“If you’re pregnant and you hate someone strong enough, your baby will look like that person you hate.”
Real Mistletoe at Trader Joe's
$2!
$2!
I've never understood why it's so hard to get your hands on real mistletoe in the month of December. A few years ago, I walked into a flower shop and asked for some and the guy's response was, "Sorry, this isn't 1943." Seriously! I laughed, but cried a little inside, too. WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO FIND?!
You can imagine my delight when I saw that Trader Joe's packages and sells them for $2 a box. TWO DOLLARS A BOX! I wish I'd have found this out earlier 'cause then I would've bought a bundle and shipped them to all my people. Is there not a more romantic sight to be seen in your household than this hanging from above?!
Love, love, love it. Then again, you already know that I'm a big fan of any kind of mandatory romance.
“I exist as I am, that is enough.”
Coolest Skating Rink In Ontario
If you’re in Ontario and you give any kind of a shit about ice skating - THIS RINK LOOKS INSANE.
Jim Carrey's Secret of Life
If you're not a Jim Carrey fan - okay, cool. That's weird, but okay. Regardless of how you feel about him, this just makes me think that he's infinitely better than us all.
Chihuahua Swimming
If this doesn't make you smile? Yikes.
Doorways by Radical Face
I know this isn't a new song, but man do I still love it. Especially the ascending part at 1 minute, 17 seconds. The first time I heard it, someone broke up with me later that day, so it was an especially sad-association song for me for a long time. But it's so beautiful I had to force myself to get over the negative connotation I had with it and now here we are! Great song.
“Stop getting your cuticles cut when you get manicures. Everyone should know this already, but stop stop stop cutting them. So bad for your hand health.”
Slow Cooker Turkey Breast
Before I begin, let me just say that I will NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT HOW YOU NEED TO GET A SLOW COOKER. Okay? You should be aware of this already. Moving on.
Look, I know that I've already had my Thanksgiving (over a month ago). But who says that you can't celebrate another country's special days as well? WHO?
So I decided to make the following recipe because:
- It's Thanksgiving
- I don't have an oven
- LOOK HOW GOOD IT LOOKS
Photo Credit: Butter with a side of Bread
This is technically the first kind of real (not ground) turkey I've ever cooked (and if you're side-eyeing me right now because I didn't get a "whole" bird to cook, you can f off) and it turned out ridiculously well. Who the hell knew it was so easy to cook a turkey? Why have sitcoms always made it seem so difficult? I must insist on you making this immediately, it was so crazy good.
Ingredients
- 1 turkey breast** {mine was bone-in and weighed a little under 3 lbs}
- 1 apple, sliced into rings
- 4 TBSP butter, cut into small cubes
- 2 tsp coarse salt
- 1 tsp chopped rosemary
- 1 tsp chopped thyme
- 1/2 tsp chopped sage
- 2 tsp onion powder
Instructions
- Cover the bottom of your slow cooker in half of the apple rings in the slow cooker. Combine the seasonings in a small bowl.
- Rub the seasonings onto the turkey breast, making sure to get some underneath the skin. Dot the turkey with butter cubes (again, put some underneath the skin). Then place the turkey in the slow cooker and put some apple rings on top of the turkey.
- There's no need to add any additional liquid, so don't fret.
- Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F. {After 4 hours, check every half hour to make sure you don't over cook it - though I happen to think that overcooked turkey is waaaay more delicious than it's "properly" cooked, almost-wet counterpart.
- **If your turkey breast is boneless, then you'll need to cook it for 3-4 hours on low.
- Let the turkey rest after cooking.
This recipe has been adapted slightly from Bread with a side of Butter.