I have been terrible about posting things about Emmie--or keeping a baby book. Poor second child. Anyway, our little girl loves to move, cuddle, explore, and tease. She is a social butterfly and never meets a stranger without a smile.
Today she had a doctor's check up for 15 months.
She weighed 19 lbs 9 oz (7%)
Is 31.5" long (80%)
She is a petite built, tall thing. She is a bright little ray of sunshine.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
A new recipe
So, it's World Cup time again, and last night I created an amazing recipe inspired by Chicken Cordon Bleu and Scott's favorite dish at a local French restaurant called Chicken DeBergerac. I couldn't find a recipe for that, so I just used what he could tell me and what I knew about make Cordon Bleu, and I morphed them. The results were great. I'm writing it here to record it before I forget!
Box of puff pastry (2 sheets cut in half)
4 Thin, small chicken breasts
2 slices swiss cheese
4 slices smoked ham
broccoli/mushroom pate (recipe below)
Thaw pastry and cut sheets in half to now how four pieces
Preheat oven to 375 and prep large cookie sheet with parchment paper
On each pastry: spread 1/2 c of pate in center, then add 1/2 slice of cheese, and 1 slice of ham, and then one breast (I cut my big ones in half, and then went back and added a little, so each was a bit more than a half of a flattened breast)
Fold up pastry, and pinch closed. Brush tops with egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 T of water)
Bake about 40 min--until juices run clear
Serve with Mornay sauce (basically a cheesy Beschamel)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/classic-mornay-sauce-recipe.html#!
Broccoli-Mushroom cream cheese pate (make ahead and refrigerate)
1 can (lg) mushrooms or fresh, cooked
1 bag chopped broccoli--steamed
1 block cream cheese, softened
dijon (1 T or more)
olive oil (2 T)
sherry 1 T (could sub white wine)
blend all ingredients (and adjust as you need) together and add salt and pepper to taste
I served this with Ina Garten's\Warm green lentils
Box of puff pastry (2 sheets cut in half)
4 Thin, small chicken breasts
2 slices swiss cheese
4 slices smoked ham
broccoli/mushroom pate (recipe below)
Thaw pastry and cut sheets in half to now how four pieces
Preheat oven to 375 and prep large cookie sheet with parchment paper
On each pastry: spread 1/2 c of pate in center, then add 1/2 slice of cheese, and 1 slice of ham, and then one breast (I cut my big ones in half, and then went back and added a little, so each was a bit more than a half of a flattened breast)
Fold up pastry, and pinch closed. Brush tops with egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 T of water)
Bake about 40 min--until juices run clear
Serve with Mornay sauce (basically a cheesy Beschamel)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/classic-mornay-sauce-recipe.html#!
Broccoli-Mushroom cream cheese pate (make ahead and refrigerate)
1 can (lg) mushrooms or fresh, cooked
1 bag chopped broccoli--steamed
1 block cream cheese, softened
dijon (1 T or more)
olive oil (2 T)
sherry 1 T (could sub white wine)
blend all ingredients (and adjust as you need) together and add salt and pepper to taste
I served this with Ina Garten's\Warm green lentils
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Just Blah
Want to know a secret? I don't blog b/c I feel so uninteresting anymore. I do nothing but sit in my family room. I don't really hang out with people, I don't go to the gym that often, I don't do amazing crafts or meals usually, I don't read amazing books, and I'm just plain boring. I know this is part of a season of our lives with having a baby and it being winter. But uh. I always feel busy or bored--like I'm pulled between the two in a very strange and inexplicable way. I could really use some encouragement. I want to do stuff, but then I feel overwhelmed with how hard any of it will be with my kids. I just feel like I'm sinking a bit. Anyone else feel this way?
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Christmas time recap in photos
Of course we loved Christmas, so I won't bore you with the details. E could have cared less except to eat the paper.
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