Chicago Style Pizza

So we normally do "pizza Friday" but the recipe tonight came from emeals. You can check that out here.

1 Can refrigerated pizza dough
1 lb ground beef 
14 oz jar pizza sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Again, meat not pictured because it was being thawed in the microwave. :) I will get better about that! I usually thaw meat during the day so it's ready to go at night, I have been slacking a lot lately ;)



Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and then press dough into bottom of dish and half way up the sides. Doesn't have to be perfect... here is a side of mine: 

While oven is preheating, brown your beef in a skillet on medium high until no pink remains.  Mix browned beef and sauce together and spread onto dough. Top the mixture with the cheese and bake 20 minutes. I let my two year old help put on the cheese, he loved that!

Enjoy!

Sweet, Garlic Chicken

Despite having a sinus infection (again - I'm prone!) I still have to make dinner. Joy! I did sandwiches for lunch so Strick needed something different. :) In my momma opinion!

Sweet & Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:
1.5 lbs boneless chicken breasts
4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon season salt

I do semi cheat 95% of my "fresh minced garlic" needs with a family sized minced garlic container from Sam's.  And no, I didn't take a picture of the chicken ;) I was thawing it in the microwave.



Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small skillet, saute garlic and olive oil for about 3-4 minutes.  After that, remove it from heat and stir in brown sugar and season salt. Place your chicken breasts in the mixture and coat on both sides. Place the chicken in a foil lined baking dish (coat with cooking spray ;)) and bake for twenty-twenty five minutes. Enjoy! My photo is a tad reflective, sorry bout that! :)

Meet us!

Wow! Here we go (attempt) with the blogging! I have been going round and round about what my first post should be! I opted to do an introductory post! Meet me and the family and our timeline!

Meet Tim! 

The man that has my heart! :)
He is a country man with a city slicker attitude ;)
He was born in Sonora, TX and works for Helmerich and Payne, Inc.
He loves all things Dallas Cowboys and the beach! The first love of his life is his 1972 GMC Jimmy, which is orange and sits in our backyard.

Tim & Amber meet in March 2005!
Um, sorry, no photo of our first meeting?! haha!

Tim & Amber started dating in May 2006!
Our first date was to see Eli Young at the County Line.
It was a free concert - part of their free summer concert series!
Their sauteed mushrooms are the bomb! :)
Check out the County Line here

Tim proposed to Amber on December 4, 2007!
No real photo of this either but it was nice :)

The Busbys were established on September 5, 2009!

We were married at the Marquardt Ranch in Boerne, TX!

October 11, 2009 we found out we were expecting our first baby!

 

Strick was born June 18, 2010!
Photo © The Smile House Laura does AMAZING work!
This is one of the photos she posted on her blog for us to share :)
As I start this blogging journey our son will be three in a month! Time Flies!

Strick's favorite things include Monsters, Inc, Towmater, and dinosaurs!


That is us in a nutshell! Hope you enjoy the blog!

Blessings,
Amber