Saturday, November 24, 2012

Lactose Free Chicken and Rice

Prep Time: 10 minutes 
Total Time: 4 hours and 10 minutes 
Servings: 4-6 

Ingredients
3 frozen chicken breasts 
1 ½ cups brown rice 
3 cups Lactaid milk 
½-3/4 cup chicken broth 
2 tbsp flour 
1 package dry onion soup mix 
1 tsp salt 
½ tsp pepper


  • Before I start I like to line the crock pot with a slow cooker liner because it saves on clean up
  • Measure out rice and put it on the bottom
  • Stir in milk, chicken broth, flour, dry onion soup mix, salt and pepper 
  • Place chicken breasts on top 
  • Cover and let cook on high for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender and shreds easily.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast

Several of our friends are coming over for a Pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal (PTTM as my husband calls it) so I thought I would try my hand at decorating the table. Typically, most of my endeavors in this realm fall short, but with years of help from my artistic husband and the advent of pinterest, I'm getting better. Here is the result: