#'s 9 and 20 are complete!

I've just been too lazy to take a picture and blog... it's coming though, I promise!

Actually, 20 isn't really complete because I still have a ton of books in boxes that have yet to be unpacked...

Chicken Enchiladas #29

I made these as my "new recipe of the month" for July 09. However, if you know me, you know that I love to cook and will likely make more than one new recipe a month so watch out!

I found these by Googling for Weight Watchers recipes so I suppose this could also go along with #55 "Get back into a size 8 (or less!)".

Very yummy! I made a change or two...

1 C Old El Paso Green Chile Sauce I used the whole can, I don't know how much more I used...

1/4 C Cilantro For whatever reason, my grocery store doesn't carry fresh cilantro so I used Gourmet Garden Cilantro Herb Blend--I just squirted a few squirts in

1/4 C Parsley I had dried parsley at home so I just put about a palmful in yay Rachael Ray!

1 T unsweetened lime juice I used all the juice of one lime

2 cloves garlic I used one big clove and a medium sized clove, I might should have only used the big one

1/2 lbs chicken filet cooked I baked three chicken breasts in the oven at 425 for about 45 minutes and shredded, I used about half the meat I had for this recipe

3/4 C fat-free mozzarella cheese I don't do fat-free cheese, I used Colby-Jack

10 small flour tortillas-- I guess this is the only thing I didn't change

Heat oven to 350. Spray rectangular baking dish with cooking spray.

Place green sauce, cilantro, parsley, lime juice and garlic in blender or food processor. Cover and blend on high speed about 30 seconds or until smooth. (I didn't do this step... I just mixed it with a whisk)

Reserve 1/2 mixture. Mix remaining saucce mixture, the chicken, 1/4 cup cheese. Spoon about 1/4 cup chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Roll tortilla around filling. Place seam side down in baking dish.

Pour reserved sauce mixture over enchiladas. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake uncovered 20-25 minutes or until hot.

This was a very yummy meal :)

Serves 4
5 points per serving

Organization

If you look at my list, you see that I really feel the need to organize. If it's this bad now, I can't imagine how bad it will be when the day comes that I actually start feeling the need to "nest." Anyway, off subject... I organized my list today. Renumbered everything and put everything in a nice, neat, little category.

I realized that the largest category is things I'm doing for myself. At first I thought it seemed a little selfish... I mean seriously... isn't this list supposed to make me a better person? Then I realized, this list is supposed to make me a better person by doing things I feel are important.

At this point in my life, I feel it's very important to focus on myself. I haven't done much of that lately. In the past three years, I've planned a wedding to the standards my family and friends set (truth be told, I didn't like my wedding day, I did however, get an amazing wedding from that day so I wouldn't change a thing), I've also become a wife. I've done lots of things to support Lobster in his career and life. Not that he hasn't done things for me too, but I feel that I finally hit a point in my life where my needs weren't as important as someone else's. I've also started a career. Sure, I get summers off to rejuvenate myself... but ask any teacher, who actually "rejuvenates" in the summers? I do a lot during the summer. Particularly I plan for the next school year.

I've gone months without plucking my eyebrows. I've gained 30 pounds (at my heaviest). I've stopped getting manicures and pedicures. I've even stopped getting my hair trimmed. Maybe that's part of growing up, realizing that your needs are not as important as someone else's.

Now that Lobster and I are seriously thinking about try to conceive I have stopped and thought about what life will be like once a baby comes. I won't have time for myself, I won't be able to travel, I won't have the option to change my lifestyle drastically.

Now is the time. I will change. Starting today.

I no longer feel selfish for making this list mostly about things I want. These are things that will make me a better wife and a great mother when the time comes. This isn't a selfish list, it's a list for everyone else's benefit too.

#99

One day I was playing around on The Nest, only my favorite website, and found a post about this challenge. Thinking that I am in a horrible rut, I decided to take the 101 in 1001 challenge.

Number 99 is complete with the start of this blog! Woo Hoo!