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May 3- movie - Thor..out to eat
May 4 - out to eat
May 5 - out to eat
May 6 - chicken breasts with sun dried tomatoes and chile cream sauce

1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes (not oil packed, coarsely chopped (can get julianned tomatoes at HEB)
1 dried pasilla chile, coarsely chipped (in a Fiesta package on the spice aisle)
1 cup boilding water
4 boneless chicken breast halves
3/4 t salt, divided
1/2 t pepper divided
1/3 cuip minced shallots
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 T chopped fresh basil
1 cup heavy whipping cream

1. Soak sun-dried tomatoes and chile in boiling water in small bowl 20 to 30 minutes or until softened. Drain, reserving soaking liquid (about 1/4 cup),
2. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 t of the salt and 1/4 t of pepper. Heat 1 T of the oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Cook chicken 8 to 10 minutes or until browned, turning once. Remove chicken, cover loosely with foil.
3. Heat remaining 1 T oil in same skillet. Cook and stir sun-dried tomatoes, chile, shallots, garlic and basil 4 minutes or until soft. Add cream; bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of skillet. Simmer 3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in reserved 1/4 cup soaking liquid and remmaining 1/4 t each salt and pepper. Serve sauce over chicken.

May 7 - hamburgers at Em and Cynthias
May 8 - fajitas, beans, ice cream sundays
May 9 - Crunchy Chicken Salad
1/3 cup olive oil
3 T sugar
3 T white vinegar
1 T poppy seeds
1/4 t black pepper
1 large head Bibb lettuce, washed
2 cups diced cooked chicken about 3/4 pound
3 scallions, sliced
1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1 cup chow mein noodles
In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, vinegar, sugar, poppy seeds and pepper; set aside.
Chop lettuce; you should have about 8 cups. Transfer to a medium-sized bowl and add chicken, scallions, almonds and noodles. Toss with dressing and serve immediately.

May 10 - Undone Unstuffed Peppers Casserole
1 lb ground beef
2 green peppers, coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups cooked long grain white rice
1 jar 26oz spaghetti sauce
1 1/2 cup five cheese blend, divided.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees
Brown meat with peppers and garlic in a large skillet; drain. Stir in rice, spaghetti sauce and ¾ cup cheese.
Spoon into 2 qt casserole; top with remaining cheese
Bake 25 minutes