Hawaiian BBQ chicken

Another "pinned" recipe success!  See actual pin here, and original recipe/website here.

This was an EASY crockpot recipe that only called for 3 (yes, 3) ingredients! It's basically shredded bbq chicken with mango and pineapple flavors.  If you want to serve it over rice after it is cooked (like I did), then that would be your 4th ingredient. It's really yummy, and again, so simple to throw together. 

Below are pics of my process. 



Ingredients:
4-6 boneless chicken breasts (mine were frozen)
 1 bottle hawaiian bbq sauce (from Target)
pinapple (frozen or canned)
rice (optional)



close-up of BBQ sauce

 

Place frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot and cover with BBQ sauce. Empty pineapple chunks on top. Cook on High for 2-3 hours or Low for 4-6 hours.

Before serving, shred chicken with two forks while still in the crock pot so the chicken will be well coated with sauce. Serve over rice.

Enjoy!

DIY Fall Wreath

Last week, I was inspired by THIS lovely DIY wreath (made by my friend, Nancy)...and I decided to give it a try!

First I'll show you a pic of the finished product.....



oooh, ahhhh.



Now for the VERY simple instructions, in case you want to make one for yourself!!

(And FYI, I had to buy the wreath, the mini pumpkins, ribbon, and wooden "S"...which cost about $12 total.)

I bought a plain wooden "S" because I liked the size and font.  I knew I would be painting it later (you could use acrylic pain or spray pain.) 

Warm up your glue gun, and get your pumpkins ready....

Arrange your pumpkins the way that you want to glue them down...and then add the glue and hold them in place.

Time to add the ribbon bow, tie it loosely in place and arrange the way you want your letter to hang.

Then slip the letter through the ribbon, adjust the bow..and HANG!

Ta-da!  I bought the wreath hanger at A.C. Moore for 99 cents :)

See how easy!!  I almost feel silly for putting up the tutorial...but oh well!!

XOXO

Weekend Roundup

First of all, I want to thank y'all for your well wishes from the last post!  I am on meds and feeling much better!  To celebrate the return of my taste buds, I immeditately went out and treated myself with a delicious iced pumpkin spiced latte....

Mmmmmmm.  Fall flavors are my FAVE.  Pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, maple....I'm definitely getting in the baking/cooking mood.  And just in time for my 3rd annual Fall Desserts party coming up this week.  I plan on making some delicious and super festive treats (mostly found from Pinterest recipes).  Excited to share more about that once the party takes place! 

On to more pics from the weekend....

My first fall manicure -- a dark burgandy OPI color (forget the name) that I am LOVING!

Saturday was absolutely beautiful, and was spent at the DUKE/FSU football game.  I helped out at the Special Olympics tent before kick-off, which was a blast!  Here are some of my new friends:

And here are some OLD friends!  Sarah (on the left) is my 2nd cousin, and came up from Jacksonville for the game!!  And Jane (on my right) is my longtime friend from Pensacola, who lives here in NC with me!

SOOOO much fun to hang with you girls!!  :)

Saturday night was an evening of FUN at the State Fair!!  Post on that to come :)

We went with 3 other couples and had a blast...although I'm felt a little old waiting in the ride lines with hundreds of teeny-boppers! 

Oh yes.  Funnel cake was dominated.

My craft of the week finally finished!  A monogrammed fall wreath!

Will be posting a EASY-peezy tutorial asap for this. 



How was everyone's weekend?! 

XOXO

On the mend, and a recap

Happy Thursday!  Thought I'd check in with the blogosphere after being somewhat under the weather the past few days.  I finally have a prescription filled, and hopefully I'll be on the mend soon.  

I think it's just the change of season/weather that has totally messed me up...congestion, sore throat, cough, and extreme exhaustion.  Oh and the worst part, is the loss of taste and smell.  I am soooo ready to start baking pumpkin and fall treats, and light my new autumn candles, but I figured it probably won't be worth it if I can't even taste or smell them!  Sad.    

Anywho, I'll leave you with a few pictures of the last week or so....I got some fun goodies, baked some treats for a bday party, made a DIY necklace, and also cooked up some wonderful fall soups.  

Enjoy!

YAY!!  Hunter Wellies!!

Yummy cookie cups -- recipe to come soon!

Mexican Chicken Soup - recipe here

Perfect Chambray shirt - Target

Organizing my closet and putting away all my summer sandals...ta ta for now!

Finding these beauties in my fall/winter storage -- so fun!!

DIY necklace time! Inspired by Alicia!

Finished product :)  I love it!

First chili of the season!  I used a combination of these 2 recipes: 1, 2
Easy and delicious!

Hope you are doing lovely, and enjoying the fall!!

I'm looking forward to the Duke Football game and the State Fair this weekend with friends!!

Such a fun time of the year :)

XOXO