Clean Eating Chicken Salad

16 oz shredded chicken (I grilled and then shredded with kitchen aid mixer)

1/2 cup clean mayo

1/2 cup Greek yogurt

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup quartered grapes

2 tbsp chia seeds

I like to eat on apple slices :)

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Quiet Box: Extra Activities #2

Putting letters in alphabetical order with duplos

Sensory play mixed with finding letters to spell sight words

Letter beads use to put on pipe cleaners to spell sight words in the correct order

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Chicken Pot Pie Stew

This yummy recipe is altered from my brother-in-law Chef Matt. I didn't have as much time to put into it, but it still has turned out to be a family fave :)

Ingredients
7 cups chicken stock (I use water and a organic chicken base to make mine)
1 package frozen corn
1 package frozen or fresh chopped carrots
1 can frozen green peas
3 cans of canned chicken (3 cups of freshly shredded is also great)
1 box of rigatoni
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp thyme
1/2 tbsp black pepper
1/2 tbsp white pepper
1 cup milk (optional)

Make chicken stock and pour everything in a large stock pot except milk. Cook for 2-1/2 to 3 hours and stir frequently. It's done when the rigatoni looks like dough :) If it is too thick for your taste, add some milk. I have made it both ways. Milk doesn't affect the taste, just the thickness. This recipe makes a TON so, consider halving it if you don't want leftovers.

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Copycat Tazikis Chicken Rollups w Greek potatoes

I heart Tazikis rollups. Best thing ever and super easy to make with the right gadget. For this I use a panini maker/griddle because it cooks on both sides. 

Ingredients - Rollups

Tortillas

Chicken strips - grilled (I cheated and used the pre grilled chicken bits from Costco)

Feta

Roma tomato slides julienne (optional)

Cavenders Greek seasoning

Directions - rollups 

Put all ingredients into tortilla. Roll up. Grill using griddle side of panini maker until tortilla is toasted.

Ingredients - potatoes

Potatoes - as many as needed

Olive oil

Cavendars Greek seasoning

Directions - potatoes

Dice potatoes. Place in baking dish w cooking spray. Sprinkle olive oil to lightly coat. Sprinkle calendars to coat. Stir. Bake at 450 for 30-40 minutes

Vinegar and Feta Slaw is also on blog.

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Quiet Box: Extra Ideas #1

So only about three weeks in to quiet boxes, I had to start rotating out because things got to easy. I thought with only playing with one box for an hour once a week would be such a short time she wouldn't have everything memorized, but no such luck. Here's a few things I added in the past couple of weeks.

Number wheel. Picture shows one from a Rapunzel pack but there are several others.

Number sorting with Disney princesses.

I made a laminated sheet of her full name and phone number so she can begin learning it.

Changed up this activity from a puzzle and letter identification to alphabetizing. This one ended up being a challenge - she knows all upper and lower case letters and can identify them in words, etc, but actually having to put them in order was hard. She sang the song until she reached each letter to figure out the next one. I was about ready to pull my hair out by the time we got to Z. I will be adding more alphabetizing activities with Legos and laminated cards soon.

She loves bingo markers. I have made these sight word cards using cut up cracker and cereal boxes. I write a word on with a Sharpie and let her go to town. FYI, the dollar store bingo markers are great, but seep through card stock...that's the reason for the cardboard. And the cardboard boxes are great for painting too :)

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