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Songs about Summer.
There are a few ways we define the perfect summer song: It can be about summer, it can be released in the summer, or, in the case of some tracks on this list, it can define an entire summer with its impact and airplay.
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Rosemary Chicken with Mushrooms and Spinach Recipe.
Make this incredible chicken mushroom spinach bake for a dinner the whole family will love! Featuring chicken and vegetables topped with cheese and baked to perfection, this recipe is a crowd-pleaser you’ll want to make again and again! Watch the video or read the instructions below to learn how to prepare this wonderful dish.
Ingredients you will need:
- 3 lbs. chicken breast sliced into medallions
- 16 oz. portabella mushrooms
- 2-4 C. fresh spinach
- 1/2 C. milk or heavy cream
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 C. chicken stock or broth
- 1/4 C. white wine
- 3 T. flour
- 2 t. thyme
- Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
- Fresh rosemary, chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Cover the bottom of a baking dish add grapeseed oil and layer chicken breasts. Season with seasoned salt and dried thyme. Turn chicken over and repeat ending with a sprinkle of black pepper.
- In a medium bowl combine garlic, chicken stock, milk, chopped garlic, white wine, and salt. Whisk in flour and set aside.
- Sprinkle the chicken with chopped rosemary. Layer half of the sliced mushrooms oer chicken then layer with spinach.
- Top spinach with remaining mushrooms and pour on sauce mixture.
- Top with shredded cheese and remaining fresh rosemary.
- Bake covered at 400° F. for 45 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, serve and enjoy!
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Fruited Balsamic Chicken.
INGREDIENTS (Serves 2)
2 T. olive oil
2 (5 to 6 oz.) chicken breast halves
½ C. chopped onion
Salt and pepper to taste
½ tsp. minced garlic
2½ T. balsamic vinegar
1½ tsp. honey
1 medium peach (ripe but still firm), sliced
1 C. pitted sweet cherries
Sliced fresh basil, optional
DIRECTIONS
Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and dump the onion around the outer edge of the skillet; season with salt and pepper. Fry the chicken a few minutes on each side, until golden brown, stirring the onion often. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
Add the garlic to the skillet with the onion and heat for 30 seconds or so. Stir in the vinegar and cook for a couple of minutes, until the liquid is reduced by about half. Stir in the honey, then add the peaches and cherries, tossing to coat.
Return the chicken and any accumulated juices to the skillet, nestling the pieces among the fruit; season everything with a little more salt and pepper. Cover the skillet, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 7 to 8 minutes, until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°. Top with basil.
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It’s Friday so let’s start the weekend with music.
Weekends are a time to unwind, relax and have fun after a long week of work or school. Whether you prefer to party all night, catch up on your favorite TV shows, or spend time with loved ones, there’s no denying that the weekend is a much-needed break for many. Music has always been a great companion to any weekend activity, setting the tone for the mood and making the experience even more enjoyable.
Here in the heartland (Midwest) I’m up thinking about what to do this weekend. I know better to not ask my wife. Work around the house. So let’s play some songs that get you into that weekend mood.
Here in the Heartland we dig all types of music.
And for the folks who are from Cleveland here’s another one from MSB.
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Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe | Chocolate Marshmallow Brownies.
Prepare to have you mind (not to mention your taste buds) blown: our Mississippi Mud Cake is one of the richest, sweetest, most awesome desserts you’ll ever have! This brownie-like dessert is an out-of-this-world combination of chocolate, marshmallow, coconut, and pecans that sets a new standard in tasty treats. And with our recipe, you can be ground zero for it in your neighborhood!
Ingredients.
- 1 cup butter (melted)
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 4 eggs (beaten)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 jar marshmallow creme
- For the Frosting:
- 1 stick butter (melted (1/2 cup))
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Directions.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine 2 cups sugar, 1 1/2 cup flour, and 1/3 cup cocoa in large mixing bowl.
- Add 4 beaten eggs and 1 cup melted butter. Stir.
- Add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup coconut. Mix.
- Add mixture to 9 x 13 inch greased pan.
- Spread mixture evenly across pan. Place in preheated 350 oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
- In saucepan over medium heat, add 1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter.
- Add 1 cup cocoa. Mix.
- Stir in 1/2 cup of evaporated milk and 2 cups powdered sugar.
- Add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Remove from heat before frosting reaches boil.
- When the main dish is finished baking, remove it from oven. Apply marshmallow cream across cake.
- Apply frosting across top of cake. Allow to completely cool before cutting and serving.
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Location, Location, Location. Songs about Location.
This should be an easy one. Let’s do songs about Location. Can be a street or a city. Can be in the artists name or in a song, or a title of a song.
Have you ever thought about how many songs have the names of streets or cities in the song or title?
Here’s one for my special friend out in California.
Canadian rocker Tom Cochrane struck gold with his hit song “Life is a Highway.” This ’90s anthem taps into the freedom and possibility of an open road journey, speaking for the wanderlust of many listeners.
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Detroit’s Abandoned Michigan Central Station Restored to Its Former Glory 111 Years After Opening.
The historic Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood first opened in 1913 as one of the country’s most impressive transportation terminals.
At its peak, the Beaux-Arts building saw 4,000 daily visitors, but in 1988, after decades of declining rail travel, it was shuttered. The train station sat vacant for over 30 years, its once-stunningly ornate facade falling victim to weather, vandalism, and neglect. But on Thursday, following a six-year, $950 million renovation, the 18-story structure reopened to much fanfare.
Michigan Central Station in 2016
It’s the piece de resistance in a massive project by Ford Motor Company. The automotive giant acquired the station in 2018 with plans to transform it and its surrounding area into a 30-acre technology and cultural hub.
“There’ll be nothing like this anywhere in America, because not only will this be a beautiful building to work, we’re going to invent the future of mobility down here, too. And we want to make the Motor City the Motor City for the next 100 years again,” Ford Executive Chair William Clay Ford Jr. told CBS News.
More than 3,000 tradespeople restored the building to its former grandeur, with Ford sourcing limestone from the same quarry in Indiana that supplied the original stones over a century ago. Attention was given to rehabilitating as much of the station’s original architecture as possible while also paying tribute to its more recent history by preserving some of the graffiti on its walls.
“Everything Ford could save, we did, and other elements were re-created through technology and tenacity,” Melissa Dittmer, head of place at Michigan Central, explained in a statement. “At the same time, it was important to us to respect the station’s extraordinary past, including its ongoing role in Detroit’s cultural landscape.”
The station’s interior in 2018
The newly renovated interior
The reopening was celebrated with a massive outdoor concert executive-produced by Eminem and featuring performances from Michigan natives Diana Ross, Jack White, Theo Parrish, and others, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It kicked off a 10-day open house welcoming visitors to explore the station’s ground floor.
“Detroit is known around the world for its musical talent, and having so many legendary artists kick off the celebration for the reopening of the iconic Michigan Central Station shows how meaningful this moment is for our city,” said Mayor Mike Duggan in a news release. “This historic landmark symbolizes Detroit’s resilience, innovation, and now, its bright future. This is about more than preserving a piece of our past. It also is about paving the way for a new era of growth and opportunity for all Detroiters.”
A postcard of Michigan Central Station circa 1913
That sentiment reflects a comeback for the city, which famously filed for bankruptcy in 2013, the largest municipality in the country to do so. Over a decade later, new life is being breathed into Detroit: This April, the 2024 NFL Draft was held there, drawing over 700,000 fans, per CBS.
Now that the station has been restored, Ford will be among the first tenants, with employees expected to move into three floors later this year. A youth programming floor in the building’s tower will provide 23,000 square feet of space to welcome organizations that are investing in future generations.
A new public park in the station’s former rail yard is also in development, and is being designed with sustainability and inclusivity in mind. It will comprise gardens, playscapes, community gathering and event spaces, as well as tech-enabled zones for innovation and collaboration.
“I wanted Michigan Central to be beautifully restored but also reimagined for so much more,” said Executive Chair Bill Ford, adding: “The innovation that will happen here, with startups and companies big and small, will help ensure Detroit preserves its title as the Motor City for generations to come.”
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Play something sweet. Play something mellow. Let’s slow it down with mellow slower songs. Can be love songs or just tunes that take it easy.
Categories
Dance till you drop.
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Dance till you drop. We have had foot moving music, but here you let the whole body go.
PLAY ANY SONG THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH DANCING.
It can be in the title, song, or artists name.When the music plays, your body sways to the beat! Since the dawn of human civilization music and dance have complemented each other. Dance is a physical way of expressing the feelings and emotions music stirs. So, it should come as no surprise that so many songs from all genres have had the word “dance” in their titles.
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Songs with “Running” or “Run” in the title, the song, or the band or artists name. This could be a tough one, but I’m sure we can find a few.
So lets post what some of the best songs with some variation of the word “run” or “running” and such in the title.
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Songs about flying or planes.
No music fan in their right mind would think of traveling these days without a suitable playlist. Airplane travel lends itself especially well to a thematic mix, since pop music history is so loaded with great flight songs.
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The unofficial beginning of Summer. In the USA Memorial day has always been the unofficial beginning of Summer. So let’s play songs about summer, bands that have summer in their name, orsongs that have summer in the title.
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Music that will make you move your feet and shake that booty.
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Cheesecake Pretzel Bites Recipe | Cream Cheese Balls.
Make these tasty cheesecake pretzel pops for a dessert your friends and family will love! These sweet cream cheese bites are a refreshing treat that are unbeatable at a party or special occasion. Try them with caramel and strawberry dipping sauce.
Ingredients.
- 2 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese, softened
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 t. lemon juice
- 1 C. powdered sugar
- 1 C. graham crackers, finely crumbled
- Pretzel sticks
- Directions
- Combine cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice, and powdered sugar. Place bowl in freezer for a brief period to allow ingredients time to set.
- Using a spoon, scoop out of dollop of cream cheese mixture and place in a bowl of finely crushed graham crackers.
- Carefully roll into a ball.
- Insert pretzel sticks into cheesecake ball. Repeat until mixture is used up. Refrigerate cheesecake balls for at least an hour.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Songs from the late 60’s and 70’s are my favorites. What about you? OK so I’m old. The 60’s and 70’s was the golden age for me. Be it Classic, Pop, or Soul.
But you can play any era you feel has the best music. Be it the 50’s, 80’s,90’s todays music. Play it.
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Songs having to do with animals. Let’s play those tunes about animals, or have animals in the title, or the band has an animal name. This should be an easy one.
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Everyone loves Pasta. Don’t They? Bacon Cheeseburger Skillet. There are few things as comforting as a bowl of pasta at the end of a long day.
This bacon cheeseburger skillet is meal that’s incredible tasty and surprisingly easy to make. The whole family will adore this hearty dinner so much they won’t believe you didn’t spend all day on it!
Ingredients.
- 6 bacon strips
- 1/2 lb. ground beef
- Season salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- 1/4 C. chopped onion
- 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 C. beef broth
- 1/2 C. water
- 8 oz. uncooked rotini pasta
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 1 C. canned diced tomatoes
- 2 T. ketchup
- 1 T. spicy brown mustard
- 1/2 C. shredded cheddar cheese
- Directions
- Brown 6 bacon strips and 1/2 lb. ground beef in skillet, breaking ingredients apart as they cook. Season to taste with season salt and black pepper.
- Dice 3 Roma tomatoes and 1/4 cup onion.
- Add diced onions and tomatoes to skillet.
- Add 1/2 cup water, 15 oz. tomato sauce, and 1 cup beef broth.
- Add 8 oz. uncooked rotini pasta.
- Add 8 oz. canned, diced tomatoes.
- Add 2 tablespoons ketchup.
- Add 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard.
- Bring heat to a boil.
- Once boil is reached, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
- Remove pan from stove.
- Stir in 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
- Let cool, serve, and enjoy!
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The world’s oldest bread loaf is more than 8,000 years old.
Bread is such a staple food that it’s often synonymous with sustenance itself, as in “putting bread on the table,” “breadwinner,” or “daily bread.” Indeed, humans have been eating bread for a long, long time. The earliest loaf of bread ever discovered is a whopping 8,600 years old, unearthed at Çatalhöyük, a Neolithic settlement in what is now southern Turkey, comprised of mud-brick dwellings built on top of one another.
While excavating the site, archaeologists found the remains of a large oven, and nearby, a round, organic, spongy residue among some barley, wheat, and pea seeds. After biologists scanned the substance with an electron microscope, they revealed that it was a very small loaf of uncooked bread. It had been fermented, like a sourdough loaf, and someone had pressed their finger in the center of it. The dough had been encased in clay, which allowed it to survive for thousands of years.
The preserved loaf dates back to around 6600 BCE, but by that point, humans had already been baking bread for thousands of years. Some baking even predates agriculture, meaning our prehistoric ancestors were making the food with foraged grains. The oldest known evidence of bread, found in the Black Desert in modern-day Jordan, dates back around 14,000 years. Researchers recovered crumbs from large, circular stone fireplaces — one archaeobotanist compared it to the charred crumbs at the bottom of a toaster. This ancient bread was made of wild wheat and root vegetables, kneaded, then baked on hot stones. The process would have been labor intensive, so archaeologists theorize that bread was a treat reserved for special occasions.
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250-Year-Old Cherries Found at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate.
Archaeologists found something incredibly rare in the cellar of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon: Two intact jars of cherries buried in the basement of the first U.S. president’s house.
The story of a young George Washington chopping down a cherry tree may be a myth, but the first U.S. president did likely dine on cherries at Mount Vernon, as evidenced by a recent discovery. Archeologists came upon two intact bottles of cherries that had been buried beneath a brick floor at the Virginia estate.
Principal archaeologist Jason Boroughs called the preserved fruit an “extraordinary” find. “They’re plump, they have flesh, they have pits and stems,” he told USA Today. “They don’t look as if they’ve been sitting in a bottle for 250 years, although they have.”
According to a press release from Mount Vernon, the liquid still even smelled of cherry blossoms. The European-manufactured jugs were likely produced in the mid-18th century and ended up buried when the brick floor was laid in the 1770s.
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Chicken Strip Pizza Recipe | Easy Chicken Garlic Bread Pizza.
Make this chicken strip pizza for an easy meal everyone will love! This easy recipe combines garlic bread, chicken strips, and pizza, three favorites that features delicious chicken strips and pizza sauce topped with Parmesan cheese.
It’s a cinch to make, and tastes absolutely delicious. Give it a try. It’ll instantly become one of your all-time favorite chicken pizza recipes!
- In addition, marinara sauce can be substituted for the pizza sauce. You might want a little extra for dipping!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 5 to 6 pcs. breaded chicken strips, thawed
- 1 pkg. frozen garlic bread loaf, sliced
- 3/4 C. pizza sauce
- 1 1/2 C. shredded Italian cheese blend
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut 5 to 6 thawed breaded chicken strips into half-inch pieces.
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Cut 1 loaf of frozen garlic bread into thirds and bake butter side up for 8 to 9 minutes.
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Remove from oven and spread 3/4’s cup pizza sauce on top of bread.
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Cover bread with chicken pieces.
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Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups shredded Italian cheese. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.