Country Living

Guest post from: Joe Castro

My husband and I are moving to a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee and I am so excited! He is in the country music industry so it just makes sense to move to the country music capitol! I absolutely love Nashville.

 We went there a few weeks ago on a home finding mission. And we found one and purchased it! I logged on to www.directstartv.com to check out the services there. And then I called all the other utility services and scheduled those appointments. Once moved, we should have all utilities on within a couple of days. I am going to spend some time driving around Nashville and other surrounding towns where the country stars live and look at their homes!

 Nashville residents are great about leaving the stars alone to live among them. They do not crowd them for autographs or pictures, which they appreciate. We will live in Antioch. All these small towns that surround Nashville are great communities. And the land is so spread out with white picket fences surrounding the tracks of land, homes and horses! It is just beautiful!

Filipino Chicken Adobo

• 4-5 lbs. chicken (breast or thighs)
• 1/2 cup white vinegar 
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp. black peppercorns
• 3 bay leaves

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Cover and marinate chicken for 1-3 hours. Bring to boil, then lower heat. Cover and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and simmer until sauce is reduced and thickened, and chicken is tender, about 20 more minutes. Serve with steamed rice.

Breakfast with the Kids

I had big plans for getting up in the morning and making a big breakfast since everyone would be home, but there was only one catch, I remembered I have to work tomorrow.lol   So I did the next best thing, I got up this morning and made chocolate gravy and chicken biscuits.  It took me a while to remember exactly how to fix the gravy it had been so long since I had made it.  Chocolate gravy was my Mom's signature dish!  My kids and their friends grew up with that as a special treat. (Chocolate gravy recipe is posted one Oct 26, 2010)

It was really nice to have breakfast with the family before everyone had to go their separate ways.  I hope you all have a blessed day.