Tasty Tuesday and a Family Fun Giveaway

Mar 16th, 2010No Comments

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What a beautiful day we were blessed with! The sun was shining beautifully and it was just absolutely perfect. On Tuesday mornings the kids and I head to church for Bible study. Well, I go to study, they go to play with their friends. Normally we head straight home afterwords because Caroline is falling apart by that time. But once we got outside the church and saw how beautiful it was we decided to head to the park for a little bit. Needless to say, Caroline did not enjoy our trip one bit because she was being a fuss butt. She was terrified of the swing and the slide and just wanted to walk around throwing a fit and holding onto my leg. Oh well. I brought that onto myself. I just couldn’t let such a nice day go to waste and wanted to be outdoors enjoying it. Joel on the other hand practically had to be drug off the playground but decided to willingly come with me once I told him he had his swim lessons this evening and needed to get rest so he had lots of energy to swim off. Worked like a charm.

Joel loves to play at the park but loves even more to spend the time with other kids. I have a feeling that I am going to have my hands full with him when he gets to school age. He will be one of those kids. You know what I mean, the “social butterfly” that gets in trouble for talking too much. When we first got to the park this afternoon we were the only ones there. After a little while a little boy Joel’s age and his mommy came. Joel needed to make that little boy his friend. He just marches right up there and introduces himself like this: “Hi my names Joel! I’m three (holding up his fingers to show him). I like Buzz Lightyear (pointing to his shirt). So off he and his new BFF go acting like they have known each other forever. Soon another little boy and his grandma come along and he tells friend #1 (Alan) “Let’s go say hi to that boy and see if he wants to play with us.” He must get this from his dad because I was painfully shy when it came to strangers when I was younger. Once I told him that it was time to go he told me he had to go say bye to Alan and Owen.What a kid.

Ok so on to the purpose of this post (Sorry. It doesn’t take much for me to stray from the topic.) Jay and I love to BBQ once it gets nice out and one of my favorite things to have is grilled chicken with homemade BBQ sauce. Every time I make this homemade sauce, it reminds me of my mom.

Recipe: BBQ Sauce

Ingredients

1 c. Brown Sugar
1 c. Ketchup
2 tsp. Mustard
2 T. White Vinegar
2 t. Worcestershire
Pinch of Salt
Pepper
Onion (1 small)
Water, if needed

Instructions

Mix together all ingredients and if needed, add water to thin it out.

Quick Notes

I usually don’t add water if you like it thicker. If you are going to do grilled chicken, marinade your meat in it all day or you can just pour it over you chicken to bake it in the oven. When I bake it, I like to top it off with some french fried onions the last 10-15 minutes before it is done baking.

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When we BBQ, it is an automatic given that there is going to be Broccoli Coleslaw to go along with it. I usually halve the recipe when I am making it for just Jay and I.

Recipe: Broccoli Coleslaw

Ingredients

1 Package Broccoli Coleslaw (Rainbow Salad Mix)
2 Packages Ramen Noodles (Beef)
1 c. Slivered Almonds
1 c. Sunflower Seeds
1/2 c. Vegetable Oil
1/2 c. Sugar
1/3 c. White Vinegar Flavor packets from the Ramen Noodles

Instructions

Break up the ramen noodles (place in a ziploc bag and roll with a rolling pin)
Place the first 4 ingredients together.
Mix the last 4 ingredients together for the dressing.
Top the salad with the dressing just before serving so it doesn’t get soggy.

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If you have any recipes that you would like to share that would be great! Just leave a comment with your recipe there or if you have a blog of your own, a link to your blog. I would love to expand Tasty Tuesday and make it one big recipe swap. I am desperate for some new things to try!

On to the final topic of business. I have been wanting to do another giveaway for a few weeks now but was trying to think of something to give. Last night while Jay and I were watching some t.v. I got a fun idea …… a family fun night at home! This movie comes out next week.

I don’t know if you all had a chance to see this or not but what an awesome movie! I never get Jay to go to the theater with me, but I did succeed in getting him to take me to see this one and we both loved it. So the Family Fun Night giveaway will consist of:

The Blindside DVD

Popcorn and M & Ms (My favorite treat to mix together. Makes the M&Ms all gooey inside.)

$15.00 to Papa John’s Pizza (If you win and don’t have a Papa Johns near you then we will work that one out.)

So what do you think? Does that sound like a fun night in? I think it does! Here’s how entering to win will work.

Leave a comment on this post to be entered = 1 entry

Become a follower of the blog= 2 entries

Become a fan of Beautiful Blessings on FB = 3 entries

Follow me (mleyeater) on Twitter = 4 entries

If you leave a comment and are already a follower/fan of the blog, on FB or twitter, then you automatically get the additional entries. The giveaway is open until 5:00 next Monday (March 22nd.) for entries.