Category: Main Dishes

  • What can I do with so much chicken?

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    If you’ve been following along over here you might know that we cooked fajitas for lots of friends the other night. Well, check out how much chicken we had left over: Yes, that’s just the chicken we had left over. We decided to go ahead and grill it all in the event that Gustav headed our way and…

  • Menu Plan, September 1-7

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- waffles with bananas, berries Dinner-left-over grilled chicken from fajita party in stir fry chicken and vegetables Tuesday Breakfast-scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast, yogurt smoothies Dinner–  Chicken and shrimp quesadillas (just grilled chicken and shrimp for mom plus some spinach) broccoli, pineapple…

  • It all started with a loaf of bread…

    It all started with a loaf of bread…

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    If you are a regular here, you might know that last Sunday I bought a breadmachine. Since then I’ve made two blueberry loaves (one a miserable failure), one loaf of white bread and one loaf of wheat. This morning I made pizza dough, using a recipe from the Organizing Junkie. Once the dough was ready,…

  • I CAN do it!

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    Some of you may have read of my kitchen calamities on Sunday and efforts on Monday. Well, I have happy news to report from the kitchen: First, I’ll report on the crockpot: As the pork was simmering, my blog was, too. And fortunately the Organizing Junkie was reading. She suggested I shorten the cook time.…

  • Using those kitchen appliances…

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    When you spend a week with the Happy Housewife… Just before our trip to Mexico, I was fortunate to spend a week with my brother, his wife (the Happy Housewife) and their kiddos. The kids and I had a fantastic time playing and I also had the opportunity to learn a LOT. You’ve already seen…