Pregnancy Belly | Old El Paso Cheesy Chicken Fajitas

Yet another dish I can not take credit for.  Well, that’s not entirely true, because I can totally take credit for buying the kit Hubs used to make these delicious fajitas.

The kit comes with pretty much everything you need for the fajitas, except for the meat and veggies.  It comes with 10 flour tortillas, mild fajita sauce, and seasoning mix.  Its super easy, and took just 20 minutes to prepare.

Here’s the chicken and green bell pepper mix with the seasoning mix.  Looks yummy, huh!?  We skipped out on the onions and red peppers, but you can add those and whatever else you please.

Also, you could use your choice of meat, we chose chicken as you can see.  I think ground beef or steak would have been good too.  We just happen to have chicken readily on hand. 

Before

After, lol! 

Hubs chose to have his fajita sans cheese, but I add some shredded sharp to mines.  You could do mozzarella or even queso if you wish. 

I’m thinking this calls for me to find a recipe for blanco queso!

If you have a good authentic one, let me know!

Happy bumping!

xxoo,

 

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What To Do With Your Leftover Candle Wax

As you know from my previous post on candles, that I love candles, especially ones from Bath & Body Works.  Unfortunately, when the wicks burn out there is often times about a half of an inch leftover in the jar.  I never want to just throw it out, because its still good wax and has the lovely scent still in it too. Throughout the year BBW has many sales on their candles, both the big and small ones.  Most times, especially during the holidays I like to stock up, so I can burn them throughout the season.  This is great, until you are left with 4 or 5 candles with a half inch of wax left in them.  If you have this same issue, here’s what to do:

1. Place candle in freezer for a few hours (1-2).  This will harden the wax and make it separate from the glass easier.

2. Once the wax is frozen, remove from freezer and with a knife, spoon, fork, I recommend a knife puncture the wax.  It should break up into large pieces and come cleanly off the glass.

3. Use this wax in a wax warmer, which you can find at most craft and décor stores.  Most of these wax warmers are no more than $15 and come with a lightbulb that is easily replaceable.  Some do come with tealight candles, but I recommend the lighbulb ones, because they last longer and are less maintenance.

You typically need to switch the wax out after a few week, depending on how often you warm it.  Wax warmers make nice decorative elements to your space, and double with scenting your home.  Your also able to use the leftover wax, so you don’t feel like you didn’t get your money’s worth out of the candle.

Of course if you’re super crafty you can have a conglomerate of waxes leftover from several candles and make new candle.  This would require you to to purchase a container to put the candle in and a wick to burn it, but would otherwise be pretty simple.

I hope this gives you some ideas for how to use leftover wax!  I know we all want to get our money’s worth out of things we purchase and enjoy them to the fullness, sometimes finding a new way to repurpose something does just that.

Happy bumping!

xxoo,

Pregnancy Belly | Summertime Orange~Pink Lemonade

This is a super quick and easy recipe, and might I add refreshing!

All you literally need are these three ingredients:

• 1 can of Orange Juice Concentrate, 12 oz.
• 2 scoops of Country Time Pink Lemonade
• 6 cups (48 oz) of water

Begin by emptying your frozen OJ concentrate into a pitcher, next add 4 cups (36 oz, you can use the OJ concentrate container to measure or a measuring cup.) of water.  Stir until OJ and water are combined.  Lastly add in two scoops of the Country Time Pink Lemonade mix, another 12 oz of water, and throw some ice to make your lemonade extra chilled.

Pour up in a glass and enjoy!

*If this is too sweet for you, just add more water or ice to your glass or mixture.  This is why I added the last 12 oz of water at the end.  Even for me, someone with a huge sweet tooth I didn’t want to feel like I was drinking syrup.

For an effervescent or fizzy taste, add ginger ale or club soda.  Although I recommend pouring it in by the glass if your aren’t going to serve the entire pitcher at once.  Of course you can always add in fresh cut lemon or orange slices as garnish, or even strawberries, kiwi, peaches, or pretty much any seasonal fruit.  I used an OJ concentrate that had orange pulp in it, so I still got some texture with my version.

You get a summery sweet taste of pink lemonade with a mild hint of citrus from the OJ, perfect combo!  This is a great drink to serve as a punch, because it goes a long way and is quick and inexpensive.

I’m off to enjoy my glass now, so you enjoy yours!

Happy Bumping!

xxoo,

Pregnancy Belly | Quick & Easy Classic Rice Krispy Treats

An oldie, but a goodie!  I was jonesin for this childhood treat and decided to whip some up.  They are super quick and easy, and taste delightful.  I thought I'd share my tasty pregnancy belly craving with you all this week.

The Recipe:

3 Tsp of unsalted butter or margarine

1 bag of large marshmallows

6 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal

Instructions:

Melt butter/margarine for about 30 seconds in microwave.  Add bag of marshmallows to melted butter and toss to coat.  Put butter tossed marshmallows in microwave and heat for roughly 1 min 30 secs.  Take melted marshmallows out of microwave and immediately rice krispy cereal.  Stir until the cereal is well incorporated and coated with melted marshmallows.  Once mixed, out mixture in a lightly sprayed pan.  Let cool sit up, you can let them sit on the counter and cool and sit up at room temp or put them in the frig (like I did) if you want to serve them sooner.  Recipe makes 12-16 squares, depending on how big you cut them.  The will take up an entire 9x13 pan.

Yep, that's all you need, just three ingredients.  You can switch these up and get fancy, making them chocolate, caramel, or whatever flavor your heart desires.  They can even be decorated and frosted with or drizzled with icing.

Happy Bumping!

xxoo,

Tenns