No, it's not another dance step: it's my combo method for dinner tonight. I had a feeling dinner needed to happen quickly upon demand, so when crunch time came I spent a whopping 15 mins on dinner. I figure that was drive time to/from a fast-food restaurant...so at least I'm coming out even. If I figure out dinner cost (which was ridiculously low tonight---thanks to super-on-sale chicken) then I totally stomped my goal for eating in.
So, I crock-potted some chicken. When dinner-prep came, I started my brown rice to boil, then shredded chicken, chopped up some mushrooms, threw the mushrooms in with some frozen broccoli and threw that mixture in the your-crowave. By that time my rice was done, then I threw everything together in a pot with some all-binding cream of chicken soup. Voila. Dinner was done. Oh, and I opened some mandarin oranges for good measure.
Quick. Easy. Kids fed. Kids happy. Success.
If you feel inclined to do the 15 minute dinner dance, please be sure to insert the red rose you got from Valentines Day in your mouth.
And for the time I saved on making dinner? I went grocery shopping [it is Thursday after all]. I kind of love these kind of trips---in and out and "saved" 50%.
And as for me and my fam...we're still eating in.
W
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Jan 19, 2011---Happy Popcorn Day (and other things that smell bad when burnt)
Happy popcorn day. I was going to try to incorporate popcorn into my dinner, but I suppose I'm not that avant garde. I have a great imagination, and I suppose I could be inspired by a form Top Chef, however I think I'm just fine with keeping popcorn as a snack. I could be proved wrong, but it might take a bit. Instead, I'll just overcook the corn tonight so it smells like popcorn.
I've altered my menu for tonight because I want crock-pot chicken pot pie (that's a lot of pot---see notes below on "how to be ghetto-fabulous"). Only thing is I'll have to make biscuits right before dinner (HA!) which maybe I'll put my dear children to work. Ok, it will be fine.
On other news, our household has become ghetto-fabulous. Remember when the old console t.v. was broken, so you just put the new one on top of the old? Well, welcome to my kitchen, except we now have a microwave....3 feet from the broken one. Long story short, we had a microwave on our counter in our old home, lent it to someone, it was returned, so we still had it in our basement. I don't care at the moment, because I made oatmeal in one bowl this morning, so I'm happy.
Wondermom (with gold chains around her neck)
I've altered my menu for tonight because I want crock-pot chicken pot pie (that's a lot of pot---see notes below on "how to be ghetto-fabulous"). Only thing is I'll have to make biscuits right before dinner (HA!) which maybe I'll put my dear children to work. Ok, it will be fine.
On other news, our household has become ghetto-fabulous. Remember when the old console t.v. was broken, so you just put the new one on top of the old? Well, welcome to my kitchen, except we now have a microwave....3 feet from the broken one. Long story short, we had a microwave on our counter in our old home, lent it to someone, it was returned, so we still had it in our basement. I don't care at the moment, because I made oatmeal in one bowl this morning, so I'm happy.
Wondermom (with gold chains around her neck)
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