Tonight I made a delicious new recipe, Tex Mex Chicken and Zucchini. Too yummy not to share. It was easy, cooked in one skillet and like I said delicious!!
INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp avocado or coconut oil (I used coconut oil)
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 large garlic cloves, minced
2 medium bell peppers, chopped
1 lb boneless and skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1″ pieces
1 cup of frozen or fresh corn
2 large zucchini, diced
14 oz can of black beans rinsed and drained
1 can of Rotel
1 pack of taco seasoning
1 tbsp cumin, divided
1 tsp salt
shredded cheese to top
ground black pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat large deep skillet on low- medium heat and swirl oil to coat.
Add onion, garlic and bell pepper, saute for 3 mins
Move veggies to the side of the skillet and add chicken. Sprinkle with 1 tsp of cumin, salt and black pepper. cook for about 5 mins
Add corn, beans, Rotel, zucchini, taco seasoning and remaining cumin. Stir, cover and cook on low- medium for 10 mins
Sprinkle with cheese, cover and cook for a few minutes until cheese has melted.
Top with green onion and cilantro (I didn’t add this)
You could serve this over rice or quinoa, I didn’t since I’m TRYING to be good… this week at least haha-
Happy 10th Birthday Pumpkin Head! I cannot believe it! My firstborn is 10 years old today! Gosh time really does fly by when you’re having fun.. She has amazed me from day one! I remember the night before she was due, a Sunday, we were watching the movie “I Love you Beth Cooper” and Jason said “Ok get to something and make this baby come I’m not going to work tomorrow!” So I got my big preggo self up and “ran” up and down the stairs lol! Maybe my 3rd-5th time up and down I had to go to the restroom- you know all that bouncing up and down on my bladder man… I honestly didn’t think anything of it, but as soon I sat down BAM! water broke! (TMI Sorry!) Things went great- it was a very smooth and easy delivery. On July 26th 2010 at 7:29 am our beautiful baby was born! Brayklee Emerson Roncek, weighing in at 7lbs 11.9 ounces and 20.5 in long! I can remember not knowing any details of her but trying to see the scale when they were finishing up with me and all I saw was 11.9. I almost freaked thinking she was an 11lb baby!! Big babies run in my family and hey it was my first I didn’t know hat to expect! She was perfect!
Every day since then has been such a blessing and adventure! She is the most caring, smartest, loving little girl I know-well besides my JayceeRae- I have been blessed three times with the most amazing kiddos! She is what you would call a Kidpreneur for sure! She has such big ideas already, I cannot wait to see when she gets older and really puts her imagination to work. We are so proud of her. I’m so glad the Lord made me her mom, we have a bond like no other- poor kid is just like me but at the same time just like her daddy its crazy. I miss her being a baby, but she will always be MY baby. At the same time I wish she could stay young forever, but I really look forward to the years coming. I hope she knows we love her to the moon and back and that she means the world to us.
Kids they say the darnedest things… I hope I never forget the little sayings I have with my children- Jaxon is my sweet, sweet Momma’s Boy and I wouldn’t have it any other way! Lately when he’s being all lovie dovie he’ll ask “Mom how much do you love me?” Of course I come back with something BIG like “To the moon and back!”, “To infinity!”, “As big as the universe!!” well, when I tell him these answers he cuts me off and says “NOT ENOUGH!” – just as plain as day without change of facial expression and then keeps going on about his way. I love it, I love all his little jokes he plays on me. He just started adding today when saying not enough, “that’s like 4 inches” “NOT ENOUGH”- Sometimes he gets so mad and out of the blue he’ll say “why can’t I marry you! I wish Daddy didn’t so I could.” He knows it doesn’t work that way and sometimes he’ll say things like- Mom when my girlfriend is on vacation, I’m coming to your house to snuggle. He’ll ask if he can have one of my rings to give his girlfriend so he doesn’t have to buy one – haha I just love this little boy … I hope he always loves me this much.
That’s right… I did it again…signed up to sell another favorite of mine… Except this time I plan on getting the kiddos involved. Last night I joined the Usborne Books & More family! It was a great deal and I couldn’t pass it up. $25 to join all while expanding our library! The kiddos are super excited and I have to admit so am I- Check out my eCommerce address: https://F10329.myubam.com. If you would like to join my team for $25 also, hit me up this deal won’t last long!
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Stay tuned… This week we will start sharing with you some of our favorites.
I made my daddy some Broccoli-Cheddar Cornbread for Father’s Day this past Sunday and thought I would share my recipe. It’s super easy and super yummy! Great to enjoy with a bowl of soup or chili or for a side to any meal really-
INGREDIENTS
1 (10 oz) pkg. of frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and patted dry
1 (8 1/2 oz) pkg. of Jiffy cornbread mix
3 beaten eggs
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon of garlic salt (I used Tony Chachere Creole seasoning on this one because my dad doesn’t like garlic)
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (I left it out since the creole seasoning already has a slight kick)
** You can also add Jalapeno peppers in this recipe and it’s so good!**
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 375
Grease 8×8 in. square pan and set aside
Combine cornbread mix with eggs, onion, cheese, butter, seasonings
Stir in broccoli
Pour mixture into the prepared panand bake for about 30 mins or until golden brown and cooked through
Who love’s a good sub sandwich? This girl! My favorite kind is a turkey club sub…. yummo. Tonight it was just me and the girls and I didn’t feel like cooking so I through together a Sub in a Tub salad and it was a big hit! What are the ingredients?? Basically picture any sandwich you would get at a deli or make at home, think about the ingredients, throw them all in a bowl! BOOM! There you have it…Sub in a Tub! Tonight I used:
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard…”
Winnie the Pooh
Today is June 7th, 2020. Granddaddy would have been 80 today! I miss that man so much. He was such a proud husband, father, GRANDDADDY, and pops. He loved his family so much, no matter where he went he always shared something about his family to someone. He knew just how many of us there are too, I still have to count who’s who and how many! Anything good we had going on in our life it was because of him ;-). We look good….because He made us lol… We have good jobs…because He told us…We made pretty babies… because again, it’s in his genes. He was so silly, and took credit any time he could. I still dream and think of him so very often. You know the saying if you see a red cardinal it’s someone from heaven visiting? Well we see them all over and the kids will smile real big and say “Pops came by today!”, “Hi Pops!”, “I saw Pops today!”, or I like it when I see multiple red birds… I always say “Granddaddy is showing us off again” I know he would be just as excited as I am about building our new home. I know he would be up there every chance he got just to check on the builders to make sure they are doing their job the right way, or to tell them how he use to build windows and doors and the projects he built. God, I really miss him. To celebrate him today I took the kids by Krispy Kreme, he loved KK donuts, and then went to visit his resting place. The kids and I shared stories and memories about him, ate too many donuts and just remembered him. OH! and we also left a star balloon that we signed (red of course) in his flowers. On the way back to the car I glanced up in the tree by his grave and guess what was there… a frog wind chime. He loved frogs for those who didn’t know… I wasn’t sure if Grannie hung it or not but thought it was super cool. Come to find out she didn’t by the way and it made it even more cool. Coincidences like this happen ALL THE TIME- I could already write a book about the little signs of Granddaddy; and I absolutely love it. I shouldn’t be surprised though… He’s not going to let us forget he’s always watching over us. Happy Birthday Granddaddy.
What is your go to appetizer to make or take? Mine is Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip! It’s quick, easy and so yummy ! Our good friend Todd would bring his delicious Buffalo Chicken Cheese dip anytime we would have a get together, after soccer hang out, or game night, so I’ll give him the credit for this blog 😉
INGREDIENTS
2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup Ranch dressing
¾ cup Frank’s Hot Wing sauce
1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese
INSTRUCTIONS
Drain the chicken and pull apart with fork. I usually put the pulled/chunked chicken on one side of the crock pot and the 2 blocks of cream cheese on the other side, then top the chicken with the 3/4 cup of sauce and top the cream cheese with the cup ranch. I feel like by putting the wing sauce on the chicken it kind of marinates through, but that could all be in my head. Cook on medium for about an hour or until melted. Once the cheese is melted stir and add the shredded cheese, mix well and cook for another hour on low. When ready serve with tortilla/Frito chips, crackers (chicken flavored are really good with this) or if you like celery, celery sticks I’m sure would go great – but I am not a fan. I hope you enjoy this easy and yummy recipe as much as we do!
I’m going to go ahead and apologize from start- Today’s been weirdly emotional for me so- sorry if this blog is a bit melodramatic-
Let me start off with the happy aka “good” news; We’ve started the process of building our forever home!!!! Well… kinda lol we’re still a long ways away BUT…. We finally decided who we’re going with to build, and signed on what floor plan we want. SO EXCITED!! If we jump on the building part now they are saying we could be moved in by February 2021, the only thing about that is we’d like to let Brayklee finish up 5th grade where she’s at and the drive would be a bit much for 3-4 mths if had to take them to and from school. So there’s that- But guys our home is going to be lovely! I think I’m most excited to see my hidden pantry we added, or maybe the big porches! I cannot wait to move forward on this process.
Now the sad “bad” news, today was “Snip snip” day for the hubby, and even though we both agreed this is what we wanted, boy did I not know to expect the feelings going through me right now. I know each pregnancy was harder than the one before, I’m not old but I’m not a spring chicken either. I’m probably mentally capped already being a mother of 3 with a full time job, who loves to be on the go and always has something planned. I know it wouldn’t be fair to my children or my husband to share even more of their time. I know vacations would be harder, and would it even be financially responsible? I want the best for our children. What I didn’t know is how I would feel once the vasectomy was completed. Once he went back it really hit; my child bearing chapter of my life is over! I immediately began to feel dread and regret at the thought of the permanency of this vasectomy. I will never again experience things like the baby kicks from within or the joy that comes from watching my newborn experience all their firsts-No more baby giggles. No more “mama” or “dada”. No more baby snuggles when everyone is still sleeping. I love being a mom and I love the baby stage. Of course, I was WAY more exhausted, but I was so full of happiness and joy at the thought of this little squish that I made, birthed, and fed. I feel so sad that such an amazing part of my motherhood journey is over- now do you see where the apology melodramatic comment came from-
But like I said from the start- The next chapter, it’s here. I know it will be a new and exciting chapter in my family’s lives and in my marriage. The kids are growing up to be amazing little humans. Brayklee is such a “go getter” She has all these plans; her blog, her online shop, youtube channel- I took her to work the other day and they child wrote a book and has been looking up “self publishing” book sites! JayceeRae is just as ambitious, but right now she’s just trying to get more animals out of us- hey no more babies- maybe some more critters??? I think her last wish was a baby goat – well two because she wants to name them Salt and Pepper… LOL Jax, my sweet sweet Jax is wiser than his years, and his love and care for us is magical. This time goes by so fast, so I’m just going to sit back and soak it all in. I am so looking forward to see what the future looks like in this new chapter. – Plus more kids would mean never sitting in a booth at a restaurant again 😉 I guess I’ll be ok LOL!!
Sweet Sweet Brynleigh, you are absolutely beautiful! You made me an Auntie K again, and boy do I love it! I love being you and Brycen’s Auntie K. My lil Bacon Cheese Burger and Lil’ Nugget (I think I need some lessons on the nicknames from Grannie lol) I cannot wait to watch you and your brother grow into the amazing little people I know you will be! I may not have carried you for the 9mths your momma did, but I claim you as one of my own and will spend the rest of my life loving you, protecting you and doing whatever I need to make you, your brother and cousins happy! – Top photo cred to sweet serendipity cakery & studio
