Before I say anything else, can I mention how VERY FREAKING WEIRD it is to see “The Real World’s” Shaun Duffy as a mother flubbin CONGRESSMAN? How to go from sharing a house with seven strangers to being in THE HOUSE?!?!?
Oh, and without the Pell Grant? Get rid of it and many more kids won’t be able to go to college. It isn’t welfare-it’s an investment in our future. It is there to prevent our nation from getting collectively dumber. (Though, if you look at the state of the US House, it may have already happened.)
On to the blog post at hand. First, bodypump will burn your ass/arms/thighs/shoulders/abs, I think I felt it in my fingernails, maybe in your nose. It’s a teensy bit difficult. It’s a bit like Jersey Shore night club weight lifting; only instead of pumping your fists, you pump your weights. It’s really great.
As you may know, yesterday I had a bit of a dental issue. MY FREAKING filling fell out!!! On top of that awfulness, I had to have it drilled further! Thankfully, I avoided a root canal and while I was high as a kite on NO2, they did something in my mouth which made it feel better today. I am pretty sure my body was melting into the dental chair.
me. getting ready to go into the dentist.
For dinner, I wanted to make something easy to chew. I had thawed chicken thighs, had a crap ton of broccoli to use up, and a container full of brown rice. Naturally, I went with chicken and broccoli. The Chinese husband was quite pleased. He’s American as apple pie and baseball, but loves his Chinese food.
Chicken and Broccoli serves 4
- 1 lb chicken breast or thigh, cubed
- 1.5 lbs broccoli florets
- 2 T canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice powder
- 1 T tamari or dark soy sauce
- 1T oyster sauce (low sodium)
- 2t honey
- 1 T Chinese rice wine or Shao Hsing wine
- 1T finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 T finely chopped fresh garlic
- 1T cornstarch
Lightly steam the broccoli and set aside. In a bowl toss the meat with the cornstarch, ginger, and garlic, set aside. In a wok or large skillet, heat the oil until ripples form on the surface, add in the meat and cook the meat until cooked all the way through. Move the chicken around a lot as to assure a nice even cook. In a bowl combine all of the other ingredients and stir well. When the chicken is fully cooked, pour sauce over the chicken, add the broccoli, and toss. Serve with brown rice and hot sauce on the side. If Tim and I were more romantic, we could feed this to each other with chopsticks, instead, I ate mine with a fork and he fed the boy with chopsticks. Elijah ate a rather large portion. That boy is in some kind of growth spurt. The baby had boob. Again, no surprise there.
Before I say anything else, can I mention how VERY FREAKING WEIRD it is to see “The Real World’s” Shaun Duffy as a mother flubbin CONGRESSMAN? How to go from sharing a house with seven strangers to being in THE HOUSE?!?!?
Oh, and without the Pell Grant? Get rid of it and many more kids won’t be able to go to college. It isn’t welfare-it’s an investment in our future. It is there to prevent our nation from getting collectively dumber. (Though, if you look at the state of the US House, it may have already happened.)
On to the blog post at hand. First, bodypump will burn your ass/arms/thighs/shoulders/abs, I think I felt it in my fingernails, maybe in your nose. It’s a teensy bit difficult. It’s a bit like Jersey Shore night club weight lifting; only instead of pumping your fists, you pump your weights. It’s really great.
As you may know, yesterday I had a bit of a dental issue. MY FREAKING filling fell out!!! On top of that awfulness, I had to have it drilled further! Thankfully, I avoided a root canal and while I was high as a kite on NO2, they did something in my mouth which made it feel better today. I am pretty sure my body was melting into the dental chair.
Lightly steam the broccoli and set aside. In a bowl toss the meat with the cornstarch, ginger, and garlic, set aside. In a wok or large skillet, heat the oil until ripples form on the surface, add in the meat and cook the meat until cooked all the way through. Move the chicken around a lot as to assure a nice even cook. In a bowl combine all of the other ingredients and stir well. When the chicken is fully cooked, pour sauce over the chicken, add the broccoli, and toss. Serve with brown rice and hot sauce on the side. If Tim and I were more romantic, we could feed this to each other with chopsticks, instead, I ate mine with a fork and he fed the boy with chopsticks. Elijah ate a rather large portion. That boy is in some kind of growth spurt. The baby had boob. Again, no surprise there.