Rabbit Rabbit!

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 1, 2009

in Asian,beef,chicken/turkey,family recipe,Mexican/Latin,simple recipe,vegetarian

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Rabbit Rabbit!

No, I didn’t have rabbit for dinner, even though Kelsey talked about it earlier! Ever since my sister was little and a teacher told her that it was good luck to say “Rabbit Rabbit” first thing on the first day of a new month, I’ve made it a point to do just that! Have any of you heard of that superstition?

I was also remembering today about all the different crazy pranks my mom used to play on my sister and I when we were little. Ones I remembered:

My mom would make something that smelled delicious for breakfast to bring my sister and I down from upstairs for breakfast. We would then be served a bowl of wet newspaper with (clean) kitty litter, and a glass of green or blue (food colored) milk.
Numerous years where my mom would call our house phone from my dad’s work line so we heard the phone ring, then she’d run upstairs and tell us “NO SCHOOL!”
Many “injuries” involving ketchup
Quite a few false baby brothers or sisters

Did you play pranks today? I gave my students a “quiz” today that started with “Follow all directions before continuing,” then proceeded to tell them to do all sorts of crazy things like play ring-around-the-rosie with 2 other students, and then the last direction said “Now that you’ve read all the directions, go back and write your name on this paper, and put your head down.” Only a few fell for it though

I wish I had something to compare this chicken breast to. It was HUGE!

Dinner tonight was simple and delicious. I got the WORLDS LARGEST bone-in chicken breasts, and I decided to roast them on a bed of onions, and rubbed with dijon mustard, garlic powder, and some Montreal chicken seasoning. 350* for about 40 minutes, and YUM!

When I say these chicken breasts were huge, here’s some comparison: my hand couldn’t cover the top of it. There were 2 chicken breasts in a package, and the package was 1.25 lb. Some might say that these chickens had “Mara-sized breasts”.

Yup, more gnocchi

That stuff you see on the side of the chicken breast is some gnocchi, tossed with sauteed zucchini and mushrooms, garlic powder, a little olive oil, and fresh garlic. I topped it with a bit of shredded parmesan cheese for a “gourmet” touch. I think I’m developing a real love for gnocchi, especially because it only costs $0.99 at our local ethnic market, and I keep finding great recipes with gnocchi. You’ll probably be seeing a bunch more of this in days to come, at least until we get sick of it!

In other news (in bullet list form):

If you happened to be looking at my site at about 5:30 p.m. CDT, you may have noticed that the layout got a little “wonky.” I was having technical difficulties that are being worked out! Don’t worry!
I’m officially a fan of the delicious Jay Robb protein powder! My breakfast that normally holds me over 2 hours lasted a good 3.5! Thanks EatingBender and Heather McD
I’m adjusting to eating snacks when I’m actually hungry instead of “holding out” for dinner. I’ve found it helps keep my portions in check!
I’ve decided to run an Easter 10K! Jazzercise is GREAT training!
Biz over at Biggest Diabetic Loser is giving away a box-o-goodies for her April giveaway!
Michelle at LuckyTasteBuds is giving away Zoe’s Granola!
Becca at Bites of the Day is giving away CIA (the cooking one) loot!