Tasty Tuesday

So I was watching an episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 (love the show, you should check it out) and Kate was making something she called Chicken Cheesesteaks. The food she makes always looks yummy, and it always has veggies and is healthy so I had to try this one. After searching the internet, I couldn't find anything that matched it, so I came up with my own little recipe for it off of what hers looked like. So one night I whipped it up and it turned out to be really yummy! Both Chris and my sister Missy said it was a keeper, so I decided to share it all with you....enjoy.

Chicken Cheesesteaks
By Sarah Selin (inspired by Kate Gosselin...I feel like I should put that since I saw her make it first!!!)

2 medium chicken breasts, sliced thin
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup olive oil
5-6 slices provolone cheese
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 loaf french bread

Cut off the very top of the french bread, hollow out, and place on a cookie sheet. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a skillet, pour olive oil and minced garlic. Cook until softened. Add chicken, saute until chicken is cooked through. Add peppers and onions and cook 3-4 minutes, until softened. Pour chicken mixture into hollowed out bread. Top with tomato sauce and slices of provolone cheese. Leave the top of the bread off, next to the loaf. Bake 5-7 minutes, until crispy and cheese is melted. Place top back on and slice and serve. YUM!

Potty Training and All the Joys!

On Monday we started the glorious act of potty training. This has been something I have been fearful of, something I didn't think I would even try until Dawson was a lot closer to 3! BUT he started showing signs and willingly going on the potty when we put him on beginning of December. I decided after the holidays and traveling that I would give it a real go, and that has started this week. So far, I think ok. I have nothing to compare it to and feel like I am going into this kind of blinded because I have never done this before....I guess you could say I am training for potty training too. He will go about every hour or so, and if he is playing and starts to pee a little he will stop, look at me, then when I tell him to hurry and sit on the potty he will. So peeing on the potty has been going ok, and as far as doing other business on it, that hasn't taken yet. So here is my questions for all you wonderful mothers out there who have gone through this already. 1. What approaches/techniques did you take? 2. How long before they really got it with out accidents? 3. What did you do when you started taking them out in public? 4. Just let me know ANYTHING you found useful when you did this!!! I would really appreciate your comments! Thank you everyone too for your congrats with the new baby. I have a doctors appointment in a couple weeks and at that appointment will set up the appointment for the big ultrasound and soon will find out if it's a boy or girl! I will keep you all posted!

Shhhhh....

Dawson has a secret...











He is going to be a big brother in July! I am about 15 weeks along (I've had a couple ultrasounds and they due date has varied a bit so for now we will say about) and things have gone pretty good. It's so true that each pregnancy is different! Everything was peaches and cream with Dawson...no worries, no stress; while this time around we had a couple of little complications that are ok now. I have not been very nauseous with this one, I was more with Dawson, and I have definitly felt the aches and stretching a lot more this time around! Overall though, things have been good and my cute hubby has been good enough to meet most my cravings (I went on a 3 day hamburger craze!) Dawson and baby will be a little over 2 1/2 years or a little short of 3 years apart. If you ask him where the baby is he will tell you, but I don't think he really gets it yet or is phased by it. In fact, one day he started pointing to the baby and calling it a monster and laughing at his funny "joke." I think we may try potting training (he has gone on the potty quite a few times already, but we will see) in a few weeks, and then when we find out the gender in the next 5 weeks or so we will start making room arrangements and getting Dawson a big boy bed. We are all so excited and can't wait for July and all the changes to come!

New Years

We had a fun New Years while visiting my family. On New Years Eve we got Georgio's (Chicago pizza) and made a bunch of appetizers and pretty much ate all night and played games. Dawson had no problem staying up and running around and playing with everyone. He was totally spoiled by having a house full of people to give him treats, airplane rides, or piggyback rides. The next day, on New Year's Day my mom always makes a big yummy dinner of steak and seafood. We had steak, crab legs, shrimp, cheesy potatoes, and salad....yum-o! It was a nice relaxing day of doing nothing! A couple of Dawson's favorite things to do while we were there was act like their dog, sit next to Boppa (grandpa) and watch Cars, play with Grandma's car ornaments, get lots of rides, and eat lots of sugar. It's funny, now that we are back if we get busy doing something and he has to entertain himself he lays on the floor and whines because he had someone to play with him non-stop during our trip. I guess he will have to get use to it quick!

Christmas & Catch Up!

So we have been out of town since Christmas, and just got back a couple of days ago so I need to do some serious catch up on my blog! Tasty Tuesday will be post-poned as I play catch up with everything that has been going on over the holidays and what not.

We left Christmas day to visit my family in Illinois. We awoke to a blizzard, opened presents, and headed out wondering how the heck we were gonna make it out of Salt Lake. Well as we got closer and closer to the airport, it let up and completely cleared up. It was not snowing at all around the airport and we took off in time and made it to IL just in time to eat dinner with my family and open gifts that evening. We found out the airport shut down later that day, so that was our Christmas miracle! We got totally spoiled by my parents and Santa and had a great holiday. While in IL we went downtown Chicago and went to the Winter WonderFest at Navy Pier then ate at Bubba Gumps for dinner, all a treat by my parents (thanks again!) We played a lot of games, hung out, and Dawson was spoiled rotten and learned quickly to ask anyone BUT Mom or Dad for cookies or candy because it would be given to him, one for each hand! We had a fun trip, and I will post New Years in a couple days, but for now here are some pictures of our festivities.

Christmas morn at our house before we left:


Christmas evening at my parents:


WinterWonder Fest and Bubba Gump's in Chicago:





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