Chicken and Lemon-Broccoli Alfredo

Tonight we made a yummy Chicken and Lemon-Broccoli Alfredo...it was SO easy and quick. We went grocery shopping right after work and we bought groceries for our a week's worth of meals...so we opted for a simple easy dinner because we were SO hungry when we actually started cooking.

We found this recipe on Shine from Yahoo...each Monday they put out a week's worth of dinner recipes. Click HERE to see the other recipes for the week.

Here's what they say about this recipe: "For evenings when you need dinner in a rush with a few easy ingredients, try these quick and delicious chicken breasts with fresh vegetables and a creamy Alfredo sauce. The addition of fresh mushrooms and the refreshing burst of citrus from the lemon brings this dish together beautifully."

Enjoy!

ingredients

4 small skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
Salt and pepper
8 oz. mushrooms, halved
1 Tbsp. olive or cooking oil
1 lemon
3 cups fresh broccoli florets
1 10-oz. container refrigerated light Alfredo pasta sauce
directions

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper. In large skillet brown chicken and mushrooms 4 minutes in hot oil, turning chicken halfway through.

2. Meanwhile, shred 2 teaspoons lemon peel; set aside. Slice lemon. Add broccoli and lemon slices to skillet. Cover; cook 8 minutes or until chicken is done (170 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer).

3. Place chicken and vegetables on plates. Add Alfredo sauce to skillet; heat through. Serve with chicken. Add lemon peel and pepper.

Our First Pizza

David and I tackled our first homemade pizza and crust and it was a learning experience!! Overall it was great! What we struggled with was- once we made the pizza-we couldn't get it off the cookie sheet and onto the pizza stone...it was kinda a nightmare so the next day we bought a pizza peel and hopefully that will fix the problem next time! And we need cornmeal to put on the pizza peel and pizza stone.

We made our favorite pizza- salami, mushroom, garlic and basil...YUMMY!

and we used this crust recipe originally from Giada De Laurentiis but we got it from a friend's blog- The Little Kitchen That Could

Click HERE for crust recipe.

Here is our pizza before we put it in the oven...


And after..it got a little deformed from our attempts to transfer it to the pizza stone.

I wanna wear a hat...

With the Kentucky Derby this weekend "hats" have been quite the topic of conversation on TV, magazines, blogs etc.

I find myself DYING to wear a hat. Every time I go to New York to visit my sister, I try on 10 different fedoras and come SO close to buying one and I find myself walking away because I can't see myself actually wearing it. I don't know why but I think I can't pull it off or it just doesn't look right in Dallas...

Then there's the Derby style hats that I find myself drooling over because they are just so fun, southern, and glamorous. I think my obsession comes from growing up on My Fair Lady...





and GiGi (my all time favorite movie)





Gah...I guess I will have to wait for my glamorous hat debut until I actually attend the Kentucky Derby or have a derby themed party or something...

May Cooking Challenge

Have you seen the movie Julie & Julia? I just saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago and I am still thinking about how cute it was. I think it's more my admiration for people who cook and cook well.

David and I have been cooking a lot lately. Mostly because we have all these new kitchen gadgets/pans and want to know what it's like to make a meal with something that was not purchased in the 40's...and also because it saves money...

But now we are just enjoying the act of cooking. It is so fun to start with all the ingredients, put it all together and enjoy the result...So far we have been relatively safe with our cooking. We have used family recipes that we know are good and that we have a "help line" if we have a question.

So all this being said, we have decided to challenge ourselves for the month of May. We are going to try and not eat out the entire month of May. More of a mini version of Julie Powell's challenge where she cooked 524 recipes in 365 days.

We obviously have to work during the week so we will have to make lunches or eat leftovers but we are going to try and not eat out the entire month of May and try all sorts of new recipes.

I will try to blog about each dinner/meal we cook (I'll skip the turkey sandwiches for lunch)...

We will probably make old recipes, new recipes, borrowed recipes, and bought recipes...but we will cook our way through May.

More pictures from the DBJ breakfast

The DBJ photographer just put these pictures up from the breakfast...they are a little better than the other pictures...

So here you go momma :)

With Lisa Bormaster, Publisher of the DBJ and Jerry Holder, Chairman of the board of the Frisco Economic Development Council.

Haha love this one...Caption:"I'm crazy ya know"

The new bed

I can't put up any pictures of our new bed because we don't have a digital camera right now (mine broke) so here is the bed we bought from the manufacturers website...we love the high headboard.



We didn't get the nightstands in this picture because they were SO pricey...but we love the bed! the dresser will be delivered in a couple weeks...

Click HERE to see a better picture of the details

Hate Tooting My Horn...

But all my family lives far away from me so this is for the family to see pictures...

I received an award that is a huge honor in the Dallas Real Estate industry. Each year the Dallas Business journal selects what they call Heavy Hitters...it is based on the number of deals you have completed in a single year, and the total value of these deals.

I was selected as the Rookie of the Year for 2009. And this morning I was presented with the award at a breakfast (had to get up at 5:45am to make it to the 7:00am breakfast)

It is a huge honor as I said but more than that it is an opportunity for me to give God all the thanks and glory for this blessing.

Here are some pictures from the event this morning.





With my supportive husband :)


With some folks from the office...from the left- John Conger my boss and owner of the company, Malcolm Ross head of leasing, me, Lorrie Engel office manager, friend and the glue that holds our office together, and Mike Pierre my partner in crime- my mentor and team member on most of the buildings I lease


You can see the article in the DBJ publication coming out tomorrow (4/23) or you can just call my husband bc he is happily sending it to anyone who cares :)