Chicken and Asparagus tossed with Penne with a side of Bruchetta

This is a very light and healthy meal.  The kids had seconds and asked me to make it again.  It went well with My husband and my low sodium diet and my parent's low carb diets.  It isn't often we can please the kids, have them get the square meal they need, and everyone's dietary needs  Thanks to the Mayo Clinic and the Recipe. 

Rapture Food!

This past Saturday, in honor of the Rapture, I hosted a Rapture party at our home.  It was a pot luck.  The challenge was to bring some sort of punny food to share. 

The main coarse was build-it-yourself Shish Kabobs (Because during the rapture and the end of the world, how much of a shish kabob you end up is really of your own making.):

I cut up strips of Chicken breast and rubbed then with lemon pepper ahead of time and let them stew in their own juices in the fridge.

Then we had bowls of red and green peppers, fresh mushrooms, pineapple, cucumbers, zuccini, mandarine oranges, and baby red potatoes (pre-boiled.)

Everyone took their pre soaked scewer and built their Kabob the way they liked it.  It saved time and the kids all enjoyed their kabobs.


The other foods brought were:

"Judgement Bars"  AKA Eagle Brand Magic Cookie Bars

Rotisserie Chicken

Angel Food Cake with Straw berry shortcake toppings

Living Watermelon

Pistaccio NUTS

Kool-aid --But we didn't ALL drink it.  LOL

Party games prizes: large bags of Life Savers hard candy to better help survive the Zombie Apocolypse.

Other options I considered were: Chicken Rapture-tore, Roast, Divinity, devil's food cake, etc.

It was so funny to see people's reactions... and unfortunately none of us were raptured. 

Carrie's Faux Phillies

These are not authentic, but they are tasty!

 


1 lb VERY thinly sliced beef steak (Ribeye is preferable, but in a pinch I used sirloin.  Not as tender, but it works.)  Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with pepper.

In a skillet place 2 Tbsp Olive Oil,  1 cup Fajita blend veggies, and 1 Tbsp minced garlic and carmelize (cook until the onions are soft and golden brown.)

Add Steak to skillet and stir occasionally until meat is browned thouroughly.  Add diced mushrooms.

Scoop onto toasted Hoagie Bun bottoms and top with wedges of sliced American cheese.  Close Hoagie bun.

If cheese isn't melted right away, you can place sandwich in the oven or microwave.