Taco Soup

All this cold, dreary weather made me want Taco Soup. I want to share this amazing recipe with you in hopes that you will like it just as much as I do!

Ingredients Needed:

1 can Rotel

1 can Tomato Sauce

1 can Corn

2 cans Kidney Beans

1 packet Taco Seasoning

1 packet Dry Ranch Dressing

1lb Lean Ground Beef

1 medium Onion

Additional ingredients you may want to add:

Shredded Cheese

Sour Cream

Tostito Chips First, you will chop up your onion and mix ground beef. Fry until browned. Then, you will dump the rest of your ingredients into a pot. Mix together…. I also like to add shredded cheese at this point. \ Cook on low for 20 minutes. I like to add a dollop of sour cream, shredded cheese, and crushed up Tostito chips to mine! Let cheese melt, mix up, EAT! YUMMY!!! Enjoy

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Stove Cleaning Made Easy!

 

Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste is a scouring cleanser that sets a new standard. It’s a paste, so it doesn’t form dust clouds. It cleans stuck-on messes. It even cleans burnt-on food in your oven. And it doesn’t burn off your nose hairs in the process.

• Natural ingredients remove the toughest dried-on splatters and spills, burned-on grease, baked-on food, and sticky messes without hazardous chemicals or toxic fumes.
• Scour Off is made from natural mineral abrasives and biodegradable cleaning agents. It does not contain chlorine, bleach, or dye.
• Scour Off gently removes stains other cleansers can't and is great for cleaning tubs, ovens, sinks, and tiles.
• It will even remove rust, and is great for cleaning these surfaces: copper, grout, cement, ceramic, and imitation marble.
• Wide-mouth jar makes it easy to use.

Clean Credentials

• Nontoxic
• Natural abrasives
• No harsh chemicals
• Biodegradable surfactants
• No phosphates

I know that most of the time when people tell you products are amazing they really aren’t, but I promise you will not be dissatisfied with this product! It truly is amazing!

Let me just show you some before and after pictures of my own kitchen.

Eek, I cannot believe I am showing you this! I didn’t realize exactly how dirty this stuff was until I started snapping photos!

      

                                                  

 

For more information on Scour Off Heavy Duty Paste go to: Shaklee

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Homemade Pepperoni Rolls

Unless it has changed, I believe West Virginia is the only state that sell pepperoni rolls in stores… which is just CRAZY to me! Probably because I was born and raised in WV and I have always known what a pepperoni roll is.
May not be the healthiest snack, but definitely delicious!! Ingredients Needed: Shredded Cheese Frozen Dinner Rolls Pepperoni First of all, you will need to take about 6-7 rolls and put them on a plate. Put them in the microwave on speed defrost for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Next, you will roll out the roll to look like this Then, you will sprinkle cheese and add pepperoni. Finally, you will roll the pepperoni roll up and put on a baking sheet. Preheat oven to 357 degrees and bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown… then EAT! Enjoy!!!!

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Floor Pillows

For months I have been wanting to make Emmalyn floor pillows, but just kept putting it off because of the move and I couldn’t decide what fabric to use. Well now that we are moved and Emmalyn has a new room, I decided it was time! I’ve looked at several patterns online, but I am not good at following patterns step by step…. I always seem to start off with a pattern and then I like making it my own! I have quite a bit of fabric that has never been used so as I dug into my pile, I found the perfect fabric! I don’t know why I didn’t think about mixing these two patterns before! So far, I have made 4 pillows. I plan on making 2 more this weekend to give her reading nook a little extra comfort. To start off with I cut 4 large squares and 8 rectangles. Depending on the size of the pillows will depend on what size you will need to cut your fabric. You will need to sew the rectangles to one of the squares with the right sides facing. Next, sew the other square to the rectangles with the right sides facing. After doing this you will have and inside out square. You will then need to sew 3 of the edges closed. Be sure to leave the 4th side open so you can turn your fabric inside out to make the right side of fabric on the outside. Then, you will stuff the fabric with whatever filling you want to use. I decided to use beanbag filling for my pillows. Finally, sew the last side shut and there you have it!

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Button and Grab Box Tutorial

Have you ever wondered how other bloggers have cute little buttons and grab boxes?! Well I am here to tell you how! I spent hours one night researching how to do this. If you are new to blogging like I am, you will be able to back me up when I say the little details can sometimes be so complicated! Thankfully, I ran across City Girl Gone Coastal! She had tutorials on all sorts of blogging tips and tricks! Now, I am going to share them with you because they are just so great!   Okay so let’s get started… You can either 1. Upload your own imagine 2. Use Picmonkey Accessories 3. Use Picmonkey Collage 1.) If you choose to use your own imagine, you need to start out by uploading your image. You can use the tools to edit and add effects to your photo. This is where you will be able to add your text. Then, you will need to resize your image. You need to try and keep your button size somewhere between 150 x 150 and 200 x 200 if possible. Click save! 2.) If you choose to use Picmonkey accessories for creating your image, you need to save a blank image on paint and upload it onto Picmonkey. Use the speech bubbles to create your design. Once you have the image you like, you need to add text. Again, keep your button between 150 x 150 and 200 x 200 if possible. Click save! 3.) If you choose to use Picmonkey collage, then go about making one the same way as step 1 or 2. If you cannot decide on one picture than this may be the way you want to go. The size will stay the same. Remember to add your text and keep it around 150 x 150 and 200 x 200 if possible. Click save! Now here is where you can make your button grab-able 1. Make a Photo bucket account if you don’t have one already. 2. Upload your image to Photo bucket. 3. Saving your photo will allow you to get a direct link. 4. Use this code (replace the green text with your website and the pink text with the direct link from Photo bucket) <center><a href=”YOUR WEBSITE URL HERE“> <img src=”YOUR DIRECT LINK HERE” border=”0″/></a> <textarea rows=”4″ cols=”15″><center><a href=”YOUR WEBSITE URL HERE“> <img src=”YOUR DIRECT LINK HERE” border=”0″/> </a></center></textarea></center> 5. From the Dashboard on your blog, go to the Layout tab, select Add a Gadget. Open a HTML/JavaScript widget. Copy and past the code. Save! And there you have it! Your very own blog button and grab box! I hope this helps those of you who were struggling like I was!

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