Flavored Water And Some Comfort Food...

Flavored water? Yes, please.


I am not one of those who hates drinking water. But, and this is a big BUT, I have stopped drinking soda of any kind and juice of any kind. I really don't drink anything else except green tea and an occasional glass of milk.

When I saw this post for day spa apple cinnamon water, I thought it might be nice way to spice up my water- it is! And it is very refreshing!!.


According to the blog that this was pinned this from, Lose Weight by Eating, "both apples and cinnamon raise your metabolism". I don't know about that, but I do know that I drank lots and lots of water today. I can't explain. I just really enjoyed it!

I followed the very simple instructions (if you click on the above link, there is a video)- apples and cinnamon stick in the pitcher, add ice, fill with water. I let mine sit overnight in the fridge. The flavor was much much stronger than I thought it would be! I refilled the pitcher several times during the day- I think I acclimated to the taste plus the refilled water did not have as much time to sit, so it was a lighter flavor after the first few glasses.

I used a Fuji apple this time- we have Granny Smiths from our tree that I will try next. I think the tartness of the Granny Smith will go well with the cinnamon.

I am going to try this one next-
http://tonetiki.com/2012/07/27/day-spa-mango-ginger-water-0-calories/

At the risk of being contradictory (this is no health food recipe here!;)), we made this last night. 



Can you say comfort food? This Chicken and Dumpling Casserole recipe caught my eye (I don't remember where I first saw it). The recipe I used to make this comes from The Shady Porch blog.

First, it was delicious!! Hubby, boys, and Grandma enjoyed it. Things that we would tweak- it was a bit salty. Next time we won't use any salt to season and will switch to no salt butter. For our oven, the cooking time of 25-30 minutes was a bit short. It was more like 35-40 minutes. And, ours did not brown, so we turned the broiler on for a few minutes at the end. We also decided that we will add veggies next time for more of a "pot pie" taste.

Shady porch tweaked this recipe from Deep Dish South food blog. You can find step by step pictures of assembly there. I am going to print that recipe and compare the two.

Just to be sure I have linked properly:
http://theshadyporch.blogspot.com/2011/11/chicken-dumpling-casserole.html
http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2009/02/chicken-and-dumpling-bake.html

Happy Cooking!!!

Comments

  1. PattyDecember 5, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    Oh YUM to both!!!

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  2. The AdventurerJanuary 13, 2013 at 3:16 AM

    I am going to try the water trick, I drink too much diet soda and I read somewhere that diet soda increasing your appetite. The chicken casserole looks positively sinful which means I would love it:)

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  3. UnknownJanuary 14, 2013 at 5:38 AM

    Huh. Never would've thought...apples, cinnamon and water overnight! Wonder if the kids would like it??

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