Garlic brown sugar backed chicken.

So as I mentioned in a post yesterday I made some backed chicken from a recipe that I got off pinterest last night. We had pepperoni bread for lunch that I also got off the site and I'll put up that one later.

I got the recipe from Food.com and this is what its supposed to look like.

                                     

The ingredients are:

4 boneless chicken breasts

4 garlic cloves, minced

4 tablespoons brown sugar

3 teaspoons olive oil

Directions: 


1. Preheat oven to 500 F then lightly grease a casserole dish. 


2. In a small saute pan, saute garlic with the oil until tender. 

3. Remove from heat and stir in a brown sugar. 


4. Place chicken breasts in a prepared baking dish and covered with the garlic and brown sugar mixture. 

5. Add salt and pepper to taste. 

6. Bake for 15 to 30 minutes. 

Makes 4 servings. 

It was not as great as I thought that it would be because we didnt have the minced garlic, but Im sure that if we had that it would have tasted better, But it was good and sweet and went great with rice and stir fry veggies. 

I cut up the chicken so that it would be easier for my little girl to east. 

Brown sugar and oil.

What it looked like after it was cooked. 

Our veggies. 

Along with some rice, a good meal. 

Moving

So as I mentioned in my introduction my little lady bug and I are moving in with her father. My parents are so thrilled but his parents couldn't be more mad. Sure were not married....yet...but why do people have to get so upset about things like that?? Our little girl only gets to see her father twice a week and thats it, and if she is still up when he leaves then she has a complete melt down. I sometimes have to pry her little hands off the screen door or pull her up off the floor and cuddle her because she wants to be with her father. We both want to live together for her sanity and I'm glad that we only have one more month.

His mom and I have never really gotten along because they never really approved of our relationship because he was so much older and we both had personal problems. She was even more disproving when they found out that we were going to have a little baby. But I have been trying to be respectful and appreciative, nice, loving, caring and so on to her for the past 4 1/2 years. But she doesn't reciprocate a whole lot.  I just wish his mother could accept that we are a family and that we love one another.

The only reason that we have not gotten married is because were both in school, or I was then took a break. But he is and is working on his masters.....I am so deeply proud of that man...but once were done with school and have the money (My parents wont pay for it) well get married. I do love both of our families to the bottom of my heart, I just with people didnt always have to be so critical and judgmental. I mean this is the 21st century its quite common for people to live together and not be married. It is right??

Anyways. We are moving to Pembroke August first to a little student housing that has 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. Not sure if it will have a back yard or a front yard but we do have a large gate that we can use so she can play outside. Their is a park nearby and a little shopping center and I think a pool as well. I am so happy right now and have been packing and getting everything in order for the big move for the last month.

Everything is finally moving forward and well finally be a family!!! Well off to make dinner, going to try a new recipe from pinterest!!

Introduction

So this is my first time starting a blog to share things from my personal life, share recipies and projects and to just make some friends along the way. It has been frustrating to be honest when I had to think of a URL, because they would tell you that all the good ones are taken but they cant all be taken can they?? Really?

Anyways let me introduce myself and tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Amanda and I currently live in Greensboro but will soon be moving to Pembroke!! I am very excited to be moving and could not be happier. I have a 1 1/2 year old little girl and am somewhat dating her father. I guess you could say that we are dating but honestly I have no clue. Thats a topic for another day when I need to rant and rave. Anyways he got accepted to Pembroke university and is working on getting his masters in Addiction Therapy and asked us to move in with him. We said yes right away. Its a good thing because our little monkey of a lady bug screams and cries every time he leaves, she loves her daddy so much and is certainly a daddy's girl.

I am a stay at home mom so I dont currently work but hey taking care of a 1 1/2 year old and running the house is a full time job. But I love doing it. Feel free to ask me anything if you want to know more.