Crock pot pasta sauce
I attempted to make this sauce in the fall. I thought how nice would it be to make pasta sauce in the crock pot, simmering all day, how wonderful it would taste. All I would have to do is just make the pasta when I …
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Egg Souffle for one
I’ve actually never made any kind of souffle before, but over the weekend when I went to a luncheon with my Mom, the buffet had one and even though I didn’t put some on my plate, I tasted some off my Moms plate. I loved …
Biggest Loser recap/chocolate/marshmallow dessert
Biggest Loser Recap! I thought it was a really good show tonight, at some point I thought I would need a tissue! I think the highlight of the show was Arthur (the biggest contestant ever on BL) dancing on the scale after losing 13 pounds …
Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Another successful day on my healthy weight loss journey. It’s day 8 already and I did really great eating wise. One thing that I am totally avoiding is food at work. On any given day there are donuts, muffins, candy, etc… and I’ve been able …
Baked Potato Soup/Homemade Salsa
So, my first week of getting back on track and I did way better than I thought I would. I used www.myfitnesspal.com to track all my foods and exercise in. So are you ready? -5.6 pounds! What did I do? *Planned my foods in advance …
Denny’s All American Breakfast re-make – way less calories less than the original!
My HEALTHIER version of Denny’s All American breakfast slam. Just as good, but way less calories and fat!
Creamy Mac & Cheese/Exercise TV
Before I share my creamy macaroni and cheese recipe (which I believe will become a regular in your dinner rotations), I wanted to answer some questions about the exercises I am doing. I can’t believe the weekend is almost here! The week went by so …
Chicken tortilla soup
Sometimes when I go to the store, I don’t actually have a plan of what to make, I just get stuff and will figure it out later. I bought 3 packages of boneless chicken breasts, and I was thinking about what to make, when I …
Breakfast quesadilla
Did anyone watch the new Biggest Loser last night? I thought it was a good one. I didn’t start watching it until late, so I fast forwarded through the workouts, but I like these contestants. There are a few of them who are my favorite …
Billy Blanks/Taebo/Day One Success!
I had a great day yesterday food wise! I planned what I was eating for breakfast and lunch and snacks. I wasn’t hungry at all and….are you ready? I actually broke out a work out CD – Billy Blanks Taebo! I had to start with …
Happy Holidays!
Christmas Cards Graphics I just wanted to take this time to thank all the people who come visit my blog and leave me comments! I wish you and your families the Best Holiday ever! I am taking the rest of the week of from blogging …
More Sargento Cheese Coupons + recipes
My friends at Sargento would like 4 people to get coupons to try their cheese. One thing people think of when they are trying to lose weight, is to cut out real cheese by using fake cheese, or fat free cheese. I hate cheeses that …
Pears and Popchips
I got home from work yesterday and had 3 boxes waiting for me. I knew what one was because my sister Biz told me already: Yippee!! Harry and David pears! As you can see, one has already been consumed. Then next 2 boxes? My friends …
Banana muffins/+ a new version of pasta with meatballs!
These were the muffins I pictured yesterday and I promised to post the recipe today, so here it is. I used a lot of the new different kinds of flours I bought yesterday and came up with a really tasty healthy muffin! 1/2 cup all …
I love grocery shopping!
On Sunday I took one of my sons to get new gym shoes, because his pair from the beginning of the year were torn, and tattered and falling apart! We went to a strip mall and as we were walking back to the car, I …
My favorite Cookbook
This is my favorite cookbook. It was made by members of my Mom’s side of the family back in 1997. My Aunt Martha spearheaded the whole thing asking members of the family to send their favorite recipes and she retyped them, made copies, and bound …
Morning Glory Muffins
Yesterday at work I decided to get a muffin at Great Harvest Bread by my office. I was trying to choose a healthy version…they had a Muffin that had cranberries, bits of carrot and it was just out of the oven. It smelled so good! …
New camera/stove top mac and cheese
I got a new camera for my birthday!! A Sony Cyber shot! A much better upgrade from my digital camera that was about 7 years old and had only 2 mega pixels! So, I took a few pictures at work. The flower is out front …
POM Smoothie
I’m off work today, with a big to-do list, so I thought I would try a smoothie with my POM Wonderful pomegranate juice. I did my grocery shopping this week at ALDI. In their freezer section they usually have different kinds of frozen fruits, and …
Pom Wonderful Oatmeal
Diana from Pom Wonderful was nice enough to send me a free case of Pom Wonderful to try. Of course I said Yes! My kids were very excited! I’m pretty sure they have never had it before and all three of them loved it! Here are some …
Italian Egg Drop Soup
Last weekend while watching the Food TV network, I saw Giada make a super simple soup. She called it Straciatella…or Italian egg drop soup. She literally made this in a matter of minutes, so I thought it would be a good idea to make and …
One of my favorite dinners!
I never get tired of this dinner. My Mom made it growing up and I make it for my family a couple times a month. The combo of the noodles, the sauce, its amazing. The best part is I vary it all the time. I …
Even my Mom's getting busy in the kitchen!!
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 …
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Originally uploaded by Slim-Shoppin I’m off work today, so you know pretty much my first order of business was to make something! I adapted this recipe from Fitness Magazine. The original recipe called for pumpkin/date muffins. But, I didn’t have any …
My favorite new cereal
My favorite new cereal Originally uploaded by Slim-Shoppin This is my new favorite cereal! As soon as I started eating it, I was wondering what the flavor reminded me of. And then it hit me….Sugar Smacks! Remember that cereal? This has the same flavor except …