PHENOMENAL JUICY BAKED CHICKEN BREAST RECIPE, TRIVIA, PILOT HUMOR
Friends, good morning!
Can ya believe it’s already the 13th of November? Crazy talk, I know.
Two weeks from tomorrow is turkey day (aka) Thanksgiving. Excited!
Will also be my son, Hunter’s, birthday. Double excited!
Heard a wild believe-it-or-not on the radio today.
Texas Costco’s are recalling 80,000 pounds of butter because of one little whoopsy.
That being the ingredients printed on the packaging failed to list MILK. wow!
80,000 pounds of butter pulled because of missing that one obvious ingredient.
Wish Costco would have a blow out sale on it. I’m totally cool with the list failing to print MILK as an ingredient.
Butter’s become so darn pricey.
And, yep, I’m a die hard butter snob.
Can’t do the margarine thing.
I don’t know why; I just can’t.
Guess it’s kinda like Mayo or Miracle Whip preference.
SUPER ENTERTAINING LINE UP TODAY
BEGINNING WITH:
LESLIE ELMAN
Fascinating Facts and Pop Quiz
I am always intrigued by her amazing collection of randoms which make me feel like the most interesting person in the room when opportunities arise in conversation to pull out one of Leslie’s randoms I have learned and remember.
QUICK QUESTION
Book or Movie that left a lasting impression on me?
BOOK would be “DEWEY”
The charming story of a small-town library cat who touched the hearts of millions.
Not only is it about life and death, small town values, but above all LOVE.
MOVIE would be “DEAD POET’S SOCIETY”
Hands down one of my favorite movies ever.
I have no clue how many times I’ve watched it.
Too many to count.
Oh, Captain, My Captain.
And you?
RULES OF THE AIR
Is greatness!
Even for those of us who aren’t pilots.
PHENOMENAL JUICY OVEN BAKED CHICKEN BREASTS
A recipe shared with me by my mother-in-law, Joan, outta Australia years ago.
It’s so easy, flavorful, juicy and memorable!
It’s a keeper and friends have asked time and time again for the recipe so here it is everyone!
TRACY BECKERMAN
Yoga piece is hilarious!
As always, Tracy never disappoints.
STACY’S WORLD
Is back this Friday.
Once again, it’s an absolute do not wanna miss read.
Stac, always hits a home run with her creative ideas.
And lucky us — she shares her cool, innovative tips and tricks with us.
Gotta love it! I sure do!
Thanks, Stacy.
THANKS ALL
For sliding by during mid-week and reading + caring + sharing + engaging + commenting + spreading the love.
So many pluses!
GRATITUDE.
HAVE A LOVELY WEDNESDAY
Let’s go outside and do a little kick walk through some of the crisp, fallen fall leaves.
Catch ya Friday.
Same time.
Same place.
POP QUIZ
- WHAT YEAR IS INSCRIBED ON THE FACE OF PLYMOUTH ROCK?
a) 1066
b) 1492
c) 1620
d) 1776 - THE FIRST PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN THE UNITED STATES OPENED IN 1751 “TO CARE FOR THE SICK-POOR AND INSANE WHO WERE WANDERING THE STREETS OF” WHICH CITY?
a) Boston
b) Hartford
c) Philadelphia
d) Richmond - “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE” IS THE MASTERWORK OF WHAT NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING COLOMBIAN AUTHOR?
a) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
b) Gabriela Mistral
c) Pablo Neruda
d) Octavio Paz
QUICK QUESTION
WHAT BOOK OR MOVIE LEFT A
LASTING IMPRESSION ON YOU?
POP QUIZ ANSWERS
- Commemorating the landing of the Mayflower, the year 1620 is inscribed on the face of the Plymouth Rock.
- The first public hospital in the United Sates opened in 1751 “to care for the sick-poor and insane who were wandering the streets of Philadelphia.”
- “One Hundred Years of Solitude” is the masterwork of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN
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RULES OF THE AIR
FROM AUSTRALIAN AVIATION MAGAZINE
- Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
- If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.
- Flying isn’t dangerous. Crashing is what’s dangerous.
- It’s always better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here.
- The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.
- The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.
- When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky.
- A good landing is one from which you can walk away. A great landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long enough to make all of them yourself.
- You know you’ve landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp.
- The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.
- Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn’t get to five minutes earlier.
- Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds.
- Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of take offs you’ve made.
- There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.
- You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
- Helicopters can’t fly; they’re just so ugly the earth repels them.
- If all you can see out of the window is ground that’s going ’round and ’round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be.
- In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.
- Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.
- It’s always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as possible.
- Keep looking around. There’s always something you’ve missed.
- Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It’s the law. And it’s not subject to repeal.
- The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you and a tenth of a second ago.
- There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are, however, no old, bold pilots.
~ my wonderful email collection
this one circa 1999
DREAMS ARE THE TOUCHSTONES
OF OUR CHARACTER.~ HENRY DAVID THOREAU ~
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
IF IT WILL BRIGHTEN SOMEONE’S DAY —
SAY IT.
RIDDLE ME THIS
IF YOU DROP ME, I’M SURE TO CRACK,
BUT GIVE ME A SMILE AND I’LL ALWAYS SMILE BACK.What Am I?
PHENOMENAL JUICY OVEN BAKED CHICKEN BREAST
This recipe for juicy oven baked chicken breasts is OUT-STAND-ING. It’s all about the 6 ingredient magic seasoning + pounding out the breasts quite thin – and baking in a high temperature oven.
Serve with the sidekicks — long grain and wild rice (( think the cute little red box of Rice A Roni on the shelf at the grocery store, prepared via package instructions )) and sauteed fresh spinach.
HERE’S HOW WE MAKE IT
INGREDIENTS:
+ 4 chicken breasts, about 6 ounces each
+ olive oil cooking spray, think Pam spray or similar brand
+ Magic seasoning
MAGIC SEASONING:
In a small bowl, combine with a wire whisk –
+ 3 TBSP light brown sugar
+ 2 tsp smoked paprika
+ 2 tsp dried oregano
+ 1/2 tsp garlic powder
+ 1 tsp salt
+ 1 tsp pepper
PREHEAT OVEN TO 425*
POUND CHICKEN BREASTS
Individually, between pieces of plastic wrap or inside a plastic zip bag until about 1/2″ thick using a rolling pin or rubber mallet
LINE A BAKING SHEET WITH ALUMINUM FOIL
PLACE CHICKEN BREASTS ON FOIL LINED BAKING SHEET
And liberally spray one side of breasts with olive oil cooking spray.
Heavily coat each piece with magic seasoning mix, gently pressing the seasoning into the breast.
FLIP BREASTS OVER
Repeat the oil spray and magic seasoning.
BAKE IN PREHEATED OVEN
For about 18 minutes, until breast surface is golden and crispy and internal temperature is 165*
REMOVE FROM OVEN
Transfer to serving plates.
ADD SIDEKICKS OF RICE AND SAUTEED SPINACH
SERVE
Voila!
~ Hippie Cowboy recipe box
RIDDLE ANSWER
A MIRROR
LOST IN SUBURBIA
MOON OVER MANHATTAN
BY TRACY BECKERMAN
“Hey, look at that,” said my husband, staring out the window. “There are people doing yoga on the roof of that building.” We were on the 20th floor of a building in New York City, having a romantic dinner at a chic restaurant known for its great food and beautiful views.
“What are they doing?” I wondered aloud. “Oh. Oh no!”
“What? What is it?” I asked, straining to see.
“Um, I think they’re taking off their clothes.”
I jumped up from my banquette and ran to the wall of windows. There, in plain sight on the roof of the next building several floors below us, were 16 people on yoga mats, doing downward dogs in their birthday suits.
“Ewww. Naked people doing yoga,” I squealed.
“Not just naked people, ugly naked people,” our waiter clarified.
It was indeed a spectacle. But apparently I, the suburbanite, was the only one surprised by the events out the window. True, it was an unseasonably warm evening. But all around me, diners kept dining, drinkers kept drinking and no one seemed to notice or care that right outside was an X-rated display of group exercise.
Honestly, I didn’t know which was more shocking; the people doing naked yoga outside, or the people not paying any attention inside. Unfortunately, I was paying attention and having a hard time focusing on my lovely goat cheese and frisee salad and the lovely company of my lovely husband, while 16 not-so-lovely looking people Saluted the Sun with a full moon.
Obviously, it wasn’t the yoga part of this display that was troubling me. My husband does yoga, and my sister-in-law teaches yoga, so although I myself am not a yoga-phile, I have had some firsthand experience with people doing yoga. I am also not unfamiliar with themed yoga. I’ve read about such yoga options as yoga for couples, yoga for babies, and even something called doga, for people who want to do their downward dogs with their labradoodles. There are the food yoga classes, such as yoga with chocolate, and yoga with wine, as well as the popular yoga with pizza. There are classes that combine yoga with gymnastics, yoga with aerobics and even yoga with belly dancing. There are probably yoga classes for people who love “Star Wars” (yoga with Yoda) and people who like their yoga with fruit on on the bottom (yoga with yogurt). There are so many variations on the yoga theme that I’m sure if I were to search the internet, I would certainly find naked yoga — maybe even naked yoga with dogs. However, just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should, especially on a rooftop in New York City and certainly not within view of someone who wants to keep her appetite intact.
Knowing this was a pricey dinner, I tried to keep my eyes on my plate and enjoy the rest of the meal. But ultimately, we decided to skip dessert and go out for coffee someplace else, preferably on a lower floor. Then, as we were on our way out, we ran into a friend who was on his way in.
“Are you having dinner here?” asked my husband.
“Yes,” said the friend. “We heard the food is great and the view is terrific.
“True,” I replied. “But you might not want to do both at the same time.”
Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life, Love, and Kibble.
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FASCINATING STUFF
+ England’s Queen Elizabeth I liked to be entertained, and it was the responsibility of the Master of the Revels to keep Her Majesty amused. In fact, much of the Elizabethan drama we know today was vetted by the Master of the Revels, an officer of the royal court who supervised musical and theatrical performers. All the great composers and playwrights of the time submitted their work to the Master of the Revels for approval — even William Shakespeare.
+ Barred Plymouth Rock chickens don’t trace their heritage back to the Mayflower, but they are a historic American breed derived from several earlier breeds: probably a Dominique, and possibly a black Cochin. (No one is certain.) They were introduced at a Massachusetts agricultural show in 1849. “Barred” refers to the unique black and white striped pattern of the bird’s feathers; Plymouth Rock” reflects its Massachusetts roots. For a time, barred Plymouth Rock chickens were the most popular breed in the United States.
+ The first Native American woman in the United States to receive a medical degree was Susan La Flesche Picotte, who graduated from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889. Returning to her home state of Nebraska, she established a medical practice and worked to build a hospital in Walthill, Nebraska, which is now a National Historic Landmark named in her honor.
+ Pets suffer from many of the same afflictions that humans do, including arthritis and asthma. There’s evidence that dogs, cats and horses can suffer from headaches — even migraines — brought on by many of the same things that trigger them in humans, including allergies, noise and exposure to environmental toxins.
+ Although its logo features a mission bell, the “Bell” part of Taco Bell’s name comes from Glen Bell, the company’s founder. The California businessman test-marketed crispy-shell tacos for 19 cents each at his Bell’s Burgers drive-in in the 1950s. He opened his first Taco Bell location in Downey, California, in 1962.
~ COPYRIGHT 2024 LESLIE ELMAN
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Forest Gump is one of the movies that left an impression on me.
Beckermans Yoga column had me laughing out loud!
Thought I’d flunked the pop quiz but turns out – I’m a pretty good guesser!
Dewey is one of my favorite books as well. Whose heart wouldn’t melt at the tenacity of such a lovable little feline.
Tracy had me laughing – as usual. And grimacing a bit too at the thought of bare naked yoga. . .
The phenomenal juicy chicken breast recipe came along at the right time. Somehow I have a freezer full of chicken and your recipe is beckoning for a try.
Can’t wait for Friday and all its fun, including Stacy’s World. What WILL she do this time???
WHAT BOOK OR MOVIE LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON YOU?
That would be the movie “Secretariat”.
Mercy me, that’s my feel good movie.
Secretariat remains the greatest horse that ever lived.
Oh yes, I, too, have the book, “The Horse That God Built.”
So you might wonder, how many times have I watched it?
Hmmmm if I said 30 times it would not be an exaggeration.
I know everyone’s scripted dialogue and every joyful move of this beautiful horse.
My daughters often ask in fun, “So what are you going to do tonight, watch Secretariat?”
Of course that brings a laugh as we bid good-bye.
Cheryl you never disappoint love the blog today!