Sheet Pan Sesame Chicken and Veggies
You will need the following:
1 pound chicken tenderloin
1 large head broccoli
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ginger
2 red bell peppers
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 tablespoon chili sauce
2 taplespoons honey
1/4 cup soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Sesame seeds
1. Cut chicken tenders into 2” chunks.
2. In small bowl, mix garlic, ginger, chili sauce, honey and soy sauce.
3. Chop broccoli, carrots and red peppers into small 1" pieces. Put chicken and vegetables in a large bowl.
4. Pour sauce mixture on top of chicken and vegetables and coat everything well.
5. Pour into 9” x 13” sheet pan and spread out evenly.
6. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes (uncovered).
Serve over rice.
NOTE FROM ENCHANTING BELINDA - Guys, this is really good. I've made it twice in the last two weeks, and I'm tempted to make it again this weekend. Try it! I think you'll like it.
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Ten Ways to Raise a Helper
1. Position your child so they can watch you work from the time they are infants.
Children learn everything by watching the people around them from the time they are born. This is why it is super important to work where they can see it.
I know, I know. It is so much easier to work when they are sleeping or gone. I totally get it.
Would it help if I told you I felt the same way and often avoided work when my daughter was young? One of my biggest mistakes.
Children need to see you work around the house or they will not know what is expected of them in the future. It may seem trivial, but I assure you it’s not.
2. Show children how you want work to be done.
Show your children how you want things to be done. Children learn best when they are shown, not lectured.
3. Complete the task EXACTLY as you would like it to be done.
Children are imitative creatures.
Like it or not, your children will show you how good your example was... or wasn’t.
They don’t know how you meant to do it, or how you wanted to do it. They only know what they saw.
4. Allow your child to start helping when they start walking.
As soon as a child can move around on their own they can help. Trust me. It’s all they want to do.
Your children want to do what you do. They have been watching you their whole life and they cannot wait to get started!
When you allow children to help from the very beginning, it becomes a part of them. Helping becomes a habit. It becomes their norm.
Find simple tasks they can do to help and allow them to imitate you in whatever way they can. This is how learning happens and how you raise a helper!
5. Allow your child to help whenever they want to even if it slows you down.
Whatever you do, do not discourage an eager worker.
It doesn’t take long to teach a child you don’t want them to help. I’ll be honest. Working with your child when they are young can be tough. It can be downright painful at times. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to get my daughter out of the way so I could get things done.
Of course, there will be times we cannot include our children. Do your best to handle it gracefully.
6. Invite and allow.
Simply invite and allow your young child to help. If your child is not interested, no problem.
No pushing, forcing or shaming.
If young children don’t want to help, let them come and go as they please. They will eventually find something to do on their own.
This is a win, win, win situation. Your children will learn from watching, helping or figure out how to entertain themselves. You’ve got nothing to lose!
Whatever you do, don’t stop working because they don’t want to help. Also, don’t ignore them for hours and hours while you work either. Find the balance and you can’t go wrong.
7. Use kind words.
What we say and how we say it matters. Our children want to please us. Watch your language while they are helping, and be careful not to bruise their self-esteem with harsh words.
8. Guide and encourage your children as they work.
Help children learn to help you by offering your support when needed, but please do not do it for them.
9. Step in to help only when needed.
Unless there is a safety issue, allow your child to struggle and figure things out on their own whenever possible. Don’t help your child unless they absolutely need it.
When you do things for your child, you teach them you do it better than they can. Your child will continue to let you do everything for them when you teach this. Why should they bother when the parent can do it better?
Each time you do something for a child they can do themselves, you limit your child and increase your workload. Allow children to gain mastery by figuring things out on their own.
10. Teach children mistakes are opportunities to learn.
This one has more to do with our example than our words. We need to show our children how to admit it when we’ve made a mistake, learn from our mistakes, accept our faults and move on.
We do this every single day. Our children are watching our every move and mirroring what they learn.
Everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes we get angry about them. How we recover from our mistakes is what makes the difference in the eyes of our children.
RANDOMNESS #1 - Scootering - I've been noticing the toddler scooters for quite a while now, and I decided to purchase one to go along with our outside riding toys. Judith tried it out first. Within 15 minutes, she was a pro!
Safety first. Of course we put a big ol' Paw Patrol helmet on her little head.
However, the discomfort of the chin strap AND the unusually slow and steady scootering that took place the first ten minutes made us feel comfortable enough to remove the helmet until she "got it."
For example, when the time came to turn the scooter, Judith thought it was much easier just to hoist it over her head and place it on the ground pointed in the direction she wanted to scoot to next.
Don't worry. By the end of the lesson, it was time for the helmet to go back on top of the curly head because lack of speed was no longer the issue.
RANDOMNESS #2 - Tate Farms - This was our third year to go to Tate Farms in Huntsville with the Hartselle Faulkners. It's a lovely place to spend an autumnal afternoon!
As soon as we got all of the photo ops out of the way, it was time to play!
She could have jumped on the bouncy thingy ALL...
DAY...
LONG!
But that would have meant she would have missed the giant slide...
The swings...
The petting farm...
The tractor train...
Playing in the corn crib...
And picking out the perfect pumpkin in the giant field.
Maybe next year they'll turn the silos into a big B & B, and we will just spend the night and make sure we get ALL of our bouncy thingy energy out over a two-day stay.
I think I'll contact the Tates so they can get going on that little project!
RANDOMNESS #3 - Trunk or Treat - Last Sunday night, I stopped by RT's first Trunk or Treat. The Chick-Fil-A theme was a favorite, of course.
This picture courtesy of Mimi (Melia's Mom)!
RANDOMNESS #4 - Fall Party - I was able to attend RT's Fall Party at school. After the eating of the cake, all of the kids went outside, sat on the grass...
And the parents/grandparents sprayed them with Silly String.
I waited to see how RT reacted before I squirted, and I'm glad I did.
As soon as the unknown substance started flying around and landing on the kids, he quickly vacated the area.
I think it is safe to say the eating of the cake was his favorite part.
Just a little something we have in common.
RANDOMNESS #5 - A Little Huddle House Dinner on Halloween Evening - Mike was out of town for a few days this past week. He landed at the airport at 4:20 p.m. Halloween afternoon, drove home to pick me up at 4:50 and we headed to Hartselle to collect candy with Judith. Long story short...
There was an accident on the interstate, and we ended up missing the candy collection, but we were just in time to meet them for a Huddle House dinner at their Exit.
Judith had received (and eaten) a lot of candy prior to our arrival. Then she had pancakes and syrup for dinner (emphasis on syrup).
In case you've never seen a sugar crash before, here you go!
Yes.
Her tongue is blue which indicates a sucker might have been eaten.
Halloween is officially over, and Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, but October certainly was a fun month!
Please have a wonderful weekend! I will try to do the same, and I'll be back soon with more FALL stuff, I am sure.
Sincerely,
The Enchanting Belinda
P.S. Here are a few more things I found amusing this past week. I will not take offense if you do not agree...
"I used to watch horror movies. Now I just watch my kids eat crackers right after I vacuum."
"Life is too short for fake butter, fake cheese or fake people."
NOTE FROM ENCHANTING BELINDA - I'm not sure about the "fake people" part, but I totally agree about "fake butter" and "fake cheese." Life is MUCH too short.
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