I found another great recipe on fb that I tried this past Sunday.
The Recipe taken from FB
I had to enlarge the pic so you can read the recipe.
Here is my version:
Chicken Dinner
Verdict: I enjoyed the meal, but see the Mods below.
Mods: I opted to use broccoli, but after baking in the oven over for an hour, it lacked the crunch that I like, too mushy, so next time either I’ll stick to green beans (not my fav) or cut down the cooking time.
I kept meaning to do a Weekend in Review post, but life got in the way. Anyhoo, first up last Friday, the Hubs and I took in a baseball game at the all new Regions Field that is now downtown. I had been wanting to check out the Todd English Pub that is in the all new Uptown Distric (downtown, I guess they got that from Charlotte, NC). The funny thing is my husband has been several times and just that day he had lunch there, but since I had been wanting to go, he went again. And that place was just like Cheers, everyone knows your name! LOL We ran into so many people. That’s what happens in Birmingham, new spots open and we all gravitate to them. The food was great and I would definitely go back.
Lobster Rolls
After dinner we headed to the ball park. I’m not a baseball fan at all, but my husband wanted to go and I won *wink* tickets from work. We always have giveaways for the games, so when they announced it, I just put my name in and wouldn’t you know, I won! It pays to work in HR! It was cool out that night and one of my coworkers told me to take a blanket. I’m so glad I did. The Barons won the game and since it was a Friday night game, we stayed for the fireworks after.
Birmingam Barons Baseball Game at Regions Field
Saturday I had my Beauty is Pain ritual, threading and waxing and then I stopped and grabbed us some lunch from Zoes Kitchen. This is my fav meal there:
Chicken Salad and Fruit Plate
Later that night, I went to Seasons 52 for my girlfriend’s birthday dinner. And I changed up from my usual order and tried the Salmon. I’ve decided I’m going to stick with the Scallops. Love them! Here are a few of the pics from her dinner. Seasons 52 just opened here last month, but I’ve been a fan for years, since they first opened when I lived in ATL.
Me heading to the Birthday Dinner!
Cedar Plank Roasted Salmon
My husband and I had a Saturday date Easter Weekend and took in the movie Temptation instead of going on our usual Sunday and we had a great meal on our first visit to the new Birmingham location.
Happy to dine at Seasons 52
Lunch date with the Hubs
Then on this past Monday, I had the pleasure of taking in a FREE99 concert with the talented, Grammy winning jazz singer and bassist, Esperanza Spalding! She was fabulous!
Esperanza Spalding doing her thing!
Her appearance was sponsored by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences and is a part of yearlong celebrations as Birmingham marks the 50th year anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement.
I hope you’ve enjoyed catching up with me! What’s going on with you?
My Lord! We are really in some trying times y’all! My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the Boston Bombing. When I have class, which I’ve been in since December of last year, it’s hard for me to get any social media in, so I had no idea anything had occurred on Monday. When my co-worker dragged me to her desk to look at the TV, I just couldn’t believe it! I immediately felt my heart drop and I had tears in my eyes. And I thought about one of my former co-workers and friends that relocated back to Boston last year and she’s a runner, so I grabbed my phone to text her. My husband thought I would have trouble getting through to her, but thankfully I didn’t! She text me right back. She was tired and had stayed in all day on Patriot’s Day. As we texted back and forth, she told me another one of our former co-workers and friends texted her while we had been chatting back and forth. It’s good to have good friends and to know that she was safe was a wonderful feeling! Again, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the Boston tragedy and I’m praying for our country!
Also, insomnia is a dirty BYOTCH! I woke about 1 AM ish and couldn’t go back to sleep! And that is how I learned about the West, TX explosion. I’m honestly scared to learn of anymore injuries or deaths.
We must stay in continuous prayer y’all!
My 20th at Tuskegee’s Homecoming
21 years ago today on April 12, 1992, I became a Pretty Girl that wears 20 Pearls, a proud member of the first Black Greek letter sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated! LOVE IT!
