Bob and I like Chinese Food and our favorite is Orange Chicken. I saw this easy recipe to make it at home in the air fryer and knew I had to try it. It was so easy and really did turn out good. It's supposed to have green onions on top, but I didn't have any and instead sprinkled sesame seeds on it. If you like Orange Chicken, you need to give this one a try.
Chicken nuggets from the freezer section (do however many you want)
1 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
green onions, sliced
rice, cooked
Cook chicken nuggets in air fryer as directed on package. (You could also do them in the oven).
While nuggets are cooking, stir the marmalade, BBQ sauce and soy sauce together and heat.
Stir nuggets into sauce mix.
Serve over hot rice and garnish with green onions.
We had a fun evening with Cassie and Connor last weekend. You may remember that Connor has had a very hard time being away from his parents, so being with just us has been a rare occasion. However, he's been doing better and this night went very well!
Such a fun night! I think Grandpa and Grandma had the most fun though!
Here we are in June, almost halfway through the year. We've made it to summer with warm temps, flowers and longer days, all of which are happy things for me.
Here's how the first day of the month went for me.
I was up around 7 and went downstairs for a 30 minute walk on the treadmill, then upstairs for a shower and a boiled egg for breakfast. I know some people think that's boring, but I'm a creature of habit in the morning and I enjoy that egg!
I started some laundry and then did a little catch up in blogland.
My sister had the day off from work and asked if I would come with her for a little shopping. She was looking for some things to wear to work.
I made Spaghetti Pie for supper.
My sister gave me this recipe for a simple, but classy looking dessert which I made last week. It's Panna Cotta, which is like a custard, with a fruit sauce on top. It's easy to make, just needs a little time to cool and set up and the fruit over the sweet custard is so yummy! The original recipe called for strawberries, but Bob isn't a fan, so I made it with raspberries. I think either would be good.
1/4 cup whole milk
2 1/2 teaspoon (or one small envelope) unflavored gelatin
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup white sugar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Raspberry Sauce:
1 cup raspberries (or strawberries, sliced)
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Place the whole milk in a small bowl and sprinkle gelatin over top. Allow to sit for 5 minutes.
In a small saucepan, combine heavy cream, sugar, salt and vanilla. Bring to low boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Whisk in the milk/gelatin mixture until smooth. Pour into 4 small dessert dishes or glasses. Cover and place in refrigerator for 4 hours.
In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup of raspberries or strawberries with sugar, water and lemon juice. Bring to slow boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Add remaining raspberries or strawberries. Allow to cool and refrigerate.
Serve Panna Cotta with spoonful of fruit sauce over the top.
Our flowers have been just gorgeous this year - so instead of my usual one photo, I'm sharing several...
A while ago, I told you Bob was working on a project at Heathers house. I'm happy to say that another portion of it is done. But before I show you that, I'll show you something fun I did with Cassie on one of the evenings Bob was there working.
She's decided she wants to do crafts too, just like her older cousins. So here's an easy one we did at her house. We made inside "snow" and a Spring snowman.
In the meantime, the other project was Heather and Andrews kitchen. You may remember that last year Bob built new upper cabinets for them. Over the winter he built the lower cabinets and now that the weather is nice, they were ready for tear out of the old cabinets and installation of the new ones.
