30 Things, Day 15

If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

What a strange question.... I guess I would have to say a spoiled house cat. You have to work to earn a cats love & most of them are hard headed B's .... what can I say, I relate :)

Menu 7/27-7/30

Key West Grilled Chicken, Grilled Mushrooms & Broccoli

Pesto Chicken Stuffed Shells

Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken with Spaghetti Squash

Stuffed Turkey Burgers

Chicken Taco Chili

This was yummy & perfect for the rainy Sunday! It wasn't as spicy as I would have hoped but perfect for C, I just added hot sauce to mine. I of course used low sodium on anything I could, the original pinterest recipe I saw used canned corn but I switched to frozen to cut down also.

Ingredients...

• 1lb boneless, skinless chicken
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 can of black beans
• 1 can of kidney beans
• 1 can of diced tomatoes with chopped chilis
• 1 small can of tomato sauce
• 10oz of frozen corn
• 1 packet of taco seasoning
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp chili powder

Directions...

• Combine all ingredients into the crock pot and cook on low 6-8 hours. Shred Chicken about an hour before serving. {GEEZ I LOVE CROCK POT COOKING}

Buffalo Chicken Lasagna ... nom!

I realized after I cooked all if it that I didn't take any pictures! I saw this recipe on Pinterest made a few different ways so I printed 2 and then personalized it a little bit ... the ranch powder was my doing ;)


Ingredients...

• Whole wheat lasagna noodles {uncooked}
• 1lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed... I used my PC chopper to chop small
• 1 jar of spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup of franks buffalo sauce
• 1 packet of hidden valley ranch dip mix
• 15oz non fat ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup of egg beaters
• cheese, the recipe called for pepper jack slices I didn't have any so used reduced fat mozzarella
• 1.5 cups of water

Directions...

• Preheat the oven to 350 & spray 9x13 pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Cube chicken, toss with ranch powder & cook in a skillet. You could also shred it & then mix it with the powder, I thought the cubes were too big so I chopped it super tiny with my chopper after it was cooked.
• Combine chicken, water, buffalo sauce & spaghetti sauce in a large bowl.
• Combine ricotta & egg beaters in a small bowl.
• Spread 1 cup of sauce on the bottom of the pan, cover with noodles, spread more sauce, then layer with ricotta. Repeat this process until you are out of ingredients {you should finish with a layer of sauce}.
• Cover with foil & bake 70 minutes.
• Uncover, top with cheese and bake 15 minutes uncovered.

Fall ...

I am SO ready for fall & have been for weeks, just the thought makes me smile! I love the crisp air, sweaters, hoodies, big thick socks, the county fair, TOTing, spiked apple cider, smores, the pumpkin patch! I keep hoping to see the new Starbucks menu when I go in but I know it's too early.

I'm thinking this year of having an all out Halloween party for the kiddos in my life, face painting, pumpkin painting, bobbing for apples, I have been debating this for a few years & I think C is the perfect age now.

I stumbled across this Fall Bucket List at Life As a Seed & plan to do the same as she is, printing & framing so we can mark them off as we go! I am really looking forward to it.

This list was made by Katie & can be printed from her blog Loves of Life ! I noticed she has a winter bucket list also....

30 Things, Day 14

... Describe 5 strengths you have ...

1. Honesty
2. Strong willed {both a strength & a weakness at times}
3. People person, I swear I could talk to anyone! {except the really stupid ones that drive me bonkers}
4. Dependable
5. Gracious

Menu 7/20-7/24

Monday

Left-over crock pot chicken & dumplings I made last night, SO GOOD!

Tuesday

{light} Cajun chicken "pasta"

Wednesday

Parmesan chicken and broccoli

Thursday

Buffalo chicken lasagna

Friday

Whatever my family wants to eat, I will probably be feared about my mud run the next day. The 5K the I have no about for MONTHS but done no training for.