Thursday, December 3, 2009

Chicken Fricassi

This is the recipe my good friend Angie shared with me recently. I must say, it is DELICIOUS!!! Here is the recipe as she wrote it (with a couple of notes from me) and pictures I took while making it the other night :)

4 bone-in chicken thighs
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp paprika (or until flour looks pink)
dash white pepper (optional.. i always forget it)
at least 1 tsp salt

Mix up in gallon sized ziplock (or whatever is handy) and shake chicken in it to coat.


1 tbsp light oil
1/2 cup an onion, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped


(I used my Ninja Master Prep! Though I accidentally pulsed it a little too much and basically pureed my onion and celery x.x)


Heat pan to medium-low heat. Add oil to coat pan.



Add onion and celery and cook until semi-tender. Scoop out and set aside.



Add more oil to recoat pan. Lightly crisp chicken in pan; DO NOT COOK THROUGH.



2 small cans (10 3/4 oz each) cream of chicken soup


In a crockpot, add 1 can cream of chicken soup.



Lay chicken on top.



Lay onions and celery on top of that.



In a bowl or measuring cup, add second can of soup and 1 can's worth of water. Mix up and pour in crockpot to cover everything.
Cook on high for 1 hour.
Reduce to low and cook for 6 hours.
Do not remove lid while cooking.



When time is up, use tong to grab chicken bones. If meat does not fall off the bone, recover and cook on high for 1 more hour.

Stir up contents of crock pot and serve over wide egg noodles (or preferred choice of base, i.e. potatoes, rice, ect.)
Enjoy! =D

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Happy December!

I have to say December is probably my favorite month of the year. I love the excitement that seems to fill the air as soon as it turns December first, and the extra bit of kindness people seem to show this month. I love giving gifts to those I love and seeing the looks on their faces as they open them. I honestly could go without receiving any gifts; seeing others happy is honestly enough for me.
All of my gifts this year are going to be handmade, so I hope that the people I am making them for will be a bit forgiving of how they look! Also I am very excited because my mother actually gave me my gift early--a home canning kit! I can't wait to start using it. Just another way to be frugal!
Today I'm going to attack a little bit of freezer cooking in attempt to keep us from relying on Pizza Hut for days I forget to thaw the chicken or buy an important ingredient in one of our meals (I have a bad habit of being forgetful).
I won't be freezer cooking for the whole month, but I figure this is a good way to start! If you want to join in with Freezer Cooking Daze, head over to Life as a Mom or Money Saving Mom!

Monday, November 30, 2009

Menu Plan Monday ~ Nov. 30, 2009

Ok I fell down on the job pretty badly last week. Know why? Because my husband made the most AMAZING TURKEY I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE. So I just kept eating leftovers =x
Also, I forgot to thaw the chicken in time so Tuesday's meal failed, which is why you'll be seeing it again on this week's menu. Only I'm going to put the chicken in the fridge right when I finish this entry. I promise.

Monday - Hubby's homemade pizza
Tuesday - Chicken Fricassi
Wednesday - Tuna casserole
Thursday - Sweet & sour pork chops, green beans, and biscuits
Friday - Easy Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
Saturday - Burgers :)
Sunday - Meatloaf

For more Menu Plan ideas, head over to Org Junkie :)

Monday, November 23, 2009

Menu Plan Monday November 23, 2009

The hubby has duty again on Wednesday, so it'll be leftovers for me that day!

Monday:
Corned beef and cabbage

Tuesday:
Chicken Fricassi

Wednesday:
Leftovers

Thursday:
Happy Thanksgiving! Turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, rolls, sweet potato casserole, and pecan pie

Friday:
Turkey w/ pasta and garlic bread

Saturday:
Burgers! (Seeing a trend? I just can't get enough of my hubby's recipe!!)

Sunday:
Chili and homemade rolls


For more Menu Plan Monday ideas, head over to I'm an Organizing Junkie!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

You Capture Challenge: Sunrise/Sunset

I am in love with living in Key West. My camera does not do justice to the beauty of the sun setting over the island. I took these two pictures while driving to have dinner with my husband at the base one night.
I must say I am very excited about next week's challenge...FOOD! It just gives me another excuse to make something deliciously sinful to take pictures of. Now if only I could find the charger for my good camera (right now I'm just using a simple point and shoot Panasonic) I could have some pictures that were actually respectable!!!

For more You Capture Sunrise/Sunset challenge pictures, be sure to check out I Should Be Folding Laundry :)

Scheduling

I've found that I do better with getting things done when I have a list, so I decided to make myself a Daily Schedule and a Weekly Schedule. This way I will be more organized and hopefully nip my horrible procrastination habit in the butt.
My schedules look like this:


Daily Schedule
7:30am-8:30am Watch morning shows
8:30am Set tea to brew
9:00am Put Aurora down for nap
9:15am Eat breakfast
9:30am Work on Daily Chore(s)
10:00am Get Aurora up
10:00am-11:00am Have playtime/"class time" with Aurora
11:00am Make blog entry/entries
12:00pm Put Aurora down for second nap
12:15pm Eat lunch
12:30pm Finish any unfinished Daily Chores
1:00pm Get Aurora up
5:00pm Prepare dinner
7:30pm Aurora bath/me shower
8:00pm Aurora to bed
8:15pm-9:30pm Time with hubby :)
9:30pm Brush teeth, prepare for bed
10:00pm Lights out!


Weekly Routine
Monday:
  • Stroller Moms
  • Sweep
  • Mop
  • Collect trash

Tuesday:
  • Grocery Day

Wednesday:
  • Stroller Moms
  • Sweep
  • Laundry
    • Clean bedsheets

Thursday:
  • Collect trash
  • Clean bathrooms

Friday:
  • Sweep
  • Mop

Saturday:
  • Zumba
  • Baking day

Sunday:
  • Make meal plan for the week
  • Make grocery list

Obviously my days won't be exactly on the times I've put down (I'd like to meet someone who's life runs that well...), but this will at least give me a bit more structure than I've had in the last couple of lazy weeks. I even put an hour in there for blogging to make sure I finish the MANY entries I've "Oh, I'll do that later,"-ed, and also to make sure this blog doesn't go cold.
Do you have a daily and/or weekly schedule? What is yours like?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tryology!


I just got my first Tryology package today! I'm so excited to open it! (And apparently so is Aurora!) It's the "Secret Honey Bunches of Oats" Tryology :D
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