SUPER EASY CROCK POT MEAL..YUMMO!

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Holiday Chicken and cornbread Stuffing (crockpot)

~Shannon Dillman


Serves 10


1 rotisserie chicken (about 3 lbs), meat removed and chopped up (about 4 cups)
8 corn muffins broken into pieces (about 7 cups)
8 slices of white bread broken into pieces
1 medium onion chopped
3 cups celery chopped
2 cans (10.5 oz each) cream of chicken soup (concentrate only)
15 oz. chicken broth
4 eggs beaten
½ tsp black pepper
1 cup chopped bacon (cooked)
2 c pecans chopped coarsely
butter (about ¼ stick)

Mix all ingredients together and put into 5 qt or larger crock pot, dot with butter pats.
Cook on high for 4 hours, or low for about 7 hours until set.


This is great for a crowd. Your house will smell like its thanksgiving! Serve with cranberry sauce on the side. I love to take this to pot lucks. Not just for holidays...no matter what time of the year, its sooo good. Everytime I make this, I get asked for the recipe...so easy and yummy.

spring cleaning is a workout!

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"I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on."
Roseanne Barr
10 Best Spring Cleaning WorkoutsBy Cecilia H. Lee
Tulips and daffodils are blooming. Butterflies and birds are flying under sunny skies. It's springtime! What better way to chase away the winter blues than to get your blood pumping by doing a bit of spring cleaning. A recent British study showed that the Brits burn over 50,000 calories a year (which adds up to almost 15 pounds of fat) just by cleaning their homes.
Here is a list of the top 10 highest calorie-burning chores (listed from the lowest to the highest, with the average number of calories burned per year). The good news is that the more you clean, the more calories you'll burn through. And the more body weight you're carrying, the more calories you'll burn. Not only will you get your workout, you'll have a clean house to enjoy afterward. So, get out that vacuum and get cleaning!
10.
Dust and polish (burn 2,288 calories per year). This can be one of the easiest chores to overlook, but since you're doing a deep cleaning, why not get totally into it? You don't even need fancy furniture sprays—just a combination of olive oil and white vinegar. It's like salad dressing for your furniture, only better (combine 1 cup of the oil and a 1/4 cup of white vinegar in a bottle; shake well). Use a soft cloth to work it in and buff out your furniture. You'll not only expend elbow grease (getting a bit of upper-body exercise in), but you'll have naturally shiny furniture. Light dusting burns about 170 calories per hour (assuming a body weight of 150 pounds); with more heavy scrubbing and cleaning, you burn 204 calories per hour.
9.
Change the bedding (burn 2,728 calories per year). Although there may be some debate about how often you should change the sheets on your bed, most people think that once every week or two is a good standard. To get in a little more exercise, be sure to make your bed every morning. This way, you'll have a nice bed to slip into every night and you'll also burn 136 calories per hour. Of course, none of us will take an hour to make the bed (Martha Stewart, notwithstanding), but even at 15 minutes, you've burned enough calories to make up for half a glass of wine.
8.
Clean the bathroom (burn 2,891 calories per year). Sure, scrubbing toilets is no one's idea of a good time, but it doesn't have to be such a chore. Put on some fast music and get moving. If you make it a little race or game for yourself, you can get the whole bathroom clean in just 20 minutes. If you use large up-and-down movements (like when cleaning a shower door), you'll even get your stretches in. Just by cleaning the bathroom, you can burn at least 231 calories per hour.
7.
Sweep the floor (burn 2,896 calories per year). For outdoor areas and garage floors, nothing beats an old-fashioned broom and dustpan. This activity burns 272 calories per hour. So, it makes sense to sweep up the driveway and even get out to the sidewalk. Although sweeping ranked 7th in calories burned, you can increase the level of your workout by getting to all the nooks and crannies of your property that you usually avoid. Even better, stretch up and knock down those cobwebs that have been accumulating in the corners of your garage.
6.
Tidy up (burn 4,541 calories per year). This is a general household chore that you can add to your routine every day. Don't worry about being efficient because the more back and forth you walk, the more steps you get in. If you have stairs in your home, even better. Be sure to keep your abs tightened when you do your chores, since it'll give your ab muscles a bit of a workout and improve your posture. Also, be sure to put away heavy things (try carrying those storage boxes down to the basement) to get in some weight training exercise. Even a light tidying up lets you burn over 170 calories per hour. Step it up and you can get it to over 240 calories burned per hour.
5.
Scrub the floor (burn 5,117 calories per year). Get on your hands and knees and scrub those tile or linoleum floors. Again, use big, broad circular movements and reach under the bed and other hard-to-reach places. You'll burn about 258 calories per hour, enough to make up for a serving of chicken nuggets.
4.
Wash and dry the dishes (burn 6,781 calories per year). Give that dishwasher a rest and do your dishes by hand. You'll burn 156 calories per hour, just for standing and washing the dishes; but if you dry them by hand and put them away, you'll get even more bang for your buck. To get in a good stretch when putting away the dishes, twist and stretch to reach the higher shelves. If you want to save your hands from getting too dry, wear gloves.
3.
Iron your clothes (burn 6,794 calories per year). Get out all those clothes you've been hiding in the back of the closet and get ironing. To make it more fun, do it in front of the TV or with the radio playing. Just because it's housework, it doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable. Besides, dancing a bit while you're ironing will give you a little more of a workout. Ironing, sans dancing, will burn about 156 calories per hour.
2.
Vacuum the floor (burn 6,800 calories per year). According to a recent survey, people found vacuuming to be one of the more enjoyable tasks to do around the house. To make it even less of a chore, put some of your favorite tunes into your portable CD or MP3 player and get going. Vacuuming burns about 238 calories per hour, but you can get more out of it by vacuuming the couches and pillows. Also, to make it more of a workout, put the pressure on your legs (don't strain your arms and shoulders, which can in turn strain your back). Instead of standing in one place and pushing the vacuum back and forth, walk with the vacuum from one end of the room to the other, like you'd do with a lawnmower. You'll get in more exercise and ensure yourself of not missing a spot. And now is a great time to find out how to best use all those attachments you've been wondering about and get in some lunges (keep your toes pointed straight ahead and bend your knees, but not more than 90 degrees).
1.
Do the laundry (burn 9,464 calories per year). Now that you've changed the bedsheets and piled up all the dirty towels, you can get the laundry going. Although doing the laundry only burns about 150 calories per hour, because it takes a while to go through several loads (especially if you have kids or major cleaning to do), the calories burned do add up.
If you have outside space, you can burn even more calories by gardening (246 calories per hour), raking (264 calories per hour), or mowing the lawn (a whopping 363 calories per hour).
Now that you've cleaned the whole house, kick back with a tall glass of water and enjoy your handiwork. And remember that the same British study mentioned earlier showed that housework gave more of a workout than spending an hour at the gym. So, the next time you don't feel motivated to haul yourself down to the gym, put on your favorite music, and pick up your vacuum instead. Remember, doing your housework faster and more intensely not only makes for a better workout; you'll be done with your chores sooner. Happy cleaning!

Totally Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups

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This looks delish...from www.hungrygirl.com
(by the way, they have a new 200 recipe cookbook coming out with 200 calorie or less meals! I have it on order! )

I am on a healthy kick, determined to get in shape for bikini season....I have been P90X'ing my butt off and trying to eat healthy, at least a few days a week lol. (last night I fell off the wagon with bo jangles!)

Need a guilt-free international fix?

THIS is your lucky day...

Totally Thai Chicken Lettuce Cups

PER SERVING (entire recipe): 227 calories, 4.5g fat, 875mg sodium, 21g carbs, 3g fiber, 12.5g sugars, 23g protein -- POINTS® value 4*

Peanutty and delicious, these wraps are great for lunch, for dinner, or as a snack!

Ingredients:

3 leaves romaine, butter, or green leaf lettuce

3 oz. raw boneless skinless lean chicken breast, cubed

3/4 cup peeled and diced cucumber2 scallions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

2 tbsp. shredded carrot

1 1/2 tbsp. Thai peanut salad dressing or sauce (low in fat with about 35 calories per tbsp., like the one by Li tehouse)

2 tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar

1 tbsp. chopped cilantro leaves

1/8 tsp. garlic powderDash red pepper flakes, or more to taste

Optional garnishes: lime wedges, sesame seeds

Directions: In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, scallions, carrot shreds, rice vinegar, cilantro, and red pepper flakes.

Mix well and refrigerate until you're ready to assemble your cups.

Bring a pan misted with nonstick spray to medium-high heat on the stove. Add chicken and sprinkle with garlic powder. Cook chicken, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 4 minutes.Place chicken and peanut dressing or sauce in a bowl and toss to coat. Remove veggie mixture from the fridge.

To assemble, evenly distribute the veggie mixture and the chicken among the lettuce "cups." If you like, finish with a squirt of lime juice and/or a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Chomp chomp!MAKES 1 SERVING


       

I am headed to the Library

I wish home was where I was doing my laundry today lol...I am headed to the Laundray mat (yes, my washer part still has not arrived, Thanks Whirlpool, this is two weeks with no washer and I paid 1000.00 for it 14 months ago).

I am also stopping at the Library. I love the Library. I try to go every week, books can be checked out for three weeks so I have leeway.

What I love is, checking out cookbooks. I love to read them as I have mentioned before but never really follow a recipe. If I fall in love with one, then I know I have to run out and buy it, but otherwise, this saves me a lot of money on cookbooks I end up giving away because they are not what I thought they would be.

I can also order things my library does not have and have them sent to my library for pick up and drop off there again. My kids order movies they want to see. We bought too many dvd's that no one ever watches again, so this not only saves money, but save space and dust collectors.

It's a beautiful sunny day. I may do the library first so I have some good books to read at the laundrymat. I will just bring my wet clothes home, as I can hang out the wash and also my dryer is still in working order...I did not buy the duet dryer, because my dryer was in working order yet, and now I know I wont' buy the matching dryer after what I went through with whirlpool.

I'm making Beer Batter Bread

Some people pay 5-7 dollars for one of these packages from those home party food companies. They are easy to make at home and cheap! Tried and true. Make a few batches up, and put in a canning jar and give as a gift with a can of beer and a cute tag attached with baking instructions.

Beer Batter Bread

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

3 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt

1 bottle (12 ounces) beer, at room temperature

1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

PreparationPreheat the oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the beer all at once, mixing as little as possible; the batter should be lumpy.

Pour the batter into a 9-x-5-x-3-inch loaf pan and brush with the melted butter. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Turn out onto a rack to cool.

Sorry America !

I guess I should not blame all of America for a dumb company that has poor management.
Whirlpool=BAD
Not the USA
I love my Chevy Truck, Cocacola, and the freedom I have to rant about bad companies!

DO NOT BUY WHIRLPOOL

I AN LIVID...FURIOUS...AND YES, WE SPOKE TO A MANAGER.....

We have gone through hell with whirlpool for the past week. My 1000.00 front load washer just mysteriously stopped working on Sunday, Sat night it worked fine, washing my sweaters on the gentle cycle. Sunday, nothing.
Its only 14 mos old.
Called whirlpool Monday, they said they will take care of it, and send us the part is supposedly needed according to the code. they over night it to us...great, its not the right thing because it still doesn't work. the repairman said its another computer board that costs 500 dollars. he calls whirlpool (their serviceman) and they tell him they aren't going to cover it.
My husband calls, they offer to give us a 75 percent discount on the part, great, whatever, its been a week, pay it I want my washer working..now they tell us the part won't come for 7-10 days. They can't overnight it??? what? they overnight ed the part they told us it was on Monday and it was the wrong part, now it will be over two weeks that I am without a washer when I paid 1000.00 for this piece of crap.
I also bought a 1600 dollar refrigerator from them a few years ago and it too broke after 13 months. THROW AWAY BULLCRAP APPLIANCES.....NEVER EVER WILL I BUY WHIRLPOOL AGAIN.
Funny thing is, we asked a repairman we know what brand we should go with, because I wanted a Bosch, he said, no don't get a bosch, it takes forever to get parts, whirlpool parts are carried in all repairmen's vans....yeah, okay...two weeks..bet my bosch would still be working!
now after spending a grand on a whirlpool, i get to go to the laundry mat, wasting gas, time and money on their machines! thanks whirlpool! I will never ever buy anything from them again!
I will buy foreign Bosch appliances.
Guess buying American only screws ya in the end!