A Productive Day in my Kitchen!

Yesterday I was determined to be productive in my kitchen not only with cooking but cleaning as well. It was time for my deep-cleaning of the kitchen! I took everything off of the shelves, counter, island, etc and scrubbed it all down. After cleaning I decided to make dinner in the crockpot and make a  treat for the week as well. Here are the results!

For Dinnner.....

Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken Crock-Pot Style



1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup light soy sauce
 2 pounds chicken breast tenderloins.

Cook on low 6-8 hrs and they should just fall apart.

For a treat...

No Bake Trail Mix Granola Bars

Makes: 12-16 servings (or 24, depending on how large you want them)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 cup crisp rice cereal (I used a chocolate version)
• 1/3 cup dried cherries
• 1/3 cup mini m&ms
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
• 2/3 cup honey
• 1/3 cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. Pour the oats, cereal, cherries, m&ms, chocolate chips, and sunflower seeds into a large bowl and mix together.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, mix the honey and peanut butter. Heat for 30-45 seconds until the honey is warm and you can easily mix the peanut butter into the honey. Stir in the vanilla.
3. Pour the honey and peanut butter mixture into the dry ingredients and mix together, using your hands to get to the bottom of the bowl.
4. Dump the granola bar mix into a greased 9×13 baking dish. With greased hands or a piece of parchment paper, press the mix into an even layer in the dish, using as much pressure as you can while keeping it as even as possible in the baking dish.
5. Cover the dish and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before cutting and serving.