Holding Back The Furies

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Teriyaki Chicken and Rice

I made this for the third time tonight and It was a huge hit. So I thought I should share it.

Ingredients:

Olive Oil

2 Large boneless skinless chicken breast. (All together, mine weighed about 30oz)

About 1&1/4 Cup Kikkoman Teriyaki sauce (or more if you want) I used the one pictured below. (Garlic & Green Onion flavor is also fantastic)


A couple splashes of Soy Sauce

Crushed Red Pepper

1-2 tsp. grated Fresh Ginger (or more if you like)

1 Tbsp. Minced Garlic

2 Cups Normandy Blend Veggies (Broccoli Florets, Cauliflower, carrots, & yellow carrots - in the freezer section)

1 tsp. sesame seeds

Rice

Directions:

I buy bags of Mahatma Rice and follow the directions on the back for cooking it in the microwave and let it cook while I cook the chicken
It makes about 4 servings of rice. You can cook as much or as little rice as you need.

The Chicken
Put enough olive oil in your pan to almost cover the bottom.
Heat pan on medium heat.
While olive oil is heating up cut chicken breast into bite sized pieces and add then to heated oil.
Make sure you stir the chicken to get an even coating of olive oil.
After a few minutes add about 2 TBSP. of the Teriyaki Sauce, A couple splashes of soy sauce, a medium pinch of crushed red pepper (or more if you like it spicy), the ginger, sesame seeds, and the garlic.
Stir until it's all coated.
Let cook until chicken is cooked. (About 5-10 minutes) Stir often!
Once the chicken is cooked drain off the liquid then add in remaining teriyaki sauce and frozen veggies. 
Stir so everything gets coated in the teriyaki sauce.
Put a lid over the pan and let it cook for about 10 minutes. Stir frequently! 
You don't want all the liquid to cook off So put the lid back on after you stir!

Once the rice is finished and the veggies are well cooked, scoop some rice into a bowl and top with chicken/vegetable mix. Enjoy!

I hope you like this. 
It is now a favorite in my home.
Feel free to ask any questions!


Friday, February 17, 2012

Migraines!

Oh My Goodness! Where have I been? 
I don't know but let's take a brief moment and talk about migraines!
THEY SUCK!
THEY HURT!
I seem to get them WAY too often!
So what do I do? I do what I can to ease the pain and I carry on with my life as much as I can. I continue to cook, clean, shop, attend playgroup, and wear the smile that tells the world "I'm feeling fantastic!" because who really wants to hear about the three weeks of non stop agony you have been in?
I try to discourage the girls from their screaming as that just adds more hammer swings to the ice pick that is being driven through my scull.

Now let me clarify something. I don't ever "just have a headache" anymore. 
NO!
I wish it was so simple!
Instead, at the slightest spark of ache I know this will not go away. It will grow and throb and stab and carry on for weeks. I will feel every swing of some invisible force's sledge hammer as it drives the ice pick deeper and deeper into my brain. (Maybe it's the Furies?)
The last one I had was, by far, the worst one I had experienced, EVER! 
How bad was it?
Well, it put me in the emergency room and got me a CT scan after I passed out from the pain. This was back on January first and it had been going on for three weeks (thankfully it had eased up enough for me to thoroughly enjoy the Tori Amos concert). 
In the ER, I was given a non-narcotic pain killer and steroids to reduce the inflammation that was causing all the pain. I left pain free! The CT scan was normal. So YAY! No crazy tumor at the root of it all. 

I then went to my doctor to talk about getting this under control. She gave me Amitriptyline, which is mostly used as an anti-depressant but has showed success at treating daily migraines, like I have. She also gave me fioricet to take when I feel one coming on. So far, these have been working. I have been migraine free since January first! But I want to know why I keep getting these! So I have an appointment with a neurologist next Friday at 2pm. I was supposed to go see her today, but I'm sick so I had to reschedule. 
I'm looking forward to seeing the neurologist and finding out what's going on but at the same time I'm a little scared. What if there IS something wrong?

I keep telling myself, Maybe Jessica's suggestion is right. Maybe I just need to see a chiropractor. I mean, I WAS in a couple nasty accidents then I had two kids. Maybe all of it has been too much on my body and all I need is a good alignment. 

Jessica, I will cook you something awesome if that's what it turns out to be! Maybe corn dogs HA HA HA!!!
(Jessica is pregnant and in her last blog post he mentioned her craving for corn dogs)

So I guess I'll have a better idea after next Friday.
I'm sure I'll be back on here to disclose any results.
Sorry there was such a huge gap in posts. 
I'll try to make it a point to get on here more often.