Chocolate Macadamia Milkshale

 Nic and I went on a couples trip to Kauai. Our room wasn't quite ready when we arrived so they gave us credit at the bar. Since we don't drink, we are new to finding fun drinks at the bar. It wasn't on the menu but based on other items on the menu I asked if they could make me a chocolate macadamia smoothie. They made it for me and as they handed it to me one of the men at the bar asked what the bar tender what drink I had. Afterwards, the bartender told me all 4 of the guys ordered the drink (but added alcohol). Cracked us up they I started a little trend.

Once we got home, I couldn't find a recipe for a Chocolate Macadamia Milkshake but was determined to make one. 

Chocolate Macadamia Milkshake

Serves 4

1 C Milk (whole milk makes it richer but I also do skim)

1 1/13 Heavy Cream

1/2 cup Sugar

2 C ice

1 Cup Macadamia Nuts (I usually do an overflowing cup using the Costco bag of whole nuts if the nuts are chopped or you don't want us nutty add less like 1/2 Cup)

2 T Hot fudge (I have often done chocolate syrup which also tastes great the hot fudge just takes it up a notch)

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.

Enjoy!

Come Follow Me Bulletin

I have had a lot of people like our family's Come Follow Me Board and ask for details so I thought I would share.

I am using resources from one of my friend's blogs: Saving Talents

I used these adorable printables from the Red Headed Hostess

Each week I go through and print the weekly devotionals from Saving Talents and then pin them on the bulletin board. The green squares to the right of Christ, will allow us to write down any family goals, favorite scriptures, or a scripture we want to memorize. Last week, we all memorized Luke 1: 39.

We don't always do the journal entries, activities, or even song but we have the option if we have extra time. We  go over these scriptures and questions during dinner and so far it has been going really well.

For this next weeks, devotionals click this link to download the formatted Saving Talents devotionals.

Great to be 8 Invites

Great to be 8 is coming up in Primary. I wasn't finding any invitations that I love so I decided to make my own and I really like how the turned out.

I love the Baptism song "When I am Baptized." It talks about looking for rainbows so I thought it would be fun to go off the rainbow theme.

Download Great to be 8 Invitations

Peach Mango Chicken

Two of my favorite fruits are peach and mango. Luckily for me, its been peach and mango season. Ever since I made strawberry jam a couple of weeks ago I wanted to try to make a peach mango jam to have with chicken.

I made my own jam using this:

I used the low sugar recipe for the peach jam, I used two peaches and one mango. Chopped them up to have about 1 2/3 c of fruit and then pureed it in my blender, (You can puree it or keep it as chunky as you want). Then I followed the recipe as indicated. (I did not add butter).

However, you could also buy a peach mango or even a peach jam to use for this recipe.

Put peach mango jam, brown sugar, soy sauce and vinegar in a glass bowl and microwave for about 20 seconds, until jam has thinned down. 

Mixture should still be thick but a smoother consistency.. Whisk in ginger, garlic, basil and red pepper flakes. 

Add chicken and marinate for 30 minutes.

 












 Preheat broiler to high.  Put aluminum foil in a baking dish and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Don't make my mistake and forget this! I was so busy thinking about pictures, I spaced this step and was scrubbing this dish for a LONG time!

Remove chicken from marinade and place in baking dish.. Broil about 3 inches from the heat until cooked through (about 5 minutes on each side).

Flip the chicken over and then cover with the chopped mango and peaches and sprinkle basil on top. Cook for another 5 minutes.


Peach Mango Chicken

Ingredients:

 1/4 cup peach mango jam/marmalade (homemade)

1/8 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce

1/2 Tablespoon rice vinegar

 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger (I used jarred)

1 tsp minced garlic 

1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

 ¼ teaspoon of basil

2-4 chicken breasts

Chopped up mango

  Chopped peach

Basil to sprinkle on top (optional)

Directions:

Put peach mango jam, brown sugar, soy sauce and vinegar in a glass bowl and microwave for about 20 seconds, until jam has thinned down. Mixture should still be thick but a smoother consistency.. Whisk in ginger, garlic, basil and red pepper flakes.

Add chicken and marinate for at least 30 minutes.

 Preheat broiler (or 525) to high.  Put aluminum foil in a baking dish and spray with nonstick cooking spray.

Remove chicken from marinade and place in baking dish.. Broil about 3 inches from the heat until cooked through (about 5 minutes on each side).

Flip the chicken over and then cover with the chopped mango and peaches and sprinkle basil on top. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Enjoy!

Quote Printable

Residency life is no joke, and we haven't even had it too rough yet. I was looking for decorations for our house and it was just a rough week and I thought of this quote that my mom got for our house during a really tough family time.

I decided this quote by Elder Holland would be a perfect motto this year.

Happy Match Day

Happy Match day everyone! Good luck!

Ever since we were first years, I heard about Match day and looked forward to it even though it seemed so far away. I can't believe it is already here. It has given me time to reflect on the past 4 years.

Medical school has had its challenges, and there have been times I tell people to never go into medical school. However, I also feel like we have been blessed and have benefited from this medical school journey.

When Nic and I started medical school we realized there would be times our time with each other would be limited. We made our priorities and set expectations. We decided at this point we would have dinner together as much as possible. We also decided we would cook together. Before medical school, I was not a very good cook; I think it was through our times cooking together that I developed a love for cooking and made it a talent.

We did our best to still have dinner together despite some rough schedules. On his night shifts, I would bring dinner to the hospital cafeteria so we could eat together. This had some challenges with bringing the little ones there (went even when L was only a month old), but the time made it worth it. One time I brought a pizza so we could have date night. These moments have become treasured memories and love that we were able to still have family time despite odd hour shifts. 

We have learned a lot on this journey and have grown together as a couple. Our communication has improved a ton while we have been here. Even though there have been rough times I am glad I had the chance to go through with Nic and here. We have met so many amazing people who have been so supportive.

I know residency will be rough, but I hope I can look back in 4 years and realize how much we learned and were blessed by the experience.
 
There will always be challenges in our lives but I encourage you to make the most of it. For all your other medical student wives you can do it!

Primary Song Memory Game

Now that my daughter is getting older, I have been wanting to come up with good Sunday activities to help her better distinguish Sundays verse other days. She loves the game Memory so I thought a Primary Song Memory game would be fun. So far she is loving it.

Print the attachments on cardstock and then glue to cute scrapbook paper. Try to choose scrapbook paper that won't make matches obvious. I chose a pattern that had shapes that were random.

Memory Game Page 1

Memory Game Page 2