WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}

 Ingredients

6 mozzarella cheese slices

1 1/2 cups cooked chicken that has been shredded or grilled 1/4 cup cooked bacon (2-3 slices cooked)

a single tablespoon of low-carb ranch dressing

1 teaspoon finely sliced green onion

Instructions

Chicken, bacon, ranch, and green onions should all be combined and left aside.

Set your oven’s temperature to 350. Use a silicone baking mat to line a sizable baking sheet.

On the silicone baking sheet, arrange the slices of mozzarella. Cook for 5-7 minutes.

Remove from the oven when the cheese is bubbling and the edges are browned (see the video if you need some help).

Give them approximately a minute to cool so they are still extremely malleable but cool enough for you to handle.

On one piece, spread the chicken bacon ranch mixture down the edge. Tightly roll the slices up, seam side down.

Fun Friday!

 

WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}

 

 Something fun to do and be well too.

The Inheritance (Secrets of the Shetlands) by Michael Phillips

 

Book Description:  Dramatic New Series from Fan Favorite Michael Phillips

The death of the clan patriarch has thrown the tiny Shetland Islands community of Whale's Reef into turmoil. Everyone assumed MacGregor Tulloch's heir to be his grand-nephew David, a local favorite, but when it is discovered that MacGregor left no will, David's grasping cousin Hardy submits his own claim to the inheritance, an estate that controls most of the island's land. And while Hardy doesn't enjoy much popular support, he has the backing of a shadowy group of North Sea oil investors. The courts have frozen the estate's assets while the competing claims are investigated, leaving many of the residents in financial limbo. The future of the island--and its traditional way of life--hangs in the balance.

My Thoughts:  When I was a young teen a remember my mom reading books by Michael Phillips and loving them.  I haven't seen any books authored by him for quite awhile and then this new book popped up...the Inheritance. . . Micheal Phillips' new series of Secrets in the Shetlands.  I was intrigued . . . 

The setting of the novel is in Scotland.  And from the descriptions this is a beautiful land!  The story is begins when David's great uncle passes away and there is no will, it seems that David may not inherit his uncles's land after all.  The courts freeze all the assets and then Loni Ford and up and  coming investor in America receives an intriguing letter from a Scottish firm.  And everything changes!

This is quite an interesting read with a lot of Scot culture as well as mystery in the "missing will." The mystery concerning the inheritance is well written. 

The biggest plus in this read, to me, is the wonderful journey of going to Scotland.  

This is a grand read!  One not to be missed!

• Series: Secrets of the Shetlands (Book 1)
• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764217488
• ISBN-13: 978-0764217487

Fatal Code (The SNAP Agency Book #2) by Natalie Walters

 

 Book Description:  In 1964, a group of scientists called the Los Alamos Five came close to finishing a nuclear energy project for the United States government when they were abruptly disbanded. Now the granddaughter of one of those five scientists, aerospace engineer Elinor Mitchell, discovers that she has highly sensitive information on the project in her possession--and a target on her back. 

SNAP agent and former Navy cryptologist Kekoa Young is tasked with monitoring Elinor. This is both convenient since she's his neighbor in Washington, DC, and decidedly inconvenient because . . . well, he kind of likes her.

As Elinor follows the clues her grandfather left behind to a top-secret nuclear project, Kekoa has no choice but to step in. When Elinor learns he has been spying on her, she's crushed. But with danger closing in on all sides, she'll have to trust him to ensure her discoveries stay out of enemy hands.

My Thoughts: This is such an interesting story!  First of all, it's unlike any story i've ever read and secondly I love the way the author makes the story flow.

The Los Alamos Five are asked no ordered to quit what they are working on.  It's fairly hush-hush assignment.  So, they disband.

But years later the granddaughter, Elinor Mitchell, finds information that makes her pause for thought.  

First of all, it places a target on her back and secondly it's from her grandfather.  

She feels that he left this information behind is a clue to more than meets the eye.  States secrets kind of stuff.

But then Kekoa Young is given the job of following Elinor to see what she info she has obtained.  Kekoa isn't sure about tattling on Elinor because he kind of likes her.

When Elinor finds out Kekoa has been spying on her she feels deflated.  But as life would have it someone makes no bones that they want the info she has obtained.

What a grand story!  I loved the action, the romance and the danger.

WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday}

 

Season of My Enemy (A book in the Heroines of WWII series) by Naomi Musch

 

Book Description:  Only last year, Fannie O'Brien was considered a beauty with a brain, and her future shone bright, despite the war pounding Europe. With her father's sudden death and her brothers overseas, Fannie must now do the work of three men on their 200-acre farm until eight German prisoners arrive and, just as Fannie feared, trouble comes too. Someone seems intent on causing accidents and Fannie is certain the culprit is one of the two handsome older Germans or possibly both. Can she manage the farm, keep the prisoners in line, and hold her family together through these turbulent times?

My Thoughts:  I absolutely love the cover of this book.  I try not to pick books by their covers but this one called out to me.

And the story!  I enjoy stories about WWII and this one was not the run of the mill WWII story.

Such an unique take on not just WWII but farm life.  

Fannie O'Brien is a gutsy lady living in perilous times.  But, yet, she lives liz to the fullness trying to keep up and do her duty.

When Captain Wolfgang Klonginger everyone is suspicious of him because he is German.  And things are mysteriously happening.  Accidents that could be avoided are going on.  Making ice difficult for a few people.

Fannie O'Brien decides to take matters into her own hands She is determined to get to the bottom of this mess.

As Fannie sets out to see what is going on, despite all the work that must done at her farm, she is surprised and, maybe, a bit shocked at what she finds out.

A fantastic read with just a pinch of love, a bushel of intrigue and a dash of everyday farm life.