Taco Bowl!

Taco Bowl!

I never would have thought about this before, but my sister told me about Taco Bowls she makes at home.  I said, “How do you make taco bowls at home?”  We both love the Mission Low Carb Tortillas that are only 1 point on Weight Watchers.  They 

Great dinner idea

Great dinner idea

Sometimes when I go to the store, I have a plan about what I am making every night.  Growing up, my Mom would do the weekly shopping, make a menu and post it on the refrigerator so if you asked her “What’s for dinner?”, she would say 

Pesto

Pesto

One of the things I am trying to do while losing weight this time is to make things I love to eat, but obviously try to make them healthier.  Sometimes when you are watching what you eat, you automatically think you can’t have a certain 

Mini baked mostacolli

Mini baked mostacolli

Sometimes its hard to lose weight when no one else in your family needs to.  I still get requests to make dishes that may not fit into my healthy eating plan.  One request I got from my oldest son for one of his favorites:  Baked 

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th!!  I’ve been on vacation for the past week which has been so nice!  Today we are going to a family party.  I’ve had one of my Peanut Butter muffins for breakfast, and I plan to have a light lunch and I am thinking 

Beef Stew

Beef Stew

Tonight I made my favorite beef stew for dinner. I got the recipe from a very old Better Homes and Garden cookbook my Mom had. (The cover had red and white checker pattern). Anyway, its the easiest to make by far, and once the vegetables 

My version of Chicken Parmesan

My version of Chicken Parmesan

This was my impromptu dinner idea. I cooked Whole Wheat angel hair pasta, I had a jar of Barilla garlic flavored tomato sauce, I had some chicken tenders in the freezer. I cooked the pasta, and set it aside. In a skillet I sprayed Pam 

How to cook Good ol’ Macaroni-and-Cheese!

How to cook Good ol’ Macaroni-and-Cheese!

I know there are about a zillion different versions of macaroni and cheese. I love it, but I don’t love how the full fat versions are tons of calories and lots of fat. I adapted this recipe from a Healthy Choice recipe I read in 

Spaghetti & Meatballs

Spaghetti & Meatballs

I hate it when you get home from work and look around to see what there is to make, and you fear that there is nothing good in your freezer/fridge/pantry. That’s the predicament I was in. It was late in the week and groceries from 

Spaghetti & Meatballs

Spaghetti & Meatballs

I hate it when you get home from work and look around to see what there is to make, and you fear that there is nothing good in your freezer/fridge/pantry. That’s the predicament I was in. It was late in the week and groceries from 

Food Find

Food Find

I love grocery shopping.  If I could spend a Saturday afternoon at any grocery store I would.  I love Trader Joe’s (although I only get there about once a month), there is a Whole Foods about 10 minutes from my house (but too expensive for 

Slumgulion – a.k.a. Goulash

Slumgulion – a.k.a. Goulash

I don’t know where the name of this dish came from, but growing up that’s what my parents called it. The only thing is when my Mom made it, I would ask her to have no chunks of onions in it! I make it all 

Dinner Wed. night

Dinner Wed. night

I really didn’t have much of an idea of what to make for dinner. So when I got home, I cooked up a few huge chicken breasts with Mrs. Dash lemon pepper seasoning.  Once it was done, I let it rest for about 5 minutes, and