Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I’ve been reading a few books I got from the library about people who have succeeded in weight loss and what it took to get them there. I like to hear inspiring stories of how people overcame adversity and finally got healthy and fit. One …
A long time ago, when my sister and I first joined Weight Watchers, (1999) we used to order these cookies called “Baker’s Breakfast Cookies”. We did so because these cookies were HUGE, and the calories were low and the fiber was high, so they were …
One of my favorite things to get at Big Bowl restaurant is their chinese bbq pork. It’s tender, the flavors are amazing, and its just fantastic. I was trying to find a recipe for it, and I found one on Cooking Light. Since its still …
I am by no means an expert at making bread, I’ve only made it about 5 times before in my life, but I’ve been using a recipe as a base from Pete Bakes. He uses a recipe for European Peasant Bread from a book called …
There is a number of food bloggers who participate in a kind of cook off where each week there is a host, and they pick the secret ingredient, and you can submit a recipe for a small prize. I’ve always read from afar and never …
The first thing I did when I came home from work was check the mail box, and I was happy to see this envelope in my mailbox! Kristina from Stonyfield Farm sent me coupons to try their yogurt! I haven’t tried their Greek yogurt, so …
So after dinner, I really wanted to have something sweet, but didn’t have much in the house to satisfy that, so I went online and googled “healthy cookies”. Is there such a thing? I read a lot of recipes, and came upon one that I …
It’s my birthday today! And as I have mentioned before I have a twin sister Beth so it’s her birthday too. (She’s ½ hour older than me!) I always remember this card she gave me (or I gave her?) and it went like this: “We’re birds of a …
It’s my son Paul’s 13th birthday today!! I can’t believe it!! We were up earlier than usual so there was enough time to open gifts before school. He was very happy with what he got! So, when I was thinking about what to make for …
I had a busy day yesterday off from work, and didn’t really make anything fun, so I thought I would add some links to some tasty Irish foods I found! Corned beef and cabbage pizza! Irish cream espresso creme caramel Potato-corn-leek chowder Brown soda bread …
One of the things I am most proud of as a working Mom and wife with 3 kids, is that I never resort to fast food for meals. Plus, why do the drive through when you can make the same thing at home except not …
A few weeks ago, my Mom attempted to make bread from my sister’s site. It didn’t rise very well, the texture wasn’t right. Turned out my mom used a little too much flour. Fast forward to today, where a few minutes ago, we got an …
This is a quick and easy recipe, ready in about 15 minutes. It comes from www.mealsmatter.org. They have tons of great recipes. And for those of you who don’t like tofu, you don’t have to add that ingredient and it will still be fine! Ingredients …
This dinner was easy to pull together because I kind of cheated. I had a pork tenderloin that was already cooked from a brunch my Mom had on Sunday, so I just sliced it up and sauteed it in a skillet to warm. I made …
I wasn’t sure what to make for dinner last night, so I looked in my freezer, looked in my pantry to see what I had. I didn’t have enough meat to feed a family of 5, but I did have some Italian sausage and some …
I am in the process of making an Index of all my recipes. I have several hundred buried in here and I want people to have better access at a glance. I am starting with breakfast foods. I’ve already added some and will be adding …
So yesterday, I was visiting my favorite sites, and when I was on Tom’s site, I linked to another site The menu coach chronicles, and read an article about year round Farmers Markets. One of my new years resolutions is to try to buy foods …
This is a great dinner to make quickly. I actually used a garlic/herb flat-bread that I bought at Trader Joe’s next to all the sliced breads. Or you can certainly use a pita bread as your base. I adapted this recipe from Fitness Magazine. …
I make sloppy joe’s for my husband and I at least once a month. It’s super easy, and I usually just buy ground sirloin beef and a can of Manwhich. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but I was wondering if there was a recipe …
Here are pics from over the years. The one at the top was when she was about 14 months old. The second one is when she was two. The third picture is Mark, Claire and Paul overlooking Lake Michigan from the Children’s museum at Navy …
When I was at the store over the weekend, I happened to see on the shelf there was a new product for Fiber One toaster pastries. I love their cereals, so I thought, now I can have pop tarts and not feel bad about …
For those of you who know me personally, these are famous words of mine. Of course, “back on” means I have veered off my diet for any length of time, then when I get serious again, I tell everyone “I’m back on!” My sister even …
I went out to lunch at Cosi with a group of people at work. Now, when I am not watching what I eat, I just go to the restaurant, pick whatever I want and not worry about it. But, these days, I want to know …
I did my grocery shopping this week at Super Target. When I got to the yogurt section, I started to reach for the usual Dannon lite yogurt, but when I happened to see the Target brand Archer Farms yogurt for about 10 cents cheaper, …
Now, you would think after all I did this week, that I would have lost 5 pounds easy. Here are just a few of the positive changes I did this week: Did 1 hour work out at the Y. Parked my car at the far …