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Writing Prompt Wednesdays

Writing Prompt Wednesday

I was gifted this awesome journal for Christmas this year; Picadilly’s 200 Writing Prompts. I thought it would be fun to spend a few moments each Wednesday working through this journal and then sharing them with you.

What about you?

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Entertainment

Teacher Playlist

Heading back to the classroom after two school years affected by COVID-19 in some way; is STRESSFUL. Whether it was a long term closure down with asynchronous online teaching OR a year of in-person teaching with rigorous masking, distancing and sanitizing protocols but periodic short-term closures and synchronous online teaching OR another absurd form of teaching/education.

I’ve been listening to Spotify A LOT lately; making my own playlists or rocking out to their pre-made ones. I used their “100 Most Relaxing Songs” to make my own playlist of the 23 that I enjoyed the most and helped me relax the most.

1.Break My Heart –Piano Acoustic (JC Stewart)
2.Berlin (RY X)
3.Green (Abraham Marder)
4.Counting Flowers (EVER)
5. Head And Heart On Fire (Leon)
6. loyal (Jasmine Thompson)
7. You Say –Piano/Vocal (Lauren Daigle)
8. A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
9. Write It Down –Acoustic (Hamzaa)
10. Sense of Home (Harrison Storm)
11. Growing Brightly (Florist)
12. Homesick (Dua Lipa)
13. Breakers Roar (Sturgill Simpson)
14. Give You Up (Dido)
15. Across the Sea (The Sweeplings)
16.Gentle Punches –Acoustic (Jack in the Water)
17. Tidal Wave –Acoustic (Old Sea Brigade)
18. Bridges –Acoustic (Aisha Badru)
19. I Wish I Wish (Sam Amidon)
20. Middle Names (Devendra Banhart)
21. The Lonely 1 (Wilco)
22. Steady (The Staves)
23. Symmetry –Dark Version (SYML)

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Food & Drink

SouthWest Lasagna

A warm lasagna on a chilly fall day is very yummy! This version adds a bit of Tex Mex kick!

Ingredients

1 can Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup Low Sodium
1 can Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup Fat Free
1 14 oz can of  Aylmer Accents Chili Seasoning Diced Stewed Tomatoes
1 pinch of salt
1.5 cups of Campbell’s Chicken Broth No Salt Added
1 box of Catelli Express Lasagne Oven Ready Noodles
1 rotisserie chicken 
2 bell peppers 
1 onion 
1 Tbsp Old El Paso Jalapenos 
3 cups Cracker Barrel Tex Mex Cheese Shreds, divided into thirds

Directions

1. Mix the cream soups and diced tomatoes together in a large bowl
2. To the mixture add the salt and chicken broth and stir
3. Grease a 9 X 13 baking dish with margarine and line with lasagna noodles
4. Shred the rotisserie chicken
5. Dice the bell peppers, onion and jalapenos and mix them together in a bowl 
6. On top of the noodles, layer approximately half the chicken and half of the onion, bell peppers and jalapeno mixture
7. Sprinkle 1 cup of the cheese on top
8. Pour half of the soup/diced tomato mixture on top
9. Place another layer of noodles
10. Place another layer of chicken
11. Place another layer of the peppers/onions/jalapeno mixture
12. Place another layer of cheese (1 cup)
13. Pour the remainder of the soup/tomato mixture over it
14. Top with the last of the cheese (1 cup)
15. Cover with foil and back for 40 minutes at 350
16. Uncover and continue to bake at 350 for another 10-15 minutes (until the cheese is bubbling and lightly browning)