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Becoming Betty: Lawry's Hawaiian Sauce

Tonight, we tried something new - Lawry's Hawaiian Marinade on chicken.  I don't grill, so I baked the chicken in the oven and added pineapple chucks to it.  I thought it might be pretty good since that Pineapple BBQ chicken that I make in the crockpot is really good.

The finished product

Yeah, this really didn't come out that great.  It gave the chicken some flavor, but not that much.  Dan said, "It's alright."  Meaning, he'd pass on it for the next time.  I agreed.  I said maybe it would be better if the chicken was grilled, but I just went ahead and dumped the sauce out.

Maybe these marinades are more for grilling.  I have a couple of other flavors to try - lemon and pepper, lemon and garlic, and garlic herb.  We'll see how they are.   I'll say it, I like Ken's Marinades much better.

Becoming Betty: Slow Cooker Steak

So I headed to Pinterest to find a good slow cooker recipe for beef.  I ended up on crock pot gal's website.  I love this website!

I decided on this recipe.  Unfortunately, I didn't have dill spice, but I figured it can't be that big of a deal since it's only 1/4 teaspoon.

The end product.  

This beef was so tender, and I don't think there would have been any difference in the taste with the dill.  I put some juice on it and it was wonderful.  We had baked potatoes with it.

The Daily Zed: Running Errands

We did a family trip to Petco today. 

Z FINALLY needed food.  We had a 30 lb bag to go through which I bought in November. Since Z only eats 1/2 cup a day if he does eat, it was slow going compared to the 2 1/2 cups we were going through with 2 dogs. 

We then stopped at Giant to grab one thing, and Dan went in while Z and I sat in the A/C.