pants: DNKY via Ross socks: Target shoes: Aerosole sweater: Macy's coat: Target (!!!) |
My Mom and Dad are very generous, and each winter during their sojourn in Arizona, Mom picks out one large-ish gift to buy me to remind us of our wonderful fun shopping trips together. This year we found it on our first adventure - this beautiful new coat!
Look at the buttons!!!
And the polka-dots!
I like to pretend dots are a solid and wear them with a floral or a stripe
(as in the above picture).
I LOVE THIS COAT!
I'm planning a trip to Minnesota again in early April, so I'll be sure to take it with me so it will get worn the whole time!
I also found some completely amazing jeans at Macy's.
I am extremely picky about jeans because I don't like jeans that have a stiff waistband and I don't like jeans that don't move well (I like to be able to sit and run and bend and sit on the floor!)
These are adorable . . .
and they have a wide elastic waistband!
Not so wide or stretchy that I can gain a hundred pounds and not notice, though.
They will still keep me in check because they're slim-fitting overall.
They're amazing and I got them in a light wash (this one) and a darker wash).
I'm not going to take a picture of my butt, but believe me that these make that look cute, too!
I have been feeling uninspired and unsuccessful with cooking and meals lately.
I feel as if my digestive system isn't happy with anything except french fries and corn puffs, but I can't get adequate nutrition that way!
So I've been reading and looking up recipes that sound good to me and have been trying some out.
I tried out a peanut sauce with cucumbers that was too rich for me:
I sprinkled feta cheese on top. |
I may try the peanut sauce again more watered down. Or a different recipe altogether.
Then last Friday, I decided to try a whole new meal - and it was a big risk because I
decided to try Honey Sesame Chicken, and I have tried Asian meals MANY times and always failed to get the meat coating and the texture/thickness/bubbly-ness of the sauce right.
But then I found this recipe, and it is a BAKED recipe, which was significantly different from what I've tried before, so I decided to try again.
And I'm thrilled that I did!!!!!
First the chicken is dipped in corn starch, then beaten eggs and cooked in olive oil (or sesame oil, which I didn't have). The sauce is made up and poured over the chicken in a pan and popped into the oven for 45 minutes, where it emits a lovely smell that made my mouth water.
The sauce got thicker and thicker.
Next time I'm making at least twice as much sauce because I didn't use very much chicken this time and there was still barely enough sauce for everything. This time there was a confounding factor - Greg was extra late home from work, so I turned the oven off but left the chicken in there, which left the sauce to thicken even more - it was lovely and sticky and sweet and tasty, but next time I won't leave it in so long.
Here it is with the sesame seeds on top!
add brown rice . . .
And steamed broccoli (not for Greg!)
And it was DELICIOUS!
I think I'm going to try this version tonight!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the coat !!! I'm going to check online to see what sizes it comes in. If in my size I'm going to get since we aren't together a whole lot so people won't notice we have the same coat :)
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