Days like today make me want to hug the lady that invented the crock pot (because, seriously, we all know it was a lady that thought of it!) Today I had to make a parts run, so I took full advantage of being in the city, and did some grocery shopping too. Lunches made and dinner in the crock pot by 10 am, I made the 2 hour trek to the city to get a truck part, which was double checked to make sure it was the right one, because I didn’t want to re-live the great wheel-seal debacle of 2013 (where I learned that there are 1-piece and 2-piece wheel seals, and I had gotten the wrong ones.)
Sam’s Club greeted me with everything I needed for the guys’ lunches and then some. It never fails that every time I go, I completely fill the Jeep and worry if it will all fit. Thankfully, today I still had half the backseat available…which is good, because I still had to go to the WalMart.
Back at the camper at 4, I got everything unloaded and put away (I swear the groceries multiplied on the way home), got dinner pulled together and on my way to the field at 7. I helped get equipment shuffled around and headed back to the camper around 10:30…which is when the grain cart found an antler shed the hard way.
We’ve been lucky the last 2 years with antler sheds, so I supposed it was to be expected. They got the tire off so it could be taken to be repaired first thing in the morning. Let’s hope that’s the only one we’ll encounter this year!
Only a few more days here and it’ll be time to move on!
Amanda Buus Thomsen of BT Harvesting
Serves Feeds 6-8 guys
Ingredients
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1 can corn
- 2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 16 Oz jar of salsa
- 1 1/2 cups sour cream
- 1 package taco seasoning
- Cilantro
- Rice
Instructions
- Put chicken, cream of chicken soup, corn, beans, salsa and taco seasoning in the crock pot and mix.
- Cook on low 6 hours (3.5-4 hours on high) or until you can easily shred the chicken with a fork.
- Right before serving, add chopped cilantro (to taste) and sour cream; heat through.
- Serve over rice. Serves 6-8 guys.
1. Be ready to go at the drop of a hat...sometimes without a lunchbox.
2. Has removed the word impossible from her vocabulary!
3. Can hold a baby, take care of a toddler and drive a tractor or combine all at the same time.
4. Must be able to cook for a crew - large or small.
5. Must be able to read minds.
6. Must be able to banter with a parts man until he realizes you DO know what you're talking about.
7. Must be the entertainment director for those rainy days.
8. Be a wife, mom, friend, helper, cook, problem solver, taxi driver or extra crew hand at all times.
9. Can handle the call that makes you react, "You need what? When?" Dropping everything you're doing to make it happen.
10. At the end of the day say, "I really do love this life".