Stir It Up ... Oven Fried Drumsticks

Oven Fried Drumsticks

Ingredients:

¼ cup vegetable oil

½ cup all-purpose baking mix

1 Tablespoon paprika

2 teaspoons Creole Seasoning (hint below)

1 teaspoon seasoned salt

½ teaspoon garlic powder

¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

10 chicken drumsticks

Step by step

Preheat oven to 450*. Pour the vegetable oil evenly over bottom of 15- x 10- x 1 inch baking pan.

Combine the baking mix, paprika, Creole seasoning, seasoned salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and black pepper in a large bowl. Mix well. Pour into a paper bag.

Add the chicken drumsticks, a few at a time, to the bag and shake to coat. Arrange on the prepared baking pan.

Bake chicken, turning once, until juices run clear when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 30 minutes.

Transfer to a serving dish. Serve immediately.

Spice secret… Creole seasoning contains black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, oregano and sometimes thyme and paprika, most of which are found in the other seasonings in this recipe.
If you prefer not to purchase a separate jar of Creole seasoning, slightly increase the amounts of the other seasonings.

This recipe I got off a Great American Home Baking card.

Enjoy!

Debra Phiri

ADCAN nannies attend Nannypalooza 2011

Here's what a few of our members had to say about attending the event ...

I really enjoyed attending the Nannypalooza weekend. It was a great benefit and lots of amazing information for nannies and moms too! I really liked the play workshop. It was great reconnecting with old friends and making new ones too. I am so glad to still be a part of ADCAN! Thank you all for allowing me to stay involved in such a great organization.

I would definitely try and attend another Nannypalooza weekend in the future. I found it overall a great opportunity for all nannies to stay educated and connected to our amazing field.

Thanks!!

Lisa Holzbach Webb

Nannypalooza is always a great conference. Sue Downey and her helpers manage to get a good choice of speakers. One session that helped me was “Learning all about Learning Styles” with Joy Lesnick, Ph.D. She presented three basic learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic. The group discussed helping children or students using four scenarios. Suggestions were given for each kind of learner. “Book Chat with Children’s Book Author and Blogger” with Julie Sternberg was also quite enjoyable. I may be biased a bit, because I recently left a long term job, and she wrote a book about a child whose nanny has left. The book is LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE. Julie also read from several children’s books and made some very good suggestions to get kids engaged in reading.

Nannypalooza does a good job educating nannies, but as always the best part for me is the networking. I made some important new contacts with agency owners. I reconnected with nannies from around the country that I know through going to conferences over the years. The conference gives me a great feeling of professionalism. The weekend is uplifting and highly motivating. All nannies should attend whenever possible .

Sue Krzos

Nannypalooza was a lot of fun this year. There were many good choices for workshops. I really enjoyed three workshops. The first being The over Programmed Child: Making Time to Play with Carolyn Stulberg. She enthusiastically discussed how important play time is for children. Later in the day I attended ‘Why Do They Do That?' What We Now Know About Developing Healthy Brains with Linda Lomabdo Ph.D. This unwittingly went hand-in-hand with aforementioned workshop. It discussed why play time, nurturing, and encouraging children are important for a developing brain.

Creative Tools to Teach Kids about Healthy Food with Debra Dennis of HealthyNannies4HealthyKids was the third session I enjoyed. It is important to teach kids to eat healthy. It is just as important for nannies to model this behavior.

And as always I have a blast seeing friends and making new ones!

Angela Jackson

NNRW and ADCAN Brunch ~ September 2011

NNRW and ADCAN Brunch

We had a great time at B. smith’s restaurant on

Sunday September 18^th 2011.

Thank you to all who could make it :

Kellie Geres, Suzanne Herrick, Nidia Cubilla, Melissa Doran, Michele Greene, Joanne Garrelts, Sue Krzos, Angela Jackson, Alice Shaffer, Dominique Jordan, Taylor Augustine and Debra Phiri.

We played a couple of games and had a lot of time to socialize and catch up!

All in all a fantastic way to spend a few hours.

To those who couldn’t make it, we hope to see you soon at other ADCAN events and meetings...

We missed you.