Need a Midnight Snack?

Try these No Bake Oatmeal Treats!

2 cups sugar

2 tbsp. cocoa

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cube butter

2 cups oatmeal (quick or old fashioned)

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix sugar, cocoa, milk and butter in a heavy bottom saucepan and bring to a boil.  Boil for 2 minutes.  Remove from the heat and add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal.  Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper and let set. 

Yummy!



 

What's for Dinner!

How about Chicken Strips and homemade chips or French fries!

You can make your own sauces, too!

 

Don't forget the lemonade!

Chicken Strips

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1/4 inch thick strips

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp. Morton season all seasoning salt

1/2 tsp. garlic salt

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/4 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. thyme

1 egg

1/8 cup milk

Oil for deep frying.

Preheat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F.

Mix flour, and seasonings in a bowl set aside.  Mix egg and milk in a small bowl until well combined.  Put 1/3 of the strips of chicken in the egg mixture to coat and then put the strips into the flour mixture.  Carefully place strips into deep fryer and fry until golden brown and done in the middle.  Remove from oil and drain on paper towels.  Do the same with the other 2/3 of the chicken strips.  Serve with honey mustard dipping sauce (see below for recipe).

 

Mustard Sauce

1-1/2 tablespoons yellow mustard

4 tablespoons light mayo

3/4 tablespoon honey

Mix together and serve with the chicken strips. 

 

Fry Sauce

1/4 cup ketchup

1/2 cup light mayo

Mix together until smooth and serve with fries.

 

Lemonade

Mix 2 envelopes lemonade drink mix with 2 cups water and 1 cup sugar until dissolved.  Pour into a good blender and add 4 cups ice cubes.  Blend until slushy. 

 

 

 

 

I found baskets at Dollar Tree and they were $1 for six (3 blue and 3 red).

I found the condiment cups at a thrift store.

The red papers I found at a craft store and the white paper is parchment. 

 



 

Here is what is blooming in my garden right now. 

I live in a Zone 3-4 area.

 

I really love these bearded irises.  This particular variety has a sweet smell.  I have it planted by my back door patio door and when the door is open I can smell that wonderful fragrance.  These grow well in just about any soil and are easy to care for.  They bloom in late spring and early summer.

This is the Stella D oro lily.  They are so beautiful when it is covered with all of the yellow flowers.

They grow well in our zone and require very little care and maintenance.

This is a creeping jenny, moneywort that I have planted in my rocks along with hen and chicks.  They spread and right now they have this beautiful yellow bloom.

This is stonecrop that is planted in my rocks as well and requires little maintenance.

These are amur privets that I have planted by my driveway and they are the hardiest bushes that I have.  They have beautiful white flowers right now and provide a great screen in the summer.  They have grown about ten feet tall and stand up well to pruning.  They grow well in just about any soil.

Beebalm

Catmint

 

This dresser is from A Bee in my Bonnet on Facebook and she refinished this dresser.

 

 

She used Annie Sloan Country Grey.  It is a warm cream color, kind of like oatmeal.

She used chalk paint, wax and dark wax and then distresses it.

 

 

What a fun way to redo a dresser to match your décor without spending a lot of money!