Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I am happy to introduce my new blog friend Tricia!! I have visited her site many times to get inspiration, see what she’s up to, what exercises she is doing, etc… When I e-mailed her to ask if I could do a weight loss success …
I can’t believe the week is almost over!! And we’ve had several days in a row of sunshine in Chicago, so that makes me happy (even though its still freezing out!) I had to share my yummy stir fry! I think I had at least …
This is for all you office workers out there who succumb to the vending machine…. Even though I try to be good through out the day and pass by all the donuts, leftovers from luncheons, cake, etc… there are days where I will admit, I …
March is a super busy month in my family. My son’s birthday is coming up in a few weeks, my twin sister and I will also have a birthday shortly, my 15th wedding anniversary is next week, and my two nieces will also have birthdays. …
My waffle maker made a rare appearance this weekend! I haven’t used it in probably 6 months. I was reminded of a recipe I made last year, and it didn’t disappoint. This recipe is adapted from Spark People I ended up sauteing a banana in …
Have you ever woken up and decided you don’t really feel like a “breakfasty” kind of meal. No pancakes, no oatmeal, no cereal, I want something different! So, this is what I made for my breakfast: 1 cup cooked quinoa sugar snap peas red onion, …
When I went to the store last weekend, I found in the freezer section all sorts of flavors of Goya Brand Fruit Pulps. Flavors like papaya, pineapple, passion fruit, etc… For each 1/2 cup its only 39 calories. So I picked up the passion fruit …
I adapted this recipe from “Eat Better America”. I LOVE banana bread, and like Christina, we always have bananas in our freezer! The one thing I did change was instead of walnuts, I added chocolate chips. I also used Nevella, which is a new brand …
I had worked up an appetite for lunch today. I spent like 4 hours deep cleaning. I even pulled out my oven and cleaned under/behind that…yuck! Since I hadn’t gone the store yet, I was thinking about what to make with what little I had …
First of all, when I got into work yesterday, I had this nice big blue canvas bag on my desk, and I immediately knew what it was. Pirates Booty!!! It was filled with big and small bags of Pirates booty! The boyfriend of a co-worker …
As much as I love making foods from scratch, let’s face it, life sometimes gets in the way and you need stuff on hand as a healthy back up. While I was at the store the other day, I picked up a few things I …
Chili is usually reserved for my husband to make. It’s his specialty, but usually we do that on Super Bowl, or on Halloween. I never really thought about making it during the week. I was looking through a huge binder of recipes I’ve clipped out …
My sister always cooks chicken parm all the time, but I rarely think of it, but tonight it sounded really good! I cooked Whole Wheat angel hair pasta, I had a jar of Barilla garlic flavored tomato sauce, I had some chicken tenders in the …
The other night, after coming home from work, I had no idea what to make for dinner. I looked in the freezer and saw that I had frozen chicken tenders (boneless and skinless), so I decided to just throw those into a skillet. I was …
Has anyone seen this new sweetener at the store yet? I was picking up a few things the other night, and happened to see this on sale. It’s a sugar free, calorie free sweetener, good for diabetics, and you can actually use it for baking …
It snowed for over 24 hours in the Chicago area and we have LOTS of snow! I think its pretty though! So here is a nice soup for when its cold and windy outside! I always have a ton of carrots lying around, so I …
I remember watching a throw down with Bobby Flay where he challenged this woman to a pot sticker throw down. I LOVE pot stickers, and since I had left over won ton wrappers, this dish was created. Using a tip my sister used where she …
This is what I get asked pretty much every night after dinner by my kids! When they were younger, it would be yogurt, or a piece of fruit, but somehow over the years, its changed to cookies, or a little ice cream, etc… I purposely …
I went all out on tonight’s dinner and it was so much fun! I have to thank my co-worker Lilly for telling me about this recipe! My sister had made a Mexican soup last week which included hominy. Now, I’ve passed the cans of hominy …
Lots of errands today! So, I haven’t spent much time in the kitchen. Right now I am planning out my meals for next week, and go to the grocery store later. One thing I am excited about making for dinner tomorrow is a Mexican soup …
When I got home from work, the only kind of meat I had in the fridge was a 2.5 pound pork tenderloin….and it was almost 6 o’clock. No time to roast that baby, so I decided I would cut it into pork chops and cook …
I have to thank Kristi for bestowing this award to me! Thanks Kristi! If you haven’t been over to her site, she also has healthy dishes, with nutritional value/weight watchers points! So, now I have to tell you 7 things you may not know about …
Thanks to Jessie and Michael of Chef Fresco, I tried a new recipe they made using sausage and veggies. I love trying new recipes. Usually when I make something new, I just wait and see if my family says anything. Sometimes they do, sometimes they …