Tonight's Yumminess!

One of the ladies over on Cuppas and Cards posted this fabulous, oh-so-timely crock-pot recipe. We had it tonight, at Tiana's begging and it is soo good -- AND HEALTHY!!

Lime Chicken Tacos

1-1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
3 Tbsp. lime juice
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 c frozen corn
1 c chunky salsa
12 fat-free tortillas (6 inches) warmed
Sour cream, shredded cheese and shredded lettuce, optional

Place the chicken in a 3-qt slow cooker. Combine lime juice and chili powder; pour over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until chicken is tender.

Remove chicken; cool slightly. Shred and return to the slow cooker. Stir in corn and salsa. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until heated through. Serve in tortillas with sour cream, cheese and lettuce

Makes 12 tacos

1 taco (calculated without sour cream and cheese) = 148 calories
2 g fat (trace saturated fat)
31 mg cholesterol
338 mg sodium
18 g carbs
1g fiber
14 g protein

What's a girl to cook in a kitchen like this? I'll use the microwave, the electric skillet, and a tossed salad to round out the veggies! Tonight's dinner: Fried Chicken and Gravy!! (with Stovetop Stuffing, of course!)

Fried Chicken with Cream Gravy
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
¼ c. flour
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. paprika
¼ tsp. pepper
2 Tbs. oil
½ c. evaporated skim milk
½ c. chicken broth

Rinse chicken pieces; pat dry with paper towels.
In a plastic bag, combine flour, salt, paprika and pepper. Add a few chicken breast at a time to the bag; shake to coat. Remove chicken from bag, shaking off any excess coating in the bag. Reserve remaining flour mixture.
In a 12" skillet heat cooking oil. Add chicken and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, turning to brown evenly.
Reduce heat; cover tightly. Cook 30 minutes. Uncover and cook 10-15 minutes more or till chicken is tender and no longer pink. Drain chicken on paper towel. Keep warm.
Pour fat from skillet and discard.
For gravy, in a small bowl, slowly stir milk into reserved flour mixture. Stir in chicken broth. Add mixture to skillet. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes more. Serve gravy over chicken.

207 calories
29 g protein
6 g carbohydrate
8g fat
73 mg cholesterol
332 mg sodium
313 mg potassium

The brick wall is breaking...

With enough beating of the head on the brick wall, there is now a bit of light through the hole that's been created! I think the website will be a "GO" for cardmakers and scrapbookers! I've been a part of a group of women for about 5 years and there have been issues with 2 of the sites we've been on, so I'm hoping to be able to promise to them many more years of stable chatting and sharing! Ahh! It's been fun, now just to see if it stays on the upward swing! If you want to peek, here's the site: Cuppas and Cards

Seeking one brick wall...

to beat my head against! What was I thinking? I'm trying to create a webpage that is forum and gallery based! Ahhh, really! What was I thinking?

NOOOOO!!!!!!

MORE SNOW!!!

I went out tonight to play with the camera and get a few photos. I'm not sure how to make it look like the true hour of night that it is, but anyway, imagine this much darker. It is very pretty, but it piled up FAST, deep, and very slick! The house down the street lost it's cable lines (they were on the street) and our phone and cable lines look pretty loaded. I tried to capture those, too. Check it out here.

PLEASE LET THERE BE SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

WISHING YOU AND YOURS A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL 2009!

Happy Day After Christmas!!

Snowy Christmas Morning

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family -- or maybe just some quiet alone time! We had a SUPER time with Gent, Elaine and kids, Big T and Robert, Jenna, Jim and Little Bug, and mom and dad! This year we repeated a country -- we had Russian food again! We had one of my best ever creations of borscht, chebureki, my first ever attempt at pelmeni, salads and French silk pie! So we took a side-trip into France for that one! (or not?!) Mom and I had lots of fun making the pelmeni the night before and I had made the borscht over the course of two days, starting on Monday! Elaine and Big T had fun helping to make the chebureki and poor Jenna and Little Bug just had to watch it all! They can't have the wheat (or the beef) that are in either of our main entrees. They did get to sample the borscht and the salads, though, and they were content to share some of their "approved" dishes with us! Thanks so much for that!
After lunch, the kids painted some little monogram kits that we had purchased for each one and then played some games. Before lunch, the bigger kids also tried out Tiana's new basketball hoop, but they found it rather cold to stay out too long, and basketballs don't bounce so well in the snow!! Bummer that we don't have our usual weather for that gift this year!! The snow was beautiful, but so early in the afternoon it started to freeze! We had probably an additional 4 inches or so making it rather tricky to get back out of our street! Thankfully, everyone made it safely home -- if with a few more grey hairs out of the ordeal!! After most people left, Big T and Robert stayed and the two T's built a gingerbread house with sporadic advise from Robert who was working away at his "fiendish" Sudoku game! It was such an enjoyable day and we were very thankful for each one who made it here!

Enjoy these pictures of our day!