Easy Chicken Soup

Seems like everyone in my house has come down with a cold.

What better than a bowl of moms chicken soup!

Everyone loves it 

and

it's pretty quick and easy too.

Chicken Soup:

1-6 pound roasting chicken (cook as directed)

6 cans Swanson's Chicken Stock 

1 cup water

4 large stalks of celery-chopped

1 cup baby carrots-chopped

1 medium onion-chopped

3/4 cup frozen petite peas

1/2 cup fresh parsley-snipped with kitchen scissors

Kosher salt

Course ground pepper

Egg noodles or rice

Roast chicken as directed. While chicken is roasting add chicken stock 

and rest of ingredients to stock pot and bring to boil. Once soup reaches a boil, simmer

until vegetables reach desired firmness.

When chicken is cooked, dice desired amount and add to stock.

Serve with egg noodles or rice.

I serve these on the side and everyone adds what they'd like to their dish.

Perfect for a winter day.

Enjoy!

-Lynn

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A Week Away

A week away was just what I needed.

Some time to clear my head and relax.

No tv or computer, no cooking, cleaning, doctors appts., college planning or grocery shopping!

Just sunshine, laughter and beach-perfect.

Siesta Key

Plenty of photos for future watercolors or some mixed-media.

I filled my notebook with little project ideas and sketches.

And, made a plan to get a bit more organized!

Sometimes I start a million projects, jumping from one to another

and before you know it there's quite a mess and nothing is finished!

 Ribbons and beads, paper and paints, 

etc., etc.!!!

We all need a break once in a while. 

It doesn't need to be a week away from home and family.

This was a rare treat for me.

A walk on the beach or in the woods or whatever you enjoy.

For me connecting with nature always clears my head and inspires.

I think I'll frame a few photos 

and put them over my desk to keep me relaxed and motivated!

Have a wonderful, creative week!

-Lynn

Creative Planning

It's time to get my creative life organized! 

Time to plan what I'm doing, how I'm going about it and where

do I want to go with it?

Do you have a million ideas in your head? Do you start one, then another and another?

It's time to figure out what I want to concentrate on.

I know I haven't been posting much these days. 

Problem is I'm not always sure what to blog about.

 Some days my life is not that creative!

So, I'm taking a week to plan what I should be doing!

No computer, no distractions.

My very best friend from high school and I are getting together 

and going to try to figure out what each of us should be doing now!

This idea came about when we met in NYC for a few days recently. 

We hadn't seen each other in YEARS!!!

 We've always kept in touch, but life took us in different directions for a while.

 But when we got together it was like we were in high school again,

talking, laughing and planning. Who knew all these years later we'd be doing the same thing again!

So, my notebooks, sketch pad and camera are packed!

Hopefully this week will be filled with inspiration and new ideas

for our futures! And, a bit of much needed rest!

Wishing everyone a wonderful week!

-Lynn

Back To Healthy

Wow, now that the holidays are over it's time to get back on track. 

No more cookies staring from the dining room table, no excuses to bake cheesecakes!

And, back to the gym on a regular basis!

So here's an easy, healthy meal that we all love.

Chicken & Whole Grain Salad

Chopped Romaine

5 grams protein per 1/2 cup

Sauted & Seasoned Skinless Chicken Breast

Chicken & Whole Grain Salad


1 Head Of Romaine Lettuce, washed and chopped
2 Cups Cooked Royal Blend Whole Grain (Texmati Brown & Wild Rice with Soft Wheat & Rye)
4 Sauted Cubed Chicken Breasts
2 Roasted Red Peppers-sautee your own or use from a jar
1 Cup Grated Cheese
1/2 Cup Jalapeno Peppers, chopped
Hot Taco Sauce Or Salsa-or medium or mild, whatever you prefer
Light Sour Cream-dollop on each salad-optional

Serves 4
Add lettuce to plates and add listed ingredients.

Happy Healthy Eating!

-Lynn

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Inspiration For The New Year

Nature has always inspired me. 

As a child I played in the woods behind the house, 

exploring and wandering.

I feel most alive when I'm hiking on a new trail,

wondering what waits ahead, a babbling brook, a mountain vista?

I've been thinking about the new year and what I'd like to accomplish.

This is what I'm thinking,

I will work on something each day-a piece of jewelry, a painting, 

a few written pages. As long as I complete something each day, 

I'll keep moving forward. I don't know where this will take me, but it has to lead to something.

As my profile says-my kids are almost in college and it's time to do something new.

What that is I don't know yet.

So I figure it's time to explore.

Off the top of my head, there are a few things I plan to do this year:

-A workshop in January to finally learn how to use my camera manually.

-Take a different class at the gym, try something new!

-Do the Hunter Mountain zip line this spring.

-Take some classes. Still deciding...

-Plan more hikes and activities with friends.

Keep moving forward, it has to lead somewhere!

-Lynn