Pecan Chicken

5 Ingredient Pecan Chicken!!

1 CUP PECANS

1/2 CUP BREAD CRUMBS

1 TEASPOON DRIED BASIL

4 SKINLESS, BONELESS CHICKEN BREASTS ( ABOUT 1 1/2 POUNDS TOTAL)

1/4 CUP HONEY MUSTARD

PREP TIME: 10 mins    COOK TIME: 20 mins    4 servings

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Using a food processor, grind the pecans into fine crumbs. Transfer to a wide, shallow bowl and stir in the bread crumbs and basil. season with salt and pepper. Rub each chicken breast with honey mustard, then coat with the pecan mixture. Place on a nonstick baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Bake until the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes.

Yummy and Fun Finger Foods

Here is a list that I found in one of my baby magazines a while back that has really been helpful in giving me some new ideas for finger food for Emma. I hope this might be helpful to any of you new Moms that might read this.

• Small pieces of string cheese
• Slivered strawberries
• Diced kiwi
• Cooked chickpeas or black beans, mashed
• Diced pieces of well-cooked carrots
• Small cubes of seedless watermelon
• Well-cooked string beans, cut in tiny pieces
• Scrambled eggs (after 12 months)
• Fig Newton, broken into small pieces (one of Emma's favorites)
• Oyster crackers
• Small Jell-O cubes
• Cut-up fish sticks
• Gerber fruit and veggie puffs
• Bite-size pieces of cheese quesadilla with sour cream
• Diced cooked veggies and ranch dressing
• Slivers of fruit with yogurt
• Cubed banana rolled in Rice Krispies
• Graham cracker pieces with cream cheese and fruit spread
• Toast with thin layer of peanut butter (after 12 months)
• Soft granola bars like Nutri-Grain
• Whole wheat minis pancakes or waffles, quartered, with syrup, jelly, or yogurt

This list really helped me get out of a rut of applesauce, peas, crackers, cheese and so on. With Emma I learned that the more colorful the food is...the more likely she is to try it. 

16 months old

Grandpa and Grandma time

Emma's first Gelato experience =)

Barn Yard Jig

Valentine's Day

Zoo fun!!

11 months old

10 1/2 Months

It has been a very long time since the last posting. So, there are many new developments! Emma can walk around the coffee table, holding on to the edge and stand on her own for maybe 10 seconds. Today, she actually took one step all on her own and then fell down. =) She loves finger food more than baby food, especially cheese and yogurt. She is having a ball in the nursery at church. She is the only girl in her room btw. =) All the other little boys fuss and fuss....but she loves playing around in the nursery room. I'm starting to plan Emma's first birthday, which I can't believe is just around the corner!God has truly blessed our family and we are so thankful for His goodness every day.

First taste of bannana puffs....doesn't quite know what to think :)

Summer Fun

Family Time