Friday Night Fajitas! (for 2)

OooWee it's Friday!!! Let's make fajitas! I have put this recipe together in a bowl before and taken it camping but I've made it at home more often than that. It can be very convenient.
Here you go:

1 package chicken breast strips (the cheap package... like $2.45)
1/2 bag frozen (or fresh if you've got it) pepper and onion in strips (green, red & yellow)
2 - 3 tsp Caribbean Jerk seasoning (as long as it sounds tropical!)
Vegetable oil
1 can pineapple chunk
1 Tbsp butter
Flour Tortillas

Now follow these steps.... place 3 tortillas in aluminum foil and fold packet. Repeat for as many as you need. Place in oven on top rack at 350 degrees just to heat them up.. you're not trying to cook these! In a mixing bowl place chicken, veggies and seasoning. Put the lid on it and give it a good shake to mix spices up. In a large skillet brown pineapple in butter.. maybe about 6 minutes or so. Transfer pineapple to a bowl and cover with paper towel. Try not to snack too much on the pineapple. Pour oil into pan and let warm up on med-high. Pour chicken and veggies in, stir and cook until chicken is done. Mix pineapple with chicken and veggies. Get your tortillas out of the oven and serve your mixture on them.

You can use whatever else you want from here like sour cream, cheese, black beans, rice. They are YYUUMM!

Cleaning Vintage Linens

Howdy Doo All! When I am able to spend entire weekend days at home one of my favorite things to do is catch up on my linen washing. I have a tad of a habit of collecting vintage linens like colorful square tablecloths, cloth napkins, crocheted doilies... things like that. Sometimes when I get these items from yard sales, antique malls or just from my Grandmother's things that I've had they appear to be yellowed or stained with age. Sometimes it's not from a particular thing that stained them it's simply from age or environment. Sometimes I am afraid to machine wash these things or the machine and regular detergent didn't get the yellowing out.
A year or so ago I came across a certain product called Retro-Clean from a gal on Flickr. I bought some and have loved using it. I use one of my old enamel tubs, warm, water, a little Retro-clean and a lot of sunlight and my items gleam like the day they were new. Of course occasionally I will have something that is truly stained with something and have to try something else to get it out but most of the time this product does the trick! I love the feeling of checking on my cleaning every so often to almost magically see it changing before my eyes. I have been told that a simple mixture of Borax and water will do the same trick. I will try this and report back but for now I'll stick with what works while I have it! You can buy your own at www.retroclean.com

Have a wonderful weekend!

Just a Quickie Recipe

I don't have much time today so I thought I would post a quick little recipe for my "Sticky Chicken Legs".

• 2 packs chicken legs or 1 legs 1 wings
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 packet onion soup mix
• 1 Tbsp spicy brown mustard

Mix honey, onion soup mix and mustard together, add chicken. Put chicken on the grill turning a couple of times. Brush mixture that's still on the bowl on top of the chicken like you would barbecue sauce. You can also bake them in a 9x13 dish by pouring mixture over chicken and cooking about 35 minutes at 350.
These are a tad sticky but very delish!
Have a great night!

Please Recycle ~ Give-Away!

Recycling has been a part of my daily trash making for a few years now. In my pantry I have a burlap bag that I use to put items in that can be recycled that would have normally been thrown in the trash. It makes me feel good that I am doing my part in keeping items out of our landfills that can be put to other uses and not harming our environment. If you live in White House, TN or around here or maybe even shop here you have the easiest way to recycle in our area! There are at least 9 bins scattered about White House where you can take your recyclables. Four of which are located at Wal-Mart and I know you go to Wal-Mart! During the week I deposit my items in my recycle bag and the day before I know I'll be doing my shopping I'll put it in my car and empty them into the bins as soon as I pull into the parking lot. It's that easy folks.

Another high point of recycling in our area is that you don't have to separate your items! That takes a load off! There are restrictions as to what you can put in the bins and I would advise you rinse out items that have had food in them to keep the bugs down. Even if you recycle the things on their list you are doing a huge part!

I know there are a lot of you that do not recycle for whatever reason. That's why I have handmade my give-away recycle bag! It's a red burlap bag with sturdy handles that you can fill and dump over and over with all your recyclable goods! You can register to win this bag by sending me an email at www.peppysis1973@yahoo.com . Include your name and phone number (if you're local)in your email. Even if you aren't a resident of our area or you already recycle and want this cool bag to keep using for recycling you can register! I will collect all the names and have a drawing August 17Th, 2009 which is two weeks from today. How Exciting!!

If you want more information about recycling in our area visit http://www.whitehousetn.com/recycling.htm

My My doesn't that model look stylish going to recycle!