The Ice Cream Truck!

Gosh, I don't know when the last time was that I got ice cream from an Ice Cream truck!  I must have been a little girl!  This truck has been coming round all summer; I kept missing it.  You need to understand, we live out in the country...it's not typical to have an ice cream truck out here!  Not that I really needed the ice cream (in more ways than one!).  In fact, today when I caught the truck, I had just gotten home from grocery shopping and had bought popsicles (mostly for the kids and Kurt); the bags were still sitting on the landing.  I could have easily grabbed one of those instead.  But it didn't come from the ice cream truck!  It just wasn't the same!  The funny thing is,  I don't even really care for popsicles or ice cream all that much.  

But maybe I should have held back and just waited til I put my groceries away and had one of the pops I got at the grocery store.  The choco taco I got was $3 and the Magnum pop was $4!!!  Gee, I don't remember them being quite that expensive 50 years ago...LOL!!  I think I probably paid that much for 2 boxes of Dove pops and 1 box of chocolate crunch bars!!

I'm pretty sure these'll taste much better though!

Technology.

Today's technology just amazes me.  I'm talking to Kurt while he's in Brazil ;-)

Chicken, Potatoes, Green Beans

I saw this recipe on Facebook and thought I'd give it a try.  It's so easy to put together!  It kind of reminded us of the packets that the kids used to make with Scouts, or the ones we used to make when camping when I was growing up.

Line a 9x13 pan with green beans, chicken and potatoes.  I used three cans green beans, 4 chicken breasts and 4 potatoes.  Sprinkle one packet Zesty Italian salad dressing over top, then pour one stick melted butter on top.  Bake in oven, covered with foil, for one hour at 350 degrees.  

The only thing I'd do differently is cut the potatoes a bit smaller (everything else was done, but the potatoes took longer than an hour).  I'd also use a second packet of dressing-or at least half of one.

It probably isn't the greatest new recipe I've ever made, however, it was good enough (and certainly easy enough!!) to make it again.