Chicken and Cheerios!

Finally, some of the healthy eating talk in our house is starting to come to fruition!  We will continue on our quest for a healthier and Re-Fab-u-lous lifestyle, and I will pass on those recipes that we have found to work here.

In our quest to eat healthier, we have tested and tried, over and over, this awesome baked chicken nuggets recipe.  All ages love this, and you can substitute any flavor of Cheerios.  My son actually asks for it! 

Just wanted to share, hope you enjoy as much as we do.....

 

Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Source:  Cajunsugarpie.com via Publix

Pin It

Ingredients

• 2 cups Cheerios® cereal
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon mustard
• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
2. Finely crush cereal by placing in a plastic bag 
3. Crush with a rolling pin. (I find the end usually works better)
4. Stir together cereal, salt, pepper; set aside. 
5. In medium bowl, whisk together milk, honey, garlic, and mustard until blended.
Dip chicken into milk mixture.
Then coat chicken with cereal mixture. 
Place chicken in pan and drizzle with melted butter. 
6. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden and chicken is no longer pink in center.

 

Well the table is compete!

Finally, my husband got a corner of his garage back. The estate sale $20 find turned out fantastic! We have wanted this game table in our family room for years and we agonized over what to get and what I wanted was so expensive. I just decided to look around and use what I had. Sometimes if I don't have what I need, I have found some great items at Salvation Army or estate sales and
re-purpose them.

I TOLD YOU I WOULD LET YOU KNOW HOW THE COCONUT OIL AND POLY WORKED OUT.  WELL, IT WORKED OUT JUST FINE.  As my good friend, Patrice suggested, I put the coconut oil on to bring out the color a bit and basically, give the woods some life by giving it a "drink", as it was so dry!  after about a day or two, I wiped it down with a clean cloth to get any pieces of the coconut oil that may have lingered.  I then put about 3 coats of poly over the top, lightly sanding in between coats.  Here is another little trick I tried here...there were a couple of pieces of the wood that were very rough, and I mean rough where it could have been a major sliver, so I just took the poly and put a large amount, almost a glob in that area to try and fill in the wood so that someone's hand couldn't catch it.  Guess what....the poly dried clear and after doing this a few times in those areas, it is smooth like glass!  POOF...NO SLIVERS WILL BE HAD AT THIS TABLE!

This is the Polycrylic that I used.  The coconut oil I found at the grocery store.

I left the ACTUAL AGE marks alone, because they look cool and give it awesome character!

I had these chairs that I bought a few years ago for $5 each at an estate sale and just refinished them and my mom helped me with the seats. I was never a home economics wiz in the sewing department!  Those of you who remember the 7th grade gym duffel bag we had to sew, it took me, like 8 tries. I still have it and will post later for a throwback memory. 

I am so happy that I finally just said to myself "self" use what you have. You don't always have to buy "new" to make it look fabulous. It can look Re-FAB-u-lous!

Also, keep in mind I'm not a professional, so you may see arms and legs in some of my photos. We do really use this stuff!!!

Starting the Pedestal Table

Well, here is my first Re-FAB-u-lous project to blog about!  It's an awesome pedestal table that I dug out of a basement at an estate sale about 3 years ago for $20.  It has some nicks and places where the wood was missing, but a little wood filler, and some gel stain, some coconut oil, and maybe some poly (I'll let you know if the poly sticks to the coconut oil later), and we will have a beautiful table - I hope! It's actually pretty large, and I have some chairs that I had already refinished (I post those later), that will be great for our family!  We have been wanting a game table in the family room, so "poof"  I will have one for pretty cheap, and I know it will be Re-FAB-u-lous!  Here are the before pics.  I promise I will get better at the photos!

Defining Re-FAB-u-lous

Dictionary.com DEFINES FABULOUS as follows:

fab·u·lous

adjective

1. almost impossible to believe; incredible.

2. Informal. exceptionally good or unusual; marvelous; superb: a fabulous bargain;

There is not a definition for "Re-FAB-u-lous" YET, but here is my attempt to give it a formal definition:

re.FAB·u·lous /ˈfæbyələs/ Show Spelled 

"amazing" adjective

1. New, Improved, better than ever, brought back to life

2. re-newed, re-vamped

 

I know that the above definition describes many things that I want for my own life, so follow along, and let's do this together! I hope I can help, even one person, feel better in their life journey!  Those of you who know me, know that I am a very private person, as a matter of fact, one of my closest and longest friends described me as "close to the vest", just this past weekend, so for me to post this blog is a huge deal.  This is how strongly I feel about becoming Re-FAB-u-lous at this stage of my life. 

 

I may revise this definition as we go along.  It is a work in progress.

Well, I have decided to get my life Re-FAB-u-lous!  I have made the commitment to get myself and my house in order.  This has nothing to do with my family-my family is fine, they are happy, healthy and well-adjusted.  It is me that needs an overhaul.  I may post things once in awhile about the family, but as I mentioned above, I am somewhat private about that area of my life.  My husband is pretty handy, though, and helps me a lot if I need something built, so I may post some of the cool barn wood items that he makes for me.  I am not a professional blogger, I am a woman of a "certain" age who wants to feel good, look good, have my house look good with things that I have re-created on my own. (I have always been old-fashioned in that, in that, I don not believe in telling your age)  Hopefully, when I am done with the re-fabulous project, age won't matter anyway.  Let's do this together.  If you have any Re-FAB-u-lous stories, furniture, or whatever it may be, share them, we can learn from each other.  I will post various lifestyle things here.  The first one will be this awesome pedestal table that I bought at an estate sale a few years ago.  Pics to come.

Now these Vintage Wine Glasses are Re-FABULOUS!!!

Evolution of Re-FAB-u-lous!

Along with Re-Fabbing Cool Home Goods and Furniture, this blog is an evolving plan to simplify my life! Re-FAB-u-lous Alley was once just a name for my store. It is now evolving as a way to make my life Re-FAB-u-lous! I have decided that as many of us have started to re-evaluate and simplify the things in our lives, I needed to make Re-FAB-u-lous a WAY of LIFE - Literally!

My awesome family needs me to become Refabulous again! This Blog will become my way of doing that. First of all, I will learn how to blog. Hopefully, in doing this I will help myself, help others, have others help me, and have others help others. My goal is to make this a very positive, interactive blog where we can become fabulously RE-FAB-U-LOUS together! Stay Tuned.

Lake Michigan is FABULOUS!

A Picture of Lake Michigan.  I love it and it makes me feel good to look at it! I love to remember the great time we had with our Family and Great Friends when this picture was taken!  If you haven't been to Lake Michigan, you need to see it someday!! Wherever you live in this world, Lake Michigan is one of the most magical and amazing places to visit!

I will probably post this picture many times over the life of this blog, just because I like it!