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I adapted a recipe from eatingwell.com – their take on oven-fried chicken.  The only variations is that I used drumettes and whole chicken wings (oh, and maybe I left the skin on!) EatingWell’s Oven-Fried Chicken 1/2 cup buttermilk (I didn’t have buttermilk, so I used 1/2 cup skim milk to 1 teaspoon of vinegar) 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon Tabasco (could have used more...

Okay, so I came REALLY close to my $100 challenge!   A couple things accidentally fell in my cart – this being one of them! I also bought two pommegranites for $3 – turns out Hannah loves pom seeds!  And she bought some chocolate chips to make cookies for a couple of her teachers.  That being said . . .  drum roll please. . . Here’s...

I can’t really remember the last time I even made a salad – too long!   My salad consisted of, 2 ounces romaine, 2 ounces diced red cabbage, 2 ounces diced cucumber, 1 tablespoon red peppers, 1 teaspoon parmesan cheese and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinagrette dressing.  Oh, and I heated up 4 ounces of sausage pizza to go with – I needed the extra dairy from...

MizFit (www.mizfitonline.com) always talks about a vision board – putting your ideas/goals in a tangible format to help you on the path to whatever your personal goals are.   I plan on making one for myself soon, but until then, there’s my goal pants.  They are these black capri pants with palm trees on them, I am sure many of you may think they are gaudy,...

But before I get to that, I took Ed on a walk this afternoon.  I feel bad that when its cold outside, I rarely take him for a walk when its cold! Here’s how he looks like in action:  So we walked to the river – the channel is almost all frozen! So it was kind of chilly when I got back, so I decided to...

It’s been WAY too long since I cleaned out my fridge – maybe three weeks?   Now its all nice and pretty and up to Hannah’s standards.  While I cleaned the fridge, she reorganized my pantry – yeah! So when I went to go grocery shopping at my favorite store yesterday, they were closed on New Years Day!  So I only got stuff I needed for...

As I was packing away my lovely snowmen, I forgot that I wanted to share with you my favorite snowman! Let’s back up to 2001.  This is the first Christmas of our newly formed family:  me, Tony and his son Joe and my daughter Hannah.  We used to pass by this tree farm and decided that this year we would chop down our own tree...

And I hope its yours too!  (Since I don’t know how to link to a post, 😀  I am keeping this post on top until Monday – my newer posts will hopefully show up after this one!) I decided to do a post to help motivate me as well as any readers I may have.  Here’s the deal.  Tell me what your goal is for...

Seriously, I have NEVER seen a bottle of Tabasco sauce this huge!  12 ounces!  So I got the ingredients to make ricotta cheese!  Homemade Ricotta Cheese 1 quart whole milk 1 cup heavy cream (turns out heavy whipping cream is the same thing!) 1 teaspoon coarse salt 2 tablespoons white vinegar Pour the milk and cream in a saucepan.  Add the salt.  Bring to a...

I still have to do a major grocery shopping, not just for a special night like last night!  In my pantry I found a small bag of potatoes that needed to be eaten up.  So I decided soup it is! But before that, I made an omelet with my new omelet pan from my Christmas loot – I have a matching spatula too! Here’s my...