Natural Homemade Living

We love this idea, eating a whole meal with your fingers! You can start off with some homemade chicken strips or chicken tenders! These are a favorite for kids of all ages! My family likes to sprinkle a little hot sauce over them at meal time and a few of them dip them in ranch dressing. Yummy! Ingredients : 2-4 chicken breasts, cut into strips or you can buy the chicken tenderloins already cut 2 c corn flakes cereal (I use gluten-free or organic), crushed 1 c buttermilk or milk of your choice 1 egg Directions: I start by placing my corn flakes in a plastic bag and crushing them using a rolling pin. If you roll it back and forth a few times, your cereal will be crushed. I rinse my chicken pieces with some water and place them on a paper towel to dry off. In a pie plate, I add an egg and the milk. Using a fork, I whisk them for a few seconds. Dip the chicken pieces in the egg and milk mixture. Place your chicken strips (about 2 at a time) in the cereal bag and shake t...

Turkey is an inexpensive source of protein and is a nice change from red meat. I roasted a turkey last weekend and had some leftover so I decided to make sliders. We don't make the typical sliders here because not everyone likes them so I modified ours and even used some non-homemade ingredients. Sometimes I have to do it that way! Ingredients : Roasted turkey, cut up or I just separate into pieces using my fingers Frank's hot sauce (or buffalo sauce of your choice) Cheese (your choice) Lettuce Ranch, Caesar or Blue Cheese dressing Pretzel roll slider buns or your favorite buns Directions: I reheated my turkey leftovers in the oven for about 30 minutes, covered. Once the turkey was warm, I used about 1/2 bottle of Frank's sauce and stirred it into the turkey. Place this in a pan on the stove over medium heat for about 15 minutes. You are ready to put your sliders together using garnishes of your choice. This also works great with chicken, check out Angie's...

It was a busy weekend at our house, we had so many projects going on I couldn't keep track of them all! A  headboard was being made, car panels were being upholstered and I was quilting and cooking. About 2:00 we all ended up in the kitchen at the same time for refreshments! I love making these in the summer but they also work great on a heavy project day, Italian Cream Sodas, I call them my "comfort drink." How cute would these be for Valentine's Day? Ingredients: 3/4 c sparkling water (I use Perrier water) 2 T flavored syrup per drink (my favorite is Torani) 1/2 cup half-n-half (or milk if you want) ice cubes whipped cream (optional but necessary in this house!) Directions: This is really simple. Place 2 T flavored syrup in a glass, we used raspberry. Add the sparkling water, then the half-n-half, then about 3-4 ice cubes or some crushed ice. I usually stir it gently at this point. Add whipped cream on top and place your straw in the glass! That's it, ...