Crafty

I haven't posted in a few days because I wasn't feeling very positive.  I didn't want to share my "stinkin' thinkin'." Most of my crud was revolving around money and lack of insurance... But moving on!

I got a picture in my head the other day and I couldn't get it out.  Both of the girls have gotten their ears pierced this year and neither of them have a jewelry box. I have wanted to make one, but just couldn't come up with just the right idea. I didn't know where to begin.  So I woke up the other morning and had the jewelry box in my head.  I started with a pyrex box and cut it apart. Then made a shell. I'm planning on putting 2 drawers in each one, but haven't gotten that far.  I have deco-podged the shell with newspaper and am planning to add sparkle and glitter before it's all done.  I'm going to use bottle caps for the pulls on the little drawers... If I can figure it out.

I came across a recipe for kielbasa and potatoes yesterday that looked pretty good.  I am allergic to sausage, so I tried it with stew meat.  It was okay. Cailyn liked it.  So with the left overs this morning, I added a couple of eggs and made breakfast burritos.  It was much better as a breakfast burrito and I have left overs of that for tomorrow's breakfast too.  Brenna's school has a cookout this evening so no dinner planned.

Tomorrow evening I'm going to make creamed chicken and biscuits. It's another first time recipe for me. But it sure sounds good!
Ingredients:
¼ cup butter
¼ cup plus 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup chicken broth
1 cup milk
1 egg yolk, beaten
2 cups cooked chicken, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup drained canned carrots and 1/2 cup drained canned green beans (optional)
1 can refrigerated biscuits
Directions:
1.  Melt butter in a large pan over medium heat; add flour, blending well.
2.  Gradually stir in broth, then milk.
3.  Reduce heat to low; cook until thickened, about 2 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
4.  Remove 1/4 cup milk mixture and gradually stir into egg yolk.
5.  Return egg mixture to milk mixture.  Add chicken, salt and pepper; heat through.
6.  Serve creamed chicken over hot biscuits.  Serves 4 to 6.