Looking to wow your guest with a delicious summer drink ? Trust me, this one will do it !

Ingredients:

* 1 cup of ice
* 2 oz coconut rum
* 1/2 oz banana liqueur
* dash of grenadine
* 1/2 ripe banana (peeled)
* dash of pineapple juice
* dash of orange juice

Preparation:

1. Pour all ingredients into a blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Pour into a chilled highball glass.
4. Top with fruit garnish.

I dropped a cherry in mine and added an orange slice to the glass.

So easy, yet so good !

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound ground turkey
2 (10.75 ounce) cans low sodium tomato soup
2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
1/2 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 pinch ground allspice
salt to taste

1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place turkey in the skillet, and cook until evenly brown; drain.
2. Coat the inside of a slow cooker with cooking spray, and mix in turkey, tomato soup, kidney beans, black beans and onion. Season with chili powder, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper, allspice and salt.
3. Cover, and cook 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.

My family sat down and watched Bee Movie last night. It was such a cute movie. We all enjoyed it a lot. This is definitely a great family night movie. It’s the perfect length - about 90  minutes - so it doesn’t drag on and lose the kids interest. It also has great comedy for the adults to enjoy. My favorite line by the mosquito (voice by Chris Rock) on becoming an attorney: I’m already a blood-sucking parasite; all I needed was a briefcase! Great movie! One we will add to our DVD collection.

Grilled Pesto Chicken Packets

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/4 pounds)
8 roma (plum) tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch slices
4 small zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1/2 cup basil pesto

1.Heat coals or gas grill for direct heat. Place 1 chicken breast half, 2 sliced tomatoes and 1 sliced zucchini on one side of four 18×12-inch sheets of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Spoon 2 tablespoons pesto over chicken mixture on each sheet.

2.Fold foil over chicken and vegetables so edges meet. Seal edges, making tight 1/2-inch fold; fold again. Allow space on sides for circulation and expansion.

3.Cover and grill packets 4 to 5 inches from medium heat 20 to 25 minutes or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Place packets on plates. Cut large X across top of packet; fold back foil.

I am hoping to prepare these and take them to my sister’s (Neptunebaby) house to toss on her grill the next time we are all hanging out together. I like to mix the recipe up a bit and make both chicken and steak. I also like to add other veggies like onion and peppers and some times mushrooms and summer squash is good. Yum!

My husband rented Love And Other Disasters for me last night. It was a pretty entertaining movie. Not something that everyone would like. In fact, I had a hard time deciding if I liked it. I did like it. It just took me a bit to realize that I did. Definitely not something I would enjoy paying full price at a theater for, but it wasn’t bad for the rental fee.

I did love the cast! Brittany Murphy is fabulous and Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters) is outstanding in his role. Many of the others I had never heard of before, but that doesn’t mean their roles were any less worthy of praise.

I love boots of all styles - work boots or dressy boots, casual or play. I have what a lot of people would call a fetish for boots. I’ve always been that way. I guess I was born with it. As a women, not only do I have the shoe shopping gene, but also a love for fabulous boots.

When I’m bored at work I surf the internet. Honestly it takes up quite a bit of my work day. Today I decided to search for work boots. I know it’s summer time and I probably won’t wear them until the fall, but I thought maybe summer time would be the best time to get good deals. And boy was I right!

I watched Mad Money last night with my hubby. It was such a fun movie! It had a fantastic cast - Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and my absolute favorite actress ever - Diane Keaton. I just love her to death. She reminds me of my mom with her sense of style, her quirks and her wonderful sense of humor. This was definitely a movie worth the fee to rent it.

I started watching Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood last night on the Oxygen channel. I noticed an advertisement for it on Perez Hilton and thought I would check it out. I thought it was something new. I had no idea the premier last night was for season three! Luckily I found it on the cable guide a couple hours before it started so I was able to watch the reruns for several episodes for the previous season. I am so addicted to it. I set it to DVR every Tuesday night at 10pm. I already can’t wait to see next week’s episode. I’d also like to get the book that Tori Spelling wrote - sTORI Telling.

My handsome son

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