Chicken Wings

We love Chicken wings! Pete makes them often in the summer always experiementing with making different sauces! So far, every batch he has made has been delicious! A few Saturday mornings ago, we decided to make them for dinner so we headed over to Hannaford to get our ingredients and supplies!

Pete used our turkey fryer. He filled it up with a bottle and a half of Canola oil.  The oil needs to reach 350 degreees before you can drop the chicken in.

While the oil was heating up, Pete cut up the wings.....

....then placed them in a bowl with flour to coat them.

Making Sauce #1

After about 8 minutes in the oil, the chicken should start floating so you know they are done!

Pouring sauce over wings

Single breaded, sauce #1 wings

Double breaded, sauce #2 wings

Sauce #1

1 stick of butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 bottle of Frank's Hot Sauce

dash of garlic powder

salt & pepper to taste

*to double coat wings, coat wings in flour, then dip into egg wash before coating with flour again*

A quick photo of our spread before everyone started to dig in!!

 

Live Smile Celebrate Giveaway!

This contest is now closed.

So happy for my sister Laura! She blogs over at Live Smile Celebrate and three of her parties, including Peter's Tractor Party, have been featured on other websites in the past week! She has been featured on many blogs! She plans fabulous parties! For anyone with party needs, she has custom designed from Maine to California, contact her or visit her Etsy shop!

Here are the links to her three parties featured this week!

Peter's tractor party was featured on Pizzazzerie!

Girl's Spa party was featured on Hostess with the Mostess!

First Communion Party was featured on Hostess with the Mostess!

She is sponsoring my first giveaway!!! A lucky reader will win $50 to use at her Etsy shop, where you can choose from invitations, birth announcements, printable packages and more!!

How to WIN??!!!

  Leave a comment below telling me about the next party you're planning!

 For additional entries:

1. Like Live Smile Celebrate Facebook page and leave a comment about this giveaway!

2. Like My Family.My Friends.MyLife Facebook page and leave a comment about this giveaway!

*Anonymous comments, please leave an email address.
*Giveaway ends May 15th at midnight!

Menu Plan Monday

Last week, our menu included two recipes from the Pioneer Woman's new cookbook. Both meals were delicious,  Chicken Fried Tacos, how good do they look! So I've decided to have two more of her incredible meals this week! Oh, and I asked Peter what he thought we should have for dinner this week and he replied, soccer cake! I guess he thought his friends birthday cake this weekend was pretty good,  sorry buddy, it's not going on the plan :) Enjoy your week!

Monday: Sticky Chinese Chicken
Tuesday: Pasta with Pesto Cream Sauce
Wednesday: Sloppy Joes
Thursday: BBQ Chicken
Friday: takeout :)


 

Cinco de Mayo!!!

Cinco de Mayo is a much anticipated celebration on the 5th of May. Each year, millions of people flock to Latin themed parties to partake in the festivities. The sad reality is, most people don’t know what they’re celebrating. They simply go to indulge in the refreshments. I really didn't until last year!

  Los Angeles has the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the world called Fiesta Broadway, with over half a million people attending this massive street party. (I so want to go some year.)

Once again we did our Cinco de Mayo photo shoot which Pete didn't not want to participate in for the second year in a row(what a party pooper).

Since Peter is potty training(and doing awesome) this photo was only appropriate!

Cinco de Mayo & Christmas, when Bela gets to participate.....

I'm ready to party :)

The beer is in the cactus cooler, Nachos, rice and Mexican Pizza are cooking. The Wescotts are ready for our party guests to arrive and enjoy the night!! Have a happy Cinco de Mayo!!

Mexican Pizza

Some of you might remember my love of Cinco de Mayo. This week at the daycare, I have based our activities and menu around the holiday on Saturday. On Tuesday, I decided to make Mexican pizza! Using what I had at the house, this is what I came up with. It was super easy to throw together and create!

Using pizza dough, I spread it really thin, so when cooked it would be more like a tortilla and not so doughy. I used salsa instead of pizza sauce.

Cut up some chicken breast to cook, then add some fajita seasoning to it for flavor.

I used a Mexican blend of cheese from Hannaford.

After the chicken finished cooking, I diced it up more for the kids along with green onions.

All ready to go into the oven!

Who's ready to eat!!! Yum!

Served some Mexican rice along with the pizza because the kids love rice!

Garnish your pizza with sour cream, guacamole or more green onions & salsa!

The kids loved this pizza!! I couldn't believe even the picky eaters enjoyed it! I thought it was great as well and plan on adding this into our menu plan! Enjoy your cinco de mayo!

UPDATED : 11:45am

So after realizing that I have more younger kids today then older, I sratched the nachos(choking hazard) and decided to make a different version of the Mexican pizza for lunch. Another sucess!

Using the tortillas I had, I spread Salsa on them.

This time, I cooked some ground beef and added taco seasoning to it.

Sprinkled some Mexican blend cheese and green onions on them before adding the beef.

Hot out of the oven and ready to eat!!

Come Visit

I was asked to do my first guest post over at Simply Stavish! Thanks Mindi!

Come on over and check out a great Chicken Spaghetti recipe!

 

25 Things You Might Not Know About Me!

I was reading A Design So Vast last week and she had a question and answer post. Lindsey is also the one who inspired me to do the Alphabet of Right Now (I'll have to do that again this summer). Her recent post reminded me about the 25 things you don't know about me section in US Weekly so I thought, why not bring it to the blogging world! It's fun to connect with others this way! Let's see how far this can go!

Rules: Once tagged, write 25 random things about yourself
           Tag the person who tagged you and 5 new people (let them know you!)
           then click post.

1. I am super competitive, I can't play a pick up game of anything!
2. I liked high school and LOVED college!! NEC was the best time of my life! Go MFG"s!!
3. I bite my fingernails :(
4. I always dream about living somewhere else, but know I will never live anywhere else but Maine.
5. I LOVE to sing, I just can't carry a tune.
6. I could eat pasta every night of the week.
7. Wikipedia is my source for everything.
8. I want to spend a summer driving across the country in an RV.
9. Camping is my favorite but I am not really into nature.
10. I always tear up at the end of Toy Story 3.
11. Two of my favorite things in life are laughing and dancing!
12. I heart white wine!!
13. Two boys is exactly what I wanted! Can you imagine me with a daughter??
14. I have never had a cavity or broken a bone! (knock on wood)
15. I am addicted to reality tv and celebrity news magazines.
16. I said I would never live in Westbrook again and that's where we bought our house.
17. My parents divorced 20 years ago and it still effects me.
18. I LOVE being married! I can't imagine my life without my husband!!
19. My dream job is to be a librarian..... I know I'm a geek!
20. I hate going to the gym or exercise of any kind but want to lose 10 pounds!
21. I love fall days and summer nights!!
22. I'm addicted to the Real Housewives series.....and now the spinoffs.
23. I get to laugh, sing, dance and play everyday. I'm so glad I opened the daycare :)
24. Summer is my favorite time.... my birthday, BBQ's & beer!!!  
25. I feel so blessed in my life that sometimes it scares me!!

You've been tagged, these ladies know, so stay tuned for there 25 list!
Mindi from Simply Stavish
Bethany from Siemen Says
Michelle from Living Our Dream
Darcie from Carhartts and Coachbags
Lindsay from The Lohrey's

I picked these five women because I really enjoy their blogs! Strong, fun women :)