Mexican Chicken and Brown Rice Bowls

Tasty and easy to prepare! Let me know if you want to see the recipe. Great with a cold margarita!

Passion Tea Lemonade

Beverage Ingredients:
6 Bags Tazo Passion Herbal Infused Tea
1/2 cup of sugar
2 cans of Minute Maid Lemonade
slice of lemon
water

Instructions:
I make my tea in the coffee maker instead of on the stove. So, put the tea bags in the coffee basket. Fill your coffee pot with water to make ten cups. Add the sugar in the bottom of the coffee pot and turn on. In a gallon sized pitcher, add the lemonade. Once the coffee has brewed, add it to the pitcher. The sugar should have warmed and be of a syrup consistency. Fill the pitcher to the top with water. Stir and let rest on your countertop for an hour. Refrigerate after an hour and serve chilled with a slice of lemon.

If you can't find Tazo tea, which I have found at both Target and Starbucks, look for a tea that is similar. This particular passion tea is infused with hibiscus, lemongrass, rose hips, mango, and passion fruit.

Cucumber Water

Peel and slice one cucumber. Add to your favorite glass pitcher and fill with water. Chill in the refrigerator for two hours before serving. Yum!

Spicy Rice

Cooking Ingredients:
10 oz. Spanish saffron rice
1 can of Hot Rotel
pinch of red pepper flakes

Cooking Instructions:
Bring three cups of water and 2 tablespoons of butter to a boil. Add the saffron rice and Rotel and stir. Cut your burner back to medium low, stir, add red pepper, and cover with a tight fitting lid. Make sure to stir often and keep covered so the rice can steam.

Grilled Chicken with Spicy Rice

Cooking Ingredients:
8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
garlic salt
pepper
Lawry's
Worcestershire
Teriyaki

Cooking Instructions:
Heat your grill to medium. Rinse your chicken and place on a platter. Garlic salt, pepper, and Teriyaki are all liberally sprinkled on the first side. Flip with a pair of tongs, then put Lawry's and light sprinkling of Worcestershire on the other. Using the same tongs, place your chicken on the grill and cook the first side for four minutes. Flip with a clean pair of tongs and cook for an additional six minutes. Serve with spicy rice (recipe follows)and top with diced onion, shredded cheese, and a dallop of light sour cream.

The leftover chicken breasts make for a great, healthy lunch or wonderful addition to any salad during the busy work week.

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July! Remember all of our soldiers at work in the desert today. I'm sure they wish they were at home grilling and drinking beer with their friends and family. Send a positive thought their way!

American Burgers

Why mess with a good thing? I have had a moment or two when I like to get fancy with my burger, but on the Fourth of July, I think we'll just go all American.

Cooking Ingredients:
1 lb. of 97% lean hamburger meat
1/2 tablespoon garlic salt
1/2 tablespoon black pepper
1/2 tablespoon Lawry's
1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire
1 tablespoon Teriyaki
1/2 tablespoon Chipotle Tabasco
red pepper flakes to taste
3 slices of 2% American cheese
3 hamburger buns
1/2 vidalia onion, sliced
1 Roma tomato, sliced
6 slices of bacon, cooked
mayonaise
mustard
ketchup

Cooking Instructions:
Cook six slices of bacon in a skillet and set to the side. Preheat your grill on high. Put your room temperature hamburger meat in a large bowl. Add garlic salt, pepper, Lawry's, Worcestershire, teriyaki sauce, Tabasco, and red pepper flakes to the meat. Gently work the seasoning into the meat being careful not to overwork it. Form three burgers from the entire pound. Throw your burgers on the grill. Cut the heat back to medium. Grill to desired temperature. Just before completion, add the cheese to each burger and allow 30 seconds to melt. Remove your burgers and dress with the remaining "fixings".

Stella Artois

Summer night, spicy Carne Asada, & Stella Artois....mummmm! It's a good night.

Infant Swimming Resource

Check out Cohen's new swim move! The spread eagle!

Carne Asada With Black Bean and Tomato Relish