Thursday, 20 March 2008

• No more stitches!

   Today I had the stitches removed on my head where the stupid lump used to be!  Woo-hoo!  Guess what it was?  A pilar cyst.  I had never heard of those before.  Here's my favorite quote from the link:  "Pilar cysts are more common in middle-aged women."  ugh.  Why does it seem like I am really having that particular topic thrown in my face lately?  I don't feel middle aged.  I barely feel like a grown-up half the time.  Here is a picture of me telling Mark that my stitches are gone and I'm not middle aged:

  

  Actually I was telling him that I didn't know what to do with the chicken I defrosted.  But then inspiration hit!  I made Roasted Cauliflower and Florentine Chicken (which we are now calling Quarantine Chicken because Mark is half-deaf, insists on using a crappy blue-tooth earpiece for his phone, and probably tunes out half of what I say because I talk so much.)  So here is a picture of our yummy, gluten-free, good for the whole family meal:

  

  Lea thought that I should take a picture of her plate (after she artfully arranged it... yes she told me that):

  

  Then Mark didn't want to be left out:

  

  See how he quarantined his meat from any useless vegetables?

  The Florentine/Quarantine Chicken came from FlyLady's website... I tried it for the first time a few years ago and make it every now and then for something different.  I tried to find the recipe link on there... but couldn't find it.  So here it is:

  4 chicken breasts - browned in olive oil and placed in a casserole dish; top with a mixture of: 1/2 cup ketchup, 1/4 cup vinegar, 1/4 cup worcestershire (must be Lea & Perrins to be GF!), 1/4 cup water, one small diced onion, 2 crushed garlic cloves, and a few shakes of salt and pepper.  Bake it at 375 for 45 minutes, or... bake it at 425 for 30 minutes while you roast cauliflower with olive oil, s&p, and some italian seasoning on the other oven rack.  I kept switching the pans so nothing would get too done on the bottom or top, and it turned out great!

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