super roasted chicken

I had never roasted a chicken before I learned of this recipe-roasted chicken. I guess I was intimidated by the size and time involved but it turned out super and I have made it several times. This dish is perfect for holiday family get togethers or dinner at home during the week - such as tonight for my family. Tip - if you can find a whole chicken with the neck and giblets removed, all the better. You can find locally at 135th Super Target, of all places. One chicken can easily feed a family of four. If you have leftovers, it would be great for one of the recipes also on the site, chicken enchiladas, which I have also made - yum.

best tank top

for layering of course. Never alone - atleast for me - way too revealing of "my stuff" but I have to refresh ever few years cause I wear them year round under tops as sort of my girdle to smooth things out, if you know what I mean. Kind of my clothing security blanket. But I hadn't bought one in maybe two or three years and just recently bought two and were still "my
favorite tank" hence the name.

One stop shop

YES TO ALL.....
square neck tee
bubble tank
pique shift
pique v-neck dress
danielle sandals
athena sandals
boyfriend jacket
sparkle necklace
ripstop pants

skirt and top for all times

I love this seamed circle skirt mainly because you can wear it during the day or at night. Day time with a basic tee and dressier top for evening. I also like this rustled breeze top for the same reason -with jeans as shown on model. May be too flowy to wear the two together but who knows? Busy times around here with spring so my posts my dwindle a bit.

SALE

FYI - I am on a mailing list for various vendors for sales, etc. The GAP is having a big sale on lots of goodies for the whole family and Boden is having a 25% on EVERYTHING for TODAY ONLY. You can't beat some of these deals lately. I have a $20.00 coupon I may need to use for Boden today and really get a great deal. I will let you know when I do get some of these promotions as they come up, it really can make a difference.

A side note with Boden, if you have never ordered before, the quality of the clothes is great and well outlasts two rounds of hand me downs - for the kids. So it is money well spent especially if you have same sex siblings. The sizes run true to size on most. I think the sizing has gotten better over the last couple years especially the children's clothing. Now on the women's clothing, I always order up on the larger end of my size range since things "just fit". Check out the sizing guide if you are in doubt - the sizes are configured over to US sizes and they are great on returns and exchanges. A favorite of mine for myself and my girls.

For coffee and wine lovers

We recently bought these new mugs and wine glasses since we either have a few mismatched or have broken them. For me, drinking coffee out of a huge bowl or trough rather is quite a treat. I now look even more forward to coffee in the morning knowing that I'll be using this. Seems to make it taste better.

The wine glasses are fragile and are made of a very thin glass but we could not resist. Yes, unfortunately we need to have our designated drinks labeled for our coffee drinking and wine drinking, I guess we get that tired. We wouldn't want to confuse the two. Ha.

I should also mention that the coffee mugs have a cute cream and sugar to go along, must buy separately. The wine glasses have a carafe too. All great gift ideas for anyone getting married this spring.

Tried, tested, and approved

Bibimap-I subscribe to this fresh and chock full of goodness magazine, Cookie, and it is geared for parents but has great articles for everyone. This month has a couple really good recipes using eggs. My husband has high cholesterol so I have to use them sparingly but I do think eggs are a great meat and protein alternative. In addition, I am trying to branch out and try ground turkey instead of my go to meat, chicken. So in this recipe, I used ground turkey and I was skeptical at first, but it tasted great and was not at all greasy like beef. This dish comes together quick and although the ingredients sound strange, it some how works and was a home run especially with us grown-ups. I set aside the meat and rice for the girls and did not assemble like ours, as they are extremely picky. If you are a vegetarian you could use tofu or a meat substitute when it calls for turkey, beef, etc. Another tip, I used long grain brown rice and steamed the vegetables. Give it a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.