Christmas crown OTN
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I love being an FB smartass
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Pantry Noodles
Chop up two pieces of bacon and heat in a pan on medium. If you keep a package of bacon in the freezer (which you should), just cut one row of lardons perpendicular to the slices. While this bacon is cooking, defrost four chicken tenderloins in the microwave and drain the water off them. Set the bacon aside, season the chicken with salt and pepper, and cook it in the bacon grease. If there's not enough bacon grease, add a little olive oil before putting the chicken in the pan.
Fill a small frying pan with fusilli or any pasta that happens to be in the pantry. Cover with water and turn the burner on high. Add salt, but not nearly as much as one customarily does when making pasta in a large pot of water.
When the chicken is cooked, set it aside and melt a pat of butter in the chicken pan, and use the melted butter to lightly fry a teaspoon of capers. If you happen to have a handful of cherry tomatoes that need to be used, throw those in as well and crush them (carefully!) once they soften.
When the pasta is al dente, reserve a few tablespoons of the starchy pasta water, which is easy to gather in a coffee cup if you use a slotted spoon to keep the pasta out of it. Drain the pasta and leave it in the colander in the sink to cool. No need to rinse it; pasta cooked in a shallow frying pan doesn't stick.
By now the meat pan should have a nice seasoned layer from cooking the bacon and chicken in it, so deglaze it with a healthy glug of white wine, taking care to rub everything off the bottom of the pan with your spoon or silicone tongs. Add a pat of butter, a heaping tablespoon of dijon mustard, and a splash of balsamic vinegar. Reduce the heat and stir, allowing the sauce to unify. Thicken with the reserved pasta water.
Cut the chicken into small pieces and dump it with the bacon and the noodles into the pan of sauce, tossing everything together and heating it through. Serve with a sparkle of parmesan.
For a spicier dish, add red pepper flakes while seasoning the chicken.
Fill a small frying pan with fusilli or any pasta that happens to be in the pantry. Cover with water and turn the burner on high. Add salt, but not nearly as much as one customarily does when making pasta in a large pot of water.
When the chicken is cooked, set it aside and melt a pat of butter in the chicken pan, and use the melted butter to lightly fry a teaspoon of capers. If you happen to have a handful of cherry tomatoes that need to be used, throw those in as well and crush them (carefully!) once they soften.
When the pasta is al dente, reserve a few tablespoons of the starchy pasta water, which is easy to gather in a coffee cup if you use a slotted spoon to keep the pasta out of it. Drain the pasta and leave it in the colander in the sink to cool. No need to rinse it; pasta cooked in a shallow frying pan doesn't stick.
By now the meat pan should have a nice seasoned layer from cooking the bacon and chicken in it, so deglaze it with a healthy glug of white wine, taking care to rub everything off the bottom of the pan with your spoon or silicone tongs. Add a pat of butter, a heaping tablespoon of dijon mustard, and a splash of balsamic vinegar. Reduce the heat and stir, allowing the sauce to unify. Thicken with the reserved pasta water.
Cut the chicken into small pieces and dump it with the bacon and the noodles into the pan of sauce, tossing everything together and heating it through. Serve with a sparkle of parmesan.
For a spicier dish, add red pepper flakes while seasoning the chicken.
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Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays
I celebrate Christmas even though I don't believe in Santa or Jesus because it's a good time to get together with family and it's my husband's very most favorite holiday to the max and I wuvs heem.
I celebrate NYE because you basically have to or just get stuck listening to it. At least there are fireworks.
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Today's sweets
I just did that thing where you bake a cake using a boxed cake mix and a can of pumpkin in place of the normal wet ingredients. You can choose any flavor and most people on the internet seem to choose chocolate, but I decided to use a spice cake. It turned out great. You should try it.
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It'll be a while before this appears on Sweaters of Felicity
I'm going in order, after all. But I'm excited that I figured out how to do this and had to share.
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Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays
Honestly, nothing really. I've gotten to an age where I want way less "stuff" around and mostly prefer to just be able to pay for services I use, vacations, meals, booze, and projects around the home. So, I guess I'd say I just want my Amazon store card balance to magically disappear.
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I want to go to there
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Anal bead chic via suxdonut
(may go Golden Raspberries)
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Мои твиты
- Вт, 05:48: Apparently my normally-quick first bus ride of the day is going to be bogged down with newbie holiday riders the rest of the year.
- Вт, 08:54: I just watched the "rave" episode of Grimm yesterday and was thinking it was so over. RT @rupeegroupie: Really? http://t.co/tAEFSKnB
- Вт, 10:27: Google says: No results found for "bitchy singing telegram" seattle.
- Вт, 11:33: RT @alexjon: Sweaters of Felicity, a project to catalog all the sweaters in the classic Gen X series Felicity: http://t.co/6t10oF2O
- Вт, 11:57: The word "sweaters" no longer looks like a real word to me.
- Вт, 13:05: Trying to come up with a witty term for the act of spending enough on lattes each year to cover two months' rent but acting broke.
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Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays
I don't watch any one movie every year or anything, but I think Black Christmas (the remake) is one of the best.
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Card fixed by Mike
In case you missed it, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=87.5)
entropic_system fixed the card that was sent to me by an anonymous source who got it from a vendor.
Mike, wanted you to know that the anonymous source said your version was a big hit around the office where he or she works.
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I made dinner
Chicken, roasted green beans, acorn squash.
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I disagree
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Writer's Block: B.Y.O.B. Holidays
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Movie Cliches
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I don't know what to say, Ray
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Spotted on Will and Grace
Rosie Larsen's dad from The Killing. (Looks way better with a beard.)
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Mise en place
Making beef with broccoli.
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