Lasagna in loaf pans
A few weeks ago my Pyrex 13×9 inch glass dish shattered on top of my stove. I had cooked something on the burner and I knew the burner was hot, but I figured you could bake something in the glass dish, so it could withstand …
Month: October 2010
Halloween Cooking Contest
This year my office brought back something we haven’t done in several years….a cooking contest!! Of course I was super excited and we decided to have a Halloween/Fall cooking contest. You could made whatever you wanted and whichever was the office favorite wins a $20.00 …
Finding a treasure….
My Mom gave me a great gift yesterday! When she handed it to me, I was a little confused at first…. For a second, I was going to say “Are you giving me a bible!?” But then I opened it up. It’s a recipe scrapbook! …
What’s the difference between canned Tomatoes??
I kept wondering this question when I am at the store. I make homemade pasta sauce pretty much every week. Sometimes I buy whole tomatoes, sometimes pureed, sometimes crushed, why so many varieties, and what should you buy for what you are making? So, I …
Pumpkin/banana bread + awesome salsa
This recipe I got from The Cooking Club of America. To be honest, I didn’t play around with it too much to try to make it less calories, I made it as is, and tried to keep the portion I ate smaller! This bread is …
Williams-Sonoma White bean soup
I get the monthly catalog from Williams-Sonoma and I love drooling over all the fancy gadgets and pans. PLUS, they always showcase a handful of recipes. When I read the recipe for this, the one thing that stuck out is that you can easily make …
Roasted Tri-Color Pepper Soup
Over the weekend, I bought this really cute bag of mini peppers for only $2.49! I used about less than half for this soup recipe. I knew I was going to make the soup, but when I made the cauliflower gratin yesterday, right before I …
Winners of Lea & Perrins coupons/purple & white cauliflower gratin
Over the weekend, I made a huge stir fry and still had a fair amount of purple and white cauliflower, so my sister just so happened to make a great side dish which I decided to make. It’s a Cauliflower Gratin. She used a combo …
Healthy vending machine saved the day! + Lea & Perrins Coupons!
For those of you who don’t know, over the summer we got a healthy vending machine in our office. I know some of you are thinking, is there such a thing? Well, there is, and in the Chicago land area, it’s called Healthy U Vending. …
Egg/turkey bacon stuffed potato
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a great Sunday with my daughter at a pumpkin farm. It was also going to be apple picking, but all the apples were picked, so my vision of making apple pies, and things with apples was …
Recipe Round up!
It’s been a busy week, and later nights due to my high schooler with after school things and a concert last night that didn’t get us home until almost 10:00 p.m. I didn’t really make anything fun yesterday, so today I am pulling out old …
Pace Picante Sauce/Chicken Tortilla Soup
I want to thank Food Buzz for sending me 2 free bottles of Pace Picante sauce as part of their Taste Testers program. I have to be honest, I never buy Pace because I thought it wasn’t that good, but after trying both the mild …
Chicken/rice/pesto dinner
One of my favorite things to do is try to put together a great dinner when it seems like we have nothing in the house. Such was the case the other night. I hadn’t gone to the grocery store over the weekend, so while I …
Low fat mocha chocolate chip muffin!
I made these last night and I adapted a recipe, so I wasn’t sure how they were going to turn out. I brought one for my breakfast this morning, and upon taking the first bite, my first thought was “this is like eating chocolate cake!” …
Easy homemade pizza!
One of the things that keeps happening on the weekends for me is that since I wake up late, I usually just eat lunch instead of breakfast AND lunch. It’s kind of nice to make something a little more deluxe. I hadn’t gone to the …
Good luck Chicago Marathoners!
Tomorrow is the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. It brings back memories of when I ran it with my husband in 2005 and 2006. Tomorrows weather is going to feel like summer with highs expected to be in the 80’s! In 2007 the race was …
Best baked potato soup ever! + Inspiration video Ben’s 120 pound journey!
I’ve posted this recipe already, but it’s worth posting again. As soon as it starts turning into fall, I start getting out my soup and stew recipes, I can’t wait to make them again! The best part about this …
Cooking with Mark/BSI Host this week
Errign is hosting BSI this week, take a look at her blog to see the secret ingredient for this week! After her, then Dave from My Year on the Grill will be hosting. Sorry for any confusion! So last night my son Mark was telling …
2 stories of running 10 miles!
Two women who I interviewed as Weight Loss Superstars, Jen from Prior Fat girl, and Shelley from A forty something’s weight loss journey ran 10 miles this past weekend! As a person who has finished 2 marathons, I couldn’t help but be moved by these …
BSI entries + the winner is announced!
Thanks to everyone who participated this week, we got some great entries! To start out with, I made a pork dish this week in my crock pot which turned out great. It’s basically a pork shoulder and I made a rub to go on it. …
Chicken enchilada casserole
Before I get to today’s recipe, I want to tell ELIZABETH from Elizabeth’s Cooking that she won a free coupon to try Sargento Cheese! E-mail me your address at slim-shoppin@comcast.net and I will get that in the mail for you. A few weeks ago HELEN …
I thought this was funny/Artisan white cheddar corn soup
Someone sent me this via e-mail today and I thought it was funny. Nothing like tempting someone who’s on the fence….which door should I go into?! I thought I would mention a blog called “The Food Blog Diary”, here you can find up to date …