Summer Highlights Spray

I love using natural products and adding my essential oils to my everyday routines. Below is a recipe for a Summer Highlights Spray. Spray it on your hair before going out into the sun and you will start to get some great highlights after awhile. The lemon is used for highlighting and the geranium is used for conditioning. I bought my glass 4 oz bottles from amazon here https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01695MZ9S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can buy the essential oils from your preferred company or use the same as I use and order directly from me here http://mydoterra.com/rebeccajohnson3

You Will Need

16 Drops Lemon Essential Oil

16 Drops Geranium Essential Oil

4 oz Spray Bottle

Distilled Water

To Make add essential oils to spray bottle and fill the rest with water. Spray on hair before going out in the sun.

Hot Italian Giardiniera

We love Chicago Style Italian Beef Sandwiches in our household. We take beef roasts and throw them in the crock pot to make our own. One thing I did not attempt before was making my own giardiniera. Wow, that's all I can say after making this recipe. I will NEVER go back to store bought. The best thing about making your own is that you can play around with what you want to add and make it as hot or not as you want to. The recipe I used was from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/81581/hot-italian-giardiniera/?lnkid=pin3327&crlt.pid=camp.wkcjzkrrni05

I do not post anything on the blog that I have not personally tried or like myself. Here is the recipe below with pictures from my first time making my hot Italian giardiniera.

Ingredients

• 2 green bell peppers, diced
• 2 red bell peppers, diced
• 8 fresh jalapeno peppers, sliced
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh cauliflower florets
• 1/2 cup salt

• water to cover
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (5 ounce) jar pimento-stuffed green olives, chopped
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 1 cup olive oil

Directions

1. Place into a bowl the green and red peppers, jalapenos, celery, carrots, onion, and cauliflower. Stir in salt, and fill with enough cold water to cover. Place plastic wrap or aluminum foil over the bowl, and refrigerate overnight.
2. The next day, drain salty water, and rinse vegetables. In a bowl, mix together garlic, oregano, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and olives. Pour in vinegar and olive oil, and mix well. Combine with vegetable mixture, cover, and refrigerate for 2 days before using.

Chicken Pizza Bake

I found this awesome recipe on pinterest here ~ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/253046072790010369/

As you know, I love to try different recipes from pinterest. I can't tell you how many amazing recipes I have found on there, but sometimes when you try those mouth watering recipes they turn out... well.... not so mouth watering haha This recipe was a HIT in my house. The recipe was super easy and fast. I did substitute a bag of shredded cheese instead (pizza blend)  and seasoned the breasts with Italian seasonings, salt, pepper, and garlic powder, but for the rest I followed the recipe accordingly. I feel like this recipe is so versatile too, you could make it your own and still turn out perfectly. The recipe below is from pinterest

Ps ~ Did I mention this is low carb? BONUS!!

Low-Carb Pepperoni Pizza Chicken Bake

(Makes 6-8 servings, depending on what else you serve with it.  Recipe developed by Kalyn and Jake, with a few tries that weren't quite right but got eaten anyway!)

Ingredients:
1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce, reduced to 1 cup
(Use the lowest-carb sauce you can find, or make your own pizza sauce and omit the sugar.)
4 large boneless-skinless chicken breasts (6-8 oz. each)
1 T olive oil
1 tsp. Greek oregano (sometimes just called oregano)
1 tsp. garlic powder
6 oz. piece of part-skim Mozzarella, sliced about 1/4 inch thick
2 oz. sliced pepperoni (regular or turkey pepperoni)
  
Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400F/200C.  Put the pizza sauce in a small saucepan and simmer over low heat until it's reduced to one cup, about 20 minutes.  Don't skip this step or the dish will be watery.

While the sauce reduces, trim the chicken breasts and cut each one crosswise to make two same-size pieces.  Put chicken pieces one at a time inside a heavy plastic bag and use a meat mallet (or something heavy) to pound the chicken until it's as thin as you can get it without it shredding apart.  (Don't worry if some pieces break apart a little.)  Mix the Greek oregano and garlic powder in a little bowl and then sprinkle both sides of each piece of chicken with the mixture.

Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in the largest non-stick frying pan you have (you may have to do this in 2 batches if your pan isn't big enough.) Add the chicken pieces and cook 1-2 minutes on each side, just long enough to brown the chicken but not long enough to cook it through.

Choose the smallest glass casserole dish you have that will fit all the browned chicken pieces, and lay the chicken in the dish in a single layer.  Cut the Mozzarella into slices and cut the slices as needed to make enough pieces to mostly cover the top of each piece of chicken.

By now the sauce should be nicely reduced, so spread sauce over the top of each chicken breast.  (Use it all.)  Top each piece with sliced Mozzarella and pepperoni slices, covering the top of each piece of chicken as much as you can.

Bake uncovered about 25-30 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and starting to brown and the pepperoni is slightly crisped.  (Some pieces of pepperoni will slice off the chicken, try not to obsess about that like I did.)  Serve hot.

doTERRA TerraShield BUG SPRAY

doTERRA TerraShield BUG SPRAY

We live in a heavy wooded area and the Mosquitos can be brutal this time of year. I have a non toxic and way better smelling recipe for homemade bug spray. I get my glass spray bottles on Amazon. Anyone needing to find them contact me.  Take 10 drops of Terrashield and 5-8 drops of peppermint and add to glass bottle. Fill the rest with water.