#20 In Progress - Try 1 New Recipe Every Month For 1 Year

On Monday I made Stuffed Chicken Breast for the first time. It took me a while looking at allrecipes.com to try and find a recipe with ingredients that I actually have here...in the end I couldn't fine one so I had to take ideas from a bunch of different ones. Here is what I came up with:
2 Chicken Breasts - since I didn't have a meat tenderizer I actually had to punch them to flatten them
1/2 of a Fuji Apple - chopped
A little bit of onion - chopped
1 garlic clove - pressed or minced
Cheddar Cheese Grated (I think mozzarella would have been yummy too!)
some balsamic vinaigrette dressing
olive oil

Mix together everything except for chicken
Put some of the mix into the middle of each chicken and roll chicken. If you have a toothpick use that to keep chicken from rolling apart...I didn't so I just had to hope it wouldn't.
Cover the top of the chicken with the remaining mixture. To make it extra pretty thinly slice part of remaining apple and put 3 slices on each chicken.

My oven is a little funny it has numbers 1-7 on it and I only keep it on #1 so I don't really know how high it was...I would say 350-400 degrees  until chicken is no longer pink and the cheese is all melty goodness! Enjoy!

Steve sure did...he asked if I would remember exactly how I made it so that I can make it again. In his words, "I think this is a new favorite!" Maybe it will be yours too!

95. Throw a surprise party for someone

Yesterday, my friend, Amanda, and I threw a Surprise Bridal Shower for our good friend, Becky. It was so much fun! We scrapbooked a cookbook and made a ribbon photo board to give to her for her bridal shower. The Bridal Shower was held at the cutest restaurant in all of Lippo. It is a small Thai food restaurant but the owner did a brunch American selection for us with pancakes, french toast, scones, and finger sandwiches.

Now...Amanda, Becky, and I all live on the same floor of our apartment building and spend most of our days together while our hubbies are at work. Throwing this party proved to be a little difficult as Amanda and I snuck around trying to not be seen or heard by Becky or her sweet hubby while working on the party. 

The expression on Becky's face as we walked into the restaurant where all of our friends were waiting was priceless. She just kept on saying "Why are they here taking my picture?"




It wasn't until Amanda and I told her, "This is your Surprise Bridal Shower" that it hit and the look of surprise was evident on her face. :) Becky and Ben have been married for 10 weeks today so this was actually a post-wedding shower. They moved to Indonesia only 5 days after their wedding!!!! Because of this we wanted a special time where Becky could "relive" her wedding by looking at some pictures and telling some of things that had happened on her special day.

My husband kept saying it was so sweet of me to throw this party but in all reality I don't know who enjoyed the surprise more, me or Becky. Throwing it gave me a sense of purpose and let me use some of the abilities and gifts that the Lord has blessed me with. It also let me check off an item on my Day Zero list for the first time. Yay!!!

The List

I have decided to take the Day Zero challenge...I will be completing 101 thing in 1001 days. 1001 days turns out to be 2.75 years. I think it is mostly doable with a few big dreams. :) Day Zero will be on June 22, 2013.


In Progress will be in Bold
Completed will be Crossed out

1. Learn Bahasa Indonesia

2. Visit the Getty Museum

3. Get Pregnant/ Have a Baby

4. Make a wedding photo album

5. Take a wedding planning class

6. Go Wine Tasting

7. Visit Steve's Parents in Papua New Guinea

8. Complete the 30 Day Shred (0/30)

9. Start Pilates and Keep with it while in Indonesia

10. Do a couples massage with husband

11. Go on a cruise with family

12. Get a fish Pedicure

13. Start & Finish the 365 Day Photo Challenge Starting 1.1.2011 (0/365)

14. Make ham and mashed potatoes for dinner

15. Go on a walk with husband when he suggests it with out complaining

16. Walk in the rain from mall to home

17. begin an annual Throop Family Christmas Letter

18. Make homemade apple sauce

19. Convince Mom to come visit us while in Indonesia

20. Try a new recipe every month for 1 year (0/12)

21. Go into village and teach English to children

22. Go White Water Rafting

23. Buy something from Etsy

24. Make Hubby Breakfast Every Day for 1 Week (0/7)

25. Ride a Tandem Bike

26. make a homemade gingerbread house

27. Play Ultimate Frisbee with Steve

28. buy a "Little Black Dress"

29. Find out my blood type

30. See the Great Barrier Reef

31. Go Dancing with Hubby

32. Help Plan a Friend's Wedding

33. Learn to Make California Rolls

34. Have a relaxing bubble bath

35. Take a vacation with another couple

36. Play Disc Golf with Dad &/Travis

37. Go on a Road Trip

38. Camp in Yosemite

39. Get a Nativity Set

40. Act like a tourist in my own town

41. Go Camping at the Beach

42. Give up Facebook for 24 hours

43. Hike an Indonesian volcano

44. Start a holiday tradition

45. Surprise Hubby with Lunch at Work

46. Learn to french braid

47. Save more money than I spend at the grocery store

48. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy

49. Finish my needle point pillow cases

50. Bake homemade bread

51. Rent/BUY a House

52. Take a cake decorating class

53. Make homemade doughnuts

54. Learn a new card game

55. Write love notes to Hubby everyday for 1 month (0/30)

56. Be a Bridesmaid

57. Make a vegetarian meal and eat it

58. Make Christmas Stockings

59. Eat 5 things I've never tried before (0/5)

60. Read 10 Non-Fiction Books (0/10)

61. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor

62. Travel to Thailand

63. Go back to the beach where Steve proposed

64. Be a blessing to another wife who moves to Indo in 2011

65. Visit a Mosque

66. Go 1 Week w/no TV while home with Hubby (0/7)

67. Get a family picture taken once a year

68. Go to Singapore

69. Learn how to make jam

70. Make my own candles

71. Do 10 nice things for people without telling them (0/10)

72. Try Zumba

73. Bake 5 different types of pie (0/5)

74. Make homemade candy

75. Learn how to say "I love you" in ten different languages (0/10)

76. Go to a jazz club

77. Take an ethnic cooking class

78. Ride an elephant

79. Pick 5 people who have changed my life and write each of them a letter (0/5)

80. Do a full body detox

81. Go to Bali

82. Plan a picnic on our balcony

83. Keep my room tidy for a month

84. Have a Christmas tree

85. Have a little red dress

86. Get Old Time Photos Done

87. Go parasailing

88. Go somewhere by train

89. Go to a wax museum

90. Get a part time job. ie tutoring, substitute, etc.

91. Cook dinner for my parents

92. Go to Lombock and the Gili Islands

93. Decorate our apartment for Christmas

94. Go a whole day without saying anything negative

95. Throw a surprise party for someone  Sept 9,2010

96. Learn a Traditional Dance from Another Culture

97. See 10 Movies of Steve's Choice (0/10)

98. Find a way to decorate our tables (0/2)

99. Clean Curtains

100. Make a candle light dinner for Hubby

101. Read the Bible in a Year