Sweet and Spicy Chicken

    Being tired from lack of sleep and a little heartbroken I needed dinner to be simple and quick. My husband is pretty easy to please when it comes to food which helps when I don't feel like cooking. Scrambled eggs and bacon for dinner will make him happy. With the help of Juli from PaleOmg I found a great recipe that will please even my grumpy self. I used her sweet and sexy chicken wing recipe and substituted chicken tenders. The sauce has some bite to it so I put a little extra honey which left a nice spice that wasn't overwhelming.

     Good ol' podunk HEB in Odessa has surprised me once again by carrying Live Kombucha Soda. This stuff is usually only found at the Natural Grocers store in Midland and in major cities of course. The major highlight of my day was definitely the kombucha soda.

Superbowl Snack: Sweet and Sexy Wings

 

Ingredients

• 24 chicken wings
• ⅓ cup raw honey
• ½ cup coconut aminos
• ½ cup red wine
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix all your sauce ingredients together in a large bowl..
3. Place chicken wings on a cookie sheet that has been covered with aluminum foil.
4. Pour sauce over your wings, leaving ¼ of it still in the bowl.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning once half way through.
6. Add wings directly into your leftover sauce and toss them to coat.
7. Then serve those guests of yours!!

The finished product with a side salad.

Stirring the spicy sauce for the chicken tenders.

I'm not frazzled just hungry.

The yummy ingredients sans honey which had already been put back into the cabinet.

My startling find at HEB!

My little sister watching me cook.

Ready to Face the Music and the Kitchen

     I fell in love with my husband mainly because he can make me laugh...a lot. Having yet another major knee surgery hasn't made me fun to live with. Most of the time I try to be positive but I definitely have my moody days when I would love to break things and punch walls. Especially when I feel pudgy and frustrated with physical therapy. Thankfully, the hubs has decided to help me out on this paleo journey and getting Our sexy back. It is always easier to tackle a huge project like changing our lifestyle together as a team. I like to think of us as a well dressed gang, a really small well dressed gang.

     This Saturday, January 4, 2014 Steven will go to the grocery store with me and actually be involved in the cooking and eating choices we make. I find this very exciting mainly because I have a partner to help my broken but healing ass navigate the grocery store. I love cooking and use it as a way to de-stress when I have term papers due or just having a bad day. Standing for long periods of time is not easy nor a great idea for the next few weeks. My ACL (Hertha) is in the process of attaching herself and becoming permanently anchored in my knee. Whoop Whoop so exciting! No worries, I have made meal plans that are easy, delicious, and that my husband can help me make. I have decided to bat my eyes and enlist his help in the kitchen, this is a room that he is not familiar with. I have total faith that he will be a kick butt sou chef and we can whittle our waistlines down together.