12th
September 2014
Things don’t
happen for no reason, they happen to teach you something.
Nothing better
than that first cuppa of the day and I’ve just got to the bottom of mine, I
love Friday because I know I haven’t got to rush to get somewhere, although
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday when I do rush, I love them too for other
reasons. Actually I can honestly say 99%
of the time I love my life, the 1% when I don’t is usually when I’m taking
myself too seriously and being all very dramatic about whatever is going on in
my life and hormones play a major part in that 1% too!
Today I shall
mostly be doing not a lot, I’m going to get my paperwork done then go for my
massage, go see a man about 2 coaches then chill out for the rest of the day
with my mom, the most awesome person I have ever known. She’s as nutty as a fruitcake and I love it,
the nuttiness has absolutely nothing to do with her age by the way, she’s
always been that way, my mom is a very unique soul who despite having a damned
hard life has always just gone on with it and seen the wonderful in life. We could all learn from her, if she’s had a
problem or situation that couldn’t be changed; she’s changed how she responds
to it and seen it as a challenge or accepted it and smiled and gone on with it. Her life story would make an incredible read,
it really would.
Anyway can’t
write a blog without mention of food, not when I’m doing a week on Simple
Start, yesterday we had leftover hotpot and I put the other packet of beef in
the slow cooker in a Maggi bake in the bag, “chicken balti” mix with an onion,
mushrooms and half tin tomatoes and wow was it good, I let it cook for about 4
hours and it was delicious, the maggi bag was 2pp total, I will definitely be
buying that flavour again, it was just the beef curry I’d been fancying.
I’ve got a whole
chicken that needs skinning and cooking in some way today, I really wanted to
be all creative but I’m not going to get home later till teatime so it isn’t going
to happen, I’m thinking whack it in the slow cooker and have it with rice. We have no potatoes or carrots because when I
went in cupboard to use some last night they were all rotten, only delivered on
Sunday too – I don’t usually complain but I will be sending an email about
that, my pantry stunk!
Feeling proper
chilled this morning, cold is just a sniffle now and my head is clear again,
just goes to show eating good healthy food helps with the healing process, I’m
starting day 5 of Simple Start and I feel good and enjoying the food I eat more
so than anything.
I’ve just
found this recipe on the internet so might try it with my chicken but I’ll
remove the skin first, it’ll still taste good I’m sure.
The Best
Whole Chicken in a Crock Pot
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne (red) pepper
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 large chicken
- Combine the dried spices in a small bowl.
- Loosely chop the onion and place it in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Remove any giblets from the chicken and then rub the spice mixture all over. You can even put some of the spices inside the cavity and under the skin covering the breasts.
- Put prepared chicken on top of the onions in the slow cooker, cover it, and turn it on to high. There is no need to add any liquid.
- Cook for 4 – 5 hours on high (for a 3 or 4 pound chicken) or until the chicken is falling off the bone.
Right I’m off
to get my paperwork done, another cuppa first, gotta love the simple life, I likes
no complications in my world - it works for me. The only decision I need to make right now is
tea or coffee ;-)
Here’s to a
great day BeYOUtiful. xx
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