213/365 More moving

Another day of moving.

New dishes

New kitchen

Master Bedroom

Master bathroom

Ceiling fan

212/365 July Mosaics

Another month completed!

All the pics for Project 366-1

All the pics for Project 365

212/365 New starts

My best friends bought a lovely house and I helped them move this weekend.

These are the lovely dishes she registered for years ago

New formal dining room

New family room

I love the windows that have blinds inside the glass

211/365 Fun with friends

Mac the dog

Charles and Matt

Aubrey

Mac and Apple on the couch

Mac

Charles and Apple

Mac

For dinner I brought Potato Bundles - recipe here. SO yummy!

Charles and Aubrey

Derek and Shana

Marcel the cat

210/365 Love and cookies

I took a few pics this week of "text". Here's my favorite.

I also baked some cookies.

Banana, Chocolate Chip & Oatmeal cookies.

Ingredients

1 stick unsalted butter

1 ripe banana

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp almond extract

2 3/4 cup flour

t tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup old fashioned rolled oats

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Combine flour, salt and baking soda together.

Beat banana and butter. Add sugars and beat thoroughly. Add extract. Add in eggs one at a time.

Slowly mix in flour mixture. Once it is all mixed in - add rolled oats. The add chocolate chips.

Place on greased or lined cookie sheet in teaspoon sized balls. Bake for 10-12 minutes in a preheated oven at 350. Cool on sheet for 2 minutes then move to wire racks to cool completely.

209/365 The Beach and friends and food

Another beach day

We also hung out with friends tonight.

I brought Festival Chicken

Here's the recipe:

2 chicken breasts (skinless and boneless)

10 oz yellow rice

Mojo Marinade (I normally use Badia, you can order it from Amazon here or make your own)

Orange Juice

1 large onion

2 cloves of garlic

2 red peppers

salt, pepper

Cheddar cheese (sharp)

Directions:

Prepare rice, but substitute half water/half Orange Juice according to directions on the package. Meaning, if rice calls for 1 1/2 cup of water - use 3/4 cup water and 3/4 cup Orange Juice.

Chop onion into small pieces. Cook in large saute pan with a little oil (or butter) and a splash of Mojo Marinade.

Chop red pepper in to small pieces - throw in with onion.

Chop chicken breasts into small bite size pieces. Season with salt and pepper - throw in with onion and peppers.

Dice garlic and -throw in to chicken, onion, pepper mix.

Stir over heat until chicken is thoroughly cooked and onion is translucent. Red peppers should be soft and have nearly no crunch left. Add more Mojo as needed to prevent mixture from sticking to the pan.

When rice and chicken mixture are both done, turn off heat. Add half rice to a baking dish (I use a 9x9), add chicken/onion/pepper mixture and stir. Add rest of rice and stir again. Sprinkle the top with cheddar.

Bake in a 350 oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Serve with Cuban bread

208/365 Morning Glory

Shot from the ground - this sweet little morning glory lasted about 3 hours.

207/365 Farmer's Market

Seen at our local Farmer's Market:

A couple of kids raising money for camp by selling lemonade

A little boy who is really enjoying a puppy