PB Grill Cheese

     Don't knock it til you try it!  I know peanut butter and cheese sounds disgusting but it is really tasty.  I promise.

PB Grill Cheese:

2 slices of bread
I large slice of cheese
creamy peanut butter
butter

Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on a slice of bread.  Put the slice of cheese on top of the peanut butter.  Butter the outside pieces of the sandwich.  Toast in a skillet until the cheese is melted.  Serve warm.

Essential Oil

     Have you ever used essential oils?  I have been using them for several years now and I just love them.  It is important to use high quality oils.  I recommend DoTerra.  There are several other brands out there that work just as well.  

I wanted tell you about a few of my favorite oils and what I use them for.  

When I am having trouble sleeping at night, I rub some chamomile/lavender oil on my wrists and sleep with my hands by my face so that I can breathe in the scent.  This works really well for me.

When my daughter is having growing pains in her legs, I rub some eucalyptus oil on them.  Eucalyptus oil also works really well for cuts and scrapes.  

For cleaning, I put lavender, lemongrass, rosemary and tea tree oil in 1 cup of vinegar.  I then add 2 cups of water and shake it up in a squirt bottle.  This is a great all purpose cleaner.

These are just a few ways that essential oils can be used.  If you are interested in trying them, I encourage you to buy the book The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood.  It is an easy to understand guide to using the oils.  

BBQ Chicken Sandwich

      The sun is starting to come out in my neck of the woods.  It makes me want to barbecue everything!  Last night I made this tasty chicken sandwich for dinner.  Enjoy!!!

BBQ Chicken Sandwich:

1 pkg boneless skinless chicken breast
1 bottle Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce
1 pkg bacon
sliced cheese
romaine lettuce
sliced tomato
1 pkg sour dough bread
butter

Rub:
1 T parsley
1 t garlic powder
1/2 t paprika
1 t onion powder
1/2 t turmeric
1 T sugar
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1/2 t thyme
1/2 t sage
1/4 t coriander

Place rub ingredients in a bowl and mix well.  Generously massage the rub into the raw chicken.  Heat up your barbecue to medium & cook the chicken until done.  Brush the barbecue sauce on the chicken the last 10 minutes of cook time.  While the chicken is cooking place the bacon on a wire rack with a cookie sheet underneath. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes on 375 degrees.  Butter slices of bread & fry in a pan until crisp.  Layer the bread with chicken, cheese, bacon, lettuce & tomato.  Take a huge bite.  Yum!

Snicker Cookies

     A good friend of mine gave me this recipe.  These are some of the BEST cookies that I have ever eaten in my life.  They are soft and chewy with a little surprise inside.  Whenever I make these cookies they never last long.

Snicker Cookies:

1 c. butter
1 c. peanut butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla
2 1/2 c. flour
1 t. soda
1/2 t. salt
2 pkgs. mini snickers

Combine butter, peanut butter and sugars in a large bowl.  Add eggs & vanilla.  Mix in flour, salt & soda.  Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.  Unwrap snickers & shape 1 tablespoon of dough around each snickers.  Place on a greased cookie sheet.  Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees.

Rainwater

    For a while, I have been looking for some barrels to catch rain water.  The Costco ad came out this week and there were a couple of them ranging from $100-$300.  My husband was able to find some on Craigslist for $5 a piece.  (He rocks!!!)  We purchased them last night.  I heard that in some states it is illegal to collect rainwater so I started researching it on the Internet.  I was shocked to find out this is true.  In fact, I read an article about a man in Oregon who was put in jail for 30 days and had to pay a $1,500 fine for collecting rainwater.  All that I can think to say is WOW!  Before you know it we are going to be charged if we get too much sun, breath in too much air, laugh too much, etc..  I am SO glad to know that God wins in the end!!!

Rhubarb Crisp

     Years ago my husband and I were invited to dinner and Rhubarb Crisp was served.  It was delicious!  It tastes the best with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream.  I made sure to get the recipe before we left.  Here it is:

Rhubarb Crisp:

4 c diced rhubarb
6 T flour
2 eggs
2 c sugar
1/2 c flour
1/2 c brown sugar
1/4 c butter
1 t cinnamon

Mix rhubarb, flour, eggs & sugar in a bowl.  Pour into a 9x13 pan.  Mix flour, brown sugar, butter & cinnamon together & crumble over the batter.  Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

April Fool's Day

     I heard a story about a mom who put vinegar in her family's milk.  When they drank it, there was spitting, crying, etc..  I heard another story about someone who put half Sprite and half soy sauce in an empty plastic Coke bottle and gave it to someone to drink.  How about the guy who threw a Baby Ruth into a swimming pool?  There are some brilliant tricks out there.  While I think the idea of these jokes are funny, I would not like to be on the receiving end of one of them.  In my house, we choose not to participate in April Fool's Day.  Call me boring if you want to.  I am ok with missing out on this tradition.