Sautéed Chicken with Corn and Edamame

hands-on time: 30 minutes | total time: 30 minutes | serves 4          

ingredients

4 ounces sliced bacon

1 tablespoon olive oil

4 6-ounce boneless, skinless chicken breasts

¾ teaspoon kosher salt

½ teaspoon black pepper

1large red onion, thinly sliced

2 cups frozen shelled edamame, thawed 

2 cups corn kernels, fresh (from 2 ears) or frozen

preparation

Heat oven to 400° F. In a large skillet, over medium heat, fry the bacon until crisp, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Discard the drippings. Wipe out the skillet and heat the oil over medium-high heat.

Season the chicken with ½ teaspoon of the salt and ¼ teaspoon of the pepper. Cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking dish and roast until cooked through, about 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, add the onion to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 8 minutes. Add the edamame and corn and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Break the bacon into pieces and add them to the skillet. Stir in the remaining salt and pepper. Spoon onto individual plates and serve with the chicken.

Shortcut: Omit the bacon to save time and cut fat.

From: Real Simple

insta-friday

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Tuesday night after dinner Keith and I were cleaning up and we find the boys reading together on the couch. 

Playing gone fishin... Reece thought it was really funny.

Wednesday was Grady's first full day back at school... Reece was running races alone, READY, SET, GO!!   

Thursday morning at the doctor with Grady.  

I have no iphone picture for today, but Grady was feeling great.  We just had a lazing day at home.

1st sickness from School

Grady started school Monday, he had two half days and then yesterday was his first full day.

During bath last night he was telling us he was really tired and he had a headache.  We just thought he was really tired from the 1st full day, but woke this morning with 101.8 fever and then threw up.  It is crazy that he got sick that fast from starting school.

This is Grady at the doctors office, we walked in and it was really cold in the office so we checked in and went to the car to a blanket.  Poor baby was really not feeling well.

We went to the doctor he thought Grady might have strep but the test was negative.  So it looks like he just has stomach virus.   We were having a little trouble keeping his temperature down because he keep throwing up the tylenol.  But once we gave him the Zofran he kept the motrin down, his fever broke and he got a good nap.  He woke up ready to eat and was really upset that we only let him have a little bit.

The doctor said the fever could last for 3days, but I am hoping it was just a 24hour bug. :) 

1st Day of School

Grady's 1st day of School!  Pre-K year at La Printaniere Montessori

August 22, 2011

Grady was ready to go back to school and see all his friends.  They are only going for a half-day today and tomorrow and then start full day on Wednesday.  It sounded like he had a great day, but he did tell me Mrs Erin had to move him once because he was talking to much.  I am really not surprised Grady LOVES to talk and gets easily distracted.  

It is hard to believe it has been a year since he first started school. 

While Grady was at school Reece and I went to get food for the hummingbird feeder I got from my Grandma O'Meara house.  I filled up the feeder around 1pm and at 4pm we saw 3 hummingbirds fighting over the food.  Two of them stayed around till it got dark fighting over the food, they did not even care that we were on the porch with them.  It was a lot of fun watching them and then knowing my Grandparents watched hummingbird on the same feeder made it even nicer.  

Grilled Redfish

When we went to Grand Isle in July Mr Sunny's boat was in the shop.  So the guys did not get to do their normal Saturday fishing trip.  Keith was able to go fishing with his friend Marty, but they did not catch anything.  But they did fish on the dock day and night.  I am not sure who caught the red fish but Mr Sunny cleaned it and we took it home.  We froze it in a plastic bag filled with water.  

We were BBQing tonight and decided to grill the redfish using this recipe I found.  

1.  Cajun Seasoning
2.  Two fresh lemons.
3.  Four fresh limes.  Get the big ones.
4.  Fresh Cilantro.
5.  Butter. I dont mean margarine, I mean BUTTER.  1 or 2 sticks will do.
6.  teaspoon of garlic salt.
7.  Salt (I use sea salt when I can)
8.  Coarse ground black pepper.
9.  One bunch of fresh green onions with chives.
10. Two fresh, ripe and juicy tomatoes.

Melt one stick of butter in your microwave. Dont BURN IT !
Squeeze the juice of one lemon in it after it's melted.
Add the juice of Two limes.
Add a teaspoon ( I use 3 ) of cajun seasoning...to taste.
Add 1/2 the garlic salt to taste...add the rest if  needed, later.
Add a tablespoon of minced Cilantro.
Add some diced green onions....maybe 2 to start with (save some for later)
Add salt and pepper to taste.

Mix it all up and taste it. If it "bites" too much, add more butter.
Once you're satisfied...set it aside.
Now, take the other lemon and cut it in half.  Squeeze ONE half all over the redfish.  Slice up the other 1/2 of the lemon and set the slices aside.
Cut the 2 remaining LIMES and squeeze them on the filets.
Sprinkle some cajun seasoning on the filets too. Not much....just a little.
Reheat your melted butter concoction a little in the microwave and pour ONLY HALF of it all over the fish.
Chop the rest of your green onions and lay them on top too. Cover it if you want.
Take the tomatoes and cut them into 1/4 inch thick ( or more) slices and lay them on a plate.
Pour 1/2 of what's left of your butter concoction over them to soak a while.

Go back out to your grill...and turn the fire down low.
Place the fish directly on the grill...scale side down.
Let it cook for about 5-7 minutes, then place the thick tomato slices all over the top of the fish.
Then add the lemon slices on top of the tomato slices.
Make sure the heat is low and close the lid for 5 minutes.

Come back to the grill and check the tomatoes. If they are not soggy yet, close the lid and check it again in 5 more minutes. Once the tomatoes are soggy and nearly falling apart....you can check the fish.  Take a little piece of meat from the THICK end and try it.

If it's not done, let it cook some more. When it's all done, pour the remaining butter concoction over all of it and serve it HOT with a slice of lemon or lime to squeeze over it.  

The grilled redfish was wonderful!!  We will definitely be making this again when we get more fresh redfish.  

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 Sunday it was starting to rain and Grady told us we all needed to put up our hand umbrellas. 

 Race Car driving @ Home Depot

Monday was the last grocery trip with both boys this summer Grady goes back to school next week 

Tuesday just me and the boys went to the BR Zoo

Do we really need MORE poison ivy in Louisiana?!?!?  or anywhere?!?

Wednesday me and the boys went to the Louisiana Children's Museum and then to my parents house.  We swam, had supper then I bathed the boys before we drove home.  It was a GREAT day.

Thursday we met friends at a jumpy place.  Thursday night during supper we had a severe storm with a lot of hail and very strong wind.

Friday ... playing PS3 move

Winston

Last week was a really hard week with my grandmother passing away and then this Saturday we had to put Winston to sleep. 

He had started to look better but would not eat.  So Saturday we forced him to eat and then he started to get sick again and would not stop.  Keith brought him to the LSU emergency vet at 11pm they told us it was an intestinal obstruction.  Well we had already decided after Winston second surgery to open him up to check for an obstruction that we could just not do that again financially and the principle of natural selection.  The first time he was puppy they did not find anything and the 2nd time was in 2009 they removed a corn cob (that must have been dropped at our Easter crawfish boil).  Then in June 2010 I dropped a corn cob while putting it in the trash and Winston snatched it up and ate it, we gave him hydrogen peroxide and he threw it up.  LSU Vet called today with the autopsy report and he had a corn cob stuck again.  We can not think of when he could have got another corn cob since we the first corn cob he has not been allowed out at crawfish/crab boils.  

We are very sad and upset that we had to put him to sleep.  We miss him so much, Grady is ok with the fact that Winston is in heaven.  We had been talking about Winston getting old and might be going to heaven for a while now (not sure why but we were).   Grady has asked us that when we get another dog can he have the same brown and white spots and can we name him Winston.  

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Keith and I had a Date Night Saturday.  We went shopping and then ate sushi.

Then we got some coffee!

My Grandma O'Meara passed away on Sunday.

Winston started throwing up EARLY sunday morning and did not stop.  So Monday night we took him to the vet, they gave him anti nausea. 

He is still not eating well... We are praying he gets better.

Reece playing on the porch while waiting for Keith to get home. 

Friday the boys and i meet my cousin colleen, chris and my uncle at coffee call for benigets.  Then we meet a friend at a jumpy place

Grady loves to do puzzles... he has a done and redone a lot of puzzles this week.

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It has been so hot here but the boys have had some much energy... so we had the boys ride their bikes down the street after dinner.  And no Reece does not have any shorts on :)

We packed the truck with chairs, snacks, frozen water and then picked up dinner on the way to the Hot Air Balloon Festival.  Unloaded everything and everyone, while watching the Balloon Mass Ascension we walked to find the prefect place to sit... only to hear the announcer say that they might not be having the balloon glow because of the pending rain.  RAIN what RAIN, I did everything I could think of to be prepared to go today but look at the weather.   So we look at the radar on our phone and see a HUGE storm coming our way.

 So we went back to the truck to eat supper and then the RAIN came and HUGE lighting.

We enjoyed the cheesebugers in the truck and then we got Menchie's Frozen Yogurt by our house.

Its sad that we did not get to enjoy the Hot Air Balloons but we had a fun night :)