GO TEAM Buffalo...

Super Bowl Sunday...
Everywhere I look lately you see all the recipes for things to eat this Sunday, most of them are for Buffalo Style chicken. So Kenneth and I researched a few websites and also got a recipe from yesterdays newspaper (which I am making for supper tonight, because I have to work Sunday)

Crock Pot Buffalo Sandwiches

• 4 skinless/boneless chicken breasts

• 1 bottle (your choice) buffalo wing sauce
  
• 1/2 pkg (1 oz) ranch dressing mix
• 2 T margarine
• 6 WW buns

mix 3/4 wing sauce with dry ranch dressing...set aside
place chicken breast in oiled crock pot
pour sauce over chicken
cook on low 5-6 hours
shred chicken when done add margarine, heat 30 - 60 more minutes
place on buns with favorite vegetables...enjoy

TIP: any left overs can be used for buffalo pizza

Baked Buffalo Strips

• 3 chicken breasts cut into 1" strips
• 2 T Olive oil
• 1/2 C soy sauce
• red pepper flakes (to taste)
• 2 T ketchup
• 1 C honey
• 1/2 t garlic powder
• salt/pepper

Mix last 7 ingrediants together and coat strips, place in oiled baking dish'
Bake 375* for 1 hr



Deep Fried Buffalo Chicken

• 3/4 C flour
• 1/4 C cornmeal
• 1/2 t pepper
• 1/2 t cayenne
  
• 1/4 t garlic powder
• 1/2 t paprika

mix the dry ingredients

• Cut 3 chicken breast into 1/2" strips
• place 1 C milk and 1 egg into ziplock bag add chicken strip
• marinade for 30 min. to 1 hr.

remove chicken from baggie and dredge in dry mix, deep fry at 375* for approximately 5 minutes. Toss with 1/4 C hot sause and 1 T melted butter. Don't forget the ranch dressing and celery on the side.

Still dating...

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This is a picture taken when we visited Dallas a few years back and I found a log cabin village online.

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real food...

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February...

dates to remember...

• 4th Thank a Mailman Day
• 7th Super Bowl XLIV "Go Team!"
• 8th Fly a kite day
• 10th Umbrella Day
• 14th Valentines Day "xoxoxox"
• 16th Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday
• 20th Love your pet day
• 22nd Be Humble Day
• 23rd National Pancake Day - FREE Pancakes at IHOPS!
• 26th Carnival Day
• 27th International Polar Bear day

Can you add anymore?

Sheldon's favorite song...

SOFT KITTY,
WARM KITTY,
LITTLE BALL OF FUR,
HAPPY KITTY,
SLEEPY KITTY,
PURR, PURR, PURR.

5 easy steps...

here is a very helpful video from you tube...


Want to make your home more energy efficient, but don't know where to start? Take these five easy first steps to make you and your wallet feel better.

Energy Circle TV

I found this after looking for ways to save on my electric bill. Our December bill seems to always be the highest bill of the year. So I am trying to determine more ways to cut back...vampires! I must get a handle on the vampires.

One of our favorite shows...

the song is called the "Big Bang Theory Theme" by Barenaked ladies

the lyrics are as follows:

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!

"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!

you can listen to it here on you tube...

the big bang

One Hour Rolls

Combine:

¾ cup HOT water

1 tsp. salt

6 Tbs. melted butter

¼ c sugar

Cool to lukewarm.

Add:

2 Tbs. yeast dissolved in

¼ cup + 2 Tbs. lukewarm water

Add 1 egg

Beat well and add flour until easy to work. Knead.

Roll out and cut. Brush with melted butter.

Cover and let rise until double (about 30-45 minutes).

Bake 425° for 12 minutes.

Enjoy... we have been on the lookout for the best yeast rolls and Amanda found this one, she says its a winner...hands down.

Saying good-bye...

love you...