Share Our Strength – No Kid Hungry

If you have not heard about Share Our Strength before, let me share with you what they are all about. Share Our Strength is a national nonprofit that is ending childhood hunger in America. Their highest priority is to make sure that every child in America gets the nutritious food he or she needs to learn, grow and thrive.

The facts are sad; 50.1 million Americans - including more than 17 million children - lack the means to get enough nutritious food on a regular basis, according to USDA’s report, Household Food Security in the United States, 2009, published in November 2010.

Once I started browsing Share Our Strength’s website it was hard to stop. They offer so much information regarding childhood hunger in America and so many ways you can help with solving the problem. Share Our Strength not only wants to make sure America’s children have enough to eat; they also want to make sure that children are getting the nutrition they need to live healthy, active lives.

Here are just a few things you can do to help:

1. Make Yahoo! your homepage now by clicking on this link.  

• Yahoo! is donating $20,000 to the charity on behalf of the Foodbuzz community and all the people who made Yahoo! their homepage.

2. Share the campaign with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers.
3. Check out Share our Strength’s website to learn more about what you can do to end childhood hunger.

Awesome Chicken Spread

I was on a mission to find the Chicken Salad recipe of my dreams and I came across a recipe for Zesty Chicken Spread at My Catholic Kitchen. I made a couple of adjustments, because that's how I roll, and the outcome was amazing. This recipe is so good I have it memorized already, it is too good to forget. :)

Awesome Chicken Spread
Ingredients

• 4 cups chopped chicken meat (I used roasted chicken thighs that had been marinated in Italian dressing before cooking)
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 dry package Good Seasons Garlic & Herb Salad Dressing Mix
• 1/4 cup diced onion
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1 tsp dill (I used dried since it was what I had on hand, I imagine fresh dill would be amazing in this recipe)

Directions

1. Mix everything together

2. Let marinate in fridge for a couple hours
3. Enjoy over crackers or bread

Tandoori Inspired Chicken

Key word is Inspired. Inspired, meaning I didn’t have the correct ingredients on hand, so I winged it… and it turned out awesome! I found a Martha Stewart recipe that I HAD to try, but unfortunately the grocery store was out of jalapenos and I forgot the fresh ginger. In came the serrano peppers and the ground cloves. Yum! This recipe turned out great, can’t wait to make it again!

Tandoori Inspired Chicken

Ingredients

•     2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
•     4 garlic cloves
•     ½ teaspoon ground cloves
•     3 serrano peppers, chopped
•     1 cup plain yogurt I used (Zoi Greek Yogurt)
•     8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (about 1 3/4 pounds)

Directions

1. Add lime juice, garlic cloves, ground cloves, serrano peppers and yogurt to blender. Blend well.

2. Marinade chicken in yogurt mixture for 3-6 hours

3. Cook that chicken! I used my rotisserie but this recipe would also be great for grilling. 

 4. Enjoy! 

Sangria

Sangria

Ingredients

• 1 Bottle Red Wine (I used Cabernet Sauvignon but a Merlot, Zinfandel or Shiraz would work as well)
• 1 Lemon - cut into wedges
• 1 Orange - cut into wedges
• 1 Lime - cut into wedges
• 2 Tablespoon Sugar
• Splash Orange Juice or Lemonade (I used both because that’s how I roll)
• 1 Can Diced Pineapples (with juice)
• 2 Shots Triple Sec (perhaps add an extra one for good measure…)
• 1 Cup Frozen Strawberries
• 30 ounce Ginger Ale soda

Directions

1. Place wine in large container
2. Into same container, squeeze the juice from the lemon, orange and lime - adding the fruit wedges as you go along. Also add the sugar, can of pineapple and juice(s)
3. Chill overnight
4. Add Triple Sec, Strawberries, and Ginger Ale.
5. Enjoy over Ice!

Adapted from Best Party Sangria
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