Nutella/Banana Won Ton Bites

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 

Great breakfast!  Egg, potato, cheese hash

Great breakfast! Egg, potato, cheese hash

This breakfast was a winner today! I took the leftover chili/cumin/garlic powder chicken I made last night and added it with a potato, egg and cheese to make a breakfast hash. This kept me full forever! Ingredients: 1 egg “fried” with Pam cooking spray 3 

Healthy version of banana stuffed french toast – only 225 calories!!

Healthy version of banana stuffed french toast – only 225 calories!!

Sometimes I feel like something savory for breakfast, but this morning I wanted something sweet. As I was looking in my fridge, I didn’t have time to make pancakes, or something more complicated, but I thought about french toast. Instead of using bread though, I 

Blueberry Zucchini Bread + My first homegrown tomato!

Blueberry Zucchini Bread + My first homegrown tomato!

OK, I have to start with my tomato!!! Last year for Mother’s Day, my husband got me 2 Topsy Turvy Tomato planters. Granted it was cooler last summer, but I kind of didn’t keep on top of them and I hung them too high, so 

Cinnamon Jumbo Muffins – My healthy version

By now, you all know how much I love muffins! So much so, that I make a batch pretty much every week. It’s easy to take to work in the morning, it’s easy for the kids to grab and snack on during the day and 

Chicken enchiladas/fried egg quesadilla with fresh salsa

Chicken enchiladas/fried egg quesadilla with fresh salsa

Yesterday I posted my recipe for green salsa, I ended up making a quick version of chicken enchiladas. This went from start to finish in about 30 minutes. The quick method I used, was I took 3 big boneless chicken breasts, trimmed of any fat 

Turkey bacon, cheddar and corn meal muffins + 5 coupons for free Cheese!

So yesterday I was checking my e-mail and I clicked on Food Buzz’s featured recipes for the day. One was from THIS SITE and it was for bacon, cheddar and cornmeal waffles. It sounded amazing to me, but I don’t have a waffle maker, so 

Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

I was reading other people’s blogs the other day when I came across a great blog I’ve never heard of! It’s called Cowgirl Chef. After reading her bio, she was a journalist from Texas, who moved to Paris a few years ago, started cooking Tex 

Skillet Pizza!

Skillet Pizza!

One of the things I love to do is make something deluxe when there is seemingly nothing to eat in my house. You can open up the fridge, and look in the pantry and think there is nothing to make. That’s how it was over 

Spicy Oats!

Spicy Oats!

If you haven’t tried spicy oats before, you must give it a try! I make this a few times a month I would say. Although I love oatmeal with brown sugar, or berries, doing it this way is also deluxe! I use: 1/2 cup quick 

Pretzel Crusted Chocolate Chip Muffin

Pretzel Crusted Chocolate Chip Muffin

I know what you are thinking…what is she thinking putting pretzels as a crumb topping on muffins? Well, I love sweet/salty combos and I just wanted to try it out to see what would happen. The result? Very good! It gave it a nice crunch 

Easy breakfast! 5 ingredients!

I bring my breakfast to work every day for a few reasons. Getting 3 kids out the door every morning takes up my time and I don’t have time to sit for a minute! If I eat at my desk, I can check e-mails, and 

Best ever breakfast sammy + butterscotch/toffee Chip Jumbo Muffins!

Best ever breakfast sammy + butterscotch/toffee Chip Jumbo Muffins!

A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for homemade turkey sausage for breakfast sammy’s that came from The Biggest Loser recipe archives.  This is the best ever breakfast sammy! It was super easy to make and this sandwich kept me full ALL morning. I 

Turkey Breakfast Sandwich

This recipe actually comes from the Biggest Loser cookbook. Last week I made a breakfast sammy pretty much every day for breakfast and this week I am going to make my own breakfast patty to add to it.. I’ve been using The Arnold Thin bread, 

Frittata

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes yesterday!!! I successfully completed two goals: I had no cake on my birthday OR my son’s birthday the day before! Cake with frosting is my biggest downfall for sure! And, normally we get Dunkin Donuts for 

Cinnamon Jumbo Muffins – My healthy version

Cinnamon Jumbo Muffins – My healthy version

I adapted this recipe from Penzey Spices Catalog I got in the mail. I made a few adjustments. One being that I used silken tofu instead of the butter for the recipe, the other is I used skim milk instead of whole milk. The results? 

Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday!!

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 

Blender waffles

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 

Breakfast stir fry?

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, 

New smoothie

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 

Healthy Banana Bread + Give-a-Way!

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 

Home made rolls/quiche in a bread bowl!

Thanks to Dave at Year on the Grill and Cathy at Noble pig, I tried out both of their recipes. Cathy posted a recipe for an egg that was cooked in a bread bowl. Dave went one step further by making his own rolls! The 

Special K package!

When I got home from work the other day, I had a BIG package waiting for me. I knew what it might be. I was asked if I would like to try a bunch of Special K products and I immediately said yes! Before this, 

Quiche for one

Believe it or not, but I am the only one in my family that likes quiche! I would make it all the time for dinner/brunch, but sadly that’s not the case. So, I decided to make my own quiche for one! I used 1 oz. 

How to Make Homemade English Muffins

How to Make Homemade English Muffins

I used to think that homemade english muffins would be for someone who was a master bread maker.  Turns out anyone can make these!  Here is how you make homemade english muffins! This recipe comes from this site, The Culinary Institute of America. This is