It was a gorgeous day, today.  Clear skies and about 74 degrees.  We started school at 8:00 a.m. and around noon, Rachel and I went for a wonderful trail ride.  We went to the back acres of the property and crossed through the  neighbor's yards (we've been given permission to do this).  We travelled the back country road with Lady and Maria.  It was a beautiful ride.  Later this evening, I hopped on Minnie - bareback and barefoot - and rode her to my son's home with Magic (her colt) running by her side.  What a wonderful day!

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Chicken Casserole Topped with Crushed Tortilla Chips

I had baked quite a bit of chicken on Friday, but for many reasons I won’t go into right now, it never got served.  On Monday, I knew that I needed to serve this chicken for dinner or to end up wasting it.  I tried this recipe with it and everyone loved it – 100% of everyone in our family.  This was either: #1 A miracle  #2 Everyone was desperately famished to the point of starvation or #3 It was actually good.

• ·         I cut the chicken breasts in cubes. 

• ·         I added a can of cream of chicken soup, 1 cup sour cream, ¾ cup mayonnaise, and a pinch of salt.  I did add some chopped onion (to which Joshua told me of his displeasure, but ate it anyways (and came back for seconds!)

• ·          The recipe did call for celery, mushrooms, and slivered onions, to which I had none of.   It also asked for 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese, but with the sour cream, soup, and mayonnaise, I thought that the cheese would be a calorie overload. 

• ·         I crushed tortilla chips and placed them on top. I put it in the oven and baked it at 350 for about 45 minutes.  (The original recipe called for crushed potato chips, but not having any, I substituted the tortilla chips.)