Slow-Cooker Paella

Bella Breakdown Paella made easy! To make this delicious dish, heat some olive oil in a skillet and sauté cubed chicken breast. Add in the chorizo, salt and pepper and cook for 10 minutes. Then add more salt and pepper and pour it into the slow cooker with rice, tomatoes, onion, garlic, paprika, cayenne, and more salt and pepper. Next add the white wine and chicken broth and stir everything together to combine well. Put your slow cooker on low for two hours. Then add the shrimp and peas and cook for 10 more minutes....

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Like Sangria? You’ll LOVE Sangria Grapes!

Bella Breakdown What’s way better than sangria? Sangria grapes! To make these, pour red wine over a bowl of grapes and allow them to soak for one hour. Drain the wine from the grapes. In a bowl, combine sugar and lemon zest. Roll each grape in the lemon and sugar combo. Serve these delicious bites with wedges of fresh orange. Grape...

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Summer Yum: DIY Frozen Watermelon Pops

Bella Breakdown Watermelon popsicles are everything we need the summer. To make this delicious treat, cut watermelon into 1 inch round slices. Then cut those rounds into quarters. Next, pierce a hole in the rind and place a stick into the hole. Lay your watermelon “popsicles” on a sheet and drizzle melted chocolate over them. Then add your favorite toppings such as pistachios or shredded coconut. Freeze the popsicles until they are frozen....

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Classic Summer Recipes: Swedish Blueberry Soup

Bella Breakdown To make this delicious soup, you will need 100 grams blueberries (3.5 ounces), 100 mL water (3.5 ounces), 1 Tbsp potato flour and 2 Tbsp sugar. Add water and sugar to the pan, then stir until the sugar dissolves. Allow the sugar water to boil, then add the blueberries and continue to boil. Blend the mixture with an immersion blender. In a bowl, mix potato flour with water and stir. Add the flour mixture to the soup and mix well. Serve the soup with a dollop of whipped cream and almond cookies on...

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DIY Felt Succulents

Bella Breakdown Bloom! DIY felt succulents are a cheap and easy way to create a chic home decor craft that you’ll be proud to display. Step 1 To make these pretty decorations, fold a strip of felt in half and cut into a leaf shape. Repeat this four times. Step 2 Use a fabric marker to add more color. Using a hot glue gun, roll each leaf, then repeat by layering the four “leaves”. Step 3 Fold the leaves outward to shape the succulents. Have fun with different colors, shapes, and sizes. Step 4 Display in a bowl filled...

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