Kizzy's Chicken Tetrazzini

Ingredients:
1 medium onion chopped

4 garlic clove minced

1 pound of mushroom sliced thin

4 chicken breast tenders

¾ of pound of  chopped string beans

2-4 piece of dried tomato sliced

Fresh thyme and oregano

¼ of nutmeg

½ cup of white wine

¾ of a cup of whole wheat flour

3 tablespoons of butter or substitute

2 tbs of olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

3 cups of fat free milk

1 cup of chicken stock

1 pound of whole wheat pasta

1 of a cup of parmesan cheese

1/3 of a cup of whole wheat seasoned bread crumbs

Heat over at 425 F

Bring 5 quarts of water to boil. Heat up the oil on medium heat brown the chicken, put it on the side to be cut into small pieces. Keep the pan on the stove at low medium heat add the onions, then once they are transparent add the garlic and mushroom. Once it is tender add the herbs and the wine reduced. Add the chicken broth, string beans, and chicken.

On another sauce pan melt butter in low heat add the flour and whisker, then add milk and nutmeg allow it to reduce and whisk regularly until it thickens.

Drain and mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

To turn into tetrazzini you can mix 1/3 of a cup of whole wheat seasoned bread crumbs and 1 cup of parmesan cheese and mix it. Butter a 9 x13 baking dish, add the pasta mixture cover with bread crumbs and cheese mixture and drizzle with butter, and bake for 20-25 minutes until it is golden brown.

My Baby food Recipes

My yummy for the whole family split peas recipe:
1 pound of split peas
3 strips of bacon fat removed and chopped
3 garlic cloves chopped
1 onion chopped
1 sweet potato chopped
1 regular potato chopped
2 medium carrots chopped
4 celery starks chopped
A handful of fresh parsley, oregano and thyme chopped. It could be dried
5-6 cups of low sodium chicken broth

Preparation:
put two TBS of olive oil and heat it on medium, add the onions and let them cook until they become transparent, add the garlic and the bacon let it turn golden and add the vegetables. Sauteed for 5 minutes, then add the peas, stirring occasionally until the peas become tender. Add the chicken broth and increase the heat to high and bring it to boil, then low it the heat back to low medium. Let simmer for 2.5 hours to 3 hours. It should be mushy and unified, so add water and let it reduced several times until it acquired the desired consistency. It should not be too thick because it would get thicker when it cools off. Put it aside for a few minutes and serve. If you want to freeze it, you have to let it see for a hour or two to cool off first, then pour it until individual containers. You could garnish it with any fresh herb.

Enjoy!!!

Today, We went to the Gym and Kassandra panicked

I don't know what to do with the gym. She is so good while we walking there, but once we are there, she freaks out and cries the whole time I am working out. I don't have anyone who could watch her and I have to work out in order to lose these last 15 pounds and tighten things up.... I love my gym, but they really need to step up the daycare room and have more hands in there.

My ever growing belly was featured on www.grownmantv.com hiding behind the MacBook

When I was 5 months pregnant, I drove down to Philly to make a podcast for  grownmantv.com. Juan did some amazing editing to hide my ever growing bump.

It's girl!!!!

On 4th of July 2009,  we had our 3D ultrasound. I was scheduled to have an anatomy ultrasound on August 11th, but I couldn't wait that long so I called the local 3D ultrasound boutique. At around 11:20 AM on Independence Day, we gave up our independence when we discovered my precious cargo was a bouncing baby girl. Tears came to Anthony's and mine eyes. We were overcome with emotions. We both had a son from previous marriages so we desperately wanted a girl. I had told myself over and over it was a boy so I wouldn't be disappointed when I discovered it wasn't a girl. I wanted a baby girl since I was ababy girl. She is  my dream come true. We went home and celebrated with a BBQ and daddy drank himself stupid when he realized that he was going to be a father of a little baby girl( dating, wedding, man looking at his little girl, GRRHHHHH).

Mommy's belly was growing bump

At 10 weeks, My mommy had a big bump...

At 14 weeks...

At 17 weeks

On June 1st, 2009 NTS

As one of the many prenatal test in the first trimester, we agree to have the nuchal translucency screening. It is a test perform to see how thick the neural tube is because this would determine if the tube is over 2.5 mm. This test is perform to rule out down syndrome and other congenital disorders. Kassandra's measurements were .09 mm. She passed with flying colors. She also had a nasal bone.