Morsel Monday

I love this dish. Simple. Exquisite. Full flavor and with a bit of flair and panache! Sounds like me minus the bad language. As you know I am an Arizona native but Arizona is not known for her food. So with this recipe I bring the flavor of New Mexico. Who doesn't love grilled cheese sndwiches right? Great comfort food and just perfect for rainy days with a bowl of tomato soup. Here is my spin on an old favorite; I call her....The New Mexican.

2 slices Jewish Rye bread (marbled is my favorite)
2 slices sharp cheddar cheese or enough to cover the bread
1/2 of a 4oz can of green chiles (diced or whole works)
1T butter for bread
1 avocado sliced
1 tomato sliced

Butter each slice of bread as if making a traditional grilled cheese. Adding cheese and then add green chile on top of cheese and place final slice of bread for grilling. Slice an avocado and tomato to be served with the sandwich.

VOILA!

Jewish Rye bread has about 60 calories per slice* and less than 9g of carbs* per slice as well making the bread a healthier alternative to traditional white. I also love the flavor of rye coupled with the cheddar.

*May vary per baker and ingredients. My bakery claims these on their nutritional information.

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle hosted and sponsored by our friend Jen over at EightyMPHMom.com. Monday Mingle is a great way to meet some bloggers, learn to vlog on your own. I am off to see some other minglers, hope you are one of them!

This weeks questions:(First question submitted by Susan @ Say It Face to Face/5 Minutes for Mom. Thank you Susan!):
1. Do you have brothers and/or sisters? Growing up did you wish you had more or less siblings?
2. Did you have a wedding/first dance song? If so what was it?
3. What did you do for Valentine's Day? Any special gifts given or received?
4. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, tell us something special about your spouse/partner.




References in this vlog:
Sarah McLachlan I Love You

Next week's questions:
1. Name your 5 favorite movies
2. What is the most requested/favorite meal in your house?
3. Is your husband/partner/significant other into sports? If so, does it irritate you when he/she watches, or do you join in?

Monday Mingle On Tuesday

Welcome again to Monday Mingle hosted and sponsored by our friend Jen over at EightyMPHMom.com. Monday Mingle is a great way to meet some bloggers, learn to vlog on your own. I am off to see some other minglers, hope you are one of them!

This week's questions are courtesy of Speedy girl!
1. What would Super Nanny say if she came to your house?
2. On the show Wife Swap/Trading Spouses, they typically pick opposites - what type of spouse would they send to you? (meaning what type of spouse would you really hate having around!)
3. If your spouse (or if someone were to propose to you) what would your ideal proposal be (ie setting, creative)



Next week's questions if you wanna play along:

1. Do you have brothers and/or sisters? Growing up did you wish you had more or less siblings?
2. Did you have a wedding/first dance song? If so what was it?
3. What did you do for Valentine's Day? Any special gifts given or received?
4. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, tell us something special about your spouse/partner.

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle hosted and sponsored by our friend Jen over at EightyMPHMom.com. Monday Mingle is a great way to meet some bloggers, learn to vlog on your own. I am off to see some other minglers, hope you are one of them!

This week's question:

1. If you could be any literary / movie character who would it be and why?

2. What is your biggest phobia?

3. Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? 

Next week's questions:
1. Would Super Nanny say if she came to your house?
2. On the show Wife Swap/Trading Spouses, they typically pick opposites - what type of spouse would they send to you? (meaning what type of spouse would you really hate having around!)
3. If your spouse (or if someone were to propose to you) what would your ideal proposal be (ie setting, creative)

Morsel Monday

Food is such a fun project and you know the best way to save money nowadays is to make things at home from scratch. Plus you can control your ingredients so if you are health conscious (like me sometimes) this is the best bet. You can avoid all the pre-packaged food and all the garbage that is inside. I am a huge grilling fan too. I LOVE TO GRILL. With grilling comes favorites like burgers, chicken and my famous smoked brisket. Want to know what to serve with those as a side? Good old fashioned Slaw!

1/2 head cabbage
1/4-1/2 head of purple cabbage (or radicchio for a nice pepperly flavor)
1/4 c. shredded carrots
1T. finely diced onion
1 T sugar
1 T vinegar
6 T cream
1 T Mustard dressing

Shred the cabbage very finely, add in the onion and carrots. In a separate bowl add the sugar, vinegar, cream, and mustard dressing, mix well, drizzle over cabbage and toss. Serve chilled or immediately

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle hosted and sponsored by our friend Jen over at EightyMPHMom.com. Monday Mingle is a great way to meet some bloggers, learn to vlog on your own. I am off to see some other minglers, hope you are one of them!

This weeks questions:

1. Would you accept an invitation to do a survivor show? What would you hate most about being on the show?
2. When/how did you learn to ride a bicycle?
3. What do you want to have accomplished (personally) in your lifetime?

Monday Mingle january 25th from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's questions:

1. If you could be any literary / movie character who would it be and why?
2. What is your biggest phobia?
3. Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names?

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle hosted and sponsored by our friend Jen over at EightyMPHMom.com. Monday Mingle is a great way to meet some bloggers, learn to vlog on your own. I am off to see some other minglers, hope  you are one of them!

This week's questions:

1. What is the neatest/coolest car you have ever owned?
2. Have you ever been to San Francisco? New York? Tell us!
3. Along those lines - are you going to BlogHer? Did you go last year? What was it like?


Monday Mingle from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's questions for those who feel frisky to play:
1. When going out to breakfast at a restaurant, what do you typically order?

2. What style/type of house is your favorite? What room or accessory must your dream house have?

3. How many houses have you lived in

Morsel Monday

Are you looking for some great recipes? If so link yours up and find a new one every Monday over at Extraordinary Mothers where my friend Casey hosts Morsel Mondays!

Last week I did some desserts so this week let's do some favorite dinner recipes, and my favorite, southern or cold weather recipe is Chicken and Dumplings. I actually did my recipe in my Cuisinart Multi-Cooker and it was EASY, no hassle, no fuss. Here are your ingredients:

4-6 chicken breasts, cooked, diced and or shredded

Mixed vegetables (potatoes, corn, green beans, carrots, celery), you can also use a frozen bag of mixed vegetables.

Chicken broth (generally about 3-4 cups depending on how many people you are feeding)

Cream of Chicken soup, or you can use plain cream

Salt and pepper to flavor
1 bay leaf
2 1/2 c. Bisquick (or other baking mix)
2/3 c. milk

In a large pot, crock pot, or Cuisinart Multi-Cooker like mine, simmer chicken, broth, vegetables, until vegetables are tender maybe an hour or more depending on how much flaror you want your vegetables to absorb. Slowly add cream of chicken (or cream) and stir gently ever careful not to boil. Add bay leaf and let simmer for 20 minutes. While simmering mix the Bisquick and milk until a dough forms and slowly drop into soup mixture, cover and let cook for 10 minutes or until dough rises like bread and biscuits form. Remove from heat and ladel out into a bowl, serve with butter and pepper.

For more tasty morsels, visit Extraordinary Mothers.

Monday Mingle The New Year

What a great way to start off the New Year but with Monday Mingle! You can play along by going over to Jen's blog @ EightyMPHMom.com where she has some easy peasy fun questions, a linky, and other bloggers who play along to meet.

Please pardon my appearance, it's bed time around here and tomorrow is school. HALLELUJAH!! Be so nice to send the boy back off since he is bored stiff!

Here are this week's questions:

1. What special gifts did you receive on Christmas? Tell us!
2.  How did you ring in the new year?
3.  On an entirely different note - what is/was your favorite disco song?  Feel free to be creative...sing, dance, etc.


Monday Mingle New Year from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

My Christmas gifts are detailed in the post Priceless Gifts....as you can tell....a very heart warming, wonderful and emotional holiday for myself and my family. But one to NEVER be forgotten.
The questions for next week in case this week you were feeling a little rusty.

1. What is the neatest/coolest car you have ever owned?
2. Have you ever been to San Francisco? New York? Tell us!
3. Along those lines - are you going to BlogHer? Did you go last year? What was it like?

Monday Mingle: Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone!

This is the last week for a mingle until the new year. You can still play along. Be sure to visit EightyMPHMom.com to link up and find all the details of doing your very own Vlog! Tons of fun. This week's questions are:

1. What three things are on the top of your holiday wish list?

2. What are you doing for the holidays? Any special plans? Going out of town?

3. What is your favorite holiday cookie?

Monday Mingle - Happy Holidays! from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Happy חֲנֻכָּה‎ Hannukah!

Happy Kwanza!

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle! A fun way to play and learn about your favorite bloggers; hosted by EightyMPHMom.com, Jen has all the details. So I will be making some rounds and I hope you do too!

Let's get on with this week's questions:

1. Tell us FIVE random facts about yourself.
2. Do you wear perfume or cologne? What scent(s)?
3. How many speeding tickets have you gotten in your life?
4. Do you go fishing? Do you like to fish?
5. What reality tv shows do you watch?

Pardon the crap-tastic lighting and such.....I wanted to get this done early! LOL


Monday Mingle from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's final questions until the New Year:

1. What three things are on the top of your holiday wish list?

2. What are you doing for the holidays? Any special plans? Going out of town?

3. What is your favorite holiday cookie?

Monday Mingle: Fashionably Late

Welcome to Monday Mingle! Monday Mingle is a great way to start playing with your Vlog and a SUPER way to meet some new bloggers and have a little fun...actually TONS of fun! Hosted by your, well she's MY friend Speedy, over @ EightyMPHMom.com I am grabbing some water and off to watch your mingles as we have a FABULOUS week. If you want to play along check out Speedy's blog and grab your weekly questions for fun! Now on with the show!

This weeks questions are:
1. Someone tells you that you have the whole day off and gives you $1,000 to do as you please.
What do you do?

2. Who would play you in a Lifetime movie about yourself?

3. We're in the technology age. What is your favorite technological innovation?
What one do you think is just useless?

4. What is your favorite funny childhood memory?

5. What is/was your favorite Kool-Aid/Jello flavor? One you hated?

OOOPS.....wrong video...though Russel Crowe is indeed scrumptious right....especially in a loin cloth! RAWR!

Here we go!

Monday Mingle from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's questions are:

1. Tell us FIVE random facts about yourself.

2. Do you wear perfume or cologne? What scent(s)?

3. How many speeding tickets have you gotten in your life?

4. Do you go fishing? Do you like to fish?

5. What reality tv shows do you watch?

Monday Mingle: Married....with Children

Monday Mingle! A great way to break in Vlogging and to get to know some of your favorite bloggers. Hosted by Jen over @ EightyMPHMom.com she has all the details for how to grab your camera and play along.
Without further adieu here are this weeks questions:

1. Men: When your spouse asks you "how does this outfit make me look" - how do you respond?
    Ladies: Do you really want him to answer honestly?

2. Both: What is one thing you should always do to keep your spouse/partner happy? What do you do/say to avoid friction in your relationship?

3. Both: What were the first thoughts about your spouse/partner that came to mind when you first met him/her?

4. Both: What is your favorite physical feature of your spouse/partner?

5. Both: What are the key ingredients to a successful marriage/relationship?

6. Are you ready for more Speedy Cop movie quotes?

Monday Mingle Super Couples from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

The questions for next week are:

1. Someone tells you that you have the whole day off and gives you $1,000 to do as you please.
What do you do?

2. Who would play you in a Lifetime movie about yourself?

3. We're in the technology age. What is your favorite technological innovation?
What one do you think is just useless?

4. What is your favorite funny childhood memory?

5. What is/was your favorite Kool-Aid/Jello flavor? One you hated?

Everyone have a very happy and safe holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Monday Mingle: Super Style

SUPER!

 Welcome to another Monday which means Monday Mingle! Show off your mad vlogging skills and come play by answering a few short questions with us. Enjoy some laughs, a few tears, and be sure to bring Poise or Depends just in case. If you want to play along check out EightyMPHMom.com with Speedy who has all your Monday Mingling deets. 

This week's questions are:

1. Have you ever gone streaking or skinny dipping? - from Mat (Erin's hubby LOL - I added the skinny dipping part)
2. If could invite any 5 people to dinner who would it be?
3. Would you rather ... have x-ray vision or bionic hearing?
4. When you tap your fingers... do you tap index finger to pinky finger? Vice versa? Or can you do both equally well? (Note, she and her hubby both do it differently LOL - this should be interesting) Feel free to show us!
5. Would you rather ... stand 4'1 or 7'9"?
6.  Yes- an extra question (submitted by Shannon) What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?

Monday Mingle SUPER from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's questions if you want to play along....and c'mon...you know you want to!

1. Men: When your spouse asks you "how does this outfit make me look" - how do you respond?

Ladies: Do you really want him to answer honestly?

2. Both: What is one thing you should always do to keep your spouse/partner happy? What do you do/say to avoid friction in your relationship?

3. Both: What were the first thoughts about your spouse/partner that came to mind when you first met him/her?

4. Both: What is your favorite physical feature of your spouse/partner?

5. Both: What are the key ingredients to a successful marriage/relationship?

6. Are you ready for more Speedy Cop movie quotes?

HAPPY MONDAY!

Monday Mingle

Welcome to Monday Mingle here at The Five Fish. Monday Mingle is hosted by our favorite speeder Jen @ EightyMPHMom.com and is a fantastic and fun way to get to know the faces behind the blog of some of your favorite bloggers. Check out her site and get the skinny on how to have some fun on Monday!

The questions for this week are:

1. What actor or singer did you have a crush on growing up?
{- submitted by Shannon from The Mommy Files}

2. How did you meet your husband or boyfriend?
{- submitted by Shannon from The Mommy Files}

3. If you could time travel to the past or the future, which would you choose and why?
{- submitted by Greg from Telling Dad}

4. Have you seen any good movies lately? Which ones are worth seeing? (other than kiddy movies)

5. What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Monday Mingle from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Now the fun questions for next week are:


1. Have you ever gone streaking or skinny dipping? - from Mat (Erin's hubby LOL - I added the skinny dipping part)

2. If could invite any 5 people to dinner who would it be?

3. Would you rather ... have x-ray vision or bionic hearing?

4. When you tap your fingers... do you tap index finger to pinky finger? Vice versa? Or can you do both equally well? (Note, she and her hubby both do it differently LOL - this should be interesting) Feel free to show us!

5. Would you rather ... stand 4'1 or 7'9"?

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Monday Mingle

Welcome again, we are still here mingling! I am so glad you stopped by......because I am off visiting your blog today if you are playing along with Monday Mingle! That's right, you know that our dear friend Jen @ EightyMpHMom.com is the lady with the mingling action!

Wanna know how to play along? Just answer some cool quick questions in the form of a Vlog and hey....

Go see Speedy! She has all the deets!

This week's questions are:

1. Tell us a joke!

2. How old are you? We are all friends here - we won't tell!
3. Do you like to dance? Are you a good dancer?
4. What were you for Halloween? Your kids? Do you do anything special for Halloween?
5. What was your favorite subject in school? Subject you hated?
6. Get someone else to do a Mingle!

MOnday Mingle November 2nd from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Questions for next week are:

1.  What actor or singer did you have a crush on growing up?

{- submitted by Shannon from The Mommy Files}

2. How did you meet your husband or boyfriend? 
{- submitted by Shannon from The Mommy Files}

3. If you could time travel to the past or the future, which would you choose and why?
{- submitted by Greg from Telling Dad}

4. Have you seen any good movies lately? Which ones are worth seeing? (other than kiddy movies)

5. What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Monday Mingle

Welcome to another rendition of Monday Mingle! To play along go visit Jen @ EightyMpHMom.com. Okay, let me warn you......please pee before you leave to watch this mingle. I shall not lie. Also, this mingle was done completely drug and alcohol free. Yes, FREE I tell you! I am not one to take any sort of drugs....well maybe a multi-vitamin or two every now and again.

SO! On with this weeks questions:

1. Talk about a breast cancer awareness program and post a link to that site. You can wear pink if you'd like, or do something else for Breast Cancer awareness (this whole step should be simple).


the3day.org for Breast Cancer walk and Susan G. Komen
Buddy Check 12 to do your breast cancer check on the 12th of every month

2. What is the closest you have come to meeting a celebrity? Or have you ever met a celebrity? (this can be ANY celebrity- famous author/singer/actor/even blogger LOL) - thanks Annie for this question!
3. Would you rather lick a grocery cart handle or lick a bus stop bench?
4. Do you like to sing? Are you a good singer? What would Simon Cowell say about your singing (in your best Simon Cowell accent LOL)? Feel free to sing a short song if you want.
5. Make up a limerick or poem about Monday Mingle! (you know - limericks? "There once was a man from Nantucket....")

Like I said....pee now...or flee later!

Monday Mingle October 25, 2009 from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

AW crap....I totally forgot to do my chicken....but I sang!! K! I WILL, do the chicken next week. PROMISE!! Or.....if I get enough comment love....I will vlog just the chicken or my sheep...they are both pretty good.

Questions for next week:

1. Tell us a joke!
2. How old are you?  We are all friends here - we won't tell!
3. Do you like to dance? Are you a good dancer?
4. What were you for Halloween? Your kids?  Do you do anything special for Halloween?
5. What was your favorite subject in school?  Subject you hated?
6. Get someone else to do a Mingle!

Monday Mingle

Welcome again to Monday Mingle. If you want to play along please go check out my dear friend Jen, who will have all the skinny on mingling and all of the wonderful ladies who mingle! Super easy and the best way to Vlog and feel comfortable Vlogging on your blog.

This weeks questions are as follows:
1. Have you ever had any surgeries or have you spent more than one night in a hospital? What for? (only if you want to tell, of course!)

2. Does your spouse do any of the cooking? Is he/she a good cook? Be honest...

3. Do you speak any foreign languages fluently? What (if any) foreign language did you take in school?

4. What are your best budgeting/saving money tips?

5. What are a few of your worst habits?

Now....on with the show!!


Monday Mingle October 19 2009 from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Next week's questions are:

1. Talk about a breast cancer awareness program and post a link to that site. You can wear pink if you'd like, or do something else for Breast Cancer awareness (this whole step should be simple).

2. What is the closest you have come to meeting a celebrity? Or have you ever met a celebrity? (this can be ANY celebrity- famous author/singer/actor/even blogger LOL) - thanks Annie for this question!

3. Would you rather lick a grocery cart handle or lick a bus stop bench?

4. Do you like to sing?  Are you a good singer? What would Simon Cowell say about your singing? Feel free to sing a short song if you want.

5. Make up a limerick about Monday Mingle!  (you know - limericks?  "There once was a man from Nantucket....")

Monday Mingle

We're back!!! For yet another Mingle on this glorious Monday, October 12th. Who could not love Monday's! Seriously with all the fun gals to go mingle with. We also need to rally around Christine....she has been camera shy lately, we finally got her video mingling again with us! YAY Mama!!

You think you can handle mingling with us? Head on over to Jen's Place to get your Mingle on. She has the skinny and a place to submit more questions for the mingling we do. Ask away, we love to answer.

So here are this week's questions:

1. What famous person (movie stars, tv stars, musicians, etc.) have you been told you look like?
2. What were your favorite songs/bands in your teens?
3. What laws have you broken and gotten away with? (don't worry - we won't tell anyone - promise!)
4. Do you like games (board games, cards, etc.)?
5. Which are you favorites?When was the last time you laughed so hard that you cried?
6. Speaking of crying - what movie(s) make you cry like a baby every time you see it?



Monday Mingle October 12, 2009 from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Want to know how to play next week? Here are the questions! Be sure to go visit all the fun ladies, oh and gents since some of the Hubs have been playing along too! Happy Monday!

Next Week's questions:

1. Have you ever had any surgeries or have you spent more than one night in a hospital? What for? (only if you want to tell, of course!)
2. Does your spouse do any of the cooking? Is he/she a good cook? Be honest...
3. Do you speak any foreign languages fluently? What (if any) foreign language did you take in school?
4. What are your best budgeting/saving money tips?
5. What are a few of your worst habits?

Monday Mingle

Alrighty, welcome to your LATE edition of Monday Mingle. I fail today. I am so behind. I will tell you all why....so come listen to me whine on my Mingle and be sure you go check out my friend Speedy (a.k.a. Jennifer) @ Eighty MPH Mom where you can get all the fancy deets on playing with Monday Mingle and do your very own Vlog! How stinking cool is that?

Now! On with the show and this week's questions:
1. What would you think about having our spouses vlog with us one week? Would yours make a cameo appearance?
2. Do you have pets? Tell us about them!
3. What are your favorite sayings or movie quotes?
4. What is your favorite kind of music? Favorites bands/artists and songs? Best concert you ever attended?
5. What are your favorite drinks (alcohol or non)?

Monday Mingle Oct 5, 2009 from Karie Herring on Vimeo.

Here are next week's questions if you are game to play along! Make it fun! We do and that is why we come back every Monday and play along! Be sure you link up too! Tons of fun people! Have a great week.

1. What famous person (movie stars, tv stars, musicians, etc.) have you been told you look like?
2. What were your favorite songs/bands in your teens?
3. What laws have you broken and gotten away with? (don't worry - we won't tell anyone - promise!)
4. Do you like games (board games, cards, etc.)? Which are you favorites?
5. When was the last time you laughed so hard that you cried?
6. Speaking of crying - what movie(s) make you cry like a baby every time you see it?

Love, Mrs. Fish