New Years Resolutions & Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

I know, I know, I say it every year. This time I mean it! I have 8 books either on my shelf or that I have taken out of the library (repeatedly) that I AM going to read this year.

Sometimes I can be… realistic 😜 which can be read as, negative. This year I really want to make a focused attempt at being more positive.

I won a month subscription to Headspace. I started it the other day. To be honest, I am skeptical. I have heard amazing things about meditation but I have always thought “what a waste of time”. I am going to do it for the month, like really do it, and see what happens! So far it has been super helpful! It is helped me clear my mind of all the drama of going back to school. And by that I obviously mean dealing with the moms and teachers not my children 😂😂. The more and more I read about the benefits of mindful meditation and positive thoughts the more I really want to buy in to the program. I will make sure to keep you updated on my progress!

I think balance is the key to being successful. This past year I have found a very difficult time balancing 2 of my own personal hobbies, Yoga and my Fitbit step challenge. This year I noticed that my Yoga practice fell to the side to make more time for my step challenge. Throughout the summer I tried to do yoga a few times a week but the rest of the year I ended up stepping or running during my “exercise” time. This year I would like to find a better balance. I love yoga and I love how it makes me feel. I need to find time to kick everyone’s ass in the step challenge AND enjoy a good daily stretch!

I say this often to but the Girls are getting older and they love games. I usually suggest games when I am busy, you know to keep them entertained lol but I don’t want to do that. I want to make memories playing those games with them. This year I want to take more time to sit and play WITH them.

Every time my SIL visits I try to make her a Mexican dinner. She loves Mexican and rarely ever gets it at home. This year I made Mexican Street Corn and although it was good, it wasn’t as good as my Corn Salad! We also did Pico de Gallo with tortilla chips, and 2 types of enchiladas, 1 red sauce and 1 salsa verde. They were both delicious! By using a roasted chicken from SuperStore and buying bottled sauces, it was crazy easy to make and they tasted so good… even the next day!

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas
Adapted from Carlsbad Cravings

Servings 8 with 2 enchiladas each
NUTRITION: 671 Calories

1 roasted chicken, all the meat taken off the bones
1 bottle salsa verde

1 bottle red enchilada sauce
16 tortillas
4 cups Mexican cheese, shredded

1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup lime juice
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, whisk together the honey, lime juice, all the spices, salt and pepper. 

Add the shredded chicken. Let marinate 10 minutes.

Spray 2 baking dishes with nonstick cooking spray and pour 1/4 cup salsa verde in one of the dishes and 1/4 cup of the red sauce in the other dish. Spread them evenly over the bottoms.

After chicken has been sitting 10 minutes, remove chicken and separate in 2 bowls. Take out 1/4 cup of salsa verde and pour the rest into 1 of the bowls of chicken. Do the exact same thing with the red enchillada sauce and pour the rest in the other bowl of chicken.

Begin assembling enchiladas by filling each tortilla evenly with chicken filling and 3 cups of the cheese. Roll up each tortilla and place, seam side down, in the coated baking dishes. Repeat process until all tortillas are filled.

Pour the remaining salsa verde and red sauce sauce over each of the enchilada dishes and cover with remaining 1 cup cheese.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes then broil until cheese is golden.

 

We started the New Year in the BEST way possible! We all went up to Apex for an afternoon skate. You forget how beautiful it is up there, above the clouds surrounded by mountains of snow ☀️❄️! It was JQ and SIL’s first time up there and we had a fantastic day.

 

 

 

 

The next day we celebrated JQ’s 4th birthday 🎉! He lives in Winnipeg, so this was a first for us. Super happy we got to sing Happy Birthday to him this year 😊!

 

 

HBear had a great New Year’s Swim Week! Every morning she went to the pool for land training and swimming. She came home for lunch starving 😂.

 

I bought HBear a journal for Christmas. It is a You Do You Journal from Mare #Mareathoners. Mare is a local radio DJ/Vlogger. She promotes Self Help and Mental Health Awareness. I told HBear she could write down all of feelings in it. The other night I found this note on my pillow 💛 (don’t look at her spelling) 😂.

 

For her last week of holidays I finally let her watch Grease! She really liked it! I had to fast forward a few parts though 😳!

SBean had a very productive week too! Cuddling and doing LEGO!

For Christmas this year Sis suggested that we ask Dad for the fabfitfun box. I thought it might be fun to get boxes filled with things I would never splurge on, so, we did it! It was super fun to open it up and see all the cool things inside! I have used almost everything inside it and besides the poncho everything is really great!

This weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to a fabulous 40th birthday bash for an awesome friend! We went to Theo’s for dinner and laughed A LOT!!!!! 🍷🍾🍻🙈🙊🙉😂

This was the week of birthdays!! On Sunday we celebrated my MIL’s 70th birthday! I went everywhere looking for 70th decorations and nothing! So, HBear and SBean made all the decorations! Including confetti 😜💕.

 

 

Cheers to you and your goals, whatever they might be! All the best to you in 2018!

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‘hurry sickness.’ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure. 

Wayne Dyer