Ever Wake up and your house looks like this? Me too!

Yep- that is my kitchen the other day, a huge mess! I find it frustrating when there are so many pictures out there that people put on their blogs where everything looks perfect. Well, like I said before, I'm not perfect and here is photographic proof. I have been so tired all of the time lately, as soon as I recover from helping people moving (yeah, still doing that, but hopefully there is an end in sight) I go back to help some more. I haven't hardly had time to spend on my own house the past three weeks, so it is a mess... but that is life, right? And that is why I started this blog, to show anyone else out there like me that things aren't perfect all of the time. In fact, for me, my house rarely is perfect. As we are contemplating selling our house everyone keeps saying that we will have to essentially live in a model home all of the time. That will be a challenge for me as I haven't always been the best Susie Homemaker out there (at least when it comes to keeping things clean), but I'm hopeful that it will help us clear out a lot of our clutter and maybe teach both me and my family how to keep a house clean- but let's be honest with kids ranging from 11 to 8 months old, how likely is that???
At any rate, just wanted to post and tell you all to have a good day and that if your house is as big of a mess as mine, that is okay and you aren't alone! I think I'm going to set a goal of getting one room cleaned up a day, likely it won't stay clean (as my life has constantly proved), but it is something to strive for! That is how, today, I'm going to try to be better!

Portobello Chicken

Portobello Chicken

This is one of mine and my hubby's FAVORITE meals of all time! It is fairly simple, takes about half an hour and is super tasty!!! Enjoy!

Heat oven to 400F

Combine 1/4 c seasoned bread crumbs (we love panko crumbs seasoned with italian seasoning) and 1/3 c grated parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl. Then take two or three (depending on the size) fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts (I like to pound mine a bit with a meat cleaver between two pieces of saran wrap to avoid messes) and dredge them in the bread crumb mixture.


Place in oven safe dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray (I like the olive oil stuff) and put in oven- let cook while preparing the topping.

Next in a large frying pan pour 2-3 T olive oil (enough to cover the bottom of the pan) and heat over medium-high heat
Slice the shallot (or you can use 1/3 of a regular onion or 1/3 of a red onion- we used a red onion in this case, it is cheaper, but shallots are yummy!) and add to the heated oil

Now slice up the mushrooms, you can either use two portobello mushroom caps or (as we did) use baby bellas

Add the mushrooms, 1 T chopped parsley (you can use dried- I did...), and 1/4 t pepper to the onions and saute for about 5 minutes, turning the mushrooms at least once during that time:

Pull the partially cooked chicken out of the oven and pour the mushroom mixture on top.

Then top with slices of Mozzarella cheese

Cook an additional 20 minutes or until chicken is done. Should look like this:


Enjoy!!!







Copy and paste to print recipe:

Portobello Chicken
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

2-3 boneless skinless chicken
-breast halves
1/4 c seasoned bread crumbs
1/3 c grated Parmesan cheese
1 sm shallot; chopped (or 1/3 onion red or yellow)
2 Tb olive oil
2 portobello mushrooms; sliced
1 Tb chopped parsley
1/4 t pepper
4-8 (depending on how big) slices mozzarella cheese(or grated)

Instructions

Combine bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl. Press
mixture onto both sides of chicken. Spray oven-proof casserole with
nonstick cooking spray and arrange chicken in a single layer.
Put in 400 oven while making the topping.
In small skillet, place olive oil over medium-high heat.
Add shallot and saute until soft. Add mushrooms, parsley and pepper;
cook about 5 minutes, turning mushrooms once. Top each piece with
mushroom mixture. Place a slice of mozzarella cheese on top of each.
Bake at 400F for additional 20 minutes.
So good!!!

Why didn't I post more? Because I was doing what was "Best", not what was "Good"

There is a leader in my church who once shared a talk- see the link to it here: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/10/good-better-best?lang=eng&query=good+better+best
The talk is about evaluating what we are doing every day and striving to do what which is "better" and "best" over just good. So, last week I spent 3 days of the week helping my physically handicapped mother in law and my pregnant cousin move. It was hard, especially since I am still in the fresh stages of potty training my toddler, but it was a service that they truly needed and I was glad that I could take the time to go and serve them. This won't be a long or preachy post, I just want to share, what are you doing with your day, it is okay to do the "good", but is there something that you should be doing that is "Better" or even "Best"? That is something that I try to do to do better every day. I just want to be clear, though, we can't spend every minute going other places and serving others, sometimes what is "Best" is staying home and tending to our families. In your search to better yourself, please keep that in mind!