Chicken Zucchini Pasta

This recipe has been a favorite of our family for several years.  It started a few years back with a garden full of zucchini and tomatoes.  We had to find a way to use it and this is what I came up with.

3-4 Frozen boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2-3 smallish zucchini
4-5 small tomatoes chopped into wedges or 2 cans whole tomatoes chopped
Half of a medium white onion
Handfull of green onions
5-6 Sage leaves or 1/2 tsp. dried sage
Parsley, fresh chopped or dried to taste
1/2 tsp. garlic powder or 2 cloves fresh garlic
2 tbs. canola oil
Pepper
1/4 tsp. Oregano

Vermicelli Noodles
4 tbs. butter
Parsley
Dried chicken bullion granules 3-4 tbs.

In an electric skillet turned to medium place 2 tbs. canola oil and the chicken breast halves.  When they are slightly browned on one side turn them to the other.  When they are mostly cooked, take them out and chop them into chunks.  Return them to the skillet with the onions, green onions, sage, parsley, pepper, Oregano and garlic.  Cook a few minutes until the onions are soft.  Add the zucchini and tomatoes.  Continue cooking until zucchini and tomatoes are cooked soft.

Meanwhile:

In a large pot boil water.  Add 1-1 1/2 pkgs vermicelli noodles and cook until just tender.  Drain and toss with 4 tbs. butter, 1-2 tbs. Olive Oil, Chicken bullion (3-4 tbs.) and Parsley  to taste.

Serve Chicken Zucchini over the  pasta and enjoy!

Lucy, Dixie and Daisy

Meet Lucy, Dixie, and Daisy.  These are my backyard friends.  I let them out of the coop in the late afternoons so they can wander my yard and eat any bugs they find.  Then, at dusk they wander back to their home and put themselves to bed.  Before I go to bed, I go out and say goodnight, shut the coop and say something silly like, "Good night girls.  Lay me some eggs in the morning!"

 In the winter they like to come to the  kitchen french glass door and look in the house pathetically hoping that someone will throw them a snack.  Lucy is closest to the window looking in authoritatively.  She is definitely in charge.  Daisy is also close to the windo, but turned toward the yard in case she has to run away quickly.  Dixie is in back with the little pink comb.  It is little and pink now because she has been molting.  She is the scardy cat, lowest on the totem pole cutie.  She runs away first and is always last to eat anything.  Their favorite treat is to have one of the kids take a string cheese to the door and stand on the porch tearing off strings and tossing it into the yard.  They scramble to grab and gobble them up.  Then, they happily give me a few eggs faithfully.

Last year I brought them home as baby, day old chicks.  They now have a comfortable home, er...coop in the backyard.  I think this Spring I'll add three or four more in a separate coop who can give me brown eggs.  That sounds fun.  I can't wait to take Brad to go pick out a few more little baby chicks!

These girls are my favorite pets ever!  They are super low maintainance and they give me something back every day.  Such a deal!

Last monday's Glittery, Sparkly, SuperCute new shoes.

I saw a link on pinterest and made these beautiful new shoes for myself and my daughters.  Unfortunately, the glittery stuff seems to be coming off rather quickly.  Even so, they were fun to wear, even if they don't last too long.  I LOVE sparkly stuff!

New at this

Well, my daughter has been after me for a while to start a blog so today I thought I'd give it a try. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I'll figure it out as I go along. I should be studying, but instead....I'm here writing and playing. :)

Today has been a wash for me. It actually started last night. I took another daughter to the doctor and didn't get home until there wasn't much time left to sleep. So today, instead of studying I spent it doing crafty stuff that I could enjoy and grocery shopping. I don't know what it is lately....I just want to play around with crafty stuff and avoid doing the actual school work that is waiting patiently for me to get going on again. But, in the meantime I've been trying to do some new things. I LOVE to learn new stuff. It doesn't matter if it is creative or not, but lately it seems to all have been focused on the creative side. Must have needed a break for my brain, I guess.

Anyway, today I made cute little treat baskets for Valentines day for my sweetie and the kids. I can't wait to fill them and leave notes around the house. I have to work on Valentine's Day....which totally stinks since Valentine's Day and Thanksgiving are my 2 favorite holidays. No matter, they can be celebrated on other days too. :)

I also painted a serving tray and put some pretty paper on the bottom. I think it may look OK. :) I'm not super crafty by nature, so I try and then usually end of a bit disappointed because it didn't turn out the way I had envisioned it in my head. Most often, I think, because I am impatient. I'll work on it.

In any case....If I can figure out how, I'll post some pictures of my recent craftiness and also try to figure out how to make this blog a little prettier too!