Tuesday started off perfectly normal. Bo dropped a happy Oliver off at daycare, and I made it to work early for the second day in a row. The downside to these mornings is that Oliver keeps sleeping in so I don’t get to see him before I leave for work, which totally sucks. I’m almost…
Teriyaki Chicken, Roasted New Potatoes and Broccoli
This was a nice and easy meal to make, though it did require a little bit of prep work on the teriyaki sauce. Teriyaki Chicken Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients: 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (you can use any type of chicken though, just adjust your cooking times) 1…
Jen’s Shakespeare Cookies
These are the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you, your Momma, your Grandma and your Grandma’s Daddy ever tasted! Seriously. The title can not lie (it’s like incapable or some shit). I had been on the hunt for YEARS (really, close to a decade) for the best oatmeal chocolate chip cookie because it’s Bo’s favorite…
The countdown begins
So it’s another Monday, and to make it better I figured I would start a countdown in my head. A countdown to 1 – the long weekend coming up NEXT WEEKEND and 2 – My birthday next Wednesday. Yeah. Oliver and Bo each got to sleep in today because Bo had a meeting at 10 or…
Cinnamon Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Cinnamon Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes I put this recipe into the folder marked “How many foods can I fit into another food”. It’s a fun game, and I keep raising the stakes (like, if I can get up to 5 foods into another food, I’m totally taking myself to Dairy Queen for a blizzard, the…
What day is it again?
Well, we (Bo and I) totally screwed up our internal clocks yesterday by going grocery shopping. You see, I am usually a creature of habit, to a fault, and Sunday is usually grocery day, so I was totally screwed up. Plus, you throw in that Bo got up yesterday with Oliver, and I got up…
Buffalo Chicken Bites, Baked Macaroni & Cheese, Garlic Toast, and Garlic Butter
Buffalo Chicken Bites Ok, so Bo felt like something tossed in my chicken wing sauce, but not chicken wings. He didn’t know what he felt like, so I went with chicken bites, nice and easy to make. And they were delicious! They were even delicious the next day warmed under the broiler (though completely different…
Sa-sa-sa-SATURDAY!
So, Saturday morning rolled around at 6:30 when Oliver woke up and I just could not drag my butt out of bed. So I asked Bo to instead, and he did without so much as a sideways glance at me. Good husband! I tossed and turned for another four hours (but I probably could have done…
Despicable Me
Ok, so the post title sounds like I’ve done something horrible, but I haven’t, we just saw that movie tonight. We’ll get there though. TGIF was certainly true this week, and I’m not even really sure why. Maybe because of Oliver being sick, maybe I’m still struggling to adjust to working every day, maybe it’s…
If Momma aint happy, aint nobody happy!
I’ll skim through the morning here because it was the same as every other normal morning. I headed off to work and Bo got Oliver ready and off to daycare (I did get to see my boy for a couple of minutes in the morning though, yeah!). Work was work, oh yeah, except for Justin…
Quick cook zuccini
Cook-top Roasted Zucchini Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini, cut into ¼” slices 3 tbl extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced salt to taste (fleur de sel, french gray, sea or kosher (in my order of preference, lol) Steps: Heat the olive oil until it’s very hot in a large skillet (this is important, as it allows room for…
Poor sick baby.
After a fairly crappy nights sleep (I was worried about my boy and tossed and turned all night), I got up at 6 and jumped in the bath to shower for work. Such a confusing sentence. (explanation: We haven’t tiled our master shower yet, or finished any shower in the house for that matter, so…
Huh…
This morning I wondered why the saying goes “Easy as pie”. Pie is not easy to make, that crust can be a fickle bitch, and don’t even get me started on lemon meringue.
A major "Oh F*ck" moment…
So… Nana stayed over last night to watch Oliver for 1 more day, making sure he’s good and ready to go back to day care. The fever hasn’t returned, so we’re looking good! I was supposed to have meetings at work today, but some drama went down earlier in the day and everyone left. Fine…
Porcupine Balls and Apple Crisp
Porcupine Balls Ignore the name, they’re just meatballs with rice in them that puffs out the sides, hence the “porcupine” moniker. This is a family favourite, passed down to me from my Nana, but I’ve tweaked it a lot over the last 4 years and finally have a perfected recipe. Enjoy Prep time: 15 minutes…
Monday blues
Well, week two of work had started and it was actually, somehow, harder then week one for me. I don’t know what I had convinced myself of subconsciously, but my mind was not up for going to work for another week. Especially with Oliver sick. Thankfully, Nana’s coming to watch him today (and tomorrow), so…