Sweater Shaving!

So, stepping away from food for one minute, I tried sweater shaving. I remember one year looking to buy my sister a sweater shaver for Christmas. It was probably about ten dollars and I'm pretty sure it didn't work. This technique however, does work.

I should've taken pictures, but I didn't. I took this really cute Hollister sweater that my boyfriend bought me last year? The year before? I believe I wore it once or twice and these giant sweater fuzzes started to show up. It got so bad that I stopped wearing it. I'm glad I kept it though!

A year or two later...I got a fairly new razor and started to go to town on this sweater. In about an hour (it was a big sweater, and I was watching  Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) I had a fairly new sweater. It wasn't perfect by any means but it was definitely wearable.

The verdict: It works! I wore the sweater the next day and my sister asked if it was new! I am definitely going to try this on some other clothes that are on their way out. It is a  great sweater shaving saving technique!

Link: http://www.mommysavers.com/2011/09/money-saving-tip-diy-sweater-shaving/

Chicken Pot Pie Muffins

This was a really tasty and really easy recipe. It was so simple that I actually followed the recipe and didn't change it. I've only made this once and so I came up with things I would change about it if I were to do it again.

When I made mine the dough was a little thick so I ended up with a lot of muffin, a little pot pie. So, next time I would thin out the dough more so I can fill the muffin with as much pot pie mixture as possible. That was really the only thing I changed, it was that good!

The verdict: This was an excellent recipe. It didn't take long to make and the muffins froze wonderfully. I would serve these for dinner, as an appetizer, or take them to school for lunch (which is what I did). I'm going to highly recommend this recipe :)

Recipe Link: http://simplybeingmommy.com/2011/08/22/chicken-pot-muffins/

Mozzarella, Tomato, Pesto Grilled Cheese!

The recipe that I pinned for this treat was way too complicated so I simplified it for my life. My first step was to go to the store and get my ingredients. I cut it down to four ingredients. I got a whole tomato, whole grain bread, shredded mozzarella, and pesto sauce.

Here's my reasoning. Whole mozzarella is way too expensive for a poor college student like myself. Shredded mozzarella is cheaper and easier to store and use for other recipes. Homemade pesto sauce is probably really delicious but I don't have the time or the money for the ingredients (pine nuts?!). They have pre-made pesto sauce in the fancy cheese section next to the deli.  So I paid about ten dollars total for the ingredients. I ended up getting two tomatoes and made 4-6 sandwiches. (I got tired of the recipe after two so I made pesto pizza using pita bread for the left over ingredients!)

The verdict: Absolutely delicious. There is something I love about pesto sauce that makes everything so amazing. This was seriously the best grilled cheese I'd ever had. I will definitely be making this again.

Original Recipe: http://anediblesymphony.blogspot.com/2009/04/tff-fic-grilled-cheese-forever.html 

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