Food for the Soul

 

So I like to have some food for the soul and my southern husband loves it more.  So I made something for the soul and the heart!  This was a chicken Shepard's pie.  I am sad that I don't have the picture of it done.

To start I took anything I had in the fridge.  Onion, carrots, celery, garlic, and mushrooms.  I chopped just under a pound of chicken into very tiny pieces. 

Cooked the chicken with rosemary, olive oil, garlic and S&P.

Take the chicken out.  Now I cook the vegetables and add in some broth. One can of the Healthy Cream of Chicken soup.

Put this in a casserole dish and set the oven for 350.

Now in a pot I boil about 3 or 4 potatoes.  Make sure they are peeled because this will top the dish.  Once soft I mash them in a bowl with some S&P and garlic powder.  Added in some fresh herbs like parsley.  Then add 1/4 cup of reduced fat sour cream. 

I top the pan with the mash potatoes and dust with paprika.

BAKE THIS FOR 25 MIN AND LOVE IT!!!



It has been a spell....
So here is the update.
I had the baby...a little man! Known by his big sister as Blinkin- No not his name, but for the blog it will be!
He is so super sweet and *knock on wood* a basically good baby, even go as far to say really good.

The morning I went to the hospital to have him I got on the scale, the awful hospital scale, and it read 253.  Now my scale at home did not read that at all.  I figure that's totally fine and I can go with, just makes me feel like I am doing even better. 

I came home and am now almost 4 weeks post baby.  I had my weight in today and I was...drum roll...226.6. I think its great!

 Here is what I am doing:

I joined Weight Watchers online.  I have done it before and I know it works.  This way I am held accountable.

I use a Fitbit.  This way I can stay motivated to move a little more.  This is kinda big right now for me since I am home and need to get in as much moving as possible.  ( My husband has threatened to have a Housewives intervention...I just get so sucked in!!)

My husband is on the journey with me.  This is HUGE motivation.  So easy when you have a friend.  Also, so much easier when everyone in the house is all in.

Getting ready to have the man!

Yeah I know, he is cute!!!!!!!