Random.

Ok enough recipe posts, I need to catch up on our life! Nothing much is new....Ryan just finished his second semester at SAIT and is now working full-time for the summer. He works at home depot in the hardware department (he loves it). And he's taking an extra class in the evenings over the summer. He never stops! he's a very hard worker though i'm so proud of him!! I'm 29 weeks preggers!!! YAY!!!! I remember thinking in the beginning if I was ever going to make it to 30 weeks and i'm almost there! Most of you know I've been pretty pretty sick during my pregnancy with really severe nausea...I don't know if I ever mentioned this but in the beginning I was on diclectin, I was taking 4 pills/day and I was still constantly nauseous and throwing up morning/day/night and I remember one morning I was laying on the bathroom floor so sick I couldn't move, every move I made would trigger it and I was debating on calling an ambulance it was SO bad! but I didn't have no phone near me and I didn't want to move so I didn't go to the hospital but I went in to the doctor and begged him to give me something else of the nausea or asked if I should go to the hospital and he didn't want me in the hospital because they just pump you with diclectin anyways so it wouldn't have done me any good! lol good times....i'm still on the Zofran which has saved my life for the most past but hasn't fixed the problem 100% but it has helped enough to a least help me function and keep down food. I thought I was starting to better for a while in the second trimester and then about 2 weeks ago it's like it all came back again!!??? so I didn't end up going back to work like I had planned and i'm still on my paid sick leave which I think I will be on for the rest of my pregnancy. But I see it as a blessing since my job is pretty hard core and would totally drain me out. So in that case, I feel blessed to be at home resting and not causing myself and the baby any stress! I remember watching my friends at work pregnant and struggling through their shift and I just felt so horrible for them!

I also went in and did the diabetes test when you have to drink the orange pop stuff....I thought it was so gross I almost threw up! nurse called and told me I'm not diabetic (thank goodness) BUT my iron is super low so now i'm taking an iron supplement which is good but not so good, I feel so sick after I take it! don't know if thats normal but I read nausea is a side effect when pregnant. Great. hopefully I can switch to something else.

Oh by the way, my blog is kinda like my pregnancy diary at the moment. So sorry if it sounds all whiny sometimes lol its the pregnant hormones.....other than the crazy nausea I love being pregnant! it is such an amazing experience!!!!! I feel SO blessed to have this little baby growing inside of me and feeling him kick and move around.....it is so cool and it makes me so happy! i love him so much and I haven't even met him yet.....

P.S- I curse all the women out there who avoid getting pregnant because they are worried about the outcome (their body image) afterwards. I can't believe how many women I've talked to who purposely don't want to start a family because they think they have this rockin' hot body and a baby is going to ruin it. Wow. I couldn't believe my ears but I've heard a few woman say that. Seriously though, I was 110  when I got pregnant, I had a rockin hot body but that didn't keep me from wanting the joy and experience that comes from having a baby. It's part of life. It's a gift from God, being able to bare children and every woman should experience it (if they can). anyways.....those are my prego hormones talking by the way ;) maybe not.

I look up to all the women I know in my life who are a mother, you are all awesome and I'm watching you. So behave!

here I am at 28 weeks....

caught this of him watching his favourite show...look at that handsome grin! he is so handsome!!!!

I don't think I blogged about Mother's day but yes I did get some first mothers day goodies from my mom and hubby! i'm so spoiled :)

My new sewing machine!!!! i love it! I've got tons of projects i'm working on!

Cute scripture bag I made.

another random prego pic of me at 26 weeks?? I think??

Calgary temple! it's coming along and it's so gorgeous!! can't wait to go inside when it's all done.

Meal #4

Chicken Stroganoff

This is one of my favourite meals my mom would make us kids growing up....so tasty and you will see why once you try it!

Ingredients:

4 cups of Chicken breasts (cooked)
1 Sweet Onion (chopped)
1 can chicken broth
1 cup butter
1 Red pepper
Sour cream
Noodles (any kind)

Directions:

Cook chicken. In separate pan, Saute onion in butter. Add chicken broth and pepper. Heat altogether in pan. Add sour cream on top and serve over noodles. Dash with salt & pepper. Enjoy!

Meal #3

Grilled Garlic Chicken w/ Hawaiian Veggie Skewer

This is the same chicken that I used in meal #1 but I think it's SO much better grilled instead of cooking in the oven. so delicious!

Ingredients:

Garlic pepper chicken breasts (Costco)
potatoes
pineapple
red onion
orange bell pepper

Sauce: I made a drizzle sauce for the veggie skewer which I put on after. All I did was mix:

3tbsp soy sauce
1c. pineapple juice
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1tbsp brown sugar


Directions:

Grill chicken on the BBQ until it's nice a crispy. Mine is a tiny burnt but I like it that way! For the skewers just dice everything up and put on the skewer and grill on the BBQ along with the chicken. This meal can't get any easier and it was so yummy, plus Ryan loved it!! Enjoy!

Meal #2

Tonight was very simple and oh my so delicious AND healthy!

Strawberry Spinach sandwich - 

Ingredients:

Strawberries
Organic baby spinach leaves
cream cheese (or you can use goat cheese)
Multigrain bread (toasted)
Salt & pepper

Directions:

Throw it all on the bread! toasted of course!

7 day Cooking Challenge (Meal #1)

I do love to cook but I've been horrible and very disorganized with our food and meals since I've been pregnant, my appetite is all over the place and I end up wasting so much food. so I decided to challenge myself and actually sit down and PLAN out all our meals for a week....but the goal is I will continue to make the planning a habit! so here is meal #1 for my 7 day challenge! most of the recipes I'll post are a mixture of other recipes and me just playing and trying new things! I thought I would start off with something pretty easy.....and if you haven't tried this chicken you MUST!



Garlic Pepper Chicken with Lemon drizzled Veggies -

Ingredients:

Garlic Pepper Chicken breasts (Costco)
Green, red, orange bell peppers
mini potatoes
salt & pepper
lemon

Directions:

The chicken is super easy since they are already marinated. I get the chicken from Costco and it is amazing.You can cook them in the oven or on the grill.

All I did was sauté the peppers and mini potatoes together with pepper and drizzled some freshly squeezed lemon juice over top. Very tasty!

See! so simple! and it makes a great meal!

 all the veggies drizzled with pepper and freshly squeezed lemon

 The finished product! I like to garnish :)