TONIGHT'S DINNER

Today, completely and totally fed up with the take-out, I dragged myself to the kitchen and made up eight quarts my mom's fabulous marinara sauce. I even managed to make a pot of tea.
Made the sauce with four pounds of Lara's Lean ground beef.

You didn't actually think I was going to give away my mama's best recipe now did you?
Silly you! That one will go with me to the grave, unless Paddycake takes an interest in cooking.
Actually I wanted to share with you how I make Iced Tea.
Lipton makes a wonderful tea called Lemon Soother. It is caffeine free and it is wonderful! I take seven bags of the Lemon Soother Tea and tie them together, pulling the tags off. I then run about 60 ounces of filtered water through my Bunn-O-Matic Coffee Maker, into a large tea pitcher I have. I let that steep for just a few minutes and then pour over ice and enjoy. We don't use sugar or any sweeter. You really won't need it, and since the tea is lemon flavored you don't need any fresh lemon either.

Broccoli Chicken with Rice

1 8oz block of Low Fat Cream Cheese.
Dijon Mustard
1 Cup of LowFat Hellman's Mayo
1 Can Cream of Celery Soup
Nuke the cream cheese about 30 seconds, to soften.
Dump Dijon Mustard in dish with cream cheese
add Mayo and Celery Soup to that stir well and sit aside.

12 Skinless Chicken Fingers-brown until done in skillet
tear apart and sit aside

2 cups of Brown Rice
1/2 cup of dehydrated onions
1 bag of BirdsEye Broccoli Florets
Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Put rice in pot, add chicken, stir in soup/cream cheese mixture.
Stir well
Dump entire bag of Broccoli along with about three cups of cheddar cheese into mixture. Add 1 cup water, stir well.
Let cook until rice is done.

LAWDY THIS WAS GOOD!!!!