Simple is Good!

My husband made the most amazing chicken for his pregnant wife tonight! It was epic enough to blog about.

5 Ingredient Chicken

 1 package Organic Chicken Thighs from Costco
  Volcano Organic Lemon Juice
  Pink Himalayan Salt
  Organic Granulated Garlic
  3 Peppercorn Pepper (Pink, White, Black)

Rinse the thighs well. Place in a shallow dish and sprinkle with lemon juice, salt, pepper, and garlic. Let sit while hardwood briquettes heat up in the barbecue. Barbecue about 5 minutes each side. ALTERNATELY: Leave in shallow baking dish and put directly in oven at 350F for 10-15 minutes (check for doneness). No need to marinate over 10 minutes. 

A Burst of Gratitiude

I know I haven't posted in such a long time, and perhaps no one even reads these mumbling rambles any more, but there has been a deluge of good stuff that happened today and I want to share my thanks.

Thank you, Bobby Flay, for showing how well an ice cream scoop can work for cookies. I knew about it, I never heeded, and then watching you a light went on. Yay for perfectly shaped, lofty cookies.

Thank you, Two Fat Als, for posting a simple, perfect, no weird ingredients or proportions, no-need-to-tweak recipe for Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.

Thank you, to my sweet husband, for telling me it wasn't too late to make cookies today even though I felt it was.

And if you have been following, yes, my camera is still broken and I haven't purchased a new one.

But...my stapler.

Yesterday I went around inadvertently breaking (nearly) all the staplers in my office. I jammed the automatic stapler, 3 swinglines, a couple high-density, and a few regular office depot generics. Apparently there is a universal rule that you cannot staple lotto tickets together on the third Monday of the month. The worst part was I wanted to just sit at my desk and laugh after my little stroll of mayhem. But then someone would ask me why I was laughing, and how could I tell them it was because I had just innocently gone on a path of destruction through the office supplies?