Hoopla of Love

The stupid stamps added a bit of extra ink to this piece but overall it's still cute!  I suppose I should have stamped first sewed second but it honestly never even crossed my mind.  Ooops! 

Foodie Friday-Crock Pot BBQ Chicken

I was a bit skeptical about this recipe.  BBQ chicken from a crock pot?  If you read my post last week  you know how I feel about my meat being grilled.  I must say though that I was pleasantly surprised with how well this turned out.  I even had two kids who cleared their plates of all the chicken.  I am really starting to LOVE my crock pot, but I do need to get more liners for it cause I don't care for the clean-up. 

You will need:

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1 bottle BBQ sauce of your choice

1/4 c vinegar

1 tsp. red pepper flakes

1/4 c brown sugar

1/2 - 1 tsp. garlic powder

Mix all ingredients to make the sauce

Place chicken in crock pot

Pour the sauce over the chicken

Cook on LOW for 4-6 hours

I used 3 breasts and cooked it on low for 4 hours.

I served it with the Best Broccoli EVER! Which you can find here.

BBQ Chicken Recipe found at Stick a Fork In It

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Foodie Friday-Pork Chop Marinade

 I grew up in a mild climate for most of my life and I prefer my meat to be grilled.  I know there are a lot of people who grew up with oven baked or broiled meat and honestly it just doesn't cut it for me.  I remember helping to mix up marinades out of teriyaki and whatever else we happened to have on hand then tossing it on the grill.  Oh those teriyaki chicken breasts were divine!  In Montana every summer it was a special day when we got have poor boy for dinner.  Now I realize that it was a london broil that was marinated in something special (I still don't know what)

The one thing I don't ever remember marinating was pork chops.  They were grilled then slathered with BBQ sauce before ending up on my plate.  I have never even though to marinate chops until I came across this recipe.  These are so juicy and good. 

You will need:

4 Pork Chops

1/4 cup olive oil

2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp steak seasoning

(I half this recipe)

Combine olive oil, soy sauce, and steak seasoning.

Add pork and marinate for 6-8 hours

Grill

So easy and so good you may never go back to using BBQ sauce again!

Receipe from Mel's Kitchen Cafe