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So Sunday I tried Crockpot Fiesta Chicken and Rice, despite the fact it used a can of cream of chicken soup. I decided to put my ChefAlarm probe in one of the chicken breasts to cook it by temp. It took 2 ½ hours at high (I started late). It is definitely a keeper chicken, rice, beans, corn, cheese, etc. But I do have to adapt my slow cooker times.

Tuesday I made a sheet pan scampi and then I tried the sheet pan BLT salad again - I think I prefer straight up BLTs. Last night I put together a mini antipasto and tonight made a panini with leftover cold cuts.

It's been so hot and I've been working a lot so haven't felt much like cooking.

BakerAunt - when do you leave?

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navlys I'm learning that my new crockpot (Hamilton Beach) is so much faster than the old one - I've recently found a chicken recipe I want to try and the poster has the same as mine and she says to cook on LOW for 4-5 hours instead of the old times of 6-8 on low. No more leaving in the morning and letting it cook - it would be mush - guess how I know ?

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It's too hot here to do much of anything - heat index of 104 at 4:30 - we've mostly been eating salads, but yesterday I grilled chicken for Caesar salad. I made Karen Noll's eggless Caesar dressing but I substituted ¼ cup of whole milk Greek yogurt for part of the mayo and added a tablespoon of milk to thin it a little. Then I spread some on the chicken before I grilled it. It was a perfect dinner. Leftovers tonight

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I didn't bake Sunday night's dessert which I actually made on Saturday - Girdle Buster Pie - ice cream pie with Oreo crust - Ben & Jerry's was on sale so I used their Urban Bourbon ice cream.
Yesterday, I made blondies with peanut butter red, white & blue M&Ms. They were a hit at work this morning

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Sunday night we had our 4th of July cheeseburgers on the grill. Tonight, it's a big salad with chicken and vegetables

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I have to subscribe to read it - I even tried going to the home page and clicking on the story, but WSJ doesn't give you any stories for free - too bad.

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Interesting - I wonder if I can find them here on the coast. I have our favorite crockpot jambalaya cooking right now. It's been eons since I made it - we'll get a few days out of it. Then I'll roast a cauliflower I forgot that my bought last week.

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Everything looks so healthy Len, including the bunny? I hope he doesn't learn how to leap

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I just went to doublecheck that I called the correct number - somehow I hit the asterisk first - palm to forehead - I'll try again. Thanks Italincook

Got a nice person - for some reason mine's not due to ship until July. I told her about Laura ordering in June and already receiving hers Anna said it wasn't right. Now it could be that Laura's was a different model number than mine. The customer service person agreed that it didn't seem right and placed an additional order for me in case they're filling the newest ones first - I'll keep you posted

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Joan, what are zipper peas?

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Well, I finally called Cuisinart - the recall number is no longer in service so I had to go to Customer Service - all they could tell me is that I am still in queue and it has not been shipped - they could not tell me where in queue or an approximate ship date. And, could not explain why Laura's would have been shipped first when she ordered it 5 months after I did. I guess the good news is they haven't lost my information.

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Nice to "see" you again, Laura. And, I'm jealous - I'm sort of off the beaten trail, but if it doesn't come today, I think I will call and complain.

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On Saturday, I made our favorite chicken salad with grapes and celery. The original recipe calls for 3(!) cups of mayonnaise (Hellmann's) for 3½ pounds of chicken breasts, poached. After I made another salad with half plain yogurt/half mayo, we decided we wanted to try this recipe with that combo. I've started roasting 5 pounds of chicken breasts on the bone because the big chicken breasts are tougher when I poach them. I used 1 cup each of whole milk Greek yogurt and mayo and it was plenty to create the "sauce" with the grapes cut in half. Will thought we might be able to up the proportion of yogurt next time. We were really happy with the outcome.

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Today I made cornbread to go with our chicken salad

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Well, that's encouraging BA because I know you signed up before I did. I still used mine yesterday to purée some tomatoes for a quick pasta sauce.

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