Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Chicken tortilla soup

Yesterday was cinco de mayo and it was chilly and cloudy so I thought it was only fitting to make a Mexican flavored soup! This soup was so good! I adapted the recipe from pioneer woman's chicken tortilla soup. 

Ingredients 
-2 chicken breasts 
-1 tablespoon olive oil
-11/2 teaspoons cumin
-1 teaspoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon garlic powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt 
- 1 cup carrots chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 3 cloves garlic 
- 1 can Rotel
- 2 cups chicken/vegtable broth
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste 
- 1 can black beans 
- 1 cup fresh or frozen corn
- 1/2 cup refried beans 
- 1 lime
- chopped cilantro
- Colby jack cheese
- tortilla chips or strips
- sour cream
- avocados
- red onion 

Preheat oven to 375. Drizzle olive oil on chicken. In a bowl mix cumin, chili powder, garlic powder and salt. Sprinkle a little on chicken and set the rest aside. Put chicken on pan and bake in oven for 20 minutes or until done. Shred cooked chicken and set aside. 

Put 1 tablespoon olive oil in soup pan and heat to medium high. Put in carrots, onion, peppers, and garlic and sauté for a few minutes. Add rest of spice mixture to veggies and shredded chicken. Add rotel, chicken broth, tomato paste and black beans. Bring to boil, the lower heat to simmer and cook 45 minutes. Add refried beans and corn. Cook 30 minutes more. Take off hear and add lime juice and some chopped cilantro. Wait 15 or so minutes before serving. Garnish with what ever you like. ;) 

This soup was awesome and even my kids ate it! That is always a winner in my book! 

Pregnancy work out schedule

I get so motivated to exercise and work my body that sometimes I forget that I am pregnant and there are limits that I have. So I have come up with a work out schedule that fits my body and fitness level at this time. If I am going to stick to a workout schedule when I am done being pregnant then I can stick to one now. I want to prove to myself that I can work hard and I am not a quitter.


Monday - Walk 2 hours 
                30 mins full body work out

Tuesday - Walk 2 hours 
                 30 mins full body workout 

Wednesday - Walk 2 hours 
                      30 full body workout

Thursday - Walk 2 hours 
                  30 mins full body workout

Friday - Walk 2 hours 
             30 mins full body workout 

Saturday - rest

Sunday - rest 

I will post exactly what my leg and arm workouts are when I figure them out and which ones I like. I don't want to be depressed durning this pregnant because I can't do anything and I feel fat. I want to feel empowered and healthy and happy. So here is to a healthy pregnancy. 

Thursday, May 1, 2014

15 weeks

I am 15 weeks and feeling better every day. Thank goodness. This week has been hard with Jacob breaking his collar bone and me eating many things that I shouldn't be eating. 

It is a new month and I can start over! 
Bring on May!