A Way to Stretch Chicken and Cornbread Yogurt Recipe

I bought a 2.5 package of chicken tenders. I put 1/2 of the bag in the crock pot and just boiled them with carrots, celery and onion. Then for the first dinner, I had chicken, scalloped potatoes, carrots and a small salad.

I just wanted plain chicken, tonight. But you can fried them or spice them up however you want.

The next day, I received the 5.5 quart crock pot in the mail, which I won! So I decided to make up a big pot of chicken soup for days 2, 3 or 4 until I finish up the soup.

I did have some cornbread leftover, so I also tried out the little crock with honey butter in it, to spread on the cornbread. Delicious dinner! I enjoy homemade chicken noodle soup!
What did I do with the other 1/2 bag of chicken? It was used in this recipe: http://domesticatedengineer.blogspot.com/2011/08/shredded-chicken-over-rice.html

And I was happy to win the crock with that recipe through facebook of a group call:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Crock-Pot-Recipe-Exchange/132953486751094

You should check out their recipes, as there are many for crock pots!

Will put on the cornbread recipe as it is made with yogurt.
Southern Yogurt Corn Bread
Adapted from:  Don Holmes

3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (opt.)
1 cup plain yogurt
1 egg
2 tablespoons shortening or vegetable oil
Combine the first six ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add the remaining ingredients. Stir to blend them . Spoon into a greased round 8" cake pan or 8x8" square pan. Bake in a preheated oven set at 400 degrees. Bake for about 20 minutes, until a light golden brown on top and make sure it is done in the middle with toothpick test.
Enjoy!

Junior Year 1967-1968 Part III

Will end this part with pictures of my friends!

I just loved what Gary said!

Lindy and Shellie. Wonder where Shellie is now?

We must have lost this game bad!

We didn't have many colored pictures this year.

Up  next my senior year!!!!!

Potato Casserole - Crock Style

Hoping to make more recipes using the crock-pot or slow cooker, depending on how you personally call it.
I think it takes me more time to find the right recipe than it does to get ingredients together. Today, I decided to make a potato recipe. I had most ingredients but  needed to buy the squash and cheese. I know, I couldn't believe I was out of cheese! It gave me a chance to go and look at the new Wal-Mart Grocery Store.. We have 5 going up in town! I am sorry to say this, but I was disappointed, as it wasn't what I expected. The floors are not tiled and I felt like I was going into a super discounted place, not friendly and clean, like a new store should be. It wasn't dirty and the cement floor was wax, but it gave me that not friendly feeling. Sad... because I like Wal-Mart, and I do have family who work there. My opinion only, I think they will be less expensive on the groceries, which is good, but I feel that they are even competing with themselves on their 'Super Centers'. Ooooops, need to get back to the recipe, sorry.

Potato Casserole
recipe adapted from Rival Slow Cooker cards

1 1/4 pound baking potatoes, (about 6 medium) sliced, can be with or without peels
1/2 big red bell pepper, thinly sliced (although next time, I will add a whole pepper)

3 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes                       
3 small yellow squash, sliced

                                                                    
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup cream
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Colby/Jack Cheese

Step 1 -  Place potatoes, bell pepper, onion and some of the cubes of butter in crock-pot. Evenly layer these. Add water and cream.

Step 2 - Cover and cook on LOW for 5-6 hours. Or HIGH for 3 hours.

Looking good!

Step 3 - Take off cover and put in sliced squash, with a little more salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 1 more hours on HIGH.

Looking better!

Step 4 - After time is up, check with fork to make sure potatoes are tender, if not, then turn on LOW and cook until potatoes are tender. After potatoes are tender, sprinkle shredded cheese on top and let set for about 3 minutes, until cheese is melted. Serve with more cheese or chopped chives on top.
Enjoy!

Junior Year 1967-1968, Part II

I need to get busy and finish up my high school years. With school starting again,it has once again got me in the mood to work on my memories of high school days. I have four grandchildren in school, one playing football this season, one who will be graduating from high school, one from middle school and one who is starting  school. So with this said, I need to finish up and get these memories past down, before I forget.  As I look at the yearbook, I could say something about every page. But that would take me forever and I just spent another 1/2 hour looking at all the pictures.
By this time in my life I had started my first paying job! Working at Bullock's Pasadena. I won't go into that here, as it is already on this blog post: http://domesticatedengineer.blogspot.com/2009/01/bullocks-pasadena.html

So, back to sports. I loved most of the sports. I went and watched basketball, track, wrestling and I think one tennis match. Basketball was fast and exciting. Track had a few friends on it and asked me to come watch them, same with the other sports. In wrestling this is where the x got kneed pretty bad and Coach Drake did give him some salve to cool the pain. Plus this is the year he got the mumps. Let's just say that during our marriage down the road, we were glad to have our two daughters. I enjoyed watching and learning about the different sports. Mostly from my brother and his friends, who were like brothers. And I was lucky enough to be Kent's little 'tag along' sister. Who sometimes, like our mother would just happen to show at the wrong time and not know that Kent was there too. Enough said about that.
On to the dances:
Christmas Dance, this is one dance I actually missed.

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On to the Valentine Day Dance
This dress cost me, my hard earned working money, but it was a nice dress and saved my mom the stress of making another one. For those of you who remember the store Anita's, yep that's where I bought this dress.

Jim Shofner and me

Next up was the Junior-Senior Prom. Lots of fun there!
May 18, 1968 at El Rancho Verde Country Club in Rialto. Theme was 'A Knight in the Days of Old'. Wish we could of dress like the Renaissance Days. But of course, I enjoyed dressing up in my formal. Music was by The Educated Sound. (who were they?)  This dress I bought in Pasadena for $10, as there was a stain on it, and my mom talked the store people into taking it out. Dad said no way, was I wearing a strapless dress, so mom made my little straps from velvet ribbon and hand stitch the rhinestones on, with a matching headband to boot. So I got to go!

Wasn't it a pretty dress?

We had a photographer who came by the house this year and no one but my mother and I were home, so she had me put on the Valentine dress and take another picture. Only reason I am putting it on here, is that my hair was longer and I wish I was the size again.

Summer of 1968.

The clubs  and activities I was in:

Congress is in session! Me to the very left, you can tel it is me, because of hairband.

Back of me towards the right, with the hair curled up in a flip! We sure had fun at those meetings. Thanks Stephanie!

Yep, I actually was President of a club! Future Business Leaders of America!

 

I was also in Pep Club. I remember this was the year that we were working on posters for a up coming game, I'm thinking basketball and all of a sudden the wind came up and we had dark, dark clouds. (We didn't have many dark clouds when I grew up in Azusa.) Then a burst of rain, just came pouring down. This was about the time, we all left for the evening, and got soaked. I was so glad to get home and change into dry clothes. Anyone else remember this night? Phyillis Arrigo, now Rathburn, took me home this night.

Me with the braids and turn around. Sock hop dance.

Here's a picture for Janice, Debbie and the rest of the choir!

I was also in CASO, but we didn't have a picture of that. Gregg Mayfield enjoyed our group discussions!
A picture of Kent and Brian with the hypnotist guy. Remember that school assembly? The hypnotist had to come back and undo on kid, as he was walking around weird that day.

That's it for now!