Here is today's recipe from my book and it also fits in to the category "Food I Can Eat on My Diet" I ruined the Balsamic Reduction and didn't want to make it again so I ended up just drizzling a little bit of the balsamic vinegar over the top!
2 oz mozzarella cheese
1 ripe tomato
Salt and fresh ground pepper
1/2 tsp olive oil
4 large fresh basil
slice the mozzarella and the tomatoes, layering tomato, basil then mozzerella
Each tomato slice should be drizzled with a small amount of olive oil and salt and pepper.
Balsamic Reduction
1/2 C of balsamic vinegar
pinch of salt and pepper
heat in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook about 7 minutes until the vinegar coats the pan but still flows freely. Transfer immediately to a bowl.
Another year has passed, Ryan turned TWO today. When I think back on our time in the NICU I am so amazed and thankful at where he is now. At my 28 week appointment, Justin and I were told that we had to go directly to labor and delivery at the hospital. At the hospital they started me on steroid shots and told me that they hoped I could make it for another 48 hours of pregnancy. I was so terrified for my little baby. I knew that babies lived at this gestation but when they talked to us about the possibilities for the baby's (Ryan was unnamed and of unknown gender at this point) future, the statistics were not all that promising. I realize now that they were preparing us for the worst, and could not tell us for sure that our baby would live let alone what his future would hold. Working with the special needs adults that I worked with, I expected the worst and was heart broken. I searched the internet looking for stories, experiences of people in my same situation. Trying to find 28 week preemies who turned into normal, successful adults. 
