Productive!

Elsa is totally loving this sprinkler beach ball but Erik is not a fan. I guess I have to find the slip ‘n side. Last year he’d play with the slip ‘n slide for hours, but the beach ball only holds his attention for five minutes. It’s not worth the mess for five measly minutes.
I am feeling quite accomplished because I finally finished my cousin’s daughter’s quilt and have it all packaged up to be mailed out!

I don’t know why it took forever. The quilt itself was fast and easy. Can you believe I made the whole thing standing up? My back is so bad that I’ve moved my machine to a high dresser so I can stand and quilt. Works for me, even if it is strange.
I am also sending her a doll, and the hard part was finding a box that would fit the doll box. Then when I looked at the quilt one last time I found a problem with one of the corners. I finally figured out a way to patch it. It’s far from perfect, but it’s done. It will be a very usable quilt. My skill set does not include heirlooms.
The Summer Camp prompt for today is to share a recipe or two. I have all my recipes over at my kitchen blog although I haven’t updated it in a long while. I feel guilty posting recipes from cook books unless I change them a lot.
Here’s what we had for dinner last night. Twas yummy.
Tarragon Chicken in a Pot
Ingredients:
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into small pieces
salt
pepper
1 T. dried tarragon
1 onion, diced
about a cup of carrots, sliced. I use quartered baby carrots
1 zuchinni, sliced
olive oil
2 T. flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup white wine
4 country or peasant rolls
Step 1:
Mix together flour, milk, chicken broth and wine into a slurry. We used red wine last night because we didn’t have white. It actually tasted a lot better, but the presentation was def. lacking. Very ugly and grey looking.
Step 2:
Salt and pepper chicken pieces to taste. Heat olive oil in pan over med-high heat. Brown chicken and onion until onion is translucent.
Step 3: Add in the slurry and the rest of the ingredients to the pan (except the rolls). Bring to a boil, then put on a lid and simmer about 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
Step 4: Cut the tops off the rolls and hollow out the centers so you have little bread bowls. When chicken is down cooking and the sauce is saucy, pour some into each little bowl. So yummy!