Desperate Housewife

I'm definitely not a housewife. Although, I desperately wish I could be.

I'm a cook in the making doing some on the job training, if you will.

After my turkey incident, I nearly put away my cooking stuff and threw in the dishtowel.  But. I had turkey left over! and I put too much energy into it to not use it.

I attempted to make these sandwiches and I think they turned out pretty darn well for a first time broiler.

I took some pieces of whole grain bread and tried to broil them, but this was after I had to call my dad to find out what it meant to broil something. Who knew there was a heating unit in my oven that wasn't the oven?

Have some pity on me, I'm only 23... I should be eating ramin noodles in a dorm room somewhere finishing my masters, but I chose to take a little different path in life and I couldn't be happier!

Back to these sandwiches.... I broiled the bread but only got the crust to get crusty, but persevered anyway. I threw some spinach leaves (I love spinach leaves) on, sliced some tomato (I try to convince myself daily that I like tomato, but I really don't), avocado (I love avocado)....

I think I may have used too much, but at least avocado is a health fat right?

Used up the turkey I had left over...

Put a slice of colby jack on top...

and broiled it for a few seconds. If I could figure out how to get this method of cooking to be consistent with all three sandwiches it would be golden. Fast, efficient, and the sandwiches were mouth watering good, even with crusty crusts and normal bread like centers. 

Perhaps I'll try these again sometime soon, but buy precooked turkey next time. haha

Crockpot Steel Cut Oats

I've been reading a lot about making steel cut oats in the crock pot. I am in love with this site: Weelicious here is her post about Crock Pot Oatmeal. So I made it for the girls. They loved it. The end.

Just kidding.


I used Whole Foods brand of steel cut oats 1 cup, like 4 cups of water, too much cinnamon, and a few huge squirts of agave nectar (which is a mix between syrup and honey-but o'natural) and cooked it on low all night (about 8 hours). It was ready for my hungry little girls Raigan in the morning, and Riley ate some too haha.

I did have a picture from the next morning when they were done, but I lost it, so you'll just have to believe me that it was good.

Easy as...

pie? Nope. Easy as chicken.

I love chicken. When I was a vegetarian for years, it was the chicken that I missed most.
I love chicken and I love simple.
I love honey and mustard too, and salt.

So here is the yummiest chicken recipe made with all things I love:

It's 4 simple ingredients

*Chicken breast (after watching Food Inc, I try to buy organic free range whenever possible)

*Yellow Mustard

*Honey

*Salt

Your portions of meat should  be the size of your palm. My husband and I usually share a chicken breast, Riley will eat a small portion of mine, if we're lucky, and Raiggie, she isn't quite there yet, close, but not there. I sometimes make more to have leftovers, but not very often, because unless Brandon takes them for lunch the next day, they just sit in our fridge till I get around to cleaning it out.

You preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Put a chicken breast(s) in a shallow pan or baking dish (I use aluminum foil because it makes clean up easier).

Cover the chicken breast(s) with a good squirt of honey and a good squirt of mustard. Sorry if I'm being too technical here. haha

Sprinkle with a small dash of salt.

Pop it in the oven for an hour, baste the chicken a few times throughout with the honey mustard glaze, and.....

voila! Honey mustard chicken breast.

Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients



Agave Nectar is SUPER sweet



Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.



Enjoy.