bedding

lily begins her fall from the pile of bedding, instead of helping, i captured this photo, hence lily's facial expression 

keurig shakers

since christmas i have enjoyed my morning goodness called keurig brand coffees, lily loves the k-cups because they make great maracas

- shake dat - 

strike a pose

no soup for you - one year

this post was lost in the mix. this is the chicken dumpling recipe we had on lily's birthday- 




1 whole chicken - sometimes I just use boneless breasts

extra fat free or low fat chicken broth

several sliced carrots

several stalks of celery

1 cup (or more) chopped onion - sometimes I use frozen - so easy

jiffy mix

milk

salt/pepper

Cook chicken in water then chill the broth to make fat rise to top - scoop off and discard

chop or shred the chicken

Cook onions, carrots and celery in broth until just tender

Add the chopped chicken

season with salt and pepper to taste

Let is simmer to blend the flavors - you can make this part the day before

You want it to have a fair amount of broth for cooking the dumplings so you may want to add more broth after everything is in the pan

mix a couple of cups (I usually use about half a box or so) jiffy mix with a tsp salt and 1/2 - 3/4 tsp pepper (estimated amounts)

Add enough milk to make a thick dough

Add heaping tsp/tbsp dough to bubbling soup - just cover the whole top of the soup using all the dough

cover and lit simmer on medium heat for about 10 -15 minutes - try not to peek

Then gently break apart the dumplings and stir through the soup

Enjoy!

a goodnight story

monkeying around

here's lily

lily's pad

dishwasher

good thing that dishwashers come with child locks

first drawers now cabinets