Savvy with Abbie

Well I thought I took more photos of the Jamaican Jerk Chicken but I guess I only have a few of the final product. This is another recipe from DaVita which is our new favorite for kidney-friendly recipes. We let this marinade overnight. We replaced onion with onion powder, garlic cloves with garlic powder, we did not use a chili pepper or habanero, and didn't use green onions. We also used ground ginger in place of fresh ginger. It turned out really really good as we baked it and then broiled it. The DaVita recipe calls for grilling but we decided to bake instead. We served ours with white rice and macaroni and cheese - although a kidney doctor/dietician recommended jasmyne rice instead of white rice so we tend to eat jasmyne rice when we can. Because I didn't add any chili peppers or anything spicy, it was more on the sweet side but still had a good balance. Would make this again!  Ingredients:  1 tbsp onion powder 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tbsp garlic powder 2 tbsp white vinegar

It has been so long since I have written a blog post. Almost a month which is extremely unusual for me. I have a few in draft but didn't end up finishing them - hopefully I can get them up shortly for you guys. Summer is finally over for my 11 year old and he started school earlier this week. Last week my sisters were in town for the week. We celebrated four cousins birthdays with a piñata, face painting, cupcake decorating, and a bounce house. Football is back (pre-season) so it's been fun watching the Broncos and Kevin and I are both working full-time so it's been a crazy time. Today I'm taking Kevin and Jace to get well-deserved pedicures (Jace's first one) and last night we spent hours playing War.  I workout 3X per week (I'm on my 8th week) and I have lost 4 pounds since last week. I typically do a big grocery shopping haul every two weeks on payday and yesterday I went to Trader Joe's and purchased a lot of healthier options. We focused on kidney-frien

If you are looking for a unique, flavorful, healthy homemade pizza, this is for sure it. The original recipe is from Davita (our favorite) and can be found HERE . I bought a pizza dough from Albertsons, didn't use bell peppers, used onion powder instead of red onion, and eliminated the chives. We also added Italian seasoning and That's Amore. This recipe uses a grill but I baked ours in the oven since we didn't have a grill. Ingredients: 1 pizza dough 2 tbsp onion powder Sun-dried tomato pesto 2 tbsp olive oil 1 cup shredded chicken 1/3 cup grated Romano cheese 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese 2 tbsp Italian seasoning  2 tbsp That's Amore seasoning by Pinch Spice Market Directions: Spread the pizza dough out on a flour surface. I used a cutting board and rolled it out with a rolling pin. Add the sun-dried tomato pesto as your base. Leave about 1 inch on all sides. Top with shredded chicken (I baked it in the oven for about an hour so it would shred. Our crockpot went out last