Tonight I am exhausted and have had a super rough first day of district wide in-service day. It started with a shower that was super slow to warm up, a missing hair dryer and a contact that would not stay in. We were 5 minutes late heading out the door and it was the preschooler's fist day (last time he was away from me was when he was 1) and the baby's first day of full time daycare to boot. There was tension in the air but I refused to be deterred. After dropping off the husband at the High School in Belle, the baby at the sitter in Belle and the preschooler at his preschool in Spearfish, I about forgot to go to the High School instead of my own school. THEN (somehow) I locked my keys in our only working vehicle at the Spearfish High School during round one of meetings!!! I was able to catch a ride to my own school but had to have Wayne borrow a car from a fellow teacher and drive over to save me and unlock the doors on his lunch break. I didn't get to eat out with the girls because of this and I did not get my bulletin boards done. Only 6 of my 14 students showed up for Open House/Meet the Teacher and (somehow) I wrote down the wrong Open House/Meet the Teacher time for my oldest. After driving all the way back to Belle, after my own open house, to grab Andy, then all the way back over to his school, we got there just after his teacher had left. NOOOOOOooo!!! I felt terrible!!! For both Andy and his his teacher who I would now have to ask about an alternate meet time tomorrow afternoon. We drove back, picked everyone up and I was ready to call the day quits.
.....Wait, what about supper?!?!?!?
Well I did have a pre-made freezer meal from the weekend's self declared freezer meal workshop with my sis and mother-in-laws (post to come), but had I not, I have been known to throw together the following meal in less than 5 minutes. It also works for super busy, we ran out of time to cook before practice nights.
SUPER SIMPLE SUPER NACHOS....
Ingredients:
Canned chicken 1-2, drained (I like to season it with some WildTree Cilantro Lime seasoning and a can of Rotel but you could also use taco seasoning. I have also used beef instead of chicken if I had left over browned meat- haha, that's rare with 4 boys.)
Tortilla Chips (enough to cover cookie sheet)
Shredded cheese
(Optional: Hot sauce, Sour cream, any other desired topping)
Directions:
Turn Oven on to broil. Spread chips out on cookie sheet. sprinkle canned chicken or beef evenly on chips followed by cheese. Broil for 5 minutes, watching to make sure it doesn't burn. Leaving the oven open a crack helps. When cheese starts to bubble, it's done, take it out. (Add additional toppings if so desired, and provided you are having a better day than mine and remain motivated enough to do so.) Set on hot pads in the center of your table and let everyone eat right off the pan. It's quick, easy and FUN to dig into the same pile of food.
