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       Today I was off work and it was very fun for me to spend the day home with Charlotte watching her favorite movies, going outside and cooking. I know its awful that we let her watch TV and movies but at least she has good taste, her favorite movies are The Sound of Music, Marry Poppins and Pollyanna.
        Charlotte and I made Turtle Brownies (from a box), banana nut bread and Chicken and rice. I don't know what my mom does but she makes the BEST banana nut bread and I just cant seem to get it the same, its very annoying, I'll try making it again tomorrow. This is the recipe (if you figure out how she gets it so delicious let me know)

Banana Nut Bread
By: Marie Chamberlain

1/3 Cup Shortening
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 3/4 Cup Flour
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Cup Mashed Bananas
1/2 Cup Chopped Nuts.

Cream together the shortening and sugar. Add the eggs to the sugar and shortening and beat well.
Sift together all the dry ingredients and add to the shortening, sugar, egg mixture. Mix in bananas and nuts and mix well. Pour into a greased, floured loaf pan. Bake at 375 for 40-45 minutes.
Remove from pan and cool on rack.

       I also made the Chicken and Rice dish tonight that despite the fact that I think rice is stupid and I don't like peas I rather like this dish its yummy, easy to make and easy to eat.

 We ate it outside in our beautiful backyard. Here's the recipe for that also-

One-Dish Chicken and Rice

1 (10-ounce) Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1/2 Cup Milk
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1/3 Cup Mayonnaise
2 Cups Chopped Cooked Chicken (I usually just buy the frozen already cooked chicken in the freezer aisle because its fast.)
1/2 Cup Chopped Onion (Jaysen doesn't like onions so I just put onion powder in instead of actual onions)
1 Cup Frozen Peas and Carrots
2 Cups Cooked White Rice
1-ish Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preheat oven to 350. Blend soup, milk, salt, pepper and mayonnaise in a medium bowl. Combine chicken, onion, peas and carrots, and rice in a large bowl; mix gently.
Gently fold soup mixture into chicken mixture to combine. Fold in half the cheddar.
Spray a medium casserole dish with cooking spray. Spoon in chicken mixture.
Sprinkle top of casserole with remaining cheddar. Bake until top is golden brown, about 25 minutes.

I promise it is really delicious. Tomorrow I'm going to try my hand at Roasted Red Bell pepper Hummus.

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