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Staycation: Silver Spring House

June 30, 2011

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This time, an early casual dinner with lots of giggles. Will, of course, was mostly enamoured with the large amount of fans in the restaurant.

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Basement DIY: Painted Curtains

Our largest house project to date has been the complete finishing of the basement. We started with a completely blank slate and added a few living spaces, a full bathroom, and designated a quarter to remain as storage. Our major DIY days may be behind us with the addition of toddlers (we used a contractor for all the major work), but we still managed to fit in a few personal touches here and there. With the large majority of the budget going to construction, creative choices in decorating were a necessity.

We are lucky to have several windows along one wall that let in huge amounts of light. For window treatments, I settled on painting some plain white Ikea curtains in a yellow chevron pattern, following a range of online inspiration like this and this. Who knew that latex paint could transform the fabric so easily? Just be sure to tape well and press firmly when rolling on the paint coverage.

Shredded chicken

How did I go 35 years without knowing you could shred chicken in a Kitchen Aid mixer? This is revolutionary!

Poppyseed Chicken Casserole

One of my favorite go-to meals for new moms, courtesy of my sweet sister-in-law who treated us to a version when we welcomed Colette.

Poppyseed chicken casserole:
3-4 large chicken breasts
1 1/2 cups homemade cream of chicken soup base (see below)*
8 oz sour cream
3/4 stick butter
1 sleeve whole wheat ritz crackers, crushed
1-2 Tbsp. poppyseeds

Poach chicken in a large, high-sided skillet. Add whatever you have on hand to help flavor the poaching water (which will become your chicken broth for the next step*): onions, garlic, celery, carrots, whole peppercorns, etc. Remove and shred cooked chicken. Reserve 1 1/2 cups poaching liquid. Make cream of chicken soup base.

Put shredded chicken on bottom of 9 x 13 dish. Mix homemade cream of chicken soup, sour cream and salt and pepper, to taste. Pour evenly on top of chicken. In a separate bowl, melt butter and add crushed ritz and poppyseeds. Sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

*Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup Base
1 1/2 cups chicken …

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