Pioneer Woman aint got nothin on me!

Theres this lady (pioneer woman) who writes this blog. I have never read her blog but my wife follows her....and proceeds to tell me about her. Apparently she is amazing in every way and lives a perfect life that many women envy. I believe she lives on some big ranch in Oklahoma with lots of animals and is married to someone she calls The Marlboro Man. Sometimes she posts recipes. A few months ago she posted a recipe for "crispy yogurt chicken" that Tiffany passed along to me. Its basically chicken tenders that are dipped in a mixture of yogurt, parsley, lemon juice, garlic and s&p. They are then coated with bread crumbs and baked in the oven for 1 hr & 15 min. Sounds good huh. I made this two months ago and it was so-so. I gave it a second try tonight and Amari wouldnt eat it and Ava ate about half of it. I wasnt thrilled with it either. Two strikes and your out.

I have researched and tried out about 25 "healthy" meals in the past 2 months and this one falls about at the bottom. Some of our favorites so far are baked crab cakes, fish tacos, chicken pitas and panko crusted tilapia. Next experiment is something called "smokin shrimp". I saw it on the Food Network.....which I find myself watching more and more - not sure if that is because of the recipe ideas or for the attractive ladies (giada, sandra lee, paula dean!!hah) Ava & Amari wake me up on saturday mornings and we let mommy sleep in. We inevitably end up watching some food shows between Handy Manny and Dora the Explorer and the new show "mexican made easy" at 8:30AM might be worth my time.....and the food doesnt look bad either. I told Tiffany that they really need to come out with a "Women of the Food Network" calendar. I am ingenius!!! So if you have any recipes that are relatively healthy that you love, please send them my way. I am looking for more ideas.

Hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the Super Bowl!!