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My North Carolina Home

I proudly call the state of North Carolina my home. I love to show my state pride. I support my Carolina Tar Heels! Woot Woot! There is a wonderful charity sale going on at our local Belk. My Granny bought me the cutest originality  charm to go on my Pandora bracelet. It dangles and is the shape of North Carolina as well as says the name. Last year about this time I saw one similar but it was Georgia and I was SO SO excited to see that charm today! No offence to anybody from Georgia.

 

Here's my cute little charm! I think it is so precious. Anything North Carolina I will proudly show in my home as well as on my self. Except tattoos.. they freak me out. Y'all have a good one!

My Name is Nikki and I am a Christmas Addict...

It is not even Thanksgiving and i'm already rearing to go for Christmas! Planning presents, decorating, already got Toby Keith holiday on Pandora. My Christmas board on Pinterest is constantly filling up. Today I printed out the cutest printable for Christmas and framed it!

I am in love with it! I desperately need another job so i can afford my Christmas addiction. Last year I made family members a very special gift. I made homemade wreaths with my great grandmothers grapevine in my front yard. Spray painted the last name initial white and sprayed the wreath itself with a color of a sports team that the family member supported. I then made burlap flowers to embellish the opposite side that the initial was on. I hope i'm not the only person with this addiction. Thanks for reading! 

Favorite Food of Fall!

Anybody who knows me, knows i'm all about some food. Hopefully it never catches up with me. I love love love chicken and dumplings and the dumplings MUST be homemade. When I make my dumplings I use some of the chicken broth so you get the good flavor inside the dumplings themselves. I'm really into soups and chili's this time of year. I use my daddy's recipe for chili. Black beans Kidney beans and Pintos make it extra yummy. I use ground turkey because you can't tell the difference between that and hamburger and it's much better for you. A hit with most folks this time of year is my " World's Fastest Brunswick Stew." I got it out of a North Carolina cook book which is wonderful! The recipe calls for all canned stuff which is fine but I prefer fresh. I'm also funny about some foods like chunks of tomato, which won't be found in my chili, and onions, which won't be found in anything I cook! My mama wasn't much for cooking so I learned everything from "Mine" and "Granny." I am very fortunate to have them in my life. Here is the recipe for my "World's Fastest Brunswick Stew," Hope you try it out and enjoy!

1 Package Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

2 Cans whole kernel sweet corn

2 Cans green beans

2 Cans butter beans

2 Cans tomato soup

4-6 whole potatoes

1 whole diced onion *optional

Texas Pete or Tabasco *optional

Salt and pepper to taste

Boil chicken after washing it to make a stock

remove chicken after being cooked completely

Add canned corn with juice

drain green beans the add

drain butter beans then add

add tomato soup

dice potatoes 

in a bowl of cold water wash diced potatoes THREE times to remove most starch

add cleaned potatoes

shred cooked chicken with hands or food processor

add shredded chicken

cook until potatoes are tender

add salt and pepper to taste

Hey Ya'll!

My name is Nikki. I have never done a blog before but I have on good authority that it's a lot of fun! I am 18 years old and am happily in a relationship with a wonderful man for the past four years. I hunt and fish and like to look pretty while doing so. I love cooking from scratch as my grandma has taught me. I also love crafts, anything crafty will strike my interest. I plan on blogging about my cooking as well as lots of crafts I will pursue along with everyday life things.  I am in college as well as work full time. I have a limited schedule but plan to keep up with my blog as much as possible. Welp hope I don't screw this up but so bad. Have a blessed and happy rest of your Thursday!