Lemon Garlic Chicken with Spinach and Mushroom Rice

So Amazing Being a Star for a Day!

Click on the link below. The recipe is there too!

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My "Home Cook" Appearance on Windy City Live


First, let me say Thank You to everyone that helped to make this day the most Amazing experience ever!

Thank You to my biggest supporter My Bae aka Pop - Pop.  Without you holding all this down, I would not have had to time to do any of this. The Blog, The Recipe Book, being available to do a live TV appearance, Your Love for me Keeps Me.

My Girls - Kea and Niquey,Uh May Zing!  I called and you came and its what you always do, I love, love you!

Farrah Girl, I told you when we met I was going to put you in my pocket and keep you forever, (sorry about the pocket lint) I'm glad you kept me too. And that hair flip is the best! (see video)

To the Windy City Live Family, Producers and Staff, you made me feel so welcome! How amazing to be asked to appear on you show! Wonderful people from the audience asked me for my autograph and picture, I was blown away.

To Valerie Warner, maybe you could tell, but I think your beauty and grace lights up that place. And pleased as punch I got to do the segment with you! Sorry about the dress, JiJi said I could have my own show so when the Food Network calls, I got ya!

All in all it was a Really beautiful day in Chicago. The Pope and Me were on Live TV!


My Mom and Dad are beaming, what a gift of a day! I truly truly enJoyed!!

Where did two years go? Living, loving, learning...

2  years being Mome' and Mommy and Daughter and Sister and yes Bae flew by.

Life is good and trying to keep it that way is exhausting but in the best possible way. 
After two years away from my last post we will keep this one light and breezy. 

Mood: Chicago House Music on the Radio, Yes Real Radio, speakers bumping this lil house.

We have had lot's of early mornings around here lately, so with the choice between dining out and a movie or a long nap well, as it should, the nap won.

Now we are up sipping bubbles, singin and rump shakin. After a light late supper of chicken and shrimp pasta salad. 

Got a Deep Fryer. My cast iron skillet is cursing me out, I can feel it looking at me with that sad disappointing look. But wow, Check @twitter for picture of the chicken. Amazing!

I tweeted that I would post the pasta recipe, it's below. 

The best thing about this dish is you can tweak it to your taste and change it depending on your mood or budget. Normally its just onion, mayo, egg and shrimp. I had a few extra veggies so I added them. You could add crab or shrimp or both works!

I also added Turmeric, please google and find ways to use it. This is a great one! It makes it so pretty and yellow.

Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipe ~ (kicked up)

In a Large serving bowl

Finely Dice and place in the bowl

1 tsp each

grated turmeric
fresh garlic
fresh jalapeno

2 tbsp each

red pepper
orange pepper
scallion
red onion

2 hard boiled eggs diced

1 bag fresh or 1 box dried pasta Spaghetti or Fettuccine boiled to directions (always salt pasta when cooking)

1 lb peeled de-veined shrimp lightly seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper about 1/4 tsp of each sauteed in 1 tsp olive oil until pink 

Place all the diced ingredients except Egg into the bottom of bowl

Drain and pour hot pasta over veggies in bowl and let sit 5 min (do not stir) heat from pasta will lightly soften veggies

On top of pasta add

shrimp, diced egg, 1/2 cup mayo and toss lightly

garnish with green part of scallion 

~Enjoy!