Today was a long day!  I started with a 5:45 total conditioning class.  When they started doing abs- the last 5 minutes of class, I ditched out and ran to Panera for a birthday bagel for Brady.  Then I ran home and showered for school.  School was good but the kids were a little wild today.

I came home after tutoring and started making dinner.  Dinner was picked out by Brady and was pretty simple – Vodka Pasta sauce with chicken for him and a variation over broccoli for me.

Brady’s special birthday plate:

• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1 tbsp. oil
• 1 chopped fine onion
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 2 c. chicken broth
• 1 large can of crushed tomatoes
• 3-4 cubes of frozen basil and garlic
• sprinkle of fresh parm.
• 1/2 c. cream or more if you’d like it thicker
• salt and pepper

1. Simmer oil and butter with onions and garlic.
2. Add 1 c. chicken broth bring to boil and reduce by half
3. Add another 1c. chicken broth and reduce by half
4. Add course ground crushed tomatoes – 28-32 oz.
5. Add 3 -4 cubes of basil and fresh parm.
6. Bring to a bubble then add 1/2 c. or 3/4 c. cream.
7. Add salt and pepper

For my sauce I skipped the cream and subbed with fat free half and half.  It was an experiment but it worked!!  It was delicious!  I can’t wait to have it again!  I had mine on broccoli instead of pasta.

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Dessert was Brady’s favorite – vanilla frozen yogurt with a little milk and some Nesquick mix.  This makes  like a frosty, smoothie creamy dessert.

We are exhausted from just finishing our taxes!  Yay for being done before March!

Tomorrow is girls dinner here!

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