Oven Glazed Apple Lemon Chicken
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Ok this was SOOOOO good I had to post it. REALLY REALLY good- I mean REALLY! Sweet, Sour and Savory! This is yet again a Rachael Ray recipe that is SO good!! Really it is and its so fast and easy. To see Rachael make hers click here! In that clip she also makes Cordon Bleu Potatoes.
Oven Glazed Apple Lemon Chicken-
A few cups of Apple Juice or Cider
1 lemon sliced
A few sprigs of Thyme or a palmful of dried
A few cloves of Garlic just cracked
Bone in Chicken Breasts (salted and peppered)
Simmer all of the above until its reduced to just about a cup. I used Bone-in Breasts, I think baking in the oven with boneless makes them dry without the skin to protect it and keep in the juices. Pour reduced liquid with garlic, lemons and all over the chicken. I bake mine breast down for the first half and then I flip them over- this way the breasts really soak up the flavor. Bake at 400 until done.
Really good and I served mine with honey glazed carrots and they went excellently!
Bird Nests with Chicken and “Green Beans!”
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So in case you didnt know it- I LOVE me some Rachael Ray! This woman inspires me so much. We used to eat out ALL the time because by the time I get home from work I was in no mood to cook. Since getting to “know” Rachael I cook every single night! And I LOVE it and feel like I am somehow a better parent by doing this.
This is a spin on on her recipe for Bird Nests with Chicken and Broccoli.
In her recipe she uses broccoli and well…….I hate broccoli so I used green beans! I also wanted to bump up the flavor of the chicken and green beans. She uses just salt and pepper and Olive Oil. So I added the EVOO to the pan and then grated a couple cloves of garlic into it. I then added a splash of Soy Sauce and pepper and salt. Then I cooked the chicken breasts and added the beans when the chicken was done. I think there is nothing better than green beans and garlic with a splash of soy. This made the chicken taste SO good and the beans. I also used a lot of Parmesano Reggiano cheese on my noodles because I LOVE it so much! And dont skimp and use Kraft powder “Cheese” stuff. Get the good stuff at Costco, Harmon’s or my favorite CAPUTOS!
I did use whole wheat spaghetti. I always use it when something calls for spaghetti, I lOVE the taste and it is full of protein and fiber. My favorite kind is “Garafolo” imported Organic whole wheat spaghetti. You can buy about 10 packs for like $8 at Costco. It tastes SO good.
Super fast, super easy and SUPER good. Taylor gave it a 9 out of 10! Click here to watch Rachael make hers!
CRAZY for my new pan!!!
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So I got my new pan on Friday!! Its the Rachael Ray cast iron grill/griddle pan. Its so heavy its GREAT! Its a grill on one side and a flat griddle on the other. We cooked eggs on it Saturday and had no sticking issues at all, so it is well seasoned. Then on Sunday I grilled chicken on it- it was fantastic!!! GREAT grill marks and the chicken was moist and perfect. It was way better than grilling outside because I could do it right in the kitchen. Plus I can’t grill outside in the new apartment so this solves everything!
So all you Rachael Ray haters shut your pie hole! I am crazy about her and her products!!
Ha Ha! So true and funny!
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Eve Ensler on Sarah Palin
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I LOVED this so much I had to share- Please read people and make the RIGHT choice in November- OBAMA!
Eve Ensler writes:
I am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for Polar Bears. Maybe it’s their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears.
I don’t like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.??
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story — connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country chose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God’s plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin’s view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, “It was a task from God.”??
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist’s baby or not.??
She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that makes.??
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States. She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth.??
Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.??
Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God’s name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be.??
I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of the U.S., but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction. It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don’t move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC, “Drill Drill Drill.” I think of teeth when I think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.??
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
Dear M&M’s………
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Dear M&M’s,
I had to write and let you know that I am INFURIATED with you right now. Your prices are getting higher and your quantities smaller!! WHAT GIVES?? Today I bought a package of your Almond M&M’s that you KNOW I love……..guess how many were in the package?? THIRTEEN!! Thats all!! Now, I am a big girl and this is hardly even worth my effort in opening your stupid package! Its like 2 bites! Its very unfair to me and I am deeply hurt that you are choosing to behave this way in our relationship. I think I will start looking elsewhere for satisfaction. Yes, it has come to this and I am sorry I have to end it this way but its all your fault!
Goodbye…………….
Jen
P.S You could make it up to me by sending me a case of M&M’s- I might go back to seeing you again if you would do that for me. You know your going to miss me!
Remember that time we made out? You know it was good for you!
Inspiring!!!!!
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Did everyone watch Barack Obama’s speech last night? If you didn’t shame on you- you should have. It was SO inspiring, I couldn’t help but think as I watched it that I was being witness to something GREAT that was happening in our country. Every word he said gave me goosebumps and gave me hope. Hope that this country will recover from the 8 long years of devastation that Bush and Cheney have put this country through. He is an AMAZING speaker, which is a big change from the words we have heard from the mouth of that moron GWB. I just hope and cross my fingers that he is our future president!!
If you have not registered to vote YOU NEED TO!!!! You can go here to register in Utah:
http://elections.utah.gov/voterregistrationnewhow.html
And everyone PLEASE make the smart choice! As Obama said last night 8 years is ENOUGH.
EIGHT IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!
Sad Sad Sad Day :(
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Today was a horrible and sad day- Brad has left for college. We packed him up and the my nerves kicked in on the way up, thought I would throw up the whole way.
His dorm room is nice, his roommate had already moved in and boy did he have A LOT of stuff. Then I panicked that Brad didn’t have enough stuff and what had we forgotten! Well turns out we forgot one important item…..toilet paper. I am sure there is a lot of other things we forgot too, but now I have a reason to either force him home for the weekend or go see him!
I just can’t believe nor do I think I can handle the fact that he’s really gone off to college- it just doesnt seem possible. I don’t know what I will do without him. I will miss him more than I can even describe, it physically hurts me to have him gone. I don’t know if this is one of those things in life I just cant possible deal with…………….
Go GOOGLE yourself!
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So has everyone google’d themselves? Hmmmm that actually sounds dirty!! Well if you haven’t ever you should……….very interesting!
I google myself- Jennifer Fullmer………There are A LOT of Jennifer Fullmers out there. There is even one in Utah with a criminal record (NOT ME)- but I can see how you would confuse that with me 
Dont worry folks I am not in violation of parole!! So I find absolutely nothing about myself. Nothing. No long lost person searching for me or some unknown family member trying to give me a million dollars or someone secretly bashing me on their blog.
Then I get to thinking…………they would probably google my maiden name!! Gasp! I hate to even say it or admit it was my name because it was always embarrassing for me. ………..Jennifer Jolley. Jennifer Jolley………..it just has a certain embarrassing tone to it. Even worse when people (JASON YOU KNOW I MEAN YOU) call me Jenny. Jenny Jolley……..not a pretty name. So I go looking………….WOW there are a TON of Jennifer Jolleys out there! So I narrow it down to Jennifer Jolley Utah- There are even Jennifer Jolley’s in Utah! I am shocked, poor girls must have had my same embarrassment in life. Its not a common name, especially Jolley not Jolly- But alas……..NOTHING.
So then I google my dad’s name out of curiosity. For those of you who don’t know he died in 1994. Well, I found all kinds of stuff about him! I guess if your dead there is a lot more of you on google than when your living. I even found the blog of an “estranged” cousin that I haven’t seen since I was really young.
Go google yourself and if you find yourself let me know! I will be jealous! Ohhhhh and the kitty of the day is……………….
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I LOVE THIS SITE!!!
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