Wednesday, May 26, 2010

What's on the plate tonight!

Mmmm.. Thought I would share what we are having for dinner tonight. It's yummy, has a fast prep and can be changed up by using different veggies.

Pork chops with mushroom sauce and veggies over Jasmine rice

2lbs boneless pork chops
1/2 chopped yellow onion
3 stalks sliced celery
2 cloves garlic
1 medium green pepper chopped
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 can mushroom soup (I use low sodium for Babybee)
1/2 cup water, chicken broth or milk

Saute onions and celery in a deep pan with olive oil for about 2 minutes, reduce heat to medium and add mushrooms, garlic and green peppers. Cook until mushrooms are slightly golden and set aside in small bowl. Using the same pan brown the pork chops on both sides and season with white pepper. Once browned, continue to cook for 5 minutes, flipping once half way through. Add cooked veggies and mushroom soup and 1/2 liquid of choice. Thoroughly blend soup with liquid then cover and simmer over low heat for 45 minutes. Serve hot over rice, potatoes or your favorite pasta! Mix things up by alternating the veggies and type of cream soup used:)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Yes, got the Cricut AND a photo printer!!!! Uh-oh:)

After one night's use I was warned that I needed new colour ink for the printer, and believe it or not I haven't even tried the Cricut yet :( I cannot wait to start babybee's scrapbook, or the family scrapbook/photo album.... I went NUTS with photos of babybee:) I have been amped to finally have memories of her in actual print instead of bytes on the computer! Wow, I realized I need more frames now, too:)

She's got 12 teeth now, and has been *challenging* lately! She really has no understanding of the word "no" or "please do not touch that" or "that is not yours, please put it back". It's hard to teach her these things when she is only 15 months old, but big enough to climb onto the furniture and reach all the things she should otherwise not be able to! I am fairly certain she also grew another inch :S YIKES!

I will get organized and get my recipes up, and photos, and crafty stuff too. It's been really hard to get the time for those sorts of things. Too many hours at work and not enough time at home! Wish I could stay home, but without the fob I wouldn't be able to buy paper and cricut cartridges, LOL:)