The kitten.

Recently, on a trip to Florida (July) we decided to adopt a kitten. I was still a mess after losing my Toby Cat, and I didn't really want a cat. Then, I met this cat...he looked a lot like Toby did when I saw him for the first time so I had to ask about him. I found out he was born on my birthday, and his name was Keith...(Toby Keith inspired Toby's name). Well, we adopted him for Goose and GirlBaby. The girls love him, and he loves them!

We had a hard time deciding on a name...I wanted to name him Feeny. (Yes, I love Boy Meets World) but it didn't seem to fit. Then we thought Desi..(Desi Armaz...Ricky Ricardo) but it just didn't click for me..but the baby would point and exclaim Kitty!! She did this one day and it reminded me of the movie Monsters Inc, so we ended up naming him Sullivan after the  James P. Sullivan character.

So here he is, meet our new kitty Sullivan. He has been with us a month and a half and so far so good!

My oPINion: slow cooker teriyaki chicken

Hi all! It's another recipe review for my opinion! A slow cooker recipe so it's even better!

I recently found a pin for slow cooker teriyaki chicken (find it here) I was intrigued and had a bunch of chicken to use so I made some plain chicken in the crock pot to use for other recipes, and in my other crock pot with the other half of the chicken I made the teriyaki chicken. I was actually surprised, it was pretty good! We served it over rice. Plus it took maybe 5 minutes to put together. So easy and I had the ingredients on hand!

Here is the recipe:

Ingredíents

1	lbs chícken, díced
1	cup chícken broth
½	cup teríyakí sauce
⅓	cup brown sugar
3	garlíc cloves, mínced

1. Combíne chícken broth, teríyakí sauce, brown sugar and garlíc cloves ín large bowl.

2. Add chícken to sauce, and toss to combíne.

3. Pour chícken míxture ínto crock-pot.

4. Cook on low 4-6 hours, or untíl chícken ís cooked through.

5. Serve over hot cooked ríce and spoon extra sauce íf desíred

What do you think? Is this a recipe you would try? If you try it, I'd love to know what you think!

My o'PIN'ion: Garlic/Brown Sugar Chicken

I always pin a ton of recipes, and wonder..are they really as good as they sound? Obviously opinions differ, but in my "oPINion" posts, I'm going to take pins from pinterest and review them, and you can decide for yourself, or feel free to comment with your opinions! I'd love to hear them!


So, the brown sugar/garlic chicken...in my head this sounded so good. I had pinned an easy recipe (see it, here) and was looking forward to trying it. I followed the instructions and got it in the oven and it smelled sooo good! I couldn't wait to try it...sadly, when I did try it, it didn't taste anything like it smelled. It was very bland, and the bites that did have flavor were just...odd. I was really let down because it honestly smelled SO good, almost like Chinese food. It wasn't bad tasting, it was okay, just really a let down compared to the smell. Even Pants said it was "different" and he will eat almost anything! We all ate it, but I probably wouldn't ever make it again. I did see a different slow cooker version of the recipe (check it out here) with more ingredients that sounds like it would have a lot more flavor, and taste more like it smelled, and I am considering giving it a shot. I will update this post when I try it.

Have you tried a version of this recipe? What were your thoughts?