Springtime

Welcome to Springtime!!!

Most of the time Spring can be nice time of year especially if you are had a terrible weather during the winter months.  Spring is when the sun starts to come out.  The weather starts to get a little warmer.  That means you can open your windows and let some fresh air in.  Yes, you might still have rain but that will mean soon the flowers being to bloom. We just hope you take a little time and let some sun and fresh air into your life.

We have a recipe for you that we think it is good to eat this time of year.  It is BBQ Chicken, Rice and Tomatoes.  It is an easy meal to make on the stove.  Here is the recipe:

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/bbq-chicken-rice-and-stewed-tomatoes.html

BBQ Chicken, Rice and Stewed Tomatoes

INGREDIENTS

2 Chicken Breasts

Or 1 Package Gardein Barbecue Chick’n Wings

2 Cups Rice

2 Cups Water

1 Can Stewed Tomatoes No Salt added

Pam Cooking Spray

1 Tablespoon Margarine

4 Tablespoons BBQ Sauce (If you use the Gardein it come with a packet of BBQ Sauce)

Onion Powder

Garlic Powder

Lemon Juice

Lime Juice

DIRECTIONS

(1) Over a high heat on your stove, boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan.

(2) Pour the 2 cups of rice in the boiling water. Then cover the saucepan tightly with the lid and take off of the stove. Let the rice in the covered saucepan stand for at least 30 minutes till the rice absorbs the water.

(3) Spray a frying with Pam and turn the heat on the stove medium.

(4) Place the 1 tablespoon of margarine in a frying pan.

(5) Place the chicken in frying pan.

(6) Sprinkle garlic and onion powder over the chicken.

(7) Cook chicken on one side for at least 10 minutes then flip to other side.

(8) Season the other side of the chicken then cook for another 10 minutes or till chicken is cooked.

(9) Take chicken out of the frying pan after it is fully cooked and place on a plate.  (Note if you use the Gardein it is already in pieces and you don't have to remove it from the frying pan.)

(10) Place rice in frying pan.

(11) Place the stewed tomatoes over the rice and stir together.

(12) Slice chicken lengthwise and then put it back in frying pan on top of the rice and tomatoes.

(13) Add lemon juice, lime juice and BBQ Sauce over rice, tomatoes and some more seasoning if needed then stir it all together.

(14) Cook for another 10 minutes till it is warm.

BRANDS

Empire Chicken 

http://www.empirekosher.com/

Gardein Barbecue Chick’n Wings

https://gardein.com/products/bbq-wings/

Minute ® White Rice

https://www.minuterice.com

Safeway Stewed Tomatoes No Salt Added

https://www.safeway.com

Hunts Original BBQ Sauce

http://www.hunts.com/ketchup-bbq-sauce/original-bbq-sauce

Garlic Powder

https://itsdelish.com/index.php/spices/spices/garlic-powder.html

Onion Powder

https://www.kroger.com/topic/our-brands

Lemon Juice

https://www.kroger.com/topic/our-brands

Lime Juice

https://www.kroger.com/topic/our-brands

Fleischmanns

http://www.fleischmanns.com/

Pam Cooking Spray

http://www.pamcookingspray.com/

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April is Easter and Passover

This weekend some of you will be celebrating either Passover or Easter. Passover is the 8 day holiday when the people of the Jewish Faith commemorates when they were free from slavery.  The first two days of the holiday there are two Seders.  That is when they tell read the Haggadah which tell story of how Moses made Pharaoh free the slaves.  After the story is read there is a dinner with family and friends.  This is the holiday where certain foods are not allowed to be consumed for 8 days.  That is bread.  Instead they will eat Matzo.  There are many things that you can make with Matzo.  We will show you how to make Matzo Brei.  It is the Jewish version of French Toast. This is perfect for a Sunday Brunch.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/matzo-brei.html

Easter is the holiday when the people of Christian faith celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Some will go to church for Sunrise Service then come home for and Easter Brunch.  We have some suggestions for brunch. The easiest things to make is a Breakfast Casserole and Cheesy Potatoes.  If you want you can serve these for Passover too. We will tell you how.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/breakfast-casserole.html

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/cheesy-potatoes.html

If you have any vegan friends who will be coming to your brunch we have a suggestion for a rice salad.  The only suggestion we have for your vegan friends for the Passover brunch is just regular salad.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/minute-rices-spring-vegetable-rice-salad.html

We also have some suggestions for movies to watch for these holidays.  The Disney Channel will be playing the movie Hop.  This movie blends animation with live action. It is about Easter Bunny legacy.  It stars Russell Brand as the voice of EB, who is son of the Easter Bunny.  EB doesn't want to follow in the family legacy.  He wants to be a musician.  He leaves Easter Island to go pursue what he wants.  He meets Fred O'Hare (James Marsden), who is a human.  Fred is currently unemployed and not sure what he wants to do. When he was young he saw EB’s father delivering the candy and always a curiosity about the bunny. Watch the movie to see what happens.

http://www.projectc.net/hop_site/mainsite/index.html

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00466HN6S/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

The movie suggestion for Passover is a cartoon possibly from your childhood, A Rugrats Passover. 

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/passover-clip.html

http://www.amazon.com/dp/6304168187/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

What ever you will be doing this weekend just have a good time.  You don’t need to celebrate either holiday to enjoy the food.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

March 17th is St. Patrick’s day. This holiday is when everyone worldwide helps celebrate the Irish culture.  There are parades, dancing  and wearing of the green.  It is also the day you may find many people drinking.  Not to mention the day when you may want to eat Corned Beef and Cabbage.  This is the time of year that McDonald’s sells their Shamrock Shake.  We will help you understand the meaning behind the holiday.  We will also give you some recipes so you can make your own special foods.

The History Channel has a perfect website that helps explains the meaning behind holiday. They have videos that will show you all the things that we know about St. Patrick’s Day.   It will tell you about St. Patrick himself.

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

Here is a recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage. With a little research we have found this to be a gluten free meal.  You may want to check the spice package that comes with the brisket just to make sure.  We will also give you a vegetarian version.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/corned-beef-and-cabbage-and.html

The easiest thing to do is go out and buy a shamrock shake from McDonald's but if you want, you can make one at home.  Here’s how.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/shamrock-shake.html

Now, if you will be going out and drinking that day please do not drive.  Make sure at least one person in your group is sober.  What you should do is buy them soda’s all night long.  If no one in your group is sober then call a taxi.  JUST DO NOT DRIVE!!!

Have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

Movie Night

First blog will be a movie night at home.  Invite a few of your friends to your house for dinner and a movie. We figured that most of the country is so tired of the horrible weather we have been having and it may be hard to actually go to the movie theater, why not host a movie night at home. To keep you and your guests warm serve good old fashion comfort food.

We think the perfect comfort food to serve at your movie night is a stew of your choice.  We should tell you that Rose is a vegetarian and Lyssa Marie is not.  The polite thing to do when you are having a party is have food choices so everyone can have something to eat and enjoy.  You don’t have to serve meatless options but you may even have friends and family that can’t eat certain foods for health reasons so why not be a good hostess and have food so that every guest is happy and well fed. Again, these are just mear suggestions and you don’t have to follow them. Please, we do not want to hear how Rose should eat meat because she will never tell you not to eat meat that is a person's choice.

You can make 2 types of stew and it is easy.  We think the easiest thing to make is stew because it is basically a drop everything in a pot recipe. By that we mean you drop everything in one pot and let it cook all day. Easy? Right?  You might say it is hard because some of the veggies need peeling and chopping, well, that can be true, but, these days with more ready to use packaging it makes it easier. Stew also makes the house smell good. Stew is a great comfort food for a winter movie night.  Some biscuits are great for dipping in any leftover sauce. Even easier to make. You open the package and put on a baking pan and put it in the oven.

Since it is a movie night you will need snacks.  You should get a mixed veggie platter.  They sell them at any grocery store all ready cut up with a dip.  You should also have chips and pretzels.  Don’t forget the popcorn. If you have an air popper you can have an endless supply.

After the movie you can have dessert.  We will suggest a Parfait, again very easy.  What it consist of is, pound cake cut in cubes and whipped cream layered in a glass.  If you have friends who are watching their weight why not just serve fruit.

There you have it your simple movie night with comfort food.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/stew-recipe.html

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/parfait-recipe.html

The movies we chose for this blog are romantic movies that anyone can enjoy.  The theme of both movies is about knowing who you want to spend the rest of your life with and how to keep them in your life. These movies complement each other.  You can watch just one or have a double feature.

We chose You’ve Got Mail. This movie is a modern day remake of the movies "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940) starring Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Sullivan  and "In the Good Old Summertime" 1949 starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson.

Meg Ryan plays the role of Kathleen Kelly. Tom Hanks plays the role of Joe Fox. You've Got Mail is the story of two New Yorkers who have an anonymous romance online.  What they don't know that in fact in real life they are in rivals.  Both Kathleen and Joe own competing bookstores. Joe's bookstore is a chain store while Kathleen owns a smaller store that Joe eventually puts out of business.  What they also don't know is each are involved with other people.

We watch as their love blossoms and if they can put their rivalry behind them.  For a synopsis of the movie look at the page on the side of this blog.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/youve-got-mail.html

The other movie is The Vow. This movie is a movie inspired by the real life story of the couple Kim and Krickitt Carpenter.  The movie stars Channing Tatum & Rachel McAdams as Leo and Paige a couple madly in love but because of a bad car accident  Paige loses her memory and doesn’t remember she ever was married or in love with him.

Leo described this “moments of impacts.” His theory is that, these moments of impact, these flashes of high intensity that completely turn our lives upside down actually end up defining who we are.” 

This movie follows as Paige tries to regain her memory and the couple falling back in love.. For a synopsis of the movie look at the page on the side of this blog.

http://advicefromroseandlyssamarie.blogspot.com/p/the-vow-review-vow-is-movie-inspired-by.html