Chicken Sliders

Poking around in the freezer for a snack or a treat and I came across a small box with chicken biscuits in it. They are fully cooked and frozen, then all you have to do is pop open the cellophane and put them in the microwave for 1 minute.

I have to say that I was expecting something a little bit bigger than what came out of the box. The photos on the box are about 50% bigger than the actual biscuit and chicken. In fact, if you are expecting a chicken sandwich like you buy at Wendy’s fast food restaurant, you will be very disappointed.

Anyway, I popped open the cellophane and put these two tiny biscuits on a paper plate and let them nuke for a minute. That heated them up nicely and anything longer would have turned those biscuits into hockey pucks. The piece of chicken is about the size of a McDonald’s chicken nugget. So I added a piece of sliced American cheese and a slap of mayonnaise and had a couple chicken sliders. Not bad for the price and the convenience, once you know what to expect.

Nachos

One of my favorite snacks is nachos.  They are delicious, and are quick and easy to make.  Probably relatively inexepensive, too.  When I was younger I loved the extra hot salsa, but now that I’m getting a little bit older I’ve found that my digestion system just can’t handle that much “heat” anymore, so now I buy the milder salsa.  I prefer the smooth salsa, too; I don’t like all of the chunks of tomatoes in the chunky salsa.  Unfortunately I’ve had a hard time finding a smooth salsa that I like, so I end up buying a chunky one and pick out all of the chunks!  I feel like that’s a waste of money, but what can you do?

I pile a bunch of bite sized nacho chips on my plate, sprinkle “fiesta” cheese on top and microwave it for about 20 seconds.  I have to watch it carefully to make sure the cheese doesn’t get too bubbly because then it gets hard.  As soon as the cheese is melted, I stop the microwave and pull out the plate.  I pour a little salsa on top, and maybe a little bit of sour cream if I have some, and there you go – a wonderful snack!  Quick and easy.  In fact, I’m going to make myself a plate of nachos right now!  I’ve made myself hungry!

Easter Gift Baskets

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. I have some really great memories of spending hours upon end at our grandparents house decorating Easter eggs, eating the yellow chicken Peeps and and picking out my favorite jelly beans from the Easter Baskets that we were given on Easter morning. When we were children, the Easter Baskets were all about the candy, but every now and then there would be an inexpensive toy or two like pez candy dispensers, or a yo-yo.

Now that we’re all adults, we don’t color the eggs or buy the candy; we are all watching our weight and trying to lead healthier lives. But one thing that I DO like to do is to buy Easter Lilies to give to my mother, sisters, and my wife as Easter gifts. They are always very glad to see them, and are quite pleased that I would think to buy them a gift at Easter.

Can we have a little respect here please?

This morning I went to a networking meeting in town at a local restaurant. During the meeting different people were supposed to stand up and talk about themselves for a minute or two so we could learn who was there and what we do and what we are hoping to get from the meeting. During most of the meeting there was a busboy nearby stacking dishes very loudly. It almost sounded like he was throwing them around, the clatter was so very loud. I was extremely tempted to yell at the guy to quiet down. I really don’t know how he could have been any louder if he had tried. If that happens next week I think I’ll complain to the manager. There is no need of that.

I hate when that happens!

My wife is a mystery shopper, and today she was given the job to do a mystery shop at a local grocery store. She likes doing those shops because it is the grocery store that we use all of the time anyway! So she gets paid a few dollars to go buy stuff she would have bought anyway. How great is that! Anyway, off we went to the grocery store, all ready to load up on good deals – we had sorted through our coupons and made a list and we were ready to save some serious money, since the store gives us double coupons.

We got into the store and opened up our reusable shopping bag to get the list and coupons out – they weren’t there! Oh no! Checked her purse – not there either! Went back to the car – nope, not in the car! Called home, son answered the phone. Yup, we left the list and coupons on the counter! Man, I hate when that happens! Well, we bought the stuff we could remember from the list that we knew we did not have coupons for, and luckily for us we remembered the requirements for the mystery shop. We’ll just have to finish up the grocery shopping the next time we go into town – with the list and coupons next time (I hope!)