Barbecue Chicken Salad

One of my favorite restaurant salads is the barbecue chicken salad from CPK.  The pizza is pretty good too!  We decided to recreate it several weeks ago and I still dream about it now.  It's light and zesty...a nice reprieve from the dreary winter months.  

As with most of my "true" recipes, since we made it on the fly, the amounts are guestiments.  Guess accordingly.

{ingredients}

lettuce

chicken

tomatoes, diced

avocados, diced

white corn {one can}

red onion, finely diced

black beans {one can, drained}

cilantro {washed and finely chopped}

BBQ sauce {I prefer mine more tangy than sweet}

light ranch dressing

{method}

Grilled chicken and then cube and dress in BBQ sauce.  Combine lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, corn, onion, and black beans {you can follow this recipe for a yummy salsa}.  Toss and coat salad with ranch dressing.  Add chicken and cilantro and drizzle  extra BBQ sauce on top.  You can serve with tortilla strips for an extra crunch.

Pretty simple, but amazingly delicious!

xo natasha

Little Easter Style

Girl: Jacket | Dress | Headband | Shoes
Boy: Bodysuit | Hat | Shoes | Pants

Now that St. Patrick's Day is out of the way, we're in full fledged Easter mode over here!  It's only two weeks away...can you believe it?  I can't wait to dress our little man up on Easter Sunday...and of course, I love the idea of dressing a little girl one day too!  Zara Baby has some realllly cute stuff right now...totally in love!

If you followed me on Instagram this weekend, you probably saw a couple other fun Easter goodies!  ;)

Oh and I am guest posting over at Katie's sweet blog today...talking about life before and after baby.  She just had her sweet son Weeks...you must head over to check him out!

xo natasha

Shoe Love: Glitter Sandal

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With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, it's got me thinking of gold and glitter...and basically anything that you find shining at the end of a rainbow.  I spotted these look-alike glitter sandals at Target and thought they were a great steal.  They're similar to some of the Madewell sandals as well.

Of course, you'll have to pair it with a green tunic or skinnies so you won't be pinched!!  ;)

What are your plans this St. Patrick's Day?

xo natasha

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Baby Ethan: Week 37

Weight: 17 pounds?

Health: Healthy for the most part...just a little runny nose and he experienced a bout of diaper rash this past week.  Nothing too exciting!

Sleep: But something that IS super duper exciting is that Ethan is officially sleeping through the night.  Only took 37 weeks!  Hope I'm not jinxing it now!  But he goes down around 8 and wakes up to nurse around 7, then goes back down until 9:30'ish.  Sleeping through the night AND sleeping in?  We are in heaven!

Social: We had a pretty mellow week...no visitors!  But he's a BIG waver now.  So I guess that's pretty social!

Diet: We're starting to introduce more and more solids.  He's loving his mum mums and I let him try some banana and bread crust.  He's got two bottom teeth now, and he's learning how to use them!

Clothes: 9 month jammies, 6-12 month outfits

Baby Gear Love: Still loving anything that lights up or makes music.  We just bought him the Baby Einstein Activity Center and he's mesmerized by it!

Crying: Ethan is a pretty mellow baby...only crying when he's tired {see photo above} and when he's hungry.  He really likes to be around people...especially me and Daddy, so he gets upset when separated or left on his own.

Likes: Bath time...as always!

Postpartum: Nothing too new for me...just easing back into work again.

Milestones: So many fun things this past week!  Ethan can officially go from laying down to sitting up!  We saw him sitting up in his crib one day and were totally freaked out!  Now he's doing it more and more frequently.  He's also SO close to crawling.  He gets himself in position and rocks back and forth. Any day now...any day!

  

xo natasha