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Fiesta in My Mouth! March 14, 2011

Posted by cirellih in Dinner, Food.
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Indeed, it was a party in my mouth tonight! Taco soup is just about the easiest thing that you can make. There are lots of opportunities for variety and adapting it to what you have on hand. These are qualities that make a recipe go from good to fantastic in my mind.

I give you: Taco Soup!

The Recipe:

1 cup salsa (This can be red or green, chunky or smooth… the beginning of endless possibilities)

2 cups chicken stock

1/4 cup shredded chicken (I used leftover cubed chicken tonight)

Crushed tortilla chips and cheddar cheese to garnish

Heat until steaming. Really, it is just that easy! Tonight I wanted to add in some of the cauliflower and broccoli that I had leftover, so I did. If I have an onion, I chop it into small pieces and sautee it in the pot before the rest of the ingredients enter the mix. If you like it spicy, you can add in more peppers. Really the possibilities are endless!

After dinner, Chris managed to fix the kitchen sink.  It was one of those jobs where originally he wanted to fix the leaky faucet, which then turned into replacing and ancient, corroding fixture. Gotta love it when small projects become HUGE!

Grilling Genius March 13, 2011

Posted by cirellih in Dinner, Food, Motivation, Plants, Weight loss.
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It’s official. Chris is a grilling genius.

Nay, he is a grilling guru! In all seriousness, I wanted some grilled chicken tonight and man, did he come through.

It was everything that you want in a piece of grilled meat… moist, juicy, spicy goodness with just the right amount of carcinogenic goodness that comes from being charred to perfection without being burn to a crisp. Mmm, making my mouth water just thinking about it!

Isn’t it just a work of art in drumstick form??? To complete the meal, I added potato knish and a mix of broccoli and cauliflower. My suggestion for the veg: sprinkle a little Old Bay seasoning and they start to sing.

In other news today:

My babies are sprouting! You grow little swiss chard! Reach for the sun baby bean sprout! I just love that they are making a solid effort just seven days after meeting the soil. Good job little ones!

Now that day light savings is kicking my behind (spring forward, grumble, grumble) I’m sitting down to enjoy a cuppa and a few pages in my gardening book before beddie byes!

 

Also, an update from Saturday… 2.6 (!!!!) pounds lost last week for a grand total of 15 lbs gone! Yay!!!!