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Crock-Pot Chicken Teriyaki

This is another meal that I make at least once a week.  It is so absolutely delicious and I don't have to do anything but throw everything in the crock-pot and let it do it's job! :)  What more could a new mom want?  This dinner looks and tastes like you did a lot more than just throw it in the crock-pot.  Not to mention, I love the way my house smells after I'm done cooking in the crock-pot.  You walk in and are immediately hit with the sweet scent of dinner!

To save on money and extra unnecessary trips to the store, I like to buy these ingredients in bulk (except for the chicken, unless frozen).  I usually go to Costco:)

Ready for this truly simple recipe!?

Here we go...

Ingredients:

1lb of diced chicken

1 cup of chicken broth

1/2 cup of teriyaki sauce

1/3 cup of brown sugar

3 cloves of minced garlic

Rice

1. Mix together the chicken broth, teriyaki sauce, brown sugar and minced garlic
2. Add chicken and stir to coat
3. Cook on low 4-6 hours
4. Serve over rice!  

So delicious!  I didn't take pictures because, well quite frankly, mine turned out looking like dog food bits :/ haha.  I was actually scared to taste it at first but after I did... OMG!  Heavenly!  I fell innnn lOVE!

Poor Posture Stretches

I know I  have terrible posture.  I can feel it when I sit and walk, and I can see it if there's a mirror in sight (or if there are pictures taken!).  I hate it.  I always forget to hold myself up properly, which sucks.  I'm barely 5', so every inch counts!  When I hold my myself taller, I also miraculously seem to lose 5 pounds!  Ever notice that?  You belly appears to lose inches, your arms looks thinner and your neck looks longer.  Well I happened to fall across a yoga stretch that is said to help your posture and guess what?!  The other day my mom said my posture looked better!  It takes all of 2 minutes to complete.  Something I can definitely afford to fit into my day! :))

It's a simple combination of a forward bend and and backward bend.  I do this once a day, and I repeat it 4 times.

1. Take a hand towel with hands positioned at each end, and stand with your feet hip with apart, your toes pointing forward
2. While inhaling, bring arms straight up above your head, shoulders down.   Arch your back backwards while exhaling (like a halfmoon backbend), keeping your chin up.
3. Inhale while coming back up and bring your hands behind your butt.  Exhale while bending forward (knees slightly bent), and bringing arms up and perpendicular to your back, keeping your arms straight.  
4. Come back up with an inhale.  Breath, and repeat!

Happy posture correcting! :)