Today was a pretty normal day at the house. It started out at about 7:30am with Cayden and Zoe waking up. Hannah spent the night with her Memaw and Grandaddy. We normally end up with all five of us in the bed in the mornings but Craigan had to go get tires on the Montero so it was just Cayden, Zoe and myself. I got some cuddle time with Cayden. I love it when I get to spend some one-on-one time with my kids. Today it was Cayden's turn. He is such a sweet little boy and loves to cuddle. He is so cute when he drinks his milk (which is the first thing he ask for in the mornings and will not stop asking until he gets it) he loves to be cuddled up in your lap while he holds your thumb and he wants you to hold his foot. Too cute. Zoe took a nice nap this morning after her bottle and short awake time. This gave me the opportunity to spend the time with Cayden.
From about 11:00am to about 2:00pm I was in the kitchen either cleaning or cooking. I got on one of my cooking binges, which is where I decide to cook several things at one time so that I don't have to later. Earlier his week I bought some chicken breast on sale for 89 cent a pound which is about as good as it gets for bone in chicken breasts. I got two packs and I needed to finish using up what was left. I had three left so I deboned two and split them in half. I put some garlic salt and pepper on them then brushed them with mustard before coating them with breadcrumbs and baking them in the oven. I them put them on sub bread (wheat of course) and put provolone cheese and a mayo mixture (mayo, scallions finely chopped, cilantro finely chopped and garlic). I them Heated them in a pan on both sides to melt the cheese. I had also cooked some potatoes as a side. Ended up being a pretty good lunch. At the same time I was cooking lunch I started on Chicken noodle soup. I had one chicken breast left and I had saved the bones from a few other ones I had deboned earlier in the week (I put them in the freezer in a bag labeled "For Chicken Stock") I put them in a pot along with some water and veggies I had been saving in the freezer (everytime I cut onions, celery or carrots I save the parts I would normally discard and put them in the freezer in a bag labeled "For Stock") I added salt, pepper and italian seasoning and let it cook until the chicken was done and the stock tasted good. I then took out the chicken and strained the stock to remove all of the veggies. I then used the stock and the chicken to make my chicken noodle soup. All I needed to do was cut up some carrots, celery, onions and garlic and soften them in the post with some olive oil then add the shredded chicken and stock back to the pot then when it was time for supper I just added the noddles and cooked some cornbread and supper was done. And it was good if I do say so myself.
I also made what I'm gonna call a chicken gumbo. Last night I cooked five of the chicken breast in a pot with onion, carrots, celery, garlic and mushroom to which I added some chicken stock, a large can of crushed tomatoes and some italian seasoning and salt & pepper. I let it simmer until the chicken was done (about an hour). I had some of the chicken left over and a lot of the liquid which I didn't want to waste, so I planned on making some veggie soup. However as it developed it kinda turned into a chicken gumbo type dish. I took the leftover liquid and put it in the pot with some cabbage frozen greenbeans, peas and okra and let it cook until the veggies were done. Because it was kinda thick I though about gumbo and added the leftover chicken, leftover rice and some cajun seasoning. This will probably be either lunch or supper tomorrow so I will let you know how the family likes it.
The rest of the day was spent feeding Zoe, changing dirty diapers, trying to get Hannah and Cayden to clean up their room which was a total disaster and giving Zoe a bath.
We had a nice supper together at the table. Until lately we have been eating in the living room in front of the TV. However, I am determined to change that. Tonight we all ate at the table and it was such a nice family time. We even had dessert (fruit salad with whipped cream and cookies).
About the trying to get Cayden and Hannah to clean their room, After a couple of hours of Craigan and me telling them that they had to clean their room or they would loose their toys, Hannah finally started cleaning when we bought the trash bags out to take the toys away. Cayden however did not want to clean and lost some of his toys which he was not too pleased with. Hopefully next time he will understand that we are serious when we tell them to clean up.
Well that has been my day. It ended with me putting Hannah and Cayden to bed because Zoe needed some daddy time. Then me putting Zoe to bed. They are all so sweet and such a blessing from God. I am so thankful for the wonderful family that God has given me.
I hope I didn't bore you too much, but I am using this to keep up with everything I do even the recipes I make. I don't normally write them down but now I can keep up with them on my blog.
Time to put myself in the bed and get ready for a new day.
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