Matt Dad Stuff, Pregnancy

AYA, VELMA, and SORRY CHARLIE

My house is starting to get crowded. Ellie has her inner demon, Eloise, and Aya has her alter ego, Velma. And to cope with these added personalities, I turn into sorry Charlie. He can be found hiding in the closet crying while eating a Snickers bar.

Eliie and Eloise can be a handful, but Velma can be difficult on a whole other level.

Velma’s emotions are extreme. She’s either super happy and excited (like eyes dilated, crazy smile, jazz hands happy), cranky, or worn-out tired and crying. Or sometimes, she can be just plain scary.

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Matt Cooking Stuff, Recipes

Chicken w/ Honey Beer Sauce

I picked this for it’s few and simple ingredients. I wasn’t expecting much, but to my surprise it had a really good flavor. Aya and Ellie loved it. I paired it with a side of fresh garden green beans. For four ingredients, you can’t go wrong.

RECIPES:

Chicken with Honey Beer Sauce

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N.E.S.T.ing

As the baby’s due date gets closer and closer, I’ve really started to feel it. My outwardly lax attitude that I’ve had for the majority of this pregnancy is quickly fading. We are having a baby, and we are having one really soon.

It was time I started the “nesting” process. You know, everything you have to do to prepare for the arrival of a baby. So while Aya’s personality had changed into a hormonal naggy wife, I’ve turned into a Type A organizational control freak.

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Matt Cooking Stuff, Recipes

Stuffed Peppers

I love stuffed peppers. This was one of my favorites my mom cooked growing up, and I now I get to cook it using my own garden grown green peppers. Stuffed peppers, homemade mashed potatoes, and fresh garden green beans. This is one of my comfort foods.

RECIPE:

Stuffed Peppers

about 2 lbs ground beef
1 cup cooked rice
chopped onion (I did half a large onion)
1 beaten egg
garlic
salt and pepper
6 red, yellow, orange, or green peppers
3-4 cans Campbell’s Tomato soup

Mix ingredients together through salt and pepper.  Stuff peppers and put in baking dish.  The meat left over than can’t fit into the peppers, I roll into meatballs. Pour on tomato soup, cover, and bake at 350 for 1 and a half hours.  Eat.