Mystery Ingredient Monday: Mustardy Chicken

Linking up with Jessica, for more mystery ingredient fun. 

This week's ingredient was mustard, and I must be such a devoted blogger that I made this recipe, last Thursday, in 90 degrees temps in our kitchen without a/c.    But hey...we gotta eat...and we don't have a grill, so the oven it is.   When I do use the oven in the summer, I basically just turn it on and then run out of the room and sit in front of the a/c in the next room while the kitchen swelters away. 

So, here's my recipe...that I invented myself.  

Amelia's  Moist and Juicy Honey-Brown Sugar-Mustard Chicken

I used brown sugar instead of honey because I wanted Elsa to be able to taste it (no baby mush for this baby) and "they" say you aren't supposed to give honey to babies under one.  And, since I am a rule-follower (of some of the rules anyway)  I make sure that honey does not pass that fair baby's lips before her first birthday. 

I decided to get all fancy.like a real foodie blogger and took pictures of the ingredients.

You will need

About 2 lbs chicken breasts

1/2 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup mustard

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp hot mustard

1/2 cup butter

Melt butter, add rest of ingredients (except chicken) and mix well.  Place chicken into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.  (Mine was actually still frozen, because I was never a boy scout and am never prepared). 

Pour sauce over chicken 

and bake at 425 degrees until done (time depends on the size and frozen-ness of your chicken breasts).

Notice, all that delicious sauce left in the pan.

I also cooked up 2 cups of Jasmine Rice (that's my favorite type) and poured the sauce over the rice.  

Delicious!!

It's quick, it's easy and it's GOOD. 

Five Favorites By Baby

Hi, my name is Elsa and I like to bang on my mommy's keyboard and spill diet coke on Daddy's keyboard.  That only cost him $114 to get it fixed, but because I'm super cute, they forgave me. 

Since, I like banging  typing on the keyboard so much mommy let me take over blogging and I'm doing my five favorite baby things.

1.

The Kozy Carrier..because it makes me feel all warm and cozy and snuggly in it and I fall asleep.  And, it lets my mommy do important things like taking walks and hikes without making me ride in a boring old stroller.  And, when I want to go into it, I just whine and cry and pull on mommy's legs while she's trying to do something for all my slaves  siblings like cook dinner.  Then, she puts me in it and I can see everything and she can cook dinner for the my  slaves  siblings,  That way they have more energy to entertain me and get me toys and carry me around and do whatever I want.

2.

Smart Nappy Diapers

Because I'm too little to use the potty and these never leak and absorb a lot of pee and most of all are super trim and don't make my butt look big...because who wants a big ole' cloth diaper bubble butt?

3.

Sleeping in the big bed with mommy because HELLO....who wants to sleep alone??  I mean, wolves might come eat me if I'm all alone.

Not my mommy's bed..she would never have such an ugly bedspread.

Plus, sleeping in mommy's bed makes it easier for me to partake of my next favorite thing.

4.

(See, I'm only 9 months old and I can already do a segue).

The nana...or some babies calling it nursing or milkies...but whatever...it's my favorite thing.  Nana is all sweet and warm and delicious and it's super fun to be nursing and then bite mommy and watch her scream..and then go back to nursing.  I always be sure to look super cute when I do that and then cry to nurse some more, so I can play the game again...it's so fun.  

Taken right after a snack.

5.

I only eat big people food, because it's much more fun to steal food off my mommy's or daddy's plates or eat stuff that falls on the floor than it is to eat mushy old baby food off a spoon.

And, this is my favorite food, because it's nice and juicy and yummy and always makes a big mess..and I live for making messes.  If mommy let me, I would eat tons and tons of watermelon..it soooo yummy!

And, now I hear that there is this really cool blogger named Hallie that hosts these Five Favorites.  I can't read yet, but if you can...you should go check her out. 

{Pretty Skies, Happy, Funny and Real}

Doing a 2 for 1 deal and linking up for both PHFR and Theme: Thursday in one little post.

{Pretty Skies}

Cari's theme for this Thursday is sky.  So, I grabbed my trusty Heidi's trusty camera and headed outside.   Got some real purty pictures here. 

I love the way the moon is showing through the palm trees (which as I mentioned before aren't technically trees).

Lots of dense foliage.

Palm trees in the early morning sky.

{Happy}

Happiness is playing in the rain. 

{funny}

Going on a picnic...got the cooler all packed.

{Real}

When you feed yourself mashed potatoes...you sometimes get a bit on the nose.

or on your eyes and chin

No, go visit LMLD for more PHFR.