Spaghetti Squash Alfredo

I get that this picture isn't the best so next time I make it I will put a better one, but it was so delicious! 

Ingredients:

2 cups Spaghetti Squash, cooked

1/4 Alfredo Sauce

1/4 cup Fresh Parmesan Cheese, grated 

1/2 cup Mushrooms, sauteed 

3 strips of bacon, chopped and cooked

1 Green onion, diced

1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes

1 tbls Minced garlic

Puttin' It Together:

Mix everything together and enjoy.

June Month-a-versary

A couple at our church do what they call month-a-versary, where every month on the date of their wedding they go out on a date night. I loved the idea and stole it from them and for the last few months Bobby and I have been going out every month on the 19th.

Since the 19th of June falls during the week this month and Bobby is gone all week, we decided to do it early this month. We had all these plans to go bowling and play putt-putt golf, but none of that happened. This past week was the first week that Bobby was gone all week and he didn't get back until Friday night. We missed each other so much that we just wanted to spend quality time cuddling and talking over the weekend.

Friday night we stayed in and just watched movies, we had planned to get up early and go out on Saturday morning, but when the alarms went off that just didn't happen. We finally got out of bed and found a movie on TV so we watched that. We finally got out of the house around 1 p.m. and went to our go to place...Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers...there chicken is amazing and their dipping sauce, OMG!

After lunch we went and saw Now You See Me, the new magic movie that was out. The previews definitely make it look better than it really was. It is a good rental in my opinion. After the movie we went to Dick's Sporting Goods and Barnes and Nobles and walked around. I found a new book series that I want to read as soon as I get a new tablet, which will hopefully be in a couple of months!

While it wasn't the Month-a-versary we had planned, it turned out really good. It was awesome to just spend time with each other, especially since this coming weekend we will be out of town at a wedding.

I love you babe, happy 29 months of marriage!

Strawberry Protein Shake

Ingredients:
Strawberry Greek Yogurt
1 Cup Frozen Strawberries
1 Frozen Banana
1 Scoop Protein Powder
2 Scoops Complex Carb Mix

Mixin' 
1. Mix the protein powder and carb mix in 8oz of water.
2. Put everything in the blender and blend

This is a great post-workout shake, I find it plenty sweet but if its not sweet enough just add a little Truvia or Splenda.

YUM!

How To Cook Spaghetti Squash

1. Preheat oven to 375 F

2. Poke holes in the squash all over and put in a shallow baking dish

3. Bake for 1 hour

4. Let cool for about 15 min

5. Cut length wise

6. Spoon out seeds

7. Use a fork and scrape 

Super easy!

Tuna Salad Recipe

I love tuna salad if it is made the right way, but I am super picky about that way. I have tried a lot of different recipes over the past few months and never found one that I loved so I took bits and pieces of what I like and made my own.

Ingredients:
1 12 oz can of tuna

2 tbls dill relish

1 tbls mayo

3 tsp spicy mustard

1 boiled egg, diced
1/4 cup purple onion, diced
1 tbls Worcestershire
1/2 of an avocado
Salt and pepper to taste

Let's Get Cookin'
1. Drain the tuna really well, because the last thing you want is for your salad to be watery, yuck!
2. Combine all ingredients except the avocado and mix well
3. Slap it between some bread, top it with avocado and you got yourself an awesome tuna salad sandwich

Serving: 1/4 cup
Calories: 185 + avocado
Protein: 17 g + avocado
Carbs: 1 g + avocado

* The nutrition information does not include bread and everyone uses different amounts of avocado so that information can differ too. 

Weekend With The Niece

After Ashley's wedding Bobby and I took Peyton for the night so Amber could have a night on the town. We had a blast!

First we got home, I left in a rush, so the apartment was kind of messy, and Peyton definitely let me know that I needed to clean. So while I cleaned, and Bobby took a nap, Peyton watched Rapunzel aka Tangled and colored in the princess coloring book.

Then when the movie was over she went to wake up Uncle Bobby so we could go swimming.

 

 She had to spank him because he disobeyed her and wouldn't get out of bed.

 We finally made it to the pool, which was a little chilly but the sun came out and it warmed it up by a few degrees.

 Bobby jumped without Peyton and she got bad so he had to go again.

 Jumping take two...

 We played mermaid, and getting captured by a shark (Bobby).

 And of course you can't swim with Bobby without having an all out splash war.

 Getting out to make foot prints. She was obsessed with making footprints anytime she got out of the pool.

 Her beloved footprints.

 After about an hour of swimming she started shivering and we kept asking her if she was cold and wanted to go inside. She kept saying no. About ten minutes later she gets out of the pull then curls into a ball on the side shivering and says she is ready to go get pizza with red sauce.

I didn't realize the girl could eat so much. She ate three full slices of cheese pizza. After dinner we made brownies.

 Of course you can't make brownies without getting to lick the spoon.

 After the brownies we were watching Mulan and Peyton begged and begged Bobby for a back scratch, but she wasn't to keen on the flash from my camera. At this point she was getting tired.

We finally got to bed around 10 after she got to listen to Bobby play the guitar. When Bobby left for church Sunday morning around 8, he woke up Peyton and there was no getting her back to sleep so she watched 101 Dalmatians while I got ready for church. We really lucked out with the family channel having a Disney movie marathon. Whenever she wanted to watch a movie there was always one on. We are not big breakfast eaters in our house so I had the options of left over pizza or cereal. She chose pizza. She finished off the box and then ate half a carton of strawberries. Man she can eat! I forgot how long it takes to get a kid ready for anything so finally thirty minutes later we head to church. She wouldn't go to the nursery but she was really good during the service.

After church we went to Mcdonalds so she could play in the play place and then headed home so Amber could get her. We only had two small moments where she wanted mom that were quickly over when we made Peyton sandwiches.

It was a really great weekend, but a four year old is super exhausting.