One Dish Autumn Chicken

Saturday, November 7, 2015

I love finding a recipe where everything is made in one dish!!! So last night I made One Dish Autumn Chicken! Here is the recipe:

One Dish Autumn Chicken


Ingredients:
  • 5 or 6 boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 4 Tbsp olive oil, divided
  • 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp (divided) each minced fresh thyme, sage and rosemary, plus more for serving
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled, chopped into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 lb Brussels sprouts, sliced into halves
  • 2 fuji apples, cored and diced into 1/2-inch cubes (or smaller)
  • 2 shallot bulbs, peeled and sliced about 1/4-inch thick
  • 4 slices bacon, chopped into 1-inch pieces
  • 1/2 lemon
Directions:
  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pour 2 Tbsp olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic and 1 Tbsp of each herb into a gallon size resealable bag, add chicken, season with salt and pepper then seal bag and massage mixture over chicken while working to evenly distribute herbs. Set aside and let rest while chopping veggies.
  • Place sweet potato, Brussels sprouts, apples and shallot in a large bowl and pour on remaining 2 Tbsp olive oil, season with salt and pepper to taste, add 1 Tbsp of each herb, then toss to coat evenly. 
  • Pour veggie/fruit mix into a large casserole dish. 
  • Set chicken over veggie/fruit mixture. Sprinkle bacon (separate any pieces that stick together) evenly over entire dish. 
  • Roast in preheated oven until chicken and veggies are golden brown, about 30 minutes (chicken should register 165 in center). Broil during last few minutes for a more golden skin on chicken if desired.
  • When the chicken is out of the oven squeeze the lemon over everthing.
  • Sprinkle with more herbs and serve immediately.
recipe inspired by: Cooking Classy

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Smoothie!

Sunday, October 25, 2015

I finally got some vanilla Shakeology in and couldn't wait to try a recipe I saw the other day on fitmomfitfam IG page! 


Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Smoothie 

• 1 Scoop Vanilla Shakeology 
• 1 Cup Almond Milk
• 1 tblsp Vanilla Extract 
• 1 tblsp Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
• Ice

Combined everything in a blender, blend away, and enjoy!

YaYa Came to Visit!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

A few weeks ago my mom came up for a quick visit. It was last minute and perfect timing!! We had a blast! I got to have some extra help and even went for a massage!! When mom landed in STL we headed to Nordstrom for an whirlwind shopping trip! I am always amazed at the amount of shopping my mom and I can do in 30 minutes! We even got George some goodies!


If you know George you know he is obsessed with balls...especially footballs! So while I was out mom showed him pictures of his Uncle Matthew and Uncle Jackson playing football...he went crazy when he saw the pictures!! So we printed them out and he carried them around and looked at them for days!!

One other special things that happened during her visit was George officially named my mom! We had been calling her Lolly but George decided she was YaYa...so YaYa it is!!!


Thank you YaYa for coming to visit!! We miss you and Love you!! Please come back soon!!