The Torolas - All Grown Up

Brother Brian took this one at the reunion. Glad to see none of us have changed a bit over the years.........

60th Anniversary Reunion

BLT Pizza

One of the girls at work mentioned that she was going to pick up a BLT Pizza for one of the residents to try. I told her that I could probably make one and found a recipe from Taste of Home. It was excellent.

Here it is: www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/BLT-Pizza

Summer Eating

We planted lettuce for the first time this year. It.is.so.good!! I can't stop eating these salads. Fred put in lettuce and spinach. This is a meal of Grandma's Oriental chicken wings, June's Fantastic Mashed Potatoes and grilled asparagus. Delicious! Only thing is I tried to cut the sugar in the chicken wings and they weren't as good. It calls for 1 cup and I only put 1/2 cup sugar. I guess that was too drastic of a cut. They were still good but not as good.

Gonna Be a Drummer

Danny spends hours on youtube "learning" how to play drums. He listens to this guy and another one for HOURS. Just watches and listens. No tapping, beating, beats.......Just watches and listens. So I guess if he ever gets a drum set, he'll be ready.

Hawaiian Chicken

HAWAIIAN CHICKEN

½ cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 oz. each)

3 tablespoons canola oil

1 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1 teaspoon bouillon granules

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1 can (20 oz.) unsweetened sliced pineapple

½ cup cider vinegar

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 medium green pepper, cut into rings

Hot cooked rice

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Add chicken, one piece at a time and shake to coat. In a skillet, brown chicken in oil. Transfer to a greased 9 x 13-inch pan.

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, bouillon and ginger. Drain pineapple into a 2-cup measuring cup; set pineapple aside. Add enough cold water to juice to measure 1 ¼ cups. Stir in vinegar and soy sauce. Gradually whisk into sugar mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.

Pour sauce over chicken; top with green pepper and reserved pineapple. Bake, uncovered, at 350˚ for 20-30 minutes or until meat thermometer reads 170˚. Serve over rice.

I made this the other day at work. I got it from Taste of Home. If I knew how, I'd just put a link to this recipe but since I don't, I had to type it. It was really tasty. I used crushed pineapple as that is what I had and will probably use it again instead of the rings. I also chopped up the green pepper. (It's a bit sweet so you could cut down on the sugar.)