posted by Jennifer on a day in the life of me!, bread, chicken, Dinner Idea, general ideas

As I type this, its totally pouring outside right now. Last night the weatherman said it would rain, but only a little bit and late afternoon. The rain started around 10:30 and over an hour has gone by and its still pouring

It always bums me out when the weather is bad on the weekend, because I think of the gorgeous days during the week, when I am stuck inside at work, and then when you get a day or 2 off and the weather sucks – that is no fun.

PLUS, it’s the air and water show in Chicago this weekend! I don’t know if it will go on today or what?

And, my local farmers market was hosting a corn roast today too, but I didn’t want to go out and stand in the rain to do that.

So, I may have to get busy in my kitchen

Over the last week, I’ve helped my two sons completely over haul and deep clean their rooms in preparation for the school year starting next week. Have you ever cleaned teenage boys rooms? Its gross. My older sons way of cleaning his room is shoving as much stuff under his bed and in his closet.

So now my daughter asked if we could do the same thing to her room this weekend! I do enjoy purging stuff and becoming more minimalistic. I occasionally read a quirky and cute site called Fly Lady who has great tips on being organized.

Andrea has some great back to school tips. And Robin Sue of Big Red Kitchen always has great tips for back to school and packing lunches – her newest thing? Using small mason jars for packing her kids lunch!

So last weekend, I made another batch of artisan bread in 5 minutes. All you need is a big bowl, flour, water, salt and yeast, and a wooden spoon!

You can’t mess this bread up. So I made 2 loaves, and then I made chicken breast sandwiches for dinner. How cool is that?

For the chicken sandwiches, I just grilled some chicken, made turkey bacon, and a little bbq sauce and cheddar cheese. SO good!

And with the leftover dough, I made garlic bread pizza (just rolled out some dough into a circle), added a little olive oil and fresh garlic and garlic powder, bake at 450 for 10 minutes, and cut into squares. I served that with pasta.

OR, you can make skillet bread pizza (just cook the pizza on a skillet) cook for 5 minutes on low, flip, cook another 5 minutes, add your toppings, top with a lid and let the cheese melt.

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It’s still raining out – but I’m not going to let that prevent me from having an awesome weekend!

If you have kids, when do they start?

And I BIG SHOUT OUT to my brother Charlie’s daughter Sarah is leaving for college today. GOOD LUCK SARAH – your first care package will be arriving soon!!

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