Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
OK, who doesn’t love boston cream pie? When I saw this recipe at www.myrecipes.com I knew it would be a great way to have a lo-cal dessert after dinner. This recipe makes 2 servings: 1 large banana (frozen)* 1 cup vanilla low-fat yogurt 1/2 cup …
First, I want to say that I did something today at lunch I haven’t done before….I took a boot camp work out class at a Pilates studio a few doors down from my office! Some friends of mine do Pilates, but several days a week, …
Thanks to Risa at www.bakedperfection.com who shared this great recipe for a kid friendly after dinner treat! I have been wanting to make these for the longest time, but haven’t found the time until tonight! The best part? You don’t need to turn on the …
So when I was checking my e-mails this morning, my friend Tracy knows how much I love getting recipes, so she forwarded this one to me. I actually had never heard of such a thing! How clever! This is going to be fantastic! Then, I …
When I got home from work last night, I was getting my mail and saw a flyer for Penzey Spices. If you aren’t familiar with Penzey Spices, they have an awesome retail store, plus great on-line catalog of virtually every spice on the planet! The …
I decided to do some of my grocery shopping this week at Trader Joe’s. They just opened one up in my town last fall. Before that I would drive about 25 minutes to get to one. The funny thing is I waited 2 years for …
Someone in my office brought a bunch of bananas to work today that were super ripe. My co-worker and I walked by and saw them, she bakes too, and we said to each other, “banana bread, banana muffins, banana smoothies!” After about an hour and …
This recipe was inspired by Recipe Girl’s post on chocolate banana bread a few weeks ago. It sounded so good, but instead of making it into bread, I made muffins of course! I adapted the recipe, but it still turned out great! Ingredients: 5 ounces …
As I was reading your blogs yesterday, I was so happy to see a recipe I needed to make. I had the task of making desert for my son’s school. Today is the teacher appreciation luncheon and since I couldn’t help, I told them I …
I am kind of bummed because I thought today was my one year anniversary, but it turns out it was April 3rd! Oh well! I think this blog is the longest thing I have stayed committed to in my life! What started out as a …
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 …
I was all set to make chicken with a marinade I found when I was straightening out my cabinets. The packet had one side with a dry rub, and the other side was a liquid marinade. I won’t tell you the brand, because it was …
It’s okay to make something not so healthy if you are giving it to someone else right? I still haven’t celebrated Christmas with my side of the family due to my Mom was out of town and my sister’s husband was in the hospital, so …
This recipe is for my brother (www.backtothefridge.com) who loves peanut butter more than anyone I know. He can keep a jar at his desk and eat spoonful after spoonful and never get tired of it! I got this recipe from a Shape Magazine back in …
I love this recipe because it is so quick, plus you can mix and match depending on what you like.You need: 1 pint low-fat vanilla ice cream 1/4 cup low fat milk (I use fat free) 1/2 cup toffee bits (you can buy these by …
Happy Halloween! It’s a beautiful day in the Chicagoland area, its going to reach the mid 60’s which is kind of unheard of on Halloween. Usually its windy, cold, maybe snow, freezing rain etc… so trick or treating is going to be great tonight. I …
I was watching the Food TV network this weekend and Cooking for Real with Sunny Anderson came on and part of her meal was making homemade Italian Ice. I never really thought about making it from scratch, but you need only a few things: water, …
I love when fall comes. The leaves changing, getting warmer clothes out of storage, the cool mornings, by this time of the year I am done with summer and can’t wait for fall! This started me thinking about all the foods of fall. Soups, stews, pumpkin, …
I printed out this recipe over a year ago with the intention of making them, but how many times do we copy recipes out of someone else’s cookbook, or print them off online, or copy from cooking magazines, but never make them? This happens to …
When I was driving with my daughter in the car last week, she sometimes likes to play this game where she will say, “raise your hand if you like the color pink” or “raise your hand if you like marshmallows” to which if you like …
I saw this ice cream that was made into a milkshake on www.hungrygirl.com. I made the milkshake last night, but it was made with a lot of ice and it didn’t taste too great, BUT, this ice cream for 1/2 cup is only 100 calories …
Today at my Weight Watchers Meeting, the leader was talking about how to give in to indulging once in a while. She said that the whole time she was losing 80 pounds on Weight Watchers, she and her friend after their Tuesday night meeting went …
Today at my Weight Watchers Meeting, the leader was talking about how to give in to indulging once in a while. She said that the whole time she was losing 80 pounds on Weight Watchers, she and her friend after their Tuesday night meeting went …