Wheat berries!
I bought this bag of Wheat berries a few months ago and they’ve been in my freezer ever since! So last night I decided I would cook some up to have on hand, and part of that went into my totally deluxe breakfast this morning! …
Month: September 2010
Biggest Loser + Worst burger in America!
So this year there are a lot of changes from prior seasons. One thing which I think is a good one, is that for now, each player is an individual, so you don’t have to rely on someone else doing poorly and be sent home …
I’m hosting BSI this week + Guest recipe from Snack-Girl.com
I have to thank Sandhya at www.sandhyas-kitchen.blogspot.com for passing the BSI torch to me! For those of you who aren’t familiar, BSI stands for “Blogger Secret Ingredient” and whoever is hosting gets to choose the ingredient and anyone can enter (even if you don’t have …
Gourmet Chicago Volunteer Day 2 – better than the first day!
I didn’t think that today could top yesterday, but it did! I was a little less nervous about going since I knew what to expect from yesterday. I was thinking of going back to the Blue Moon beer tent to ask for their help and …
Gourmet Chicago – My volunteer experience Part One!
I have so many pictures I’ll spread them out over a few posts! First of all, what a great day I had today! I was lucky enough to be able to volunteer for one of the biggest food and wine events of the year, Gourmet …
Joanne – Weight Loss Superstar – 50 pounds gone!
I’ve known Joanne for a few years now and I always forget that at one time she struggled with her weight. She is a very smart young lady who is currently getting her MD/PhD and hopes to do Cancer Research when she’s done. AND, she …
Doughnut Muffins – 175 calories each!
Last week I was reading Food Buzz’s Top 9 picks of the day and one of the recipes was for doughnut muffins!! I knew I had to make them but I did tweak the recipe to make it more calorie friendly for me. The recipe …
Awesome weekend/Crock Pot Chicken Noodle Soup/Awesome weekend coming up
It was a great time this weekend! We celebrated my Mom’s 70th birthday with a huge party at her house. My brother flew in from Austin, Texas and my Mom’s sister and my cousin flew in as a surprise to her! By the time the …
First time making stuffed peppers!
I know a lot of people make stuffed peppers all the time, but since I started trying more veggies, it turns out I love green peppers! So, when I read the recipe from Jeff @ He Cooks/She Cooks, I had almost all the stuff to …
Meet Jim, Weight Loss Superstar – Down 120 pounds and counting!
I was introduced to Jim through one of my readers Jenny who was a successful Weight Watcher who made goal last year (she was a little too shy to be featured here), BUT, she immediately told me that her friend Jim had lost 120 pounds …
Rouxbe Cooking School – Lifetime membership opportunity
I’ve talked about Rouxbe cooking school before in these posts: This post And this post And this post And this post! Basically Rouxbe Cooking school is an on-line cooking school where you can take hundreds of different cooking classes from the comfort of your own …
Baked Donuts! 100 calories per donut!
I was kind of nervous about trying this recipe out. It’s a little time consuming. I made the dough and cut out donuts/holes the night before and then stored them in the fridge. I let the dough get to room temperature for about an hour. …
Healthy Brown Sugar Banana Muffins
This muffin is my version of a brown sugar cornmeal muffin from the 2000 Cooking Light Complete Cookbook. I didn’t have any cornmeal and I had bananas to use up, so I threw those in instead. I also didn’t have vanilla yogurt the recipe called …
How to make Cheese and Chile-filled bread
I was straightening up a book shelf when I came upon this cookbook I haven’t looked at for a long time. It’s a yearly edition of Cooking light magazine recipes (From 2000). There are a ton of great recipes in it, and when I saw …
Meat loaf for one~ Your own personal meat loaf
If you are looking for an idea of what to make for dinner using ground beef instead of burgers and tacos, this is a great idea! I use ground sirloin which is 93% fat free and wrap each one in a slice of turkey bacon …
Potato, parsnip, carrot, cauliflower soup!
I was thinking about making a batch of The best potato soup ever, when I thought about what other veggies I could add. I had a few carrots, a few parsnips and some cauliflower in the freezer, so I just threw them all in! It …
And the winners of Sargento Cheese coupons are…
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Anniversary of my Dad’s passing…
All day today I kept writing the date….September 3rd, and I felt that there was something significant about it, until it hit me. Today is the day my Dad died September 3rd, 1998. My oldest son was only 2, my younger son was only 7 …
Sargento Cheese Coupon Give a Way/+ Spaghetti Pie
Sargento Cheese has been nice enough to offer 3 of my readers a coupon to try any Sargento cheese they offer for free (up to a $4.29 value!) If you aren’t aware, Sargento offers new reduced sodium cheeses as well. One thing I will NOT …
Nutella/Banana Won Ton Bites
I LOVE Nutella! I never even tried it before a year ago, and I didn’t know what I was missing! But how do I incorporate that into healthy eating? I had to come up with a dessert. I’ve only made this once before, but it’s …