Kitchen Meets Culinary Clutz

Ooh try this recipe out for dinner!! I found it in a magazine just now! I think I will put it in our February Dinner Menu!!

Ok, so it's 44-degrees outside and we are expecting a hellacious blizzard to blow through tomorrow. What's up with that? Just this past weekend we were sunbathing in 75-degree heat, isn't that crazy?

I want snow, and lots of it!!! Yay snow!!
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Sizzling' Skillet Baked Chicken

Ingredients:
2tbsp Mrs Dash Original Blend
4 boneless skinless chicken breast
1tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, slivered
1/4 red onion, sliced
Cooking spray

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Brush chicken with olive oil and Mrs Dash. Set aside.
3. Add onions and garlic to an 8-9inch skillet.
4. Place chicken on top of vegetables.
5. Cover lightly w/ foil and place in oven. Cook 15min.
6. Increase heat to 375-degrees.
7. Uncover skillet and turn chicken.
Cook 10 min.
8. Remove and cover lightly with foil.
9. Let rest 5min before serving.

On Thursday afternoon, while at the Allergy Clinic, I found this new "Blog Writer" App for my iPhone. I wasn't planning on doing anything productive seeing as how I was being forced to stay at the clinic for at least 20-min after the nurse injected both arms with my meds and I sprung a leak. My arm was itching like crazy and there was a hive the size of a nickel growing bigger and bigger every minute! I hate when I experience a reaction to the shots. It's even worse when my blood doesn't like to clot and a simple poke of a needle brings on a geyser-like squirt that won't clot *Grr*!

Ok so I downloaded the Lite version of Blog Writer and I'm putting it to the test right now. I also found this yummy looking Fondue recipe in an old magazine (Why do doctor's offices always carry ancient out-dated magazines?) If I like the App I may purchase the full version which would allow me to upload images, Yay! The recipe on the other hand, if I like it I may raise my glass of leftover Merlot and drink to this Chocolaty Fondue Goodness!

Anyways, it's late and I'm feeling a little under the weather tonight, so try out the recipe below and let me know what you think of it.. And if you are a blogger, I want to recommend that you give this BlogWriter Lite App for iPhone a try!

Goodnight friends!

~SouthShoreChick
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Chocolate Merlot Fondue

1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp instant espresso powder
1 pkg (12oz) milk chocolate chips
2 Tbsp merlot wine
2 tsp vanilla extract

Dippables:
Pound cake, cut into cubes
Dried pineapple or mango slices

1. In a medium saucepan, combine cream and espresso powder over medium heat. Bring to a simmer; add chocolate chips, stirring constantly until chocolate melts. Stir in wine and vanilla.

2. Transfer fondue to a fondue pot or mini slow cooker to keep warm. Skewer your favorite dippables and enjoy!

Personally, I believe the best chefs in the world are men, hands down.  Then there's the SouthShoreMan who used to swear up and down how badass of a cook he was. (...he was all talk and no balls to prove it.)

 

 

• 12 or 18 pk Taco Shells (soft or crunchy), our favorite is the Casa Mama's from Aldi
• 1 - 2 lbs lean (or extra lean) ground beef or turkey
• Taco Seasoning, our favorite is Tone's (We buy it at Sam's Club)
• Mild Cheddar, Finely Shredded (or Kraft's Pre-Shredded Mexican Blend Cheese)
• 1 head of Lettuce, finely shredded
• Tomatoe, diced
• Sour cream, Yum!!
• Salsa

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Cook your ground beef, making sure it's good and crumbled.
3. Add Taco Seasoning according to package directions
4. While beef is cooking, shred the cheese, and/or Lettuce, and dice the tomatoes.
5. When beef is done remove from heat.
6. Place hard taco shells in oven for about 5 minutes to crisp up. (Soft taco tortilla shells, heat in microwave)

 Good Morning,

I woke up with the case of the grumpies but it didn't stop me from posting tonight's main-dish for dinner. I've been using this recipe for just over 12 years and I love it!! If anyone has good recipes it's Betty Crocker. She does it best!!

Before I hit the "Publish Post" button I want to remind anyone who has an iPhone, iPod and/or iPad that you can find the Betty Crocker APP to download onto your device for free! It is packed full of all your favorite Betty Crocker Recipes!! It makes it so easy to use when you are on the go and trying to figure out what to make for dinner when you've got to make that little pitstop at the market before heading home from work/or school! I love This App!!

-Bec

 

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1. Heat oven to 425°F. Melt butter in 13x9-inch pan in oven.
2. In shallow dish, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. 
3. **Sprinkle each piece of chicken with Seasoned Salt.
4. Coat chicken with flour mixture. Place chicken, skin sides down, in pan.
5. Bake uncovered 30 minutes. Turn chicken; bake about 30 minutes longer or until juice is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).

Today for dinner my plan was to make a Steak Salad, however the kids had other plans.  I dare not argue with their other plans because I've always encouraged my kids to partake in meal planning even if it involved the kids creating their own meal ideas.

This recipe is one of their favorites:

1. Prepared lettuce as you would any salad, making sure lettuce pieces are cut into bite-sized pieces.
2. Cut Cherry Tomatoes into 4-slices each. 
3. Add Red and Green Bell Pepper.
4. Toss lettuce, tomatoes and peppers to mix
5. Serve salad and allow the kids to top their individual servings of salad with the remaining toppings of choice.

I thought I'd give this "Organization" thing another try. last year was a flop. I think I managed to construct two menus last year, and then low and behold I got lazy and my idea of creating structure in my life flew out the window with my sanity. That's saying I had any sanity at all, which in reality I have very little of.


So two weeks into the New Year and I finally sat down to plan January's Menu. There it is below if anyone feels the need to jump on my bandwagon and attempt to gain back any organizational skills we once possessed. (Or did we?)

 

There's never a dull moment in my classroom. Where else can a handful of Teachers and Paraprofessionals get paid to have fun?

 This week we went on an Arctic Adventure to explore Polar Bears in their natural habitat! It was so much fun! On the last day we got to use our fingers to mix up an Ooey-Gooey concoction of Shaving Cream and Glue to make puffy paint for construction paper Polar Bears!  

I love my job!