Valentines Day Shirts

I have been playing around with making shirts and it has been so fun!!
I posted a few I made on my website: www.facebook.com/JoyfulBlessings
And the orders came rolling in...

So here is a pic of one of my orders completed. A nurse wrote to me about two sisters who have Hurlers Syndrome - she wanted to order Valentines Shirts.
Here is a photo of them almost finished...

Go to the website above to see finished ones...

Want to order?? Head over to Joyful Blessings on facebook!
Thanks!

Chicken!

This week, I ran out of grocery money so I have been having to improvise!
Day one was a Chicken Milanese - Which I had everything for!
Here is that meal! It was so good!!

And today was supposed to be Shrimp Scampi, but I didnt have the items for that so I move don to Wednesday - which I had everything for, but it was so similar to yesterdays, I changed it up a bit - it called for rice, but I opted to use noodles - and it is def not gluten free as I didnt have the right noodles...

It was a Chicken Broccoli Casserole and it was GOOOOOD!!!

Here is a photo of that...

Yummmm!

Minestrone Soup

Todays Menu included Minestrone soup - one of my faves!
Usually I make it with shell noodles, but since this is gluten free - we used rice. ( the recipe called for quinoa).

Everyone loved it, we added in addition to the recipe - zucchini and celery and some extra chicken broth...

Steak Fajitas

The menu today is Steak fajitas. With skirt steak - which looks nasty. I mean real nasty. People eat this stuff?  Look, I am a beef lover. I would eat steak every day if I could. But skirt steak looks gross. Its all fatty and stuff. Blech. But I am doing this menu plan at Fresh 20 to try out new things. Stuff I have never cooked or stuff I have cooked with a healthy twist.  I have cooked fajitas before, but not with skirt nasty steak.

All that being said. I cooked it wrong and sliced it wrong.  I followed directions. But I shouldnt have. I should have done it the way I *thought* it should have been done. But anyways. It was tough. Literally.

So we sat there eating and had a good laugh as the table fell silent and all we could hear was chewing. We all stopped looked at each other and laughed. Yep. Chewy. And while I am complaining - I dont like the corn tortillas either. So there.

So here are the photos of the evening.

Chili and Chicken tacos!! Ole!

And mexican week continues!

Here we have chicken tacos with a rice and veggie salad- ( we discovered we arent really fans of corn tortillas) But ate them anyways...
Chicken was spicy according to the kids, so next time, less spice...
For them at least, LOL

And the chili was astounding and had tons of hidden veggies, if your family doesnt like those sorts of things... My kids prefer veggies over meat so they were pleased to have it mixed in...
This was supposed to be served with home made corn chips - but I burnt them... Dang it!
I am NOT posting the photo of that! LOL!!

Enjoy this feast of the eyes!

Spaghetti Bolognese

Welcome back!

This week seems to have a mexican theme for The Fresh 20's Meal plans...
Super excited because in my house, my kids LOVE this food!

Monday was a Spaghetti Bolognese. What does this have to do with mexican cuisine? Well, not much, but the sauce did have cumin in it...

And I am going to admit something publicly here. Because we are all friends right?
I am not going to be using the gluten free noodles any more. I know, I know. I am doing the gluten free menu right?!? Well truth is, my family just doesnt like them, and I am throwing them out and it seems wasteful! So if and when I can, I will substitute the noodles for rice, if not then I will use real italian noodles.

So in the future when you see photos, I WILL let you know which is which!

That being said, I DID use white rice noodles with this recipe. I thought it was great! But the rest of the fam, not so much. We did have a guest for dinner, my brothers AMAZING girl friend, who had baby sat our kids for us today. And I forced her to try it. She didnt seem to mind - but my amazingly picky brother stopped by... Then the fun began! This man, doesnt eat anything, I mean ANYTHING! He hates veggies! And I thought for SURE he would NOT eat the noodles. HE scarfed the plate down!! And the recipe had a cup of shredded carrots! He ate it!! Yowza! That is saying a lot! haha!!!

Anyways, here is the photo I took of my plate before I scarfed MY plate down!

Turkey, Ham and Mushroom - Oh My!

I have clearly been slacking this week! Or just havent had time, I am SO sorry!

Here are the meals I prepared for the rest of this week.
They were all hit EXCEPT - the mushroom linguine. Which, by the way, I was looking forward to the most! I was so sad! My husband and I managed to get it down, but the kids didnt even touch it. I take that back, they did try it, but made a face. Skylar even refused my offer of cookies to eat it! Geesh!

It probably would have been better with non-gluten free pasta, or more oil, or more cheese. Something. It just lacked flavor. And the citrus dressing was sooooo citrus-y. Ah well. Cant win them all!

Here are the photos combined into one post!
Enjoy!
And like always, the recipes can be found at The Fresh 20...