Easy Pulled Chicken Sandwich

 What could be a good meal to have while watching the Oscar tonight; I asked myself. I do not wish to slave myself in the kitchen; I want it to be easy and delicious at the same time. 

How about Pulled Chicken Sandwich!  Through internet searching I found one easy recipe with very good ratings and comments. 

So here it is.

I could not believe how good this sandwich was considering all the ingredients are from bottled sauce and canned that are available in every grocery stores. Also what made it so delicious and practical is the rotisserie chicken. This is definitely one of my favorite meal and definitely will make it again.

::Recipe::

Pulled Chicken Sandwich

~ 1 can (18) oz Progresso fire roasted tomato cooking sauce

~ 1/4 cup yellow mustard

~ 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

~ 2 tablespoons sugar

~ 1 teaspoon chilli powder

~ 4 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken

~ 8 soft burger buns, split

~ Colleslaw (recipe below)

1. in 3 quart saucepan, mix cooking sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and chilli powder. Heat to simmering over medium-high heat. Stir in chicken. Reduce heat to medium; simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Serve 1/2 cup chicken mixture on each bun. Top each with 2 tablespoons coleslaw.

Coleslaw

~ 1 (16ounce) bag coleslaw mix

~ 2 tablespoons diced onion

~ 2/3 cup creamy salad dressing such as Miracle Whip

~ 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

~ 1/2 cup white sugar (I did not put sugar as Miracle Whip dressing already sweet enough for me.)

~ 1 tablespoon white vinegar

~ 1/4 teaspoon salt

~ 1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds (optional)

Mix all ingredients together and stir well.

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The Winner Announcement of {Valentine Giveaway}

Valentine Giveaway {Limoges Cake Stand + USD 25.00 Target Gift Card}

First of all, I want to say 'thank you very much' to all of you who participated in this giveaway. I am having so much for the last two weeks watching your entries entered this giveaway post. Again, thank you so much for your kind and sweet words. And to those of you who are not so lucky this time; there will be another exciting giveaway {I hope soon.} From the bottom of my heart; thank you, thank you and thank you!

And because this is a Valentine giveaway and it is still the month of February; I just want to say

"I love you All!"

I have listed your name below.

And to improve this giveaway, I would love to hear an input and comment about this giveaway from you. Please email me at Elmelati@gmail.com.  Your comments and input will be of valuable to me to execute another giveaway in the future. And I thank you for that.

Congratulations to 'Tina Kitch!'

I am very excited to present you this lovely one of a kind vintage 'Limoges' cake stand that I picked and drilled myself. I am hoping that you will cherish this lovely piece as much as I do. And although it is not much; please do enjoy the Target Gift Card!

I will contact you very soon. Or please email me at Elmelati@gmail.com

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Until next Giveaway, I thank you !

To a Son + Vintage China

Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed

And worthy of acceptation. Fire is bright,

Let temple burn, or flax. An equal light

Leaps in the flame from cedar-plank or weed.

And love is fire. And when i say at need

I love thee...mark!...I love thee - in thy sight

I stand transfigured, glorified aright,

With conscience of the new rays that proceed

Out of my face toward thine. There's nothing low

In love, when love the lowest; meanest creatures

Who love God,  God accepts while loving so.

And what I feel, across the inferior features

Of what I am, doth flash itself, and show

How that great work of Love enhances Nature's.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I have been thinking about my son a lot lately. I dreamt about him when he was a little boy for two nights in a row. I am thinking about him as a little boy as if he is sitting  next to me and staring at me with his big brown eyes curiously just like when I used to read a story book to him all the time. His giggling and  laughing when we played with his toys together echoed through the room and still fresh in my mind until now. I remembered just like it was  happenning last hight when I hugged him many nights in bed as he was afraid to go to sleep a lone in his room.

Now I am thinking; 

what is he doing?

Is he with his friends?

A lone?

Sleeping?

Eating?

Oh, how I miss him!

I tried very hard to take him a way from my mind. Then I remembered the vintage china that I started to collect during a recovery from surgeries and 2 months hospitalized about 8 years a go. My sudden instinct told me that I need to do something fun with it immediately.

The color and the pattern of these china are beautiful. And there is something enchanting about aged china that I just could not resist on collecting them.  I am hoping that one day I would pass them down to my daughter in-law and hope that she will appreciate these vintage china as much as I do.

 The poem above  copied from a small book that I have been owning for quite sometime. It is called "The Illustrated Poets - Elizabeth Barrett Browning".

In  my humble opinion; being sentimental, sensitive and vulnerable can be beautiful as portrayed in this story post.  I  do hope you will enjoy this post!

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Pineapple Zucchini Bread

Today is finally a beautiful bright sunny day after it has been raining for two days in a row in Delray, South Florida. And there is nothing like beautiful sunny afternoon with a soft breeze and "Pineapple Zucchini Bread." And of course a cup of tea.

I have been wanting to make this cake since the first time I tasted zucchini bread at my husband's client's home in Pennsylvania a long time a go. It was so moist with a hint of spice of nutmeg and cinnamon. So today I was tempted to make one and I am not disappointing because it is very good. Only this time I added crushed canned pineapple in it. So my afternoon was even more relaxing with this delicious Pineapple Zucchini Bread.

As you can see, first I put the batter in a loaf pan but I still have the remain of the batter so I pour it in to a mini bundt cake pan. I love how it looks that it became a cute little Pineapple Zucchini Bundt Cakes.

::Recipe::

Pineapple Zucchini Bread

~ 3 eggs

~ 1 cup oil

~ 1- 1/2 cups sugar

~ 2 tsp. vanilla

~ 2 cups zucchini shredded

~ 1 4 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

~ 3 cups unsifted flour

~ 2 tsp soda

~ 1 tsp salt

~ 1/2 tsp baking powder

~ 2 tsp cinnamon

~ 1 tsp nutmeg {optional}

~  1 cup chopped nuts

~ 1 cup raisins {optional}

Beat eggs, add oil, sugar and vanilla; beat mixture until light and foamy. Stir in zucchini and pineapple. Combine four, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nuts and raisins. Stir gently into zucchini mixture. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan. Bake at 350 deg. for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pans.

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My Sweet Valentine Lemon Cupcakes with Sweetheart Topper Featured on Made By Me #67 Linky Party Features

Joining link parties is very new to me. But I had so much fun joining them. I never knew that joining the party could gain exposure to my blog posts. And for sure I am starting to have a comments here and there.  Also I am able to check other fun crafts and projects from  other bloggers which are very inspiring and hoping that we could become friends through blogging.

I am still learning on how to manage and arrange as to which post goes to which party and how often should I do it. So this is another learning process for me. All and all I am happy that I am pretty much know how to join and where to find the party. 

"To Q at JAQS Studio; thank you so much for featuring my Sweet Valentine Lemon Cupcakes with Sweetheart Topper on Made By Me #67 Linky Party and Features." 

To those of you who might not remember which post it is; here is a hint.

Be sure to check on below link for fun crafts ideas at JAQS Studio Linky Party Features.

Please click below;

Made By ME #67 Linky Party and Features

Okay, I am going to a Linky Blog Party now! Bye.......!!
And,
thank you for visiting!

Puerto Rico Holiday {February 2013}

I am very sorry that I have not posted anything for a while. We went to Puerto Rico for our yearly holiday with Steven's parents.

I found it hard to post a story in a blog while vacationing. Although I have all the software that I need in our laptop I just could not find the time to do it.

Well, let me start by saying that beach in Puerto Rico are beautiful. Everywhere you go; the beach and the water is blue and clean. Our first staying was at Isla Verde. We want to be closed with Steven's parents. The beach is parallel with the street that filled with 5 stars hotels and local restaurants. Staying around this area is not my idea of vacationing; it is way too many people. But Steven's parents love it there. So after spending two days with them we moved to a secluded resort where the beach and islands are spectacular. And there is nothing around the resort complex but nature and beautiful beach.

Steven knows that vacationing in Puerto Rico for me is to look for dead shells laying on the beach. So I was very excited about it. But when we checked in at El Conquistador Resort; I was disappointed that the beach has no dead shells at all. In the past we stayed at the Grand Melia not too far from El Conquistador at Fajardo and I found many dead shells on the beach there.

If you have not been in El Conquistador, I recommend that you check this place out. It is so beautiful. Our room was at a section called Las Casitas. Las Casitas means "cute little houses" in Spanish. Since all of those houses built on the top of a hill by the cliff; our room has fantastic 180 degree view of the ocean. So beautiful!

I love Puerto Rican food. I love Ropa Vieja {the shredded beef with sweet fried banana and black bean}, Camarones Al Ajilo {garlic shrimp} and I love empanadas; a savory pastry with either chicken of beef inside. They have these delicious snack almost at every local restaurants and they are all delicious. I also love their coconut ice cream. Everywhere we go; I always look for this coconut ice cream. For desert you can't go wrong with Cream Caramel or Vanilla Flan. Hhhmmm....so silky smooth, sweet and delicious.

The beach and the bluest water......

Happy Valentine Everyone.......I hope you will have a lovely valentine celebration with 'your love one'! 

This small flowers I picked on the ground. They were falling from the tree. I took them to the room and arranged them then took this picture. 
{Oh no! I forget to put the picture. My apologize....}

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Valentine Giveaway {Limoges Cake Stand + USD 25.00 Target Gift Card} - CLOSED

Hello !

It is time to give a giveaway again.

In celebration of Valentine, I am giving away a set of vintage Limoges plates Cake Stand from my Etsy store {here} plus USd 25.00 Target Gift Card.

the deet:

1. 1 point for following on Facebook, or

2. 1 point for following on Twitter, or

3. 2 points for signing in Google Friend 

4. This is a  must ! Leave in a comment in the bottom of this post mentioning about which of the 3 above  you followed. This is because there is no way I will know what you have done unless you mentioned it. And it will make it easy for me. I am very sorry if I am taking much of your time and from the bottom of my heart, "thank you, thank you and thank you!" I did this in the past and you can check it out comments post here.

(Note: You can do all of those three for the total point of 4. Points means the number of name appear on the list. If you followed all three that means the number of your name will appear is, 4 times.)

5. 2 points for putting a comments on the last 4 posts if you already a follower on the above, such as Facebook, Twitter and Google Friends Connect.

 Put VGA at the end of your comment so I know that you are entering this giveaway.

6. Please be 18 years or older!

7. For US & Canada residents only !

Giveaway will start Feb. 07th, 2013 at 0:30 am EST and will end Feb. 21st, 2013 at 0:30 am EST.

1 winner will be chosen. A real email address  required and will not be made public or used for other purposes.

 The winner will be contacted the same day through email and must reply with home address within 4 days. Failure to reply after 3 days; we will draw another winner.

Best of luck !