Friday, March 18, 2011

Chicken Casserole



So I decided to make some chicken broccoli casserole again, It was delish, here are some pictures:
Here is the recipe:
  • 3 tblsp unsalted butter
  • 3 tblsp all purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1tsp ground pepper
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 sour cream
  • 1 1/2 cups grated parmesean cheese (I didn`t have any today and just grated some cheddar)
  • 3 cups brocoli (about 12 ounces)
  • 1 1/2 lb. chicken, cooked and shredded
  • 1 cup cracker crumbs
Preheat over to 325 degrees

Sauce:
In a saucepan melt butter over low heat, then add flour & seasoning and cook for 3 minutes.
Add Broth,Increase heat to a low boil
Reduce to a simmer until it thickens, about 10 minutes, remove from heat and add sour cream, and 1/4 parmesean. Mix well.

Chicken:
In a lightly oiled skillet, take about 1 pound of bonless skinless chicken breast, on medium heat, using two forks, 'flip flip flip', and with each flip pull at the meat until everything is cooked through and torn.

Now that every thing is done, add it to a baking dish in this order:

First add a small layer of sauce, then add broccoli.
More sauce, add chicken, in that order with however many layers you have and then top off with the rest of the sauce. Sprinkle with crumb crackers and remaining cheese.

Bake in the oven covered for 20-30minutes, and then uncovered under the broiler for 1-3 minutes until crackers and cheese are golden brown.

Serve! :)

P.S.You can also make this dish without meat, use vegetable broth and double the ammount of broccoli!!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

My name is Mellissa and I am an addict...

Thrift stores....  I will stop soon, really, no more for me this week (and probably next..) I usually don`t go more than once every week or two, so this was fun lately.. Ultimate joy, evil, or both? lol.
Anyway, here is what I got.

I think everything in this picture was about $1.00
Hand painted Kitty tray
Sake kettle and cup
Vintage glass avon bottle (still full of perfume)
Ceramic squirell (cute)

These 2 vintage necklaces were $1.00 each.

And this cute little rocking chair was $3.00 <3



This mirror was Micah`s find, it is hanging in the hallway next to the kids rooms.
When I took a picture of it, I thought I would take pictures of this too.
I had an old Olivia book that lost almost all of it`s binding, so I took a sequence of pictures and framed them in a bunch of document frames I painted black.



As you can see, they are crooked on purpose. Since she is jumping up and down on a trampoline..

And...

The End, for now :)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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So, I had a quick run through the thrift store this morning. It wasn`t supposed to be quick, but my poor Joey suddenly got sick :(((((
I ended up having to leave, but luckily my mom was with me and stayed to pay for my stuff...

Here are the few things I got:


These two wooden pictures I absolutely adore. They will go in my bedroom (most likely). $1.99 and $0.99
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I got this neat filing suitcase for Micah.. I hope he liked it. I thought it was nice, and SO clean. Amazing for how old it probably is! $1.99
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And some random plates, because I love little mismatched plates. Some 3 are even correll plates. All $0.25each, except the one set of 2 for $0.45
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Now back to the babies! (they are a lot happier now that they got a Happy Meal)
I <3 them

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Food & Random-ness

Today I made some Teriyaki rice, with sauteed brocoli & onions on top. Made wontons for the second time, and they turned out a lot yummier this time. I added some crumbeled bacon, pepper and salt to the cream cheese filling.


And because I don`t have anything else new to post, here is a peek into my china-cabinet. Some things are new-ish and some things I`ve had since child-hood.... Everything is much loved :)

As always, click for zoom.



 
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Benderis says Good-bye and thanks for looking!

Friday, March 4, 2011

My Kitchen

So, today I decided to go and give the kitchen a thorough cleaning and hang up the little sour-dough wall hanging I recently got. Here are some pictures:



I`m moving the baby doll that is sitting in the vase. It`s creepy in the kitchen, lol. I just stuck it in there when Joey handed it to me and forgot about it! So imagine that isn`t there!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Give life to vintage Clip Earrings.

Love those gaudy vintage earrings you have, but never wear them? Try it in your hair. Fasten with a bobbi-pin and they stay all day.


Cheaper than hair clips, and unique!

Thrifting


Some of the things I got while thrifting last night!! Click to enlarge photos! :)

And I found my camera (yay!)