AZ countdown: 6 days!

So Dustin and I made a goal to work once a week on a talent of ours... I decided to work on one of my weaknesses instead... cooking! Each week I try to make a new recipe... This is how I justify spending so much time on pinterest =] Here's this weeks! We put it on rice.

Honey Sauced Chicken

3/4 pound chicken (of your choice)

1/2 tsp. salt --> didn't use b/c everything else already has a lot of salt...

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 cup honey

1/4 cup soy sauce --> used teriyaki sauce instead b/c I don't like soy sauce... b/c of the salt... haha

1/8 cup chopped onion (or 1/16 cup onion flakes) --> didn't actually use b/c I don't like onions... not b/c of the salt =]

1/8 cup ketchup

1 Tbs. vegetable oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

To bake chicken as a 30 minute meal:

Dice chicken and season both sides with salt (also didn't add this...) and pepper, place in 8x8 pan. Pour sauce over chicken and bake at 350 for 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes. (serves 2)

Foodies

Ok, I'm starting to feel guilty for a few reasons:

1. I still haven't posted on here.

2. You are all making this delicious and healthy food, and I'm over here stuffing Max and I full of high calorie/low nutritional-value freezer food.

I need to snap out of it!

I blame it on the pregnancy. Food aversions. ESPECIALLY towards raw meat, which means... NO COOKING for me.

I made taco soup one night last week, and then couldn't eat it because I was so disgusted. HA! Max loved it though, and it lasted him a few days.

I just need to find the right kind of recipes. And a big thanks to all of you for posting so many recipes that sound amazing! I'm going to give them a try.

I'll try extra hard to steer clear of the freezer section at Sam's Club this week. Promise.

Doctor's Appointment on Wednesday!

AZ countdown: 4 weeks 2 days. Can't wait!

A weekend of H's: Homemade Hummus and Hiking the Y

This weekend Max and Meagan let us borrow their kitchen aid! Since Dustin and I are addicted to hummus, (and since it's wayyy easy and hard to mess up) we got a random recipe offline and made it!
15oz chickpeas
2 tablespoons roasted garlic (we put in 4 because we're also addicted to garlic)
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice (we probably put in 1 1/2 because we couldn't taste it that much)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon oregano
easy peasy.

Yesterday after work/Dustin and Sam going paintballing we hiked the Y since it was so sunny... and I partly didn't want to study...

Health Kick...

So I am on a total health kick here. If you girls have any healthy recipes post them because I need more. Here is one that turned out really good so I thought I would post it for everyone. You can do it with our with out chicken.

1/2 oz grilled chicken breast cubed ( I seasoned it with a little salt and pepper)
1 apple diced into cubes
2 stalks of celery chopped
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
Stevia to taste

Mix everything together. Let is chill before you eat. Super good and yummy.

Gen Con Weekend

On Saturday night my friend Ariel and her husband invited us to stay at their cabin in park city! I have loved going to her cabin since freshman year and I was excited for Dustin to get to go because her cabin is NICE!

Sunday morning we ate bfast and watched the morning session. Dustin and I got addicted to their shuffle board... and he wanted me to post the other picture...

After the morning session Dustin and I left for SLC. The person who owns the parking garage we parked in must have been mormon or something because it was free! After walking like 10 steps out of the parking garage this random couple rolled down their windows and asked us if we wanted a ride to the Conference Center. They were in Sunday clothes looked legit so we took the ride. After waiting for like 10 minutes outside the Conference Center for somebody to give us tickets I got us some! The line to get in was SUPER long... but then I heard someone yelling my name! My friends from EFY were towards the front of the line so we didn't have to wait super long. When we got in we realized where our tickets were... PLAZA 1 aka the FLOOR! This wouldn't be a big deal except for the fact that I've never sat anywhere but the very top so I was super excited. Especially since we were in the corner where the First Presidency walks out! We got some pictures but my camera is wayyyyyyy old so they are super blurry... sorry!

After conference got out it was super windy but we stopped by temple square to take a quick picture.

p.s. it may or may not have taken me all day to figure out how this thing works... and I still don't know how to put the picture where I want it... sorry it looks weird!

Lauren

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