Hello January

❄ January and gym playlist (found here)

❄ Blue mani-pedi 

❄1^st National Bloody Mary Day

❄4^th National Spaghetti Day

❄Juice detox (found here)

❄Hang new wreath and yard flag in front yard

❄Subscribe to new podcasts

❄8^th National Bubble Bath Day

❄16^th MLK Day

❄19^th National Popcorn Day

❄26^th Peanut Brittle Day

❄Clean up social media

❄Shred old papers from 2016

❄Clean out old clothes and donate or sale

Best things to buy this month: underclothes & unmentionable, exercise equipment, calendars & planners, linens
Flowers of the month: snap dragons, dahlias, callas, delphiniums
Foods: broccoli, beets, cabbage,greens, citrus fruits, avocados, crab, turkey,

Chicken Pomodoro

It's National Pasta Day and I'm pretty excited about it.

THIS is the dish the husband often gets mixed up with the picatta. I think by now he just doesn't even ask. He just eats what is put in front of him. This never makes leftovers either. No matter how much I fix. So, in true big family fashion, I make a lot.



What's more annoying than sitting at the table waiting for mom to finally sit so everyone can eat?
I know!
Everyone sitting at the table waiting for mom to finish taking her blog pictures. I had 10 eyeballs staring me down as I completed the last of my photos for this entry. Please enjoy.

INGREDIENTS
3 large chicken breast sliced long ways
1 package of linguine
seasoning (salt n pepper, garlic salt, watevs you like to season yo poultry with!)
olive oil
5-6 crushed garlic cloves
3 large roma tomatoes
1 bunch of FRESH basil
fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Get your water boiling for your linguine noodles and prepare your pasta while you are doing the following:

Get your pan going with 2-3 tbsp of olive oil. Heat it up on medium heat.
While that's heating, wash and slice longways your chicken breast.
Put into the pan once it's ready and sprinkle your seasoning on them. Cook them all the way.

While the chicken is cooking, chop up your tomatoes, mince the garlic (a press helps for this or you can use minced garlic from a jar, just make sure it's fresh. None of the dried stuff and no canned tomatoes.)

Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the pan and place on a plate to rest. Add your garlic, tomatoes and about 2 more tbsp of olive oil. Cook this down.

Slice the chicken breast up and cut your basil into ribbons.

Once your noodles are cooked and strained return them to the pot. Do not let them get cold. Add your sliced chicken, the tomato-garlic mixture and the fresh basil and toss.

Garnish with the Parmesan cheese!