Fuel for my Soldier & Expanding my Culinary Savoir-Faire

Being an Army wife, at least for me, fills me with my own sense of "duty." I feel like I, too, am "serving my country," so what can I do?

I can't go with my husband on deployments and I can't go hang out on the flight line or hangar with him either... So, where do I fit in? I sometimes volunteer for FRG activities, but even so, I don't want the Army to define me as a person. I think the FRG is great, but I feel like I personally need a degree of separation at times. (that is a whole different topic!!) I am not "JUST" an Army wife. It is just a part of me and my life. That being said, I am my husband's wife, and therefore, want to do all that I can for my hubby! 

Okay, now that the disclaimer is out of the way, haha! (there are a lot of stereotypes in "Army life" hence my clarification) This Monday morning (today) I woke up full of energy - which is unfortunately fading fast - so I decided to [finally] make the breakfast sandwiches I've been meaning to make for a while. 

I used to buy packs of Jimmy Dean's breakfast sandwiches, but after both the hubs and I discussed eating healthier, we decided to fore-go the fatty, pre-packaged, processed croissants!! In the interim, I have been cooking breakfast almost every morning. For anyone that knows me, they know that 1.) I don't like to cook and 2.) I am not a morning person, so this arrangement was not ideal. It was especially not good when the hubby was in a hurry and I was tired so he would have to either not eat or grab something on the way back to work - which was costing extra money and definitely not healthy!

I found this recipe via Pinterest and modified it to fit our needs, here is the original website: 

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/mini-frittatas-687877/

I used a 12-cup muffin pan instead of a 6-cup, and changed the contents to: 1/4 cup of Eggbeaters with just a 1/2 teaspoon of skim milk, in each cup. 

I added cooked bacon pieces to just four of the cups (for variety,)  and cooked up sausage patties for the others. Obviously you could add veggies, mushrooms, shredded cheese, and make it as healthy (or unhealthy) as you want. This was my first batch, so I wanted to see how they turned out first. 

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook for 12-14 minutes (or until cooked and fluffy - I used a toothpick to check them)

After assembling all the sandwiches, I wrapped each one in plastic wrap and put in the freezer. 

 

WAH-LAH! My husband will have a breakfast sandwich to pop in the microwave each morning when he comes home after P.T. (physical training.) .... and I won't have to cook breakfast..YAY!! 

 

Cheers to Spring, and a New Beginning!

It has been over a year since the days I typed away the days of deployment. I do not miss those days one, single, ounce!


Although it has been quite a while, and I originally started this blog to help get me through deployment, I am morphing the format a bit to accommodate our ever-changing lives in the Army.

My hubby and I have now been married for a year (and two days!), and have officially started the process of fertility treatments! So, here is hoping for smooth sailing.


There's a ticking clock in my head. It is counting down to the next deployment. I keep thinking... okay, so if we get pregnant now... the baby will be this many months old around the time he has to deploy again.. I think about the looming deadline, that if we aren't pregnant by a certain date, then he wouldn't be here for the birth, and I really don't want that to happen. He gives me strength and is such a wonderful motivator, that I can't imagine doing it without him here. Not only that, but it is such a special day; I would hate for him to miss it.

There is a part of me that wonders if we should just wait until he gets back from deployment. Also, we haven't had a lot of "just us" time during our marriage..so the ever present question is 'now or later?'  I am already at a higher-risk for pregnancy due to a blood clotting disorder and previous miscarriages. So it really has been a battle for us to figure out what to do. I figure that we will try this time and then decide what to do from there!

At this point I am just trying to take it one day at a time.