Crockpot Honey Garlic Chicken

You can find the recipe here.

Again, no photo!! Grrr I am annoyed about that because it looked beautiful!!

After all that soaking in the marinade it was super tasty!!

It just fell apart it was so tender and juicy .. mmm mmm!!

So yes, the review is a thumbs up for this one!

I paired it with some jacket roasted potatoes, peas, and carrots. Yummo.

I would usually make 2 dinners out of a whole chicken, but we had a friend over, and it was so nice we ate extra so it only did one dinner, and then some for sandwiches for lunch.

Sima J

Happy 100th Blog Post!

WOW .. I just noticed that I have done 100 posts!!

Happy 100th Blog Post Birthday to me!!

Maybe I'll do a give away .. what would you guys like??

I'm thinking something not too heavy and hard to post ;-) heh

Comment below with your ideas!

Sima J

Crockpot Fajitas

You can find the recipe here.

Ooo look, 2 pictures for this one (to make up for the lack of pictures in the others!!)

Yes, this one was a good one too!

Next time I'll probably use chicken instead of beef (you could choose which you wanted to use on the original recipe) just because it was a little weird having beef with the salad stuff. You could do up different veges to suit the beef, like green beans and cabbage or something and have it all warm in the wrap maybe??

Anyway, the flavours were nice and everyone liked it (except Miss 1yr, but that's because she's not that into beef - she liked the avocado I spread on the wrap!)

(I put lettuce, tomato, avocado, and some sour cream with it)
They were nice, I'd say this is a goodie :-)

Sima J

Island Chicken Review

You can find the recipe here.

YAY I am stoked to say that this one was another winner!!

(though no pic again sorry!)

Really nice tasting chicken, I would probably leave out the oil next time though and then use the liquid to make into a sauce for the top (time permitting). I would have made it this time, but it was just too oily. I don't know why you really need the oil?? I don't think it's necessary. (it's even superfluous .. just because I like the word hehe)

Sima J 

Easy Crockpot Mongolian Beef Review

You can find the recipe here.

This was another winner :-)

I think you were probably supposed to cut up the beef, and I did intend to - I just ran out of time so I chucked the beef in as steaks instead.

They turned out fine that way too! 

Because they soak in the marinade whilst freezing (and then whilst defrosting too I suppose!) the flavour is really nice and soaked in.

The liquid was perfect over the rice too, the rice soaked it up and made it taste really yummy.

Sima J 

Applesauce BBQ Chicken Review

You can find the recipe here.

Sorry no pictures again for this one. It sometimes gets a little crazy come dinner time and I just want the kids fed so they stop being crazy people!

Verdict - thumbs up! 

Another success (thank GOODNESS!) Weird combination with the apple and the BBQ, but it works!

Recommended, I'd happily eat it again :-)

Sima J

Orange Chicken Review ..

You can find the recipe here.

So I have a semi-review for this one.

This was the one recipe that I stuffed up a little. 

I forgot to buy the oranges and the orange juice (probably quite a major part of the recipe since it's in the title!! Oops!) I replaced the orange juice with tropical juice and left the orange out.

(this left out the juice of 2 oranges, 1/4c orange juice, and the zest from 1 orange)

It was DISGUSTING!! I am sorry to say I will NOT be making this one again in a hurry!

 (and am wondering what to do with the other one I still have in the freezer!)

It was an oily gross mess. I ended up pulling out the chicken from the sauce and just having it dry on dry rice with boring old steamed brocolli and boiled carrots. It was NOT a nice experience :-(

I really can't say if the original recipe would be a success or not since I deviated from the original! If you make it properly be sure to let me know if it works! I would suggest though leaving out the oil. I really don't think it's needed and it just makes it oily and yuk!

On the plus side, the peanuts I put on top went down a treat!

Sima J