Stewie

Stewie
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Our friend Wayne's new little one, Stewie. Super cute and oh so cute!

Bella and her tulips

Bella and her tulips
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Bella with her backyard tulips.

Bella & Scott

Bella & Scott
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And here is the other assistant. Silly humans, back behind the camera and let the model work.

Bella & Gwen

Bella & Gwen
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The Star herself with one of her assistents, we tried to do a threesome photo but the princess was not willing to share her limelight with both assistants at the same time.

Bella the Lady

Bella the Lady
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Always the Lady - one of her favorite ways to sit. You'll notice that even thoughlittle Miss. Bella has 4 really nice beds (and i do mean NICE) of her own she is laying on our bed.

Bella Blue

Bella Blue
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I love it when she does this, been trying to get this shot for forever.

Bella Food16

Bella Food16
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And the final product - BELLA'S FOOD! Ok i know most of you out there could probably care less what we go throught to keep our girl so healthy, shiney and happy, but i thought it wood be fun just to see if i could explain it all. The crazy thing is this is just what we do for her food, the silly pampered girl's life is sometimes beyond belief.

As our friends say, it's good to be Bella.

Bella Food14

bella chicken14
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Once the chickens are out and on the cutting board, the carrots go back in for another 15 mins. or so. The chickens are then completely peeled. We disgard the skin (even though it is very yummy, Bella can't eat it) By this time Bella is right beside waiting for any bit of chicken she can con you out of. The meat is place into a container (Bella can eat on this for the whole week), the bones are thrown away and the necks we freeze to make stock from later.

Bella Food13

Bella Food13
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Another photo of the pretty chickens straight from the oven. From here they are lifted off the rack onto a large cutting board to be peeled....

Bella Food11

Bella Food11
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This is after the one hour mark, if it says 176º to 180º then it's done, yay, well not yet...

Bella Food8

Bella Food8
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Again you can see bella has moved closer and has a friend, strenght in numbers, you know.

Bella Food7

Bella Food7
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From here we place the chickens back on top of the carrots then place back into the oven. If you look close you can see that bella has moved closer even though there is still an hour or more to go. She definitely watches over her food...

Bella Food6

Bella Food6
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So to continue...here are the chickens at the 30 min. mark. We lift out the chickens, pour in the carrots being sure to stir them so that they get go and coated with the drippings from the chickens...

Bella with squirral waiting

Bella with squirral waiting
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She always knows that there is food bing perpared and always wait patiently.

Bella's Dinner5

Bella's Dinner5
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When timer chimes, carrots are dropped into the roasting pan and tossed then the chickens are put back in on top. The timer set for an hour....

Bella's Food4

Bella's Food4
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Then cut....

Bella's Food3

Bella's Food3
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Carrots are washed and peeled...

Bella's Food2

Bella's Food2
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The 5lb chickens are rinsed and seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, salt & pepper on the outside with additional salt & pepper and a pierced lemon in the cavity. Wings are folded back and the legs are tied. The oven is at 400º with timer set for 30min....

Bella's Food

Bella's Food
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I know, most everyone out there will think we are totally crazy (and yes we are), but these following pictures are the steps to preparing Bella's meals. We usually prepare this for her twice a week, doing two chickens with carrots and garret yams...
more to come