We had this for dinner tonight, it was delicious! So I thought I would post it for my fellow moms who like to have leftovers to eat during a busy week!
Tomatillo green chili
Ingredients:
2 T evoo
1medium white onion
12 medium tomatillos
4 garlic cloves
4 poblano peppers
2 jalepeno peppers
1.5 lbs pork roast
Handful of cilantro
1.5 t cumin
1 T honey
2 cups chicken stock
Salt and pepper
Prep:
Roast pork, chop pork into bite size chunks,
char peppers and peel, deseed, and chop finely... Next time I'm going to puree the peppers.
Dice onion, sweat in oil for 10 mins.
Add chopped tomatillos and minced garlic and sautée another 15 mins or until tomatillos are falling apart.
Put mixture in food processor and puree with cilantro, cumin, and honey.
Pour back in pot and add chicken stock, chopped/pureed peppers, and pork and bring to a boil to simmer for 20 mins or until desired thickness.
Salt and pepper to taste
Serve over chips or rice.
Will feed to adults for several meals!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday Randoms
Life has been busy these days, but getting on the computer to blog hasn't been a top priority. Running after Rogan, cleaning, and sleeping... those have been on my to-do list for a while.
so here are some random thoughts today
-- I love fall. I love going to apple orchards, being outside with a light jacket, and pumpkins. I think we are going to carve our pumpkin this weekend. I'd like to toast the seeds... somehow. Need to google instructions.
--Rogan is getting so big. The talking, the attitude, the love. He's hilarious, he's energetic, and he's stubborn (sometimes). He definitely has learned how to get his point across when he wants something.
--We have NO plans this weekend. The first in a while. Excited to chill. There are so many things I need to do at home. here is my short list:
buy new couch pillows
move some of rogan's toys to the basement to clear up space in the family room
LAUNDRY... fold it, put it away.
clean our room. omg it's bad. it looks like our dressers threw up. clothes everywhere, belonging to all three of us. must remedy. and then must vaccuum once i can see the floor. i guess this goes along with LAUNDRY, but most of it is clean, and needs to be put away.
--i'm getting really excited for thanksgiving. i love stuffing. i love mashed potatoes. and i'll have a little dark meat turkey to round it all out. oh, and dont forget jello salad... i.e. strawberry jello, cream cheese/cool whip middle, and pretzel crust. my sis and I will have that polished off by friday night.
--thanksgiving means i get to see my sis! haven't seen her since before she started teaching. miss her!
-- first weekend in november is the chris cringle craft show in Champaign... which means if i can get there i can find cute wellmade things, AND could get rogan's name on some stuff.
-- i'm going to NYC next week for work! hurray a trip, hurray catching up with some college friends who live there. i will miss my guys, but they are best buds right now, so i know they will have a blast without me.
-- rumor is ipad3 will be out in spring 2012... might have to upgrade!!!
so here are some random thoughts today
-- I love fall. I love going to apple orchards, being outside with a light jacket, and pumpkins. I think we are going to carve our pumpkin this weekend. I'd like to toast the seeds... somehow. Need to google instructions.
--Rogan is getting so big. The talking, the attitude, the love. He's hilarious, he's energetic, and he's stubborn (sometimes). He definitely has learned how to get his point across when he wants something.
--We have NO plans this weekend. The first in a while. Excited to chill. There are so many things I need to do at home. here is my short list:
buy new couch pillows
move some of rogan's toys to the basement to clear up space in the family room
LAUNDRY... fold it, put it away.
clean our room. omg it's bad. it looks like our dressers threw up. clothes everywhere, belonging to all three of us. must remedy. and then must vaccuum once i can see the floor. i guess this goes along with LAUNDRY, but most of it is clean, and needs to be put away.
--i'm getting really excited for thanksgiving. i love stuffing. i love mashed potatoes. and i'll have a little dark meat turkey to round it all out. oh, and dont forget jello salad... i.e. strawberry jello, cream cheese/cool whip middle, and pretzel crust. my sis and I will have that polished off by friday night.
--thanksgiving means i get to see my sis! haven't seen her since before she started teaching. miss her!
-- first weekend in november is the chris cringle craft show in Champaign... which means if i can get there i can find cute wellmade things, AND could get rogan's name on some stuff.
-- i'm going to NYC next week for work! hurray a trip, hurray catching up with some college friends who live there. i will miss my guys, but they are best buds right now, so i know they will have a blast without me.
-- rumor is ipad3 will be out in spring 2012... might have to upgrade!!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
AH!! Broken Door!!
We came home to this after work yesterday...
The stationary panel of our sliding door in the back is completely shattered. Argh. At least it didn't fall all over the place. I've got a guy coming out for an estimate this morning, hopefully we can just replace the glass and not the entire panel or door. But definitely a shock when we saw this. It's the interior glass, not the exterior, so no one threw a rock at our house or tried to break in, it was the glass's fault.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Grandparents are Magical
Rogan and I went to my parent's house for a night this weekend. We got to go to Curtis Apple Orchard (a childhood favorite of mine) and have fun relaxing in Champaign.
But like I said in the title, grandparents have magic powers. These abilities include, but are not limited to:
1) having so much fun at curtis orchard, child will fall asleep in car. upon arriving at home, child is able to be transfered from car to crib without waking. MAGIC!!
2) child will nap for 3 HOURS. 1 of which was in the crib, another 2 on me on the couch while I watched food network and got to chat uninterupted with my mom. MAGIC!!
3) child will eat foods he usually rejects. grapes and apples. Rogan probably ate an entire apple (sliced up) while we were there. plus at least 2 cupfulls of sliced grapes, and a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. MAGIC!!!
note... silly mommy was overjoyed and thought all of these new foods will still be eaten once we returned home. oh no, mommy. when presented with grapes or oatmeal after arriving back home, both were rejected with rage. the apple on the other hand, he only ate 1 slice, not the 5 he did in champaign, but it was eaten.
... I'm so lucky to have parents and in-laws who are relatively close. My parents are coming up on Friday so that Ryan and I can go to one of my childhood friend's weddings in Indy on Saturday. I'm very excited to have a night out with my husband, celebrate a new marriage with tons of friends, and have a monitor-less night, and a restful morning.
I have pics of the weekend, will try to put them up tonight.
But like I said in the title, grandparents have magic powers. These abilities include, but are not limited to:
1) having so much fun at curtis orchard, child will fall asleep in car. upon arriving at home, child is able to be transfered from car to crib without waking. MAGIC!!
2) child will nap for 3 HOURS. 1 of which was in the crib, another 2 on me on the couch while I watched food network and got to chat uninterupted with my mom. MAGIC!!
3) child will eat foods he usually rejects. grapes and apples. Rogan probably ate an entire apple (sliced up) while we were there. plus at least 2 cupfulls of sliced grapes, and a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. MAGIC!!!
note... silly mommy was overjoyed and thought all of these new foods will still be eaten once we returned home. oh no, mommy. when presented with grapes or oatmeal after arriving back home, both were rejected with rage. the apple on the other hand, he only ate 1 slice, not the 5 he did in champaign, but it was eaten.
... I'm so lucky to have parents and in-laws who are relatively close. My parents are coming up on Friday so that Ryan and I can go to one of my childhood friend's weddings in Indy on Saturday. I'm very excited to have a night out with my husband, celebrate a new marriage with tons of friends, and have a monitor-less night, and a restful morning.
I have pics of the weekend, will try to put them up tonight.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
So we went out to dinner...
It has been a while since we took Rogan out to dinner. Out to a place where we get served. A place where we wait patiently for our food. A place where a waitress takes our dishes and we leave a tip. And now we have reaffirmed why it's been so long. Our energy-pumped, loud, curious 19 month old is not ready. Even with half a diaper bag filled with toys and books for him to sit and play with, SITTING was not on his to-do list last night.
Thankfully, we were at a casual pub/grill. With lots of people having happy hour drinks or eating dinner, and didn't mind a little guy coming up to say hi.
Even when our food showed up, Rogan was not interested. There was just too much else to do!! Should we go look at the large wooden indian? Should we go play the arcade games? Should we run up and down the ramp that the servers walk through? Should we go in and out of the women's restroom? Should we go wash our hands again and play with the water? SO MANY CHOICES. AND WE DID ALL OF THEM.
Whew. It wore both me and Ryan out. Back to take out, at least in the near future. I know that soon this will be a non-issue, and that Rogan will outgrow this and sit with us to eat dinner, but that day is not today.
In closing, these are some of Rogan's new words and skills.
-opening doors (our basement doorknob now has a toddlerproof cover)
Favorite phrases:
"No!"
"Thank you"
"I want to eat"
"I want dat" (this has been a favorite for a while)
"Juice"
"eight, nine, uh" (counting, Rogan style)
"ee, eee, ee, eee" (the alphabet, Rogan style)
"Gabba? Whoa whoa?" (Yo Gabba Gabba and Special Agent Oso)
"yay!!!"
"mommy!"
Thankfully, we were at a casual pub/grill. With lots of people having happy hour drinks or eating dinner, and didn't mind a little guy coming up to say hi.
Even when our food showed up, Rogan was not interested. There was just too much else to do!! Should we go look at the large wooden indian? Should we go play the arcade games? Should we run up and down the ramp that the servers walk through? Should we go in and out of the women's restroom? Should we go wash our hands again and play with the water? SO MANY CHOICES. AND WE DID ALL OF THEM.
Whew. It wore both me and Ryan out. Back to take out, at least in the near future. I know that soon this will be a non-issue, and that Rogan will outgrow this and sit with us to eat dinner, but that day is not today.
In closing, these are some of Rogan's new words and skills.
-opening doors (our basement doorknob now has a toddlerproof cover)
Favorite phrases:
"No!"
"Thank you"
"I want to eat"
"I want dat" (this has been a favorite for a while)
"Juice"
"eight, nine, uh" (counting, Rogan style)
"ee, eee, ee, eee" (the alphabet, Rogan style)
"Gabba? Whoa whoa?" (Yo Gabba Gabba and Special Agent Oso)
"yay!!!"
"mommy!"
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Fail...
My husband is in Canada. My husband took the camera. The camera has all the images I want to post. Ergo, no more posting until tomorrow night.
Funny Face!
thanks to Yo Gabba Gabba, I'm sure... but Rogan's new hilarious ability is his "funny face". And he knows he's funny. Sometimes he does it at random to make us laugh. But most of the time we say "Rogan, funny face!!", and he does it. and we laugh. it's hilarious. It's very "zoolander". he squints his eyes and purses his lips together like he's going to kiss you.
Unfortunately these moments are hard to get on camera! But I'm still trying. I have a new video and pics of him I'm planning on posting tonight after he goes to bed.
FUNNY KID!
Unfortunately these moments are hard to get on camera! But I'm still trying. I have a new video and pics of him I'm planning on posting tonight after he goes to bed.
FUNNY KID!
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