the pattyo

***QOD
“He’s a good Christian, yet hardly dull at all.”
-Father Mulcahy referring to Colonel Potter, M*A*S*H, The Price of Tomato Juice, Episode 87
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***QOD
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
-Mason Cooley (b. 1927) U.S. aphorist
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection, New York (1991)
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***Important Days to Remember
July 28 is . . . . National Milk Chocolate Day
July 29 is . . . . Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
July 30 is . . . . National Cheesecake Day
July 31 is . . . . Parent’s Day
***Dan’s Pictures
from his trip are absolutely spectacular! Visit the page he set up and you’ll [...]

***Dan is on the Phone
right now with Brandon!
***Sunday
night through Monday: Brandon is now in Pennsylvania. They went to Baltimore, and then breezed through Philadelphia, which sounded as if it wasn’t great … fairly dumpy from what he said.
They are spending the night in a campground in Pennsylvania.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) they are going to Cooperstown (yay, [...]

Ingredients:

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (if you don’t have boneless that’s okay but it will take longer to cook, and if you don’t have skinless just remove the skin and toss it) — one half breast per person

olive oil (I use garlic flavored)

onions, chopped

celery, chopped

mushrooms, sliced

carrots, sliced

other vegies that you like, chopped or sliced

some kind [...]

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken breast split in two

mustard (I use Dijon or something similar) - 1 good sized spoonfull

butter — about 3 T

honey — about 1/4 cup

Melt the butter and honey together, then mix in the mustard. Pour over chicken.
Put the chicken in a glass baking dish. Cover with the mustard/butter/honey mixture. Cover the [...]

Mom’s Easy Recipes
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These aren’t fancy, but they are quick and easy and they are things that my kids seem to enjoy, so I’m posting them slowly but surely so that the kids can easily make actual meals!

Chili
Chicken Cacciatore
Double-Chocolate Cookies
Corn Bread
Grandma Mitchell’s Last Flight of the Bird
Honey Mustard Chicken
Kelsey Cookies
Parmesan Chicken

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Ingredients:

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (if you don’t have boneless that’s okay, and if you don’t have skinless just remove the skin and toss it) — one half breast per person

butter, melted

parmesan cheese (I use the freshly grated stuff, but you can always use the Kraft canned junk if you want to settle for less (smile)

Put [...]

Ingredients

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (if you don’t have boneless that’s okay, and if you don’t have skinless just remove the skin and toss it) — one half breast per person
butter, melted
parmesan cheese (I use the freshly grated stuff, but you can always use the Kraft canned junk if you want to settle for less (smile)
Put [...]