we're in the "home stretch" right now, meaning we're having to be creative with the groceries we have left. thank the Lord that payday is Friday - for everybody!! anyway, Dad thawed out some chicken breasts to grill, and that was the plan for dinner, but I wanted to come up with something to go with it. I was thinking pasta...something...haha, and this is what I came up with:
you need:
- boneless chicken breasts - we used three, I think
- pasta - we used spaghetti, but you can use whatever you like
- one can of corn
- one can of peas - you can also use fresh veggies if they're handy.
- bacon - we used five strips. again, use what you like
- olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- one cup of parmesan cheese
- spice for the chicken - we used McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Chicken, it seems to blend really well with the rest of the flavors
coat the chicken in the spices and grill it. when it's finished, let it rest & then chop into bite-size pieces.
fry the bacon. set it aside.
boil the pasta in salted water with olive oil. drain when finished.
salt & pepper the pasta. add about a third of a cup of olive oil.
add the peas and corn. drain first if you're using canned veggies.
crumble the bacon and add it.
add the parm.
add the chicken and mix everything really well.
you can serve it either warm or chilled.
it's delicious!! I hope you enjoy it!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Lucy Mae
we have a new member in our family!!
Lee & I decided to add to our "family" back in February. We were sure that we wanted a puppy, but that's about it. I wanted something small that I could carry around with me, but he vetoed the "ankle-biter" idea. Then he said wanted something big and scary (think pitt or German shep), but I told him I wanted something cuddly. So one day in February we headed to the shelter, completely open to almost any kind of dog. It's a funny story, actually. We were heading into the puppy room to look around, and a woman handed us a leash and asked us to "put this back" for her. On the other end of the leash was a rambunctious little girl - black lab with white markings underneath - that was tugging and wiggling around wanting to go outside. So we decided to take her out for just a little while and then start looking around. We stayed outside with her for about twenty minutes, playing and jumping and cuddling. I thought she was a little too rambunctious, but Lee said it was probably just because she wasn't used to being outside. Still, we were both pretty sure that she was "the one." Just to be sure, we took her back in, put her in her cage and looked around a little bit more. The other puppies were adorable, and the big dogs in the back were sweet too, but we kept coming back to the little black lab. We left that day and decided to talk to Dad and Nick about it, and of course pray about it. We talked about it for about a week, and we decided to go ahead and start the paperwork to adopt her. We were told that we could pick her up the following Thursday, and she'd be all caught up with her shots, and be spayed and all ready to be a puppy at our house. We got so excited! Her name was decided (Lucy Mae), puppy supplies were bought at PetSmart, and the search began for a crate big inexpensive enough and big enough to train her. Well, we showed up at the appointed time on Thursday and were met with a locked door and a dark shelter. We wondered what was going on, and finally got the attention of one of the workers. She came out and explained to us that there had been a distemper outbreak in the puppy room - the room that contained our baby girl. Of course we started freaking out, but she said that Lucy was fine, and that they'd call us when they had news, and sent us home. Days went by. We called and called, leaving messages that got more and more irritated, but heard nothing. After TWO WEEKS, we heard from them. Lucy was fine, but still quarantined, and that's all they could tell us. It was a very trying time for us.
To make a long story short, we adopted Lucy on February 9th and brought her home March 27. She is adorable and amazing and we're all absolutely in love with her. She sleeps up in my bed, cuddles with her daddy and wakes up "Grampa" when it's time for him to go to work - on a "sleeping" note; the other night, I woke up and started laughing, because we were all smushed together: Lee, Lucy, me and Puck all in a row! She LOVES to play outside - the Bark Park is her favorite so far. She is ALREADY potty trained - praise the Lord!! The cats are still getting used to her, but she's pretty much made friends with Puck and knows to leave Miss Em alone. It's so much fun to have a rambunctious, happy little puppy around the house!! We are so thankful that God led us to her - or more like her to us. As I'm writing this, she's playing with her favorite "cuddly", a used-to-be squeaky pig (she has since torn out the "squeaky" part) and playing fetch with "Grampa." I am so completely happy to be a "mommy" to this beautiful little girl!!
Lee & I decided to add to our "family" back in February. We were sure that we wanted a puppy, but that's about it. I wanted something small that I could carry around with me, but he vetoed the "ankle-biter" idea. Then he said wanted something big and scary (think pitt or German shep), but I told him I wanted something cuddly. So one day in February we headed to the shelter, completely open to almost any kind of dog. It's a funny story, actually. We were heading into the puppy room to look around, and a woman handed us a leash and asked us to "put this back" for her. On the other end of the leash was a rambunctious little girl - black lab with white markings underneath - that was tugging and wiggling around wanting to go outside. So we decided to take her out for just a little while and then start looking around. We stayed outside with her for about twenty minutes, playing and jumping and cuddling. I thought she was a little too rambunctious, but Lee said it was probably just because she wasn't used to being outside. Still, we were both pretty sure that she was "the one." Just to be sure, we took her back in, put her in her cage and looked around a little bit more. The other puppies were adorable, and the big dogs in the back were sweet too, but we kept coming back to the little black lab. We left that day and decided to talk to Dad and Nick about it, and of course pray about it. We talked about it for about a week, and we decided to go ahead and start the paperwork to adopt her. We were told that we could pick her up the following Thursday, and she'd be all caught up with her shots, and be spayed and all ready to be a puppy at our house. We got so excited! Her name was decided (Lucy Mae), puppy supplies were bought at PetSmart, and the search began for a crate big inexpensive enough and big enough to train her. Well, we showed up at the appointed time on Thursday and were met with a locked door and a dark shelter. We wondered what was going on, and finally got the attention of one of the workers. She came out and explained to us that there had been a distemper outbreak in the puppy room - the room that contained our baby girl. Of course we started freaking out, but she said that Lucy was fine, and that they'd call us when they had news, and sent us home. Days went by. We called and called, leaving messages that got more and more irritated, but heard nothing. After TWO WEEKS, we heard from them. Lucy was fine, but still quarantined, and that's all they could tell us. It was a very trying time for us.
To make a long story short, we adopted Lucy on February 9th and brought her home March 27. She is adorable and amazing and we're all absolutely in love with her. She sleeps up in my bed, cuddles with her daddy and wakes up "Grampa" when it's time for him to go to work - on a "sleeping" note; the other night, I woke up and started laughing, because we were all smushed together: Lee, Lucy, me and Puck all in a row! She LOVES to play outside - the Bark Park is her favorite so far. She is ALREADY potty trained - praise the Lord!! The cats are still getting used to her, but she's pretty much made friends with Puck and knows to leave Miss Em alone. It's so much fun to have a rambunctious, happy little puppy around the house!! We are so thankful that God led us to her - or more like her to us. As I'm writing this, she's playing with her favorite "cuddly", a used-to-be squeaky pig (she has since torn out the "squeaky" part) and playing fetch with "Grampa." I am so completely happy to be a "mommy" to this beautiful little girl!!
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