Ode to Shredded Chicken

I am a huge fan of shredded chicken!  I love how versatile and wonderful it is for light, summer meals.  Honestly, nobody really wants to eat meatloaf when it's 100 degrees!  It's great cold or warm, on salad, in a taco, mixed up with some stuff to make a "salad", mix it with a little bit of BBQ sauce, use it in a sandwich... Today, I thought I'd share two of my absolute favorites!

                 

1) The chicken taco: 2oz shredded cheese, a little colby jack, a spoonfull of guacamole, a handful of shredded lettuce, and just a little bit of ranch = best lunch ever!

                  

2) Green Goodness: Wholly Guacamole, schredded chicken, and just enough feta chese to know there is feta cheese in there.  Cool, light, tasty!  I like to eat it with a few Julio's tortilla chips.  Oh, Julio's, how my family loves you!

                 

I typically use the Fiesta Chicken Rub but sometimes I'll use my much loved Louisiana Cajun Seasoning to season my chicken.  I either grill it or just toss it in a pan with a little oil or chicken stock, and I mean a little!  I use my baby food processor to shred it because it's just easier that way.  

                   

Give me a little time and I'm sure I'll come up with more stuf to do with shredded chicken!  Until then, give these 2 a try and enjoy!

Long Time, No see!

So, I dropped off the blogging wagon for a little while.  I got busy just being mom, birthday parties, holidays, blah blah blah...My best friend is amazing at applying positive peer pressure so, I'm back.  I'll start back with a handy tip that I saw on Pinterest from Let's Fill the Van!

Every few weeks, I take several teachers, the nurse, and office staff Sonic drinks.  It's my little way of saying thanks for taking such great care of my girls and for putting up with me.  I had to modify Let's Fill the Van's idea a bit because I had all large drinks and to be honest, this was the first bin I could reach from the top of the attic stairs without actually getting in the attic.  It worked beautifully!  No spills or drips and it even held my kids lunches.    

     

             

                                

I also found that my pool bag fits perfectly so when we leave the pool and toys are dripping and flooding the bag it doesn't get my car wet.  I, personally, don't care for the wet car smell during our Texas summers.  It held the plants that I bought at Lowe's last night and protected my bananas from the rest of my groceries a few days ago!  It has pretty much become a fixture in my car!

Goodbye Mosquitos?

I found a list of plants that repel mosquitos a few weeks ago.  Mosquitos are starting to join us on our patio in the evenings so I thought I'd try planting some of these plants and give them a shot.  At the very least, I have a pretty pot of plants for my patio.  I went to Lowe's and got some basil, marigolds, a citronella.  I had a super cute lantern that I found at Kohl's last year.  My kids keep taking it off the table because they don't want to break it so it spends more time on the ground next to my patio sofa.  I crammed the lantern into the back of the pot and love how it turned out!

                      

            

 My cute little lantern is now getting used instead of hiding from my beloved children!  As far as how well it repels mosquitos, that remains to be seen.  I will update that in a few weeks!