Month: September 2009

Basic Standard Pizza and spaghetti sauce – recipe by Todd English

Basic Standard Pizza and spaghetti sauce – recipe by Todd English

Grub Street New York compiled a list of the TOP 20 chef empires. These chefs were scored based on how many restaurants they owned, TV shows, cookbooks, gadgets, etc…they are involved in. I’ve had so much fun visiting these sites and learning about chefs I 

Prickly pears?  + Winner of POM Tea!

Prickly pears? + Winner of POM Tea!

Congrats to Errign who wins a coupon for a free POM tea drink!! Thanks to everyone who left a comment! Errign, I will contact you to get your address. Do you know what this is? Neither did I. When I was grocery shopping over the 

Banana Cream Pie Smoothie

Banana Cream Pie Smoothie

OK, who doesn’t love boston cream pie? When I saw this recipe at www.myrecipes.com I knew it would be a great way to have a lo-cal dessert after dinner. This recipe makes 2 servings: 1 large banana (frozen)* 1 cup vanilla low-fat yogurt 1/2 cup 

French Toast! + another give a way!!

My Mom gave me a great loaf of bread that’s perfect to make French Toast. But, after looking at the nutritional information, each slice of bread was 160 calories! Yikes! But, I thought two slices of french toast with sugar free syrup wouldn’t be THAT 

Jen@prior fat girl – a weight loss success story!

Jen@prior fat girl – a weight loss success story!

Welcome to the second installment of my series of profiling people who inspire me! These people have lost weight and kept it off. No miracles, no pills, no surgery. I “met” Jen through her blog, and even though she’s had a recent tragedy of losing 

Home made pizza + give-away winner! + Happy Birthday Mom!

Home made pizza + give-away winner! + Happy Birthday Mom!

First of all, I need to give a shout out to my Mom!!! Happy Birthday Mom!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!! If everyone can wish my Mom a Happy Birthday, that would be great! Last week I featured a new product called True 

Thai beef lettuce wraps

Thai beef lettuce wraps

This recipe comes from this months issue of Women’s Health Magazine. It reminds me of my favorite at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro…their lettuce wraps which are so good. But this recipe looks pretty easy! I like it because it only has a few ingredients, quick 

Weekend re-cap

Weekend re-cap

The weekend started out by taking the boys to see the movie 9. It was really good, and a little scary (although my sons said it was not scary to them!) I loved all the characters and I always wonder how people have the imagination 

Weigh In Friday + exercising!

Weigh In Friday + exercising!

Weigh in Friday! I can’t believe another week has come and gone already! That’s why I am trying to make every day count, because before you know it, its time to weigh in again! For those of you who don’t know, I am doing Weight 

Product Review & Give-a-way!

Product Review & Give-a-way!

I was lucky enough to get a sample of some new snack foods you may have seen in the stores recently. They are True North Brand Snacks and I had seen them in the store, but wasn’t sure what they were. When I got the 

Late night snacking saved!!

One of my worst habits I would say would be late night snacking. I do great during the day, eat a great dinner, but after the kids go to bed and my husband and I are watching TV, we tend to snack. And why do 

weekend re-cap/twin fest/stew

weekend re-cap/twin fest/stew

What a weekend! It was GORGEOUS in Chicago over the weekend, 80’s and Sunny! The highlight of my weekend was getting together with my twin sister Biz and our best friends who are twins. We have been friends since the 3rd grade when they transferred 

Low cal dips!

Low cal dips!

One thing I am trying to do this time around losing weight is to find a different way to do the things I love but in a better way. What I am talking about people is chips and dip! My husband and I don’t go 

Diane @ Fit to the Finish!!

Diane @ Fit to the Finish!!

Hi everyone! I am excited to start a new series on my blog profiling Weight Loss Superstars! It’s never a perfect road to weight loss, but for someone like Diane, who has lost 150 pounds and kept it off for years, I consider her a 

Lemon Basil Shrimp and pasta

Lemon Basil Shrimp and pasta

I decided to make this pasta dish for a few reasons. One, is since I make pasta every week, I was looking to switch things up a little, and secondly, I chose a dish with an ingredient that my husband loves which is capers. Since 

Happy labor day weekend!

Happy labor day weekend!

It’s been a busy weekend so far, so I haven’t had time to post anything yet! This will be a quick post today. I’m pretty sure this is going to be my go-to breakfast every weekend. The Breakfast Pizza I made it last weekend and 

Mini meatloaf + red potato mashed potatoes + microwave potato chips

Mini meatloaf + red potato mashed potatoes + microwave potato chips

I can’t believe the week is almost over!! I have a 4 day weekend this weekend, so I am totally excited about that! For dinner the other night, I made my mini meatloaves again. It’s such a nice change from burgers or tacos! I used 

Product Review – Tyson Skillet Dinners + fantastic lunch!

Product Review – Tyson Skillet Dinners + fantastic lunch!

I’m not sure if you have seen these in the store yet. They are relatively new. In fact, I was asked to try these a few months ago, but every store I went to, they were not on the shelf. That is all changed. You 

Baked Ravioli

Baked Ravioli

It was kind of chilly over the weekend, so instead of grilling out, I wanted to make some kind of pasta dish. I went to Cooking Light and searched for pasta dishes. As I scrolled down the page, this recipe for Baked Ravioli shouted my