Cilantro Chicken and Gratitude

Hello everyone!

So I have been bad about the Monday recipe plan, but I have also been a bit nuts with school. I have also not made many new and exciting recipes that were worth sharing. This recipe is certainly worth sharing! Technically, since I found it on Pinterest, it's already been shared. But here goes. (Credit http://www.pipandebby.com)

Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken

24 oz jar medium salsa (Pace Chunky Medium)
Juice from one lime
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1.25 oz package taco seasoning ( low sodium)
2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves

Mix together first 5 ingredients in crock pot. Add chicken and coat with mixture. Cook, covered, on low for 6 hours. Serve chicken with salsa mixture spooned over the top or shred and use as a taco filling.


***Changes***
I omitted the jalapenos and used chicken tenders instead of breast halves. I made some brown rice, and spooned the shredded chicken over the rice into flour tortillas. I shredded colby jack cheese on top.

Gratitude

I decided that for Lent, I would take on writing down something I'm grateful for every day. I'll try to blog them or Facebook them or something.
Today, I am grateful to my principal for letting me share what I learned at the Rice Ally training this weekend. It's a touchy subject but I hope I was able to help the way we teach tolerance for all kids, including GLBT youngin's (whether they know it yet or not).
I am also grateful for this weather, which has not been so terribly cold this winter. We have not had a hard freeze, and today I took a walk in the park and it was 86 degrees. I might be a little sunburned.

Since the above was written (Wednesday), I have the following things I've been grateful for:
Thursday-  The weather was gorgeous, so SexyLawyerMan and I went to the park again. I am slow but I am able to jog/walk two miles.
Friday- My transplant coordinator called to catch up on my case, and I was able to tell her that I'm still doing really well and that's why they have not heard from me in months.

Saturday-I have the luxury of staying in bed all day to read. I finished "The Hunger Games"in two sittings, one last night and one for about 7 hours today.

Lazy Dinners

Lazy Day!

So I'm in the "try not  to get burned-out" portion of the school year, between "refreshed from the break" and "testing season" and dinners have needed to be quick and easy. I made some quick recipes last week that turned out pretty good. And by recipes, I mean really basic ingredients that I could throw together quickly.

1. Bring home a rotisserie chicken and some asparagus. While you are shopping, call ahead and ask your husband to peel and chop some potatoes.
2. Boil the potatoes with salt, rosemary, and garlic. Drain and mash; mix with butter and a splash of milk.
3. Steam the asparagus and put out some balsamic vinegar and olive oil to drizzle on top.
4. Announce that dinner is ready and that people can carve off whatever part of the chicken they prefer.

That was Monday.

Random snack: Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, dried oregano on top of fresh tomatoes

Tuesday, I went running at the park. On the way home, I called Sexy Lawyer Man (who is now officially a lawyer having graduated from law school this weekend) and asked him to start #1 for me.

1. Cut the meat off of yesterday's chicken, grate some colby jack cheese, and chop some tomatoes.
2. Melt butter in a skillet. (1 Tablespoon-ish) Meanwhile, throw some fresh corn cobs into salted water and boil.
3. Warm a flour tortilla in the butter on both sides. Set aside.
4. Warm a second tortilla in the butter, flip, and top with cheese and chicken (and tomatoes if you like).
5. Put the second tortilla on top and flip. Keep switching back and forth on medium heat until cheese is melty. Cut into 4ths.

Serve warm. Put more butter on the corn if you are into that.  I took a picture once I was mostly done eating. It was really good.