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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

Thank you Pinterest and Bakerella!!! Whoa baby, this pie is amazing. Super easy and it made for a great dessert tonight. Hopefully I can just force Henry out with food.

This recipe is courtesy of Bakerella.





Ingredients:
1 unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie shell ( I used Schnucks brand) located in the freeze isle
2 large eggs
1/2 C flour
1/2 C granulated sugar
1/2 C brown sugar
3/4 C softened butter
1 C semi sweet chocolate chips
1 C chopped pecans

Directions:
Thaw pie crust and poke holes with a fork into the crust so it doesn't bubble up while baking
Preheat oven to 325
Beat eggs in a the mixer until foamy
Beat in flour, sugar, and brown sugar
Beat in butter
Stir in chocolate and pecans
Pour mixture into pie shell
Bake for 55-60 minutes
If you notice the top getting dark, cover with foil and resume baking
Cool on a wire rack, but serve warm with a scoop of ice cream

YUM YUM YUM!!!!

41 Weeks?!

Well, I guess its no secret that Henry did not arrive on his due date. That's ok, but the question is...when is he going to arrive!? I cannot even begin to explain how ready we are for this to be over as we are getting ready to embark on week 41. I am really uncomfortable and REALLY ANXIOUS to meet our baby boy! We are dying to see what he looks like. I have been trying to move, but I get sore pretty easily. I have been pushing myself- I promise. My mom and I went on a all day shopping spree the other day and I just spent 3 plus hours in the kitchen. Hell, I even washed and dried the dishes by hand so I could stay on my feet. Henry is just not ready to come out. I have accepted it, but I hope that he comes soon. If anything...we are getting bored. Everyone keeps saying to enjoy the peace and quiet while we can. I know someday we will look back and remember this moment and wish it had lasted longer, but now we are ready for it to be over. Zac was just ragging on me for not updating my blog enough so I figured I should post an update and a few recipes since I'm bored and all. Plus...maybe talking about it will make it happen??? Perhaps?

Anyway, here are some photos and recipes from tonight's dinner :)
 
Creamy Chicken with Wild Rice Soup

 
4.5 Cups chicken broth
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 package Rice-a-Roni long grain and wild rice
1/2 t salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 all purpose flour
1/2 C butter
2 Cups half and half- you can use fat free if you want to reduce calories
1 C grated carrots- I just buy the shredded bag and then use the left overs for salads
1 C diced celery
1 C diced onion
1 to 2 garlic cloves
 
Poach chicken breasts in water until cooked (or you can use a rotisserie chicken) allow them to cool and then shred with a fork-season with salt and pepper and set aside.
 
Saute veggies in 1T of butter until cooked, but don't over do it. I like a little crunch to my veggies- set aside.
 
Cook rice according to package instructions- set aside.
 
In a stock pot melt 1/2 C butter (1 stick) and add the flour. Cook for a few minutes to remove the raw taste. This is the roux that will eventually thicken your soup. Slowly whisk in the 2 cups of half and half. Whisk over medium heat until it thickens.
 
Add the chicken broth, chicken, veggies, and rice. Allow to simmer for 15 minutes or so. You want all the flavors to meld together.
 
This soup is absolutely delicious and will make 6-8 servings. If you want to bulk it up a bit, you can make two boxes of rice instead of just one. I actually ended up doing that for hubs because he LOVES wild rice.
 
Enjoy!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

39 Weeks

Warning- bare belly photo. I haven't taken any of those up to this point, but I figured that one day I might want one to look back and see what I looked like...don't fret, its tasteful.
For starters, let me preface this post by saying that I hope this is my LAST baby bump photo shoot. (I'm sure Zac feels the same) It can't be easy taking 20 plus pictures of me with a chalkboard until I find one that I can tolerate. I have mentioned before that I feel so blessed to have had such an easy going pregnancy. Trust me.... with that being said though, I am soooo ready to be done. First and foremost because Zac and I want to meet our son. In addition to that------> I hurt. My body just hurts. I don't know any other way to explain it. I don't want to go on and on with complaints that I know other mothers out there are familiar with, but I will just simply state that I am sick and tired of being pregnant. The End.

Here are some pictures that we snapped today...as mentioned earlier, hopefully these are the last ;)







Caramel Corn

Last year for Christmas Jace and Andrea bought us a Whirly Pop from Crate and Barell. I use it all of the time. Soooo much better for you than the microwave stuff. Its a lot of fun to create custom seasonings and flavors and it tasted a million times better. Last night I thought I would try a sweet version so I decided to make caramel corn. I started by popping 2 cups of kernels. I always save my large paper brown Trader Joes bags, so when I was done I emptied the Whirly Pop into a bag. On the stove I brought to a boil: 2 sticks of butter, 2 cups of brown sugar, and a 1/2 C light corn syrup. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1t of vanilla and 1/2t of baking soda. Pour mixture over popped popcorn. Then shake, shake, shake! Pour onto a couple of pans and throw in the oven at 225 for 1 hour. You should take it out and stir once every 15 minutes. Trust me- it is totally worth it. Once you remove from the oven spread it out on wax paper to dry.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Nursery

We started working on the nursery this summer and I'm sooooooo glad we did. My advice to future moms... do stuff while you feel good! I'm not much of a waiting til the last minute type of person anyway, but I'm really glad we did so much so early. I'm pretty uncomfortable and I can't imagine having to work on the room at this point. Overall I'm happy with the way it turned out. There are a few photo frames left to fill and some that still need to be hung on the wall, but other than that...we are ready for Henry! The inspiration for his room mostly came from Pinterest and my love of giraffes. I knew I wanted to do grey and mustard. We left the walls alone as they were already painted a light blue color. I will admit that the walls would look better grey, but the thought of repainting ANOTHER room in our house was too much to deal with...so we went with it.
I wish there were some more mustard accents, but oh well. I like that its eclectic and many of the items were homemade.

The crib is from WalMart and the sheets are from Pottery Barn

The little side tables were already in the guest room being used as night stands. We spray painted one expresso to match the white and brown crib.

 
This griaffe came from a consignment shop for $25


The book/toy shelf is from IKEA



 
The glider is from WalMart as well
 
The lamp was $12 from Target and I stenciled some grey and blue paint designs onto the plain white shade.
 
 
The changing station came from WalMart and it is FULL of diapers and clothing
 
These cute chevron giraffe prints came from Etsy : )
 
This came from Etsy as well. I LOVE it

 
I'm hoping this will develop into more of a gallery wall eventually as I find more things I like and want to hang on the wall. The H on the left was made by me. The middle square is canvas wrapped in scrapbook paper. The top frame is simply filled with scrapbook paper and the bottom frame will evetually have a photo of baby Henry in it. 

 
The closet...
 
I tried to organize it as much as possible.

 
The mirror was on clearance at Target, originally colored white, and I just spray painted it bronze.

 
 

The Holidays

This year I have not focused on the holiday season too much with Henry coming. Zac and I made some food on Thanksgiving and celebrated together. My family came down on black Friday and spent the weekend with us. We decided to celebrate Christmas and exchange gifts. It was nice to take care of both holidays in the same weekend. We still need to celebrate with Zac's family, but we will probably celebrate when they come down to see Henry. I was horrible and didn't snap many pictures, but here are a few of food and the dogs (my favorites) lol.

Our favorite Thanksgiving dishes
 
 My first attempt making Pecan Pie was a success!
 
 Rueben
 
 Rueben was very thankful for his bones : )
 
Our 2012 Christmas Tree
 
Our 2012 Christmas Tree
 
Stockings
 
The holidays are always exhausting!