I am so tired. It feels kinda weird not having any housework to do today or any kids to transport all over the world, a welcome and refreshing break no doubt but all the same a new experience. Very seldom can I just be at the house and mellow out, but I doubt it'll last long. School starts back up shortly, for some odd reason I really thought that it starts back next Monday, crazy me. :-)
I'm trying to figure out where to take the family for summer vacation. I'm thinking maybe we should go skiing in Vail or just mellow out in Vermont. Anyone have any good ideas for good family vacation spots. We're saving money so we can take the family to Africa next year, it's going to be really exciting to go with my entire family this time. Africa is such a beautiful country, it's just so freakin' expensive to get there!!!
As for cooking, we've doing awesome. We had sandwiches last night and the night before I don't think we ate at all, seriously. I can't think for the life of me what we ate, but I know that we didn't eat out because I've been monitoring our spending and fast food consumption. The only fast food purchased this year was a meal at Taco Bell for Jakeema because he's the basketball team manager and he was going to be at school all day and called me at the last minute begging for something to eat before they left for their game. All and all it's going well, nothing extravagant so far, tonight we will be having sloppy joes!!! :-) Any good recipes please send em!!!
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Chicken Tortilla Soup
ReplyDelete4 uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 15-oz. cans black beans, undrained
2 15-oz. cans low-sodium, Mexican stewed tomatoes
1 cup salsa
4 oz. can chopped green chilies, undrained
15 oz. can tomato sauce
Baked tortilla chips
2 cups shredded cheese of choice
1. Combine all ingredients except chips and cheese in large slow cooker. Cover; cook on low for 8 hours.
2. Just before serving, remove chicken, shred or slice; stir back into soup.
3. Put a handful of chips in individual bowls; ladle soup over chips and top with cheese.
(This is my side note: this made enough for a family of 2 adult, 2 kids plus left overs for me to have lunch the next day!!)