This may be one of the easiest recipes ever...and one of the yummiest! I can assure you that the kiddos and the husbys will love it and ask for it by name. To save time, I drop two frozen bone-in chicken breasts with rib meat in the crock pot with a can of chicken broth in the morning and cook them on high for 6 hours. Then, I pull off all of the meat and shred it between two forks...tres simple! Enjoy!
Creamy Chicken Casserole
Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 can cream of chicken soup
3/4 cup sour cream
1 cup corn flakes, crushed
Pam cooking spray, butter flavored
white rice, cooked (4 servings)
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine shredded chicken, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream and mix well.
2) Spread mixture into a small glass baking dish that has been coated with cooking spray.
3) Layer crushed corn flakes on top of chicken mixture and spray top of corn flakes with butter-flavored cooking spray.
4) Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Serve casserole over white rice.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Favorite Recipe: Creamy Chicken Casserole
Santa & StickyBun-Scotti
The Great Nanny Search
The hunt is on...for a full-time nanny. I am having the hardest time in my search for the right nanny. There are so many things that I want for my kids, and it is hard to relinquish the reins and trust someone else to meet their needs. I have been sitting in front of the computer for over 4 hours this morning just pouring through profile after profile of available nannies in our area. I feel like everyone is either too young, too old, lives too far away, can't spell (don't get me started...if you say, "I like caring for childerns of varius kines," you are not getting the job), can barely speak English, have too many personal obligations, or want to bring all three of their kids to my home while they care for both of mine (not a chance).
Can't I just find some nice, normal female that loves kids as much as I do? Something just scares me about leaving my kids with someone that doesn't have references that I know (not that this is any different than leaving my child at a daycare). I just wish that I knew somebody that knew somebody...that was everything that I am looking for in a nanny. Another mom would be a nice fit...I don't mind if one child comes with them...just not three. Oh well, hopefully, the clouds will part soon...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Favorite Recipe: Parmesan & Lemon Red Potatoes
This recipe couldn't be easier! It serves well with fish, poultry, and beef, and the kids will love it just as much as you do. The combination of cheese, lemon, and butter can never make a bad dish! This recipe yields 6 servings. Enjoy!
Parmesan & Lemon Red Potatoes
Ingredients:
2 pounds red potatoes, quartered
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2) Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and toss well to coat. Spread mixture evenly into a glass baking dish.
3) Bake, covered, in preheated oven for 50 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes or until golden brown.
I'm Still Not Laughing
Yesterday was one of those days...you know the kind of day I'm talking about. It just seemed like there were a million things to do in a very small time window. By the early evening, we had reached meltdown status...the kids AND me.
The Husby needed to stay at work late, so around seven o' clock I was multi-tasking (cooking dinner, cleaning the bedroom, folding laundry, sewing our Christmas stockings, and trying to entertain the kiddos)...just call me "Martha." As part of the bedroom cleaning, I needed to empty the Diaper Dekor. For those of you that are not familiar, this is the same thing as a Diaper Genie, diaper pail, etc. Ours can hold about five days worth of diapers from two kids. The trick to emptying one of these is to do it as quickly as possible because it smells...really, really bad.
After tying off the old bag, I went running to the back to door to take it to the trash can at the alley. Just as I was opening the back door, I heard StickyBun-Scotti fall on the wood floor in the living room and start screaming, so I dropped the bag right outside of the back door and ran to get him. After a few minutes of consoling him, he was okay, so I went back to finish what I had started. At that moment, I remembered that we needed milk, so I started to call the Husby to tell him to swing by the store on the way home. Just as the Husby answered the phone at his office, I stepped out the back door and saw something that I never want to see again. As the Husby said, "Hello," I said, "I am going to KILL one of our dogs!"
Across our entire yard, as far as I could see, were shredded baby diapers...and baby shit...and dirty wipes...EVERYWHERE!!! I screamed...I cursed...my Husby laughed...but I wasn't laughing. Instead, as the children screamed and dinner burned, I stood outside in 34 degree weather shoveling a week's worth of baby diapers and wipes and poo into a trash bag.
The Husby is still laughing, but I have yet to find the humor...
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Is Dark A Do?
I am seriously debating a return to my roots...no pun intended. It has been almost a year since I last colored my hair, which explains this medium brown/blonde highlight/dark brown smorgasboard that I have been sporting for several months now. My hair is very dark naturally, so I always feel like I look pastey white and that I have no eyebrows or eyelashes when my hair is dark. I am thinking of a dark brown with a little bit of red in it...any advice?
