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January 2014

Skillet-Prepared Chicken Enchiladas

Enchiladas

We had this wonderful Tex Mex entrée for dinner today served with refried beans and rice. The last time we had this was last Cinco de Mayo, and it was wonderful, so we had it again today. I found the recipe on Ready Set Eat which is an on-line recipe source. Click on the image to enlarge.

Here are a couple of snippets from the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 12 corn tortillas, torn into bite-size pieces
  • 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (3 cups = about 12 oz)
  • 1 can (10 oz each) Ro*Tel® Original Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, undrained
  • 1 can (10 oz each) red enchilada sauce
  • 1 can (8 oz each) Hunt’s® Tomato Sauce
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack blend cheese, divided

Directions:

  1. Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add tortilla pieces and chicken; mix well. Cook over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until hot, stirring frequently.
  2. Pour undrained tomatoes and enchilada and tomato sauces over chicken mixture in skillet. Mix well. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cheese over chicken mixture. Cover skillet; cook 5 minutes or until hot, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Serve immediately.
January 25, 2014 by Food and Dining

The Granddaughters

The Granddaughters

The other day, I blogged about looking for my lost granddaughters. Since then, I have been in touch with two of the three. I found a recent photo of the three girls (young women, actually) on one’s book of face page. The oldest is in the middle and the youngest is on the right.

The younger of the three, with whom I have not spoken to lately, will probably be in touch soon. Click on the image to enlarge.

January 23, 2014 by Family

Sky Bow

Sky Bow

When I took the dogs out for their first run this morning, I thought I heard an airplane going over. I didn’t see a plane, but I was astonished at the sight of a rainbow in the clouds overhead. The sun is out of the bottom frame in the image above. I can’t remember seeing a rainbow arc away from the sun until today. Click on the image to enlarge.

Update: I uploaded the image to SpaceWeather.com and found out that this is a circumzenithal arc:

The circumzenithal arc, CZA, is the most beautiful of all the halos. The first sighting is always a surprise, an ethereal rainbow fled from its watery origins and wrapped improbably about the zenith. It is often described as an “upside down rainbow” by first timers. Someone also charmingly likened it to “a grin in the sky”.

Look straight up near to the zenith when the sun is fairly low and especially if sundogs are visible. The center of the bow always sunwards and red is on the outside.

January 21, 2014 by Arizona Climate Photography Something Shiny

A Beautiful and Warm Winter Day

Casita Casandro

We are enjoying a streak of mild weather conditions here in our little desert town. Highs in the low-to-mid 70’s and lows well above freezing. It should continue into the weekend and beyond. We’ll take it! Click on the image to enlarge.

January 17, 2014 by Arizona Climate Retirement

Avalon 1998

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