24 June, 2019




Is There Anything Spiritual About Mindfulness?

Mindless muddy brain attacks until you are slipping into a careless coma from chaos
Shoes on sunglasses on sun so bright just one foot in front of the other
music on blasting sadness out
Nature in action
mindful spirituality frees us from inner struggles and conflicts of our human condition no longer in the grasp of ego
Existential mindfulness
Adversity. Been down so long it looks like up. Courage or Fear?
A defining moment to become who you really are. Rise Up!
Feel your meaning and purpose
The Universe is open to you... come and live inside my heart
Run away? I don’t think so.
I’ll take a mindful existential reset for $2,000 Alex
It’s the Daily Double 
©jg2019








































18 May, 2015

Chicken with tomatoes and beans in the slow cooker



Just putting this here so that I would remember how to make it.  Found pictures online of stuff I used, but not necessarily these brands. It was soooo good.
This is the finished dinner!!










I dumped all of the above into a crockpot, seasoned the chicken with season salt, crushed and grated 5 cloves of garlic into it and cooked it in the crockpot for a few hours on high. Super easy and really good.  I don't eat rice, but if I did, I would have served this with brown rice and poured the juice it made, over the brown rice. 

I did hot roast broccolini though, and ate that with it.

27 August, 2014

#HeresAThought . . . Love or fear? . . . Jim Carrey's Secret of Life

It has been a long time since I have posted in my blog.  I came across this today and just loved the words and the images.  Since I'm now producing "Here's A Thought with Charles Shaughnessy" on TradioV, I decided I would put this up and see what YOUR thoughts were, those of you that subscribe to my little blog.  Watch this video and let me know what you think.

peace
janelle





04 December, 2013

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

THE Original RECIPE for SLOW COOKER CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP
CAME FROM MELISSA DARABIAN ON THE FOOD NETWORK
I of course changed it a bit



Ingredients
3 chicken thighs, skin removed (i used left over turkey that was cooked & added it the last hour)

10-ounce can diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 1/2 cups cooked black beans (i rinsed mine before using)
1 1/2 cups chicken broth ( i used Swanson Chicken Stock for cooking 26 ozs)
1 1/2 cups water
1 yellow onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 jalapeno, finely chopped (i did not have a jalapeño so i used a large can of chopped chiles)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
Juice of a lemon
i used tortilla strips and crunched them on top of the soup
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (i used this cheese maybe a couple T per bowl)
Salt & Pepper to taste
Put 2 - 4 slices of ripe avocado on top of each bowl of soup

Directions
Place the chicken, tomatoes (and juices), beans, broth, water, onion, garlic, jalapeño (or chiles)  cumin, and chili powder in a slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours. (i cooked on low for about 6 hours. at hour 5 i added the turkey. i would use chicken thighs though)

Uncover the slow cooker and use tongs to remove the chicken from the pot. Once cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and shred, then return the meat to the pot. Stir in the lemon juice. Crumble a few tortilla chips into each bowl and cover with some soup. Serve sprinkled with cilantro and grated cheese.

If you want it hotter, add hot sauce while it's cooking.

This was my Instagram post since it was the first time I made it and it came out SO freaking good!!


Per serving: Calories: 275; Total Fat: 8 grams; Saturated Fat: 4 grams; Protein: 22 grams; Total carbohydrates: 29 grams; Sugar: 7 grams; Fiber: 6 grams; Cholesterol: 56 milligrams; Sodium: 364 milligrams

Original recipe from Melissa Darabian


03 December, 2013

Shop at Charles Shaughnessy's amazon.com online store and GIVE BACK!

Did you know that if you start all of your amazon.com shopping at this link :



from Charles Shaughnessy's online store, a portion of the proceeds will go to Diabetes Research?

Well, it does and that is a cause near and dear to our hearts.

So please click on this link and start your amazon shopping! Every item that you purchase that starts from this link, a portion of the proceeds will go to Diabetes Research.  Not just for the holidays, but all year round! 

And please share this on your social media pages and tell the people you know who shop at AMAZON!

Thanks.

Janelle and Charlie




12 September, 2013

Fund Raiser with Charles Shaughnessy for Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps

Will you be in the Boston area on October 6th?
Come join Charles Shaughnessy to raise funds for the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps!!

Charles Shaughnessy, of television's "The Nanny" "Mad Men" "Victorious" & "Days of Our Lives",  is starring as Georges in North Shore Music Theatre's production of "La Cage Aux Folles" from September 24, 2013 - October 6, 2013. 

After the final 2 pm matinee performance of "La Cage Aux Folles" on Sunday, October 6thNorth Shore Music Theatre will host a "meet and greet benefit" for fans of Charles Shaughnessy to support the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps' participation in this year's Rodman Ride for Kids, which benefits at-risk youth throughout Massachusetts. The event will be from 5-7pm. 

The cost for the event is $25 cash/check payable at the door of NSMT's Backstage Bistro.  Charles proudly serves as a member of The RFK Children's Action Corp Advisory Council.

Please make checks payable to "RFK-Ride". For more information on the event or to reserve a ticket, please contact Tom Rosa @ trosa@rfkchildren.org  

For more information on the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps please visit the website @ Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps


Charles Shaughnessy speaking on his involvement at RFK Children's Action Corps



October, 2011 - Charles Shaughnessy, RFK Children's Action Corps Advisory Council Member, visited our Lancaster Campus and held a workshop on acting and improvising for the boys and girls in our programs. As you hear from Charles and one of our staff members the workshop is so much more than just an acting class.


Charles Shaughnessy speaking about why he volunteers his time with RFK Children's Action Corps

October, 2011-  RFK Children's Action Corps Advisory Council Member, Charlie Shaughnessy, talks about his motivation for being involved and what his time spent with the youth and staff means to him.

21 April, 2013

Organic Black Bean, Turkey, 'Shroom Chili with Dean and Deluca spices

Chili for someone else because it has no GARLIC in it and 
I L O V E Garlic!!  

But, I have a good friend who just had back surgery, and she and her husband like my chili that I make just for them. The first time I made it, their request was no garlic, no onions, no mushrooms and not spicy & made with ground turkey and black beans.  SAY WHAT?!? That isn't chili!!  But over the years, they have decided that everything but the garlic is ok, so this is how I make it now, just for them. Since it's a pretty good dish, I decided to blog it.  At the end I'll tell you what I would add to it for me!  

First, I bring out the big crock pot so they can have some to eat and some to freeze.

I used over a pound of Shelton's ground turkey from happy pastured turkeys with a little S & P and I sautéed that in a little bit of olive oil just to brown it, then put it in the crock pot with the tomatoes and tomatoe paste.

Then I sautéed the shallots and mushrooms in a little olive oil and added that in. If you wanted to make this vegetarian, the mushrooms are meaty and hearty and make a great meat substitute or just a great addition to chili with meat or turkey.

Then I dumped in the rest of the ingredients and spices and turned it on low in the crockpot where it will stay for the next 8 hours or so.

Ingredients
1 or more pounds of ground turkey or beef
2 cans of organic black beans, drained and rinsed (if you remove these, it becomes #PALEO
2 cans of organic petite diced tomatoes
1 10 oz package Trade Joes crimini mushrooms, chopped up fine
2 medium shallots chopped up fine
1 jar yellow and red roasted peppers from Trader Joes chopped up
Equivalent of 1 can of tomatoe paste, though I squirted it out of a tube


2 small turkish bay leaves  

Dean and Deluca Chili Powder Blend which is what sets my chili apart from other chili because it is a rich dark perfect blend of spices!
Dean and Deluca Hungarian paprika, greek oregano, basil, thyme and cumin to taste. they don't like things 'spicy' so i never use more than a teaspoon of anything and mostly just a pinch.  Last time I made it they said it was kind of boring, because I barely used any spices, so i upped the chili powder blend in this one!  They just don't like 'hot' spicy things I think . . . or garlic!

If I was making it for me, I would add a ton of fresh grated garlic, greek black olives chopped up, red chili pepper flakes, Louisiana hot sauce & more fresh peppers chopped up. 

I would serve it with greek yogurt and colby/jack cheese shredded on top of it and maybe some more olives chopped up on top.  I USED to serve it with crushed up fritos and sour cream and cheese on top.  It was yum, but I don't eat fritos anymore :( 





















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