Oh my!
I had a lovely, lovely day with my darling little Miss Ellie Pearl yesterday. She just keeps getting more and more personable! I swear I could just sit there and chat and coo and smile and grin with her for hours! Yesterday, between naps, she showed me how she plays on her mat with her toys (especially Jacque le Peacock).
And then she gave me that Mona Lisa smile that usually precipitates the full blown grin . . .
Gracious but I could eat her UP!
Today, after Todd made the run to the post office, I had a lovely treat!
I had forgotten Barbara (from
Cat Patches), my swap partner this month, had told me it was on the way! Isn't it darling!! I love the mixers and beaters! And I love the quilting on this too. And the back view . . .
And the tag (and the postcard greeting she included)!
I love, LOVE it Barbara: thank you *so* much!!!
I had a good--and encouraging--visit with my doc yesterday. Sunday is the start day. We're celebrating Todd's birthday (the big five-oh) on Saturday (it's actually on the 17th) and didn't want to start a diet before then -- his birthday cake-of-choice is a Carvel's ice cream cake. Definitely not on the Phase 1 food list. LOL!
On my way home last night I noticed that one of the small grocery stores was advertising split chicken breasts for a dollar a pound. Since we're going to be doing a lot of chicken for the next several months, I decided to pull in and get some. I got four, four pound plus packs of chicken breasts (four breasts per package). That's a LOT of chicken! I knew I didn't want to stick it all in the freezer like it was, so this is what I did.
I opened up each package, pulled out the breasts, pulled back the skin, and filleted off a 4-6 ounce portion.
I then pulled the skin back over what was left.
I laid the fillets out and covered them with press and seal to freeze them individually.
I put the rib pieces in a casserole dish to bake (I mean there was still 10-12 ounces on each breast).
Covered them with a little garlic and onion powders, a little rosemary, and a little salt and pepper. When they finish baking I'll pick them -- portion out the cooked meat into 1-1/2 cup portions -- and then boil the rest down for stock.
I feel like the frugal housewife! Yay for me!
Tonight we have campers coming in, and the weather will be glorious for them! I'm so looking forward to it!
HAPPY Friday!
:)