Hey, hey I have a blog!! =D

I'm a modern, domestic diva!! This blog is about homemaking with a twist~ I'll chronicle my daily attempts to live an (almost) organic, all natural lifestyle while staying true to my traditional values and forever remaining fabulous. I'll talk often about my faith as well, and post my daily recipes, tips, and favorite websites that pertain to organic living and homemaking. I'm seriously ready to go back to the basics people. Back before instant meals packed with MSG, before chemically enhanced cattle, before you saw those dreaded golden arches on EVERY street corner, before the ever growing obesity epidemic and before the modern conveniences that have so conveniently inconvenienced our health!* I'm excited about this, and cannot wait to share my new found knowledge with you all! Here we go America, it's hip to be a healthy homemaker... and I'm out to prove it! ;))

SoOo, let's get started!!

Step 1: Going from Gucci to Green

That statement makes me giggle, only because it is so true!! At least in my life anyway. Before having my two children I drove a bright red jaguar and used bleach like nobody's business...I didn't dispose of batteries the proper way (big oOops) and rarely recycled. I thought 'going green' was a new MAC eyeshadow. Although we did eat healthy and I tried to exercise regularly, I was doing nothing positive for our planet. Now, 3 years and 2 kids later, I want to clean the floor without my baby crawling rubbing his eyes and painfully blinding himself LoL! (Yes I realize that wasn't REALLY funny, the thought of it happening I mean but you have to admit the statement itself was rather witty...but I digress ;)) I'm going to make my own bread!! Yea, I know unbelievable right? Miss domestically challenged has miraculously turned into Martha Stewart. How is this possible?? Well I don't have that answer yet but as we go along I'm hoping to find it LOL! I kid, I actually love to cook and my husband says I'm a pretty good one so I have some wonderful recipes I'd like to share with you! The first is a kid favorite. Good old chicken nuggets!! But not the ground up grissel, toenails and beetle kind. . .the good kind, the all natural homemade kind ;))


***I like to make a big batch of these and keep them in the freezer to pull out for quick snacks. Bye bye Tyson, helloOo mama's goodness!!! =D

Homemade Semi Organic Chicken Nuggets:

~Take any Organic starch (bread crumbs, corn meal, smashed corn flakes, smashed shredded wheat, smashed left over crackers - literally almost any starch can end up being the breading) and season it to taste. I suggest salt, pepper, garlic powder, finely grated parmesan and romano cheeses and oregano but you can also use marjoram, basil, curry powder, ....the list goes on, it's really a personal taste preference : ))

~cut the chicken into strips or cubes and try to make them the same size - then press on the thick ones with the heel of your hand to flatten them out. Flattening them results in even cooking times.

~Dip the flattened strips into some extra virgin olive oil and sweet honey then roll/press the strip into the breading. Try to get as much breading to stick as you can. Arrange the breaded strips on a cookie sheet and bake them at 400 degrees until the meat is just cooked through - it should take about 12 minutes. Then simply cool them and pack them into lunch sized servings and freeze! Voila, homemade all natural, semi organic frozen chicken nuggets =D BAM!!*

To serve I just heat them on a cookie sheet at 400 degrees until lightly browned and crisp. Hope you LoVe them as much as we do!!*

Alright, I'll work on a weekly menu of organic recipes for tomorrow. Night all!! =))