Chicken and Nice

by j3nn on March 15, 2011

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Apparently DreamHost was having routing issues yesterday, so a bunch of blogs (and other sites) were down, including mine. Thankfully everything is back to normal! After working in the Internet industry for over a decade, I’m no longer surprised by downtime. I’ve come to almost expect it now and then. It’s just how the cookie crumbles. In the past 10 years, a little burp like that was virtually nothing compared to some serious—and costly—meltdowns I have seen. Trust me on this, lol.

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I owe many thanks to my very nice and considerate mom for just about everything I ate yesterday. She grilled chicken tenderloin and made rice, so all I had to do for dinner was steam some veggies and reheat the chicken and ~~nice~~ rice! Yay! Easy-peasy.

I added some butter to the rice when I reheated it. Holy yum!

And tossed the veggies and chicken in 1 TBSP coconut aminos (soy sauce substitute) and 1 TBSP apricot fruit spread.

Absolutely delicious!!! Best (frozen) sugar snap pea mix I have ever had from Hannaford. They were very generous with the sugar snap peas. Yum!

Mom’s niceness didn’t stop at chicken + rice! Check out this note that I found next to doughy presents on the counter:

Awww. The whole wheat rolls I bought from ShopRite went moldy in 2 days, so she made me some to replace them. She’s so cute!

And they were delicious! Unfortunately, the cantaloupe she spoke of in her note wasn’t. We cut it before it ripened enough. Ooops! I was really looking forward to it, too. Boo.

Question: Has someone done something nice for you this week?

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Tagged as: blog backups, chicken, Coconut Secret coconut aminos, rice, rolls, whole wheat rolls

{ 11 comments }

1 Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) Twitter: avericooks March 15, 2011 at 6:03 AM

Today was a day I was really glad my stuff was on Bluehost Watch, as I say that, BH will be cursed next week. THAT would be my luck.

But it totally reinforces that yes, blog insurance and backups are 100% SMART!!!!

Your mom..that is sooo sweet.

Anything nice this week? Yes, I have only had a couple troll-ish comments. Down from my usual one per day

2 The Teenage Taste Twitter: time espeomec March 15, 2011 at 6:59 AM

Aw! You’re mom sounds so sweet. The rolls look delicious too!
Have a great week Jenn!

3 Joanne March 15, 2011 at 8:56 AM

That is one terrific looing dish, Jenn. Yum! … and it’s only 8:55 am. What is my tummy thinking?!
So nice to have someone bake fresh rolls for you. They look great.
As for blog backups, I use bluehost but not sure how much faith I can put in that. I’m the WORST at backing up any files.

4 Anne Marie@New Weigh of Life March 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM

What a great mom! My mom has been extra super awesome to me this week

5 Kandi Twitter: karmascorner March 15, 2011 at 11:58 AM

Can you tell me what kind of camera you photograph with? Your pictures are beautiful!

6 J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) Twitter: j3nndotnet March 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM: Thank you!! I have a Canon Rebel xsi and usually take pics with my 35mm lens.

7 Maryann (The Balanced Bean) March 15, 2011 at 12:02 PM