Archive for August, 2008

Murphy’s Law

In: Walk

25 Aug 2008

It would figure that, since I walk to the gym, a brand new Mexican restaurant would open up in the corner of the strip mall where the gym is located, and I would have to walk past the smell of fajitas and frying tortilla chips every time I went to and from working out.

Menu Planning

In: kitchen

22 Aug 2008

My inlaws are arriving this afternoon and will be leaving Monday morning.  This means I need menu plans!  By my count, with one dinner out for husband’s birthday, I need 2 dinners (pick 2 from fri/sat/sun), 2 lunches (sat/sun), and three breakfasts (sat/sun/mon) planned.  And probably one dessert – my MIL is bringing a carrot [...]

The Big Read is an NEA program designed to encourage community reading initiatives and of their top 100 books, they estimate the average adult has read only six. According to another blogger, they encourage us to:
*Look at the list and bold those we have read.
*Italicize those we intend to read.
*Underline the books we LOVE
1 Pride [...]

This is based loosely around Annie’s Chicken and Spinach Lasagna.
You will need:
1 large can of chicken breast meat, drained well
1 can of sliced mushrooms (optional)
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
1 large can Hunt’s Traditional Spaghetti Sauce (the big one)
12 oz cottage cheese – I used low-fat
1 egg
6-8 Lasagna noodles – use the “cooks in [...]


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