Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today is my mom's birthday, and no I won't say how many years so she doesn't kill me, but I wanted to take a minute to celebrate her. Both because she's one of my favorite people and also because without her I wouldn't be here! So happy birthday Jane and thank you for being the most amazing mother a girl could ever ask for.

One of my favorite pictures of my mom and I at my first UCF graduation, 2007

And at my Nursing School graduation, 2010

So I'm back on the cooking a new meal a week wagon and while I had planned to tackle Mexican Lasagna last week, my roommate selfishly decided to go see her brother after he returned from 8 months in Afghanistan instead of hanging out with me (ha), so I decided to make a meal that didn't require her hollow leg to help me finish eating. So instead I tried some chicken thighs and artichoke hearts with feta cheese. Turned out pretty well! And super easy. All it requires is a bit of time to marinate the chicken and artichokes together and then about 20 minutes to broil!

Here's the meal ready to enter the oven:

And the finished product, topped with some feta cheese:

And by now you see that I am by no means a chef with presentation talent or a food photographer, but I do my best. I love that I'm discovering healthy meals that are both easy and leave enough leftovers for lunch!