getting ready for the party

I just had eggs tonight. I had a bunch of eggs that were going to go bad soon, and I didn't want to put alot of effort into dinner tonight cuz I had to clean up for the party tommorow. I'm soo excited!! I'll let you know how it goes. Kirsten's gonna sleep over tommorow night, so I probably won't post tommorow, but I'll give you an update on sunday. :)

~Later~

Yummy Chicken!

tonights dinner was YUMMY! Salsa chicken & Mexican rice! so I coated the chicken in taco seasoning, poured some salsa over top and cooked for 25 minutes. threw some cheese on top when it was done, let it melt. the mexican rice was just brown rice, tomato sauce & the rest of the taco seasoning. here's the recipe for the Salsa chicken

Chris thought the the rice should maybe not have been tomatoe based, thought there was alittle too much tomatoe. I thought it was PERFECT & Yummy!! :):)

left overs

tonight's been kinda a blah night. we just had left over spaghetti..



but the good news is I finally finished the blanket I was working on!

I'm getting excited for my recipe swap party on saturday! I hope alot of people come! I'll be spending friday night and saturday morning cleaning up a storm.. ;) later

~Ky

Pizza

hey! so tonight I decided we should treat ourselves. :) we've been so good with all the budgeting and hardly EVER eat out. So we decided to go to Happy Joe's Pizza. We've never been there, so I wanted to try it out. It was really good! they had a large w/unlimited toppings including soda for about $15. Nummy Yummy piiizzzaaaa. hehe.

have a great day!
~Ky

quick & easy

I had a really busy day at work today, so I just went with spaghetti tonight. I did use whole wheat pasta. You really can't tell the difference. they say it's way better for you than regular pasta, but I can't really tell a huge difference when comparing the nutritional value's on the box. It is alittle better, but only by a couple percents..

I didn't take a picture tonight. It's just spaghetti.. ;)

In other news, Chris got switched to first shift! I finally get to see my husband during the week again! :) He's working 6:30am to 3pm, monday through friday.

~later~
p.s. thanks for being a follower woowy! ;)

Yummy!

I made white beans and ham tonight. It was really good! Great northern beans, cubed ham, chili powder, parsley, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, half an onion and water. simmered for about 45 minutes and it was YUUMMY! :) Chris added a bit of hot sauce to his and he said that made it just perfect. :)

not so fantastic today

so I wasn't thrilled with the food I made today. for dinner we had black beans and rice. the recipe called for stewed tomatoes, brown rice, black beans, oregano, garlic powder and an onion. I used diced tomatoes, brown rice, black beans, about half an onion, oregano, a teaspoon of jarred minced garlic, and the garlic powder. I didn't really like it at all. Chris thought it was ok, so it wasn't a total bust, but I won't be trying that recipe again..

then I was in the mood for cookies tonight but I didn't want to wait for butter to soften so I looked for cookie recipes that didn't use butter and found cake mix cookies. I had a box of yellow cake mix just sitting in my pantry forever, so I figured why not. the recipe called for the cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 cup oil and 2 cups of chocolate chips. I used applesauce instead of the oil and only about a cup of chips. I had to add a few tablespoons of water too cuz it was very thick. They didn't turn out fantastic. the first batch was too puffy. they pretty much stayed the same shape they were when I put them on the sheet. the 2nd & 3rd batches got squished down and cooked alittle longer and turned out alittle better. all in all not a bad quick little low fat snack. I'll try different flavor combinations again.