I’m back!!! Or so I hope to be….

OK I know I have not been doing good keeping up on my blog. I have been working a lot of hours at work lately, So many that last night when I noticed I had a lot of CM I was like OMG what is the date! I was afraid I missed my window (cause I did not feel like doing anything last night). Well Thankfully I realized that it’s still a little early (about 2-3 days) so we need to start BD tonight. Maybe TMI BUT OMG I don’t think I have ever had such Egg white CM as I did last night it was crazy. I have been eating healthier in hopes of it helping us conceive faster so hopefully this is a good sign. I also bought a cute little number to try to help spice things up. I have been having a hard time keeping up with my blog too because all the ones I started reading about infertility when I started keeping this blog about 75% of them are all pregnant now… I am happy for them I REALLY am but I am also very jealous and just want it to be my time to have another baby too. I cant wait to feel a baby moving inside of me again. it was the most wonderful feeling…. I also miss the ability to sleep. When I was pregnant I could sleep all the time I had no trouble falling asleep at night but when I’m not I have serious insomnia issues so much to where in a 3 days period sometimes I only get 10 hrs of sleep… so then that results in a cranky Hope and nobody wants that. Thing 1 & 2 are so ready for another sibling too. We have some friends that have had babies recently and they are so good with them they are always trying to help with the babies and they are always playing with their baby dolls feeding them bottles and changing their diapers putting them down for a nap and wrapping them in blankets, It is some of the most adorable stuff I have ever seen. That’s something that yes even though I have 2 kids I didn’t get to experience when going from one kid to two kids. (Oh btw I realized I haven’t written our about page yet so I will be doing that now too if you want to know more about us).  Well I guess this is it for now I still have our about page to write and then I need to get to cleaning house (I can’t get in the mood to BD if I have a messy house!)

I have had a few drafts saved and will be posting those up so make sure to check back and read them for some good recipes. Unless I remember to change the dates they will probably post in the past…

 

Salsa Chicken Wrap

Well I loved the chicken mixture from the mexican chicken pizza so much I had set some to the side and turned it into a wrap the next dy for lunch…. It was also absolutely delicious. I just wish I would have had olives to put in it.

3 chicken breasts

1 1/2 tbsp dried chopped onions

1 ½ tbsp chili powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

¼ cup sour cream

1 jar salsa

Lettuce

Tortilla

Cook your chicken in the crock pot with 2/3 jar of salsa poured over the top of them for 4-8 hours on low (I had forgotten to start it in the morning so around lunch I started it and cooked 3 frozen chicken breasts on high for 3.5 hours and they worked great they were falling apart when I took them out).

In a large bowl place the shredded chicken, spices, sour cream and pepper to taste then mix well.

you can either put just put the chicken mixture in a leaf of lettuce for a low carb lunch or put the chicken in a tortilla with some lettuce and wrap up like a burrito with a side of salsa.

These are my new favorite lunch and healthy for you too. Which is very helpful since I’m getting close to that time and craving so many sweets.

Mexican Chicken Pizza

Mexican Chicken Pizza Serves 4-5 adults

Ingredients:

3 chicken breasts

1 can refried beans

1 1/2 tbsp dried chopped onions

1 ½ tbsp chili powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

¼ cup sour cream

½ cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 jar salsa

3 large burrito tortillas

Optional garnishes:
lettuce tomatoes avocado Sour cream red onion

directions:

Cook your chicken in the crock pot with 2/3 jar of salsa poured over the top of them for 4-8 hours on low (I had forgotten to start it in the morning so around lunch I started it and cooked 3 frozen chicken breasts on high for 3.5 hours and they worked great they were falling apart when I took them out).

Preheat your oven to 400º. In a large bowl place the shredded chicken, spices, sour cream and pepper to taste then mix well. Spread some beans on a tortilla (about 1/3-1/2 a can) lay tortilla in your baking dish (I used a round Pyrex dish so it the tortilla came up the sides a little) top with 1/3-1/2 chicken mixture repeat with 1 more layer. Top with last tortilla pour remaining salsa on top put in oven for 20-25 min or until edges of  top tortilla start to brown. Top with cheese and continue cooking for 5 min or until cheese is melted.  Remove slice and serve. top with desired garnishes and enjoy.

 

 

***** sorry I forgot to take a picture I will try to remember to take one next time***

I’m thinking this isnt our month.

Well I’m pretty sure this isn’t our month. I’m still a little under a week away from when I should be starting but I’m completely feeling PMS symptoms already. I have been craving sweets so much. I want to eat all the time (although this could totally be because I’ve been trying to eat healthier and lose some weight too. I am down 5 lbs since the beginning of the year) Hopefully next month is our month but until then Here are two recipes for breakfast to help you with some sweet cravings.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

I make my batter the same way as normal (pancake mix, but leave it a little thick)

then in a glass measuring cup take 2 tbsp butter, 1/4 c sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tbsp flour. warm and mix together

after pouring your pancake batter in your skillet pour some of the cinnamon sugar mixture over your pancake

and cook as normal I topped with whip cream but here is the original recipe and they have a buttermilk syrup recipe (I haven’t tried it yet though)

BBQ Chicken bites & Chocolate Carmel Banana Bites

I Have been all over this website called “food gawker . com” (obviously with no spaces) I absolutely love it! There have been so many wonderful ideas on it. So the First one I tackled was Buffalo Chicken bites. Here is the original recipe, I did modify it because I didn’t have everything I needed for it and I can’t stand Blue cheese.

BBQ Chicken Bites

2 Chicken breasts cooked and shredded  (or maybe more if you don’t want the desert with it)

1/4-1/2 c. shredded cheddar cheese (depending on how much cheese you like)

1/3-1/2 cup Favorite BBQ sauce enough to give it a stick together texture and taste (I love sweet baby rays)

1 tbsp active dry yeast

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 cup warm milk ( I used 2%)

3 cups of flour

To make the BBQ chicken mixture, in a small bowl, combine the chicken, cheddar cheese, and BBQ Sauce, then set aside.

I put this in my bread mixer and it worked wonderfully! In a 1 cup measuring cup, heat the milk and then add the 2 tablespoons brown sugar stir together until brown sugar has dissolved then add in yeast stir and let foam (about 3-5 min). Pour milk,brown sugar, yeast mixture into the bread mixer and set on dough setting then add 2 1/2 c flour then slowly add the last 1/2 c of flour a little at a time until a soft dough forms. My mixer has a timer for the dough to rise so at this point I get to walk away your alarm will go off after about 1.5 hours. if you were mixer with a stand mixer or by hand knead it out for 7-10 min then put in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled and bubbles appear on surface, about 2 hours.

To make the BBQ chicken mixture, in a small bowl, combine the chicken, cheddar cheese, and BBQ Sauce, then set aside.

Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in the middle of the oven. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.

 Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut into 4 equal pieces. Lightly dust your hands with flour, then gently roll and stretch 1 piece of dough to form a 12-inch-long rope. Flatten dough and arrange so a long side is nearest you, then roll out to a roughly 12- by 4-inch rectangle with a lightly floured rolling-pin. (If making desert too use 1/3 of chicken mixture) Spread one-fourth of BBQ chicken mixture into the rolled out dough then roll it up I closed the ends like a burrito. Cut rope into 12 pieces and transfer to a sheet pan. Make 3 more ropes with remaining dough, filling and cut into pieces, transferring to sheet pans (unless you are making desert too then leave one rope set aside. they say to Let rest at room temperature, uncovered, 30 minutes (dough will rise slightly). But I didn’t and I think they turned out Just fine.
Bake buffalo chicken bites in the preheated oven for 7-10  minutes or until the tops are lightly browned. Remove from oven and serve.

Chocolate Carmel Banana Bites

this is only a recipe for one rope but it is easily adaptable

I have my left over rope from the above recipe

1 large banana or 2 med bananas

1 tbsp Chocolate sauce

1 tbsp Carmel sauce

I rolled out the rope to the same 12×4 rectangle layer the cut up banana pieces in a line down it then drizzled chocolate and caramel sauce over them (you don’t need much because as they heat in the oven the sauce becomes thinner and spreads). Roll and bake 7-10 min remove from oven let sit for 5 min cut into 12 pieces and add a little bit of whip cream on top to fancy it up a little if you want. (In the pic mine were only cut into 3 pieces) I also have tried this desert with crescent rolls too. Also very good. My husband thinks the crescent rolls are better than with this dough. for those I take the rolls out of the container and leave 2 together then pinch the seam together again. Then cut the rectangle into 2 squares. Then put the bananas in the middle of it and bring the four corners up in the center and pinch together. then cook for time stated on tube. let sit for a few min then enjoy!

I hate PCOS!

Well This wont be our month. Instead of trying to have a baby the last few days since I should have been ovulating Instead I have been in pain from a cyst popping. It has been a few years since I had a cyst pop I had kind of forgotten what it felt like. Its like being stabbed with a knife! Then all the pressure that is there afterwards it sucks! All I have wanted to do is sleep but unfortunately I have been suffering from some major insomnia also so I haven’t been able to sleep much. So to say the least I haven’t been very happy and my house is getting messy. I really hope that next month we can try again without my PCOS getting in the way of things again. I hope the rest of you TTCers are having fun and lots of luck this month.

Everything for breakfast

I was trying to come up with something to eat for breakfast the other morning and came up with this idea. I love eggs and toast, I love french toast and I love omelets so this is kinda like all of it combined!

I took a couple of slices (it was 3 slices from the big round loaf) of sourdough bread and ripped them up and put them in a 8×8 baking dish then I sliced up some red onion, threw in some mushrooms and artichoke hearts I put about 1/2 c. of shredded cheese and tossed it together  then I scrambled 8 eggs with 1/2 c. milk, some pepper, onion powder and garlic powder to taste then poured over the top. baked at 350* for 15-20 min until  eggs were fully cooked let sit for 5 min then served. next time I think I might cut up some spinach and add it to it. it was delicious

Before eggs were added

After cooking! Thing 1 and thing 2 loved it and it was so easy to make!

Chicken Pot Pie

The other nights dinner was Chicken Pot pie I love this recipe because it is so easy to make I even put together a second one and put it in the freezer so I can just heat and serve later in the month.

to make 2 8×8 dishes of this here is my recipe

3 boneless skin less chicken breast (cooked (i put in the oven for 1 hr and 15 min with pepper garlic and onion), and cubed) (1 1/2 breasts for each dish)

2 cans cream of chicken (one in each dish)

2 cans of milk (one in each)

Veggies of your choice (the amount varies every time I do it but I love getting the mixed bag with green beans, peas, carrots, squash, zucchini, corn and lima beans. my family likes them softer so I boil them for a little bit to heat them through and then strain them)

5 cups bisquick (2 1/2 c per dish)

3 cups milk (1  1/2 c per dish)

1 – 1 1/2 cup shredded cheese

in the last 15 min of my chicken cooking I start to boil my veggies. while those boil I mix up the cream of chicken soup (1 can) and milk (1 can) (I mix it in the dish one at a time that way they are sure to have the amounts they need) then I strain my veggies and split them between the two dishes and mix them so they are well coated in the soup milk mixture. when my chicken gets done I chop it up into cubes and divide it between the 2 dishes (1 1/2 breasts per dish) and mix it again to get a good coating.

I then mix up 2 1/2 cups of bisquick and 1 1/2 cups milk once mixed well i put it over the top of one of the mixed ingredients it doesn’t have to be perfect then do the same for the other. Then put in the pre heated oven at 400* for 20-25 min until biscuit is cooked in center then add 1/2 -3/4 cup shredded cheese and cook until melted (only 2 min or so) takeout let sit for a 5 min and serve. (if you didn’t need to cook both cover the other one and  put in freezer for up to 3 months)….  (I havent cooked my frozen one yet so I’m not sure on the cooking times but I’m thinking it will be 350* for 35 min covered then another 15 min uncovered I still have to figure this one out but when I do I will update it. If you get to it before me let me know what worked for you)

This is so easy and so delicious. (this fed 2 adults and 2 kids and still had enough left over for lunch the next day)

p.s. I over filled mine so it started to bubble over (I was craving a lot more veggies this time I should have upped the size of my dish)

Back in action!

Wow it has been a crazy last couple of weeks! We visited some family out-of-town had a wonderful Christmas, and are now starting to get back in the swing of things. I have all my decorations put  away finally! I had to go back to work after the new year, and were back to trying to conceive again. My period showed up on new years day, Happy new years to me! and Lucky me I will get to have it twice this month! LOL! Unless I get pregnant of course! Hubby bought me us some stuff from an adult store to spice it up in the bedroom since once you’ve been trying for a while things seem to get old and lose their appeal. He also bought me a new little black and purple number to wear that’s really cute! So here’s to hoping that this month is full of lots of fun!

I also plan on trying to spend a whole day cooking one weekend so i can create a stock pile of meals in the freezer so then I don’t have to do full meal cooking all time, so on the nights where I had a rough day at work I can just pop in some already prepped chicken enchiladas, or empty a bag of stuff into the crock pot turn it on and head out the door for the day and dinner will be ready when I get home… SO I have created a new page that I will post the links to the posts where I have the recipes that way they are easy to find!

I hope Everyone is having a wonderful new year! I am so glad to be back on here and reading about so many of you getting your BFP, or how your making it past big milestones in your pregnancies. I love you all and now it is time for me to go get some action lol!

MIA

I know I have been MIA lately I feel bad I posted every day in november but this month not so much. I haven’t been feeling good lately. I have had a lot of headaches and my MS has been really acting up. SO I’m sue this wont be our month (I haven’t taken any OPK’s) but I’m sure we missed my O and since I haven’t been feeling good we haven’t even BD yet for it to be a possibility. With the stress of the holidays it’s probably best anyways cause I’m not sure I could take adding in TTC. On the plus side though I have all my shopping done, everything is wrapped and under the tree.  Since my kids are still young (both 2) they don’t realize it but the stockings are filled already too lol… I am ready for Christmas day! I really love this season. I could actually do without all the gifts. I love spending time with family, Baking & playing games. I’m the only one in my family that is excited to get up in the morning and get everything started but doesn’t care about the presents, I just want the day to start. Where as my brother is more concerned about getting to sleep in and when he does get to opening presents they better be good. A few people in the family were feeling like this wasnt going to be a good year for the holidays because of the economy being so bad and money being tight for everyone. I think that’s better cause its less time opening presents that someone stressed over getting for you and you probably don’t like or wont use. (I mean if you really want to know what I want I want some totes or stuff for organizing my house but really who wants to buy that for you? NO ONE. they want to get you something else and then when you get it you act thankful and really it is the thought that counts but then it gets shoved in a corner in your house or in a closet possibly to never be used again. ) Now with less time spent opening presents, and cleaning up the mess we can spend more time together. We can cook a little longer get a few more rounds of apples to apples in or some other game we choose to play. I just really love not having other things (cleaning, homework, work, etc) to do and being able to set that time aside just to spend with everyone. I think I was really born in the wrong time period. I wish I was around back when they had all the poofy dresses and you spent time with family much more often. before video games, computers, internet, tv, ipads, iPods and cellphones ruled the world.

 

Well I’m not sure when I will write again with the holidays right around the corner and not feeling well. I hope you have a Wonderful christmas, or Hanukkah or whatever else it is that you celebrate. Spend some extra quality time with your families for me. Hug them a little longer and tighter, kiss your partner with a little more passion than normal, cuddle with your kids a little longer and try not to let the commercialized Season take over what it’s all about Spending time with you family and cherish everything you have.