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Week 21 Menu Plan - Using What We Have

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Happy Sunday/Monday everyone! Hope you had a great weekend ...  I spent mine cleaning and stuff ... and then floating in the pool with a good friend of mine ... she was so excited to finally find the 4-20 beer and I figured, oh heck, float in the pool and have a few beers, great way to end the weekend OR start the new week ... which ever way you look at it ...  Shopping was kept to a minimum this past week, thankfully ... I really need to get the freezers inventoried and organized as Hurricane Season is right around the corner, and well, nothing is worse than a storm bearing down on you and knowing you have THREE FREEZERS that are jammed packed ... it makes me very nervous!  I also need to get the pantry under control ... it's got stuffed just shoved in and no organization remains since Sonny Boy has been home ... Ok ... now that you know what kind of chores are on my to do list, lets get to the menu! Sunday - after floating in the pool and hanging outside for 4 p...

Yum Yum Chicken Thighs

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I've had this pinned forever and figured it's time to give it a try ... And I followed the recipe pretty darn close ... and realized, when I was about to bake it, it's a LOT like my Sweet Mustard Chicken recipe ... but that's ok ... any recipe that works out well is always a GOOD thing :-) So here's what I did ... 2-3 lbs chicken thighs, boneless/skinless thighs (I am down to TWO packages of the deal from Whole Foods, which makes me very very sad) 1/2 cup of dijon mustard (next time I will use a little under 1/2 cup) 1/4 cup maple syrup (the real deal) (next time I will use a little more than 1/4 cup) 1 tbs rice wine vinegar 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 1 tbs cornstarch 2 tsp fresh rosemary So, she 's pretty damn specific on her recipe ... I'm guessing some people commented this and that and heck, you can follow a recipe 100% and still not get the same exact results each and every time (a pet peeve that Hubby has with me) ... so, c...