Monday yet again :( Made some good stuff over the weekend though- we had a 'roommate thanksgiving dinner' (I live with my financee and 3 other friends) and it is now 1pm the next day and I am still not hungry! We ate and drank a ridiculous amount of food and wine- but it was worth it!

Lets see now...

Friday I made Tequilla Lime Chicken with Avocado & Salsa:

This is really easy- and you can make it with or without the marinade, or try adding anykind of Lemon, Lime, or citrus marinade or sauce to the chicken. Serves two.

Ingredients:

Tequilla

Fresh Lime juice

Red Pepper flakes

Fresh Salsa (the 'home made' style- the kind that needs to be refrigerated. NOT the red salsa made for chips).

One Haas Avocado

2 Chicken Breasts

Steps:

Make the marinade:

Pour enough tequilla to cover the chicken in a ziplock bag

Add plenty of lime juice (I do not measure either of these)

Add some red pepper flakes

Let sit for at least an hour.

Preheat oven to 350.

Take chicken out of marinade, put in a oven safe dish- and cook until chicken is done (165 degrees), about 25-30 mins.

Slice Chicken into thin strips

Cut up avocado - easy way to do this is to slide a paring knife through the middle, splitting the avocado in half. Hit the pit w/ your knife, making the pit stick in the knife- and slide out pit. Then take the knife and slide behind the avocado meat- each half should fall out of the skin easily. Slice into thin slices.

Put chicken on plate, arrange avocado slices around the chicken, and then take a few spoonfuls of fresh salsa and place on top.

That's it! Easy, fast, and cheap to make!

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For the Thanksgiving dinner we made mashed sweet potatoes (see previous receipe), broccoli casserole, pumpkin pie, and a Turkey breast (look up on FoodNetwork.com for Rachel Ray's herbed turkey breast- that is the one we used).

The Broccoli Casserole is one of my favorites from my family Thanksgiving dinners- it is really easy to make, and tastes really good! Will serve about 8 people.

Ingredients:

2 boxes frozen chopped broccoli (cooked, or defrosted)

2 cans cambells condensed cream of mushroom soup (or golden mushroom) - do NOT get the reduced fat kind- it will make the dish bland

1 can Kraft Old english cheese spread, or 5-6 oz of Velveta Cheese

1 tsp of Garlic Powder

1 cup chopped celery

3/4 cup chopped onion.

2 Tablespoons butter

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350

Sweat Onions and Celery w/ butter over med-low heat for around 10 mins, or until onions start to get translucent.

Add Soup and Cheese spread

Stir in Garlic Powder

Wait for cheese to melt completely- and everything to mix well.

Add in cooked chopped broccoli, mix well.

Pour mix into a casserole dish, place in oven for about 1 hour.

That's it! Another easy meal to make that really tastes great!