Red Plum Chicken

A great crockpot dinner.

While serving the web last night, I found a recipe similar to the one below.  It called for a jar of Apricot jelly, honey and a few other spices.  All of which I didn't have in the pantry.  BUT, I did have Red Plum Jelly!!  So I used the recipe I found as a guide and created the one below. 

The Red Plum Preserves and Soy Sauce gives it an Asian Bar-b-que flavor.  Very YUMMY!  I only made 4 chicken breasts and my family was not happy that we didn't have enough for seconds or leftovers! 

11 oz jar Red Plum Preserves
2 tablespoons Deli Style Mustard
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
1 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Combine the preserves, mustard and spices in a bowl.  Place the chicken in the Crockpot and pour the mixture over the top.  Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.  Serve over rice and enjoy!

Inspiration from a Towel

I found this towel on a recent trip to Ross. 

I fell in love with the colors and the pattern.  I only found one at the store I was at, but thought that I would be able to locate more at another store.  NOT the case!  I have been to 5 stores in our area trying to find them and have only found 2 wash clothes.  No towels.  And to top it off, the original towel is only a hand towel.  I even did a search online and haven't had any luck.

Really wanting this towel to be a part of the guest bath update, but needing more than one hand towel, I had an idea.

I took the towel to the my local copy store and made a color copy of the towel.  I would then turn the color copies into wall art, incorporating the colors and pattern into the bathroom!

As always, I have a ton of  'junk' in my garage just waiting to be repurposed.  This time it was a block of wood that was just big enough for me to get 4 pieces out of it, one 11x14 and three 8x10.  Primed, painted and splashed a little color on the edges.

Once dry, I adhered the color copies to the wood blocks with Mod Podge. 

They will look great on the light grey walls I just painted in the guest bath.  Just enough color and pattern to bring a smile to your face.

Total Cost: $5.34 for 4 pieces

Color Copies - $4.05 (three 8 1/2 x 11 sheets and one 11 x 17)

Blue paint for the edges - $1.29

Wood - had

Primer - had

Mod Podge - had