Today's first order of business.

Last night's dinner was a variation on this recipe, given to me by sweet_tea79-she got it from Cooking Light magazine.

( chicken chowder )

My variations...

I used two cans of really well drained green chilis, because I had that in the house. I also added a can of really well drained diced tomatoes.

I brushed the chicken with a little bit of olive oil and seasoned it with black pepper, some salt, garlic powder, chili powder, cumin and cinnamon, then grilled it in the grill pan.

I also added a little chili powder and cumin to the soup as it was cooking.

The verdict...really yummy. I'll almost certainly make it again. Cayne wanted a little more chicken in it, which isn't a big deal...just grill some extra chicken. But certainly worth making again.

The second order of business

So...

Despite the fact that it's really hard to get into the holiday spirit with temperatures in the 70s, I'm getting ready to send out my holiday greetings.

And I like sending out holiday greetings.

So, if you would like a holiday greeting, I do need to know where in the world to send it. And I know that I've got some of you on my holiday greeting list and that I have addresses for a bunch of you, but there are others who I don't have current addresses for (because some of you have moved in the last year) and some of you who would just like a holiday card (cause I do have cool cards) from me.

So, even if you did this last year, if you would like a holiday greeting from me, please leave your address in one of three ways...

1. in the poll below
2. in the screened comments to this post
3. in an e-mail to geminigirl at livejournal etc...(alternatively if you have a current personal e-mail for me at doomcookie dot us, yahoo or gmail, you can use that, but I'd prefer the doomcookie or livejournal address.)

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