagbucks a day....a $5 Amazon Gift Card is only 450 Swagbucks....in ten days you could have one too!

• Download the Swagbucks Toolbar - sign in everyday using the toolbar will give you 1 SB
• Answer the Daily Poll Question - 1 SB
• Ad Rewards - watch ads; enter the numbers you see - 1 SB per video
• Scroll through special offers for videos ranging from 1 -3 SB and any other offers you like; most are free; they have surveys
• Use the search engine....use it often; I normally get 8 - 10 SB a day for searching
• Watch TV - 3 SB for every 10 videos you watch (they are short)
• Play Games - 2 SB for every 2 games played (you can get 10 SB per day)
• Video Ads - 3 SB (normally sent to you via inbox)
• SwagCodes - watch for SwagCodes ranging from 5 - 8 Swagbucks
• Trusted Surveys - I normally don't qualify; but once in a while I will for 25 or 50 SB; for every survey you are not qualified for you'll earn 1 SB up to 5 SB a day
• NOSO (No Obligation Special Offers) easy 2 SB
• visit http://www.swagbucks.com/
• click on 'Ways to Earn' then NOSO
• click 'starting earning now' - orange circle on left side of page
• SKIP through the offers until the end
• enter word verification
• Win when your friends win....you'll earn Swagbucks when they do and you'll see your earnings increase.

Have you joined yet?  At Swagbucks you are rewarded for searching the web.  I joined Swagbucks in December and have already received amazon gift cards and paypal cash!

You can earn many different gift cards and prizes; I prefer Amazon gift cards....it's like getting free presents...NO it is getting free presents.

 

Thanks for stopping by.....

Fabulous Food Fridays - Chippy Chewy Bars

I needed something to take to a little family party and I found this recipe in my Hershey's Bake Shoppe Cookies.  YUMMY....they were gone in about 10 minutes.  J

(source)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup  (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 2/3 cups (10-ounce package) REESE's Peanut Butter Chips
• 1 1/2 cups MOUNDS Sweetened Coconut Flakes
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1 cup HERSHEY's Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips or HERSHEY's mini chips Semi-Sweet Chocolate
• 1 1/2 teaspoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine or oil)

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees
• Place butter in 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.  Heat in oven until melted.  Remove pan from oven.  Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over butter; press down with fork.  Lay one cup peanut butter chips over crumbs; sprinkle coconut over peanut butter chips.  Layer remaining 2/3 cup peanut butter chips over coconut; drizzle sweetened condensed milk evenly over top.
• Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned
• In small microwave-safe bowl, place chocolate chips and shortening.  Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 minute; stir.  If necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.  Drizzle evenly over top of baked mixture.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Cut into bars.

Thanks for stopping by.....

Yields 48 Bars

I'm linking to these parties....

WOW-O-WOWZA Wednesday {12}

Happy Wednesday Everyone!  Hope you are all have a wonderful week so far!

A few things that caught my eye around blogland this week....

Leprechaun Hat Favours ~ The Craft Blog via Paper, Plate and Plane

Grapevine Egg Topiary ~ A Glimpse Inside

enamel-painted vases ~ Sugar and Charm

Game Board Storage ~ Infarrantly Creative

Kid's Choice Chore System ~ A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Thanks for stopping by.....

Tipful Tuesday - Berry Baskets

I  ♥♥♥ fresh berries; so those little green baskets (like the one pictured below) they come in can stack up during the summer.  I've seen many crafters use them for crafts.  If you have please share a link as I'd love to try. 

A few uses I found for using mine are

• as a colander to strain canned beans....the weave is just enough to hold the beans, while letting the water run through
• to hold hard-boiled eggs in the fridge so that they won't get mixed up with raw eggs
• on the top rack of your dishwasher to hold cookie cutters, decorator tips or even baby bottle nipples so that they won't fall down into the washer

What uses have you found?  Any crafty ideas?  Please do share. 

Thanks for stopping by.....

I'm linking to these parties....

March Swagness at SWAGBUCKS

The March promo at Swagbucks has some fantastic earning opportunities.  If you aren't already a member...what are you waiting for?  You can sign up here to become a member and start earning towards gift cards and other prizes. 

March Swagness has come to Swagbucks - it's all about you earning bonus Swag Bucks while doing all of the things you're already doing on Swagbucks.  Every day they'll give you an earning goal, which you'll find on their homepage.  As you earn Swag Bucks throughout the day, that meter will fill up and when it's full, you'll have earned your bonus for the day.  The bonus will always be 10% of that day's goal.

Be sure to check in everyday, as the earning goal for any given day could be higher or lower than the day before.  Your total bonus amount will continue to accumulate each day, and your bonus amount will be applied by April 5th - this special promotion runs through April 2nd.  If you hit your earning goal every single day of March Swagness, your bonus amount will be DOUBLED!!

EVERYTHING you earn on Swagbucks counts towards March Swagness - including (but limited to) Search, Surveys, Tasks, Swag Codes, Special Offers, Referral Bucks, Winning TTPTP, Hastag and Comment Hookups - if you earn it from us it counts toward the day it is earned.

Get your March Swagness on starting TODAY, March 20th, when the goal will be 50 Swag Bucks....Ready ~ Set ~ Go ~ Here!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by.....

I can't believe......

....it's finally spring!

I can't wait to see my tulips and black eyed Susans and all my other flowers bloom.



Thanks for stopping by.....

Quote (inspiration) of the Week

Thanks for stopping by.....

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Thanks for stopping by.....

Fabulous Food Friday

Betty Crocker does it again.....love this lady! J

 

Peanutty Good Luck Snack

source - Betty Crocker.com

It's a LUCKY day!!!!!  This awesome little snack can be made in 10 minutes with no cooking or baking required.  In fact my 5 year old daughter made this all by herself for her classmates for St. Patty's Day.

Prep Time:     10 minutes

Servings:        14 servings (1/2 cup each)

Ingredients:

• 4 cups Lucky Charms cereal
• 1 cup candy-coated peanut butter pieces
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup peanuts

Directions:

• Place all ingredients in a resealable plastic food-storage bag; seal.  Shake until mixed.
• Store at room temperature up to 3 days.

We put some in little bags and topped with this LUCKY treat bag topper that I found at One Charming Party.  Aren't they just adorable?

Thanks for stopping by.....

I'm linking to these parties.....