Mandii's Muse

I had cut this recipe out of my newspaper several years ago, and just stumbled upon it in my recipe holder. I had all of the ingredients handy, and it is a clean dish so I decided to make it! The thing I love most about this dish is that is a one pot wonder. I cooked all of my ingredients in one skillet, and put everything in one casserole dish. I love these type of meals! Here is what you need! Ingredients: Olive Oil 1/2 small onion chopped 2 cloves garlic 1 cup frozen chopped spinach (I used a 10 oz bag thawed) 1 cup quick cooking brown rice (I used minute rice and cooked it for half the time) Salt, Pepper, Onion salt, Garlic salt, Oregano 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into cubes 1 cup chicken broth Reduced fat Feta cheese 2 tbls slivered almonds Put a little bit of olive oil in a skillet, then add your onions. Add your garlic and spinach when your onions are almost done. Season with a little salt, pepper, onion and garlic salt, oregano and red pepp...

You have heard of makeup dupes, and today I am going to give you a food dupe! Is there such a thing? If not, I'll be the first! I loved SnackWells Original Creme Sandwich. It was my staple snack in my elementary years. However, I can't find them anymore! My local stores do not carry them, and I look every time I go. While shopping yesterday I found these cookies by Lance. They are called the Van-O Lunch cookies. They are filled with vanilla creme, in a buttery, harder type cookie. I had to try them! Success! A perfect dupe for SnackWells! The flavor is so close to the originals that I loved so much. I don't know if these are available all the time or if they are limited edition. (If you know, leave me a comment and let me know!) I found these in the packaged cookie aisle, and come in a package of 8 with 6 small round cookies in each package. Let me know if you tried these, and what you thought! Go ahead, and leave me a comment !

in the form of Bobby Deen. I had the pleasure of meeting him Saturday at a Giant Eagle that was near me. He talked for a while, and then he did a cooking demonstration! Let's take a step back shall we? My mom and I love to watch cooking shows, Paula Deen in particular. She sometimes has either Jamie or Bobby on helping her cook. Let's face it, Southern charm is hard to resist. So we kind of developed crushes on Bobby.  Black Eyed Pea salad So my dad was reading in the newspaper and saw that Bobby was going to be 30 minutes from us. This was a great time to surprise my mom! I ordered our free tickets and kept it a secret. Mom came in from being outside and we told her to get ready we were going for a ride to see Bobby. She thought we were lying.    ;) Sweet and Savory Meatballs So we got there, picked up our tickets, and headed to the demo area. A little after 3 Bobby comes out and just randomly starts talking to the audience. (Meanwhile, my dad got ...