Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos (gluten free)

One of my fellow blogger moms The Clever Clipper posted this recipe a couple weeks ago and I had to try it! I tweaked it a bit to fit our tastes and diet needs, and this is what I ended up with!

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken

1 jar of salsa

1 can of black beans

1/2 cup frozen corn (optional)

Instructions

Put all ingredients into slow cooker.

Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.

Shred chicken.

Enjoy with rice, in taco form or any way you like!

I put ours on corn tortillas and added some cheese and sour cream. It was super easy and super de-lish!
Here's a Sears coupon if you don't have a slow cooker.

Lara Miller CBN Event

This event was beyond amazing! Here is the outfit that I wore:

Dress: Victoria's Secret, Shoes: C/O Sole Society, Clutch: Threadsence, Cuffs: H&M, Earrings: Erin Gallagher Jewelry, Chain Ring: Tiffany & CO, Black Ring: Lia Sophia

I was invited to Lara Miller's Studio for a photo shoot and party. Our task was to use her clothing and style a look, have our hair and makeup done by Anthony Balthazar & Laura Pederson, be photographed in the outfit, and then just mingle with fellow bloggers, eat, drink, shop, and have fun! Yeah, for sure an ideal opportunity! ;) Here are a few pictures of what clothes and accessories we had to choose from. There were 2 rooms of clothes so these pictures do not do it justice!

Here I am getting all dolled up for the shoot. What do you think of the outfit I choose? I went with Lara Miller's sweater dress, cream sweater slip, and cowl neck infinity scarf.

I also (OF COURSE) wore all Chicago designer's jewelry. Kristin Hassan bracelets and Erin Gallagher Jewelry earrings.

After the shoot I got to catch up with some of my favorite blogger ladies.

And lastly, a shot of me and Lara:

I want to thank the Chicago Blogger Network and Lara Miller for putting on such a great night! Also big thanks to Kind Snacks, Smart Water, Finch Beer, Pop Chips, and Homage Street Food!

I can NOT wait to see all the photos, who will make the 2012 fall lookbook, and who won the 3 prizes (1st prize is $500 worth of Lara Miller clothes!) I will post my photos from the actual shoot as soon as I get them and keep you posted if I won any amazing Lara Miller clothing. And if I didn't win I need to buy that sweater slip I wore ASAP. It goes with EVERYTHING and just clings so perfectly to your body. Kinda think everyone in the world needs this piece. Just saying... ;)

Recipe: Ribs

Just because it's cold as hell out and we can't use our grills doesn't mean you can't make some UH MAZING tasting ribs this time of year.

I don't eat pork often, but when I do I usually make it ribs. Man is it worth it! ;)

Here is my recipe and I promise you will love them!

Ingredients:

- 1-2 slabs of baby back ribs

- Sweet baby Ray's BBQ sauce

Recipe:

- Cut ribs every 3 bones (you usually have one 4 bone section or you can make two 2 bone ones as well)

- Place ribs in boiling water and cover. Keep them at rolling boil for at least 90 minutes! The longer you boil, the easier the meat falls off the bones.

- Place ribs bone side up on aluminum lined cookie sheet and brush on sauce. Put in oven to melt the sauce on. Does not matter what temp the oven is on. Mine was at 400 as I was also cooking fries.

- After 5 mins flip all ribs and put sauce on other side. Place back in oven for 5 mins. Turn oven to broil for 2-3 mins to really crisp the sauce.

That's it! These will not disappoint! Promise!