"Peanut Butter Day"

Hello everyone!

Today, January 24th it's “Peanut Butter Day”

Casual: Have peanut butter for breakfast.

Committed: Invite your friends for a fun picnic, and have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

Hard-Core: Have a party where every dessert should include peanut butter, the music should be very sticky (Just like the peanut butter!).

Fried Chicken Friday Fun Presents Today’s Recipe

Fried Chicken and Beans Recipe

INGREDIENTS

Serves 3-4

• 6 oz. green beans, ends trimmed, sliced lengthwise into quarters (about 2 cups)
• 3 Tbs. vegetable oil
• 1 Tbs. Thai Flavored Paste
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast (6-to 8-oz.), sliced thinly against the grain
• 1 tsp. minced fresh ginger
• 1 or 2 fresh bird chiles or 1 fresh serrano chile or 1 small fresh jalapeño, minced
• 2 Tbs. soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 8 oz. fresh brown or shiitake mushrooms, stems trimmed, caps thinly sliced (to yield about 21/2-cups)
• 1/4 cup dry white wine

METHOD

Bring a medium pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add the quartered green beans and blanch until bright green and still crunchy but no longer raw tasting, about 1 minute. Drain, shock in cold water, drain again, and set aside. Heat the oil in a large skillet or stir-fry pan over high heat for 1 min. Add the Thai flavor paste; stir-fry for 30 seconds to distribute the paste in the oil. Add the chicken and stir constantly until it turns white. Add the ginger and chiles; stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the soy sauce, sugar, and sea salt; stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the green beans and mushrooms. Stir-fry to mix and combine. Add the wine and stir until the chicken is cooked, the beans are slightly soft but crunchy, and the mushrooms are soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.

COLOR CHALLENGE

Today’s Color Challenge is “Color Yourself Amusing” by wearing something in Winter Lights (Red). Today wear something in Winter Lights (Red) and feel amusing. Red is a very intense color, so wear a complete outfit to feel powerful and amusing, or just a pop of color to feel fashionable and stylish. When someone compliments your awesome fashion sense, answer: “Thank you, I really love my Winter Lights coat!”.