Monday, June 23, 2008

A Twist on Lime


I had this absolutely refreshing drink for the first time about 4 years ago. I don't remember who made it first (probably one of the super cute girls in my old FHE group), but I loooove it. Very easy and with a surprise ingredient-cucumbers-it turns into a perfect summer picnic beverage.

Ingredients
2 small cans or 1 large can frozen limeade concentrate
Cucumbers, peeled and sliced thinly
2 liters lemon-lime soda (or ginger ale)

Directions
Thaw limeade. Marinate cucumbers in limeade for a few hours. Add to the punch bowl with the soda. Add ice to chill.

Monday, June 9, 2008

What to do with Leftover Spaghetti

That was my quandary the other night. It's not like I had just one portion left, I had a whole meals worth of noodles. So, like any other good dilemma, I posted the question of what to do with the stuff on a forum. After 2 pages of responses, I picked a recipe to try. (Shocking that people would have idea. My idea was to just throw it away and count my losses.) We ended up trying a variation of chicken spaghetti. 2 out of 3 kids loved it and Jeff was blown away by its deliciousness. I was pleasantly surprised. Warning-the color is not aesthetically pleasing while making the sauce-don't let it fool you about it's taste.

CHICKEN SPAGHETTI
4 Large chicken breasts or one full chicken
16 ounces of spaghetti1 stick butter
1 medium onion
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 (16 ounce) can stewed tomatoes OR Rotel tomatoes
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon chili powder
Velveeta cheese

To make:
1. Boil chicken breasts or chicken. Save the broth. Cool and cut chicken into bite size pieces.
2. Boil spaghetti in the chicken broth.
3. Spray 9x13 pan with no-stick cooking spray. Pour spaghetti and chicken into pan.
4. Sauté the chopped onion in butter. Add cream of mushroom soup, stewed tomatoes, garlic salt, and chili powder. Pour over spaghetti and chicken.
5. Top with Velveeta cheese and melt in oven.