Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I know a lot of you don’t live in the Chicago-land area, but my sister, Mom and I went to a great place for lunch yesterday! Okay, I may be biased, since the architecture firm I work for designed the restaurant and friends of mine …
I think so many times in the past when I have tried to lose weight, I would follow some strict program, or couldn’t eat certain foods, or eating foods in combinations. Why do that to yourself? So many times you read that losing weight is …
For those of you who know me personally, you know I almost NEVER go to work without bringing food for the day. I eat my breakfast and lunch at my desk, as well as bringing fruit or veggies for snacks. I like knowing what I …
It was non-stop at work today, from the moment I walked in until the moment I walked out! Phew was I tired by the time I went home! BUT, some great things happened during the day….I did NOT give in to food at work! Why …
One thing that helped me out today was preparing my food the night before. That way I have time to make something deluxe if I want and not be rushed throwing things in my bag. For breakfast I had: 1 Thomas whole grain English Muffin …
I want to give a big thanks to Molly at POM Wonderful for sending me two new flavors of POM that will be coming out next month. POM Kiwi and POM Peach. Both were excellent!! I’ve been kind of eating the same thing for breakfast …
This recipe comes from this months issue of Women’s Health Magazine. It reminds me of my favorite at P.F. Chang’s China Bistro…their lettuce wraps which are so good. But this recipe looks pretty easy! I like it because it only has a few ingredients, quick …
I’m not sure if you have seen these in the store yet. They are relatively new. In fact, I was asked to try these a few months ago, but every store I went to, they were not on the shelf. That is all changed. You …
I have been super busy at work lately, and since I have been working out at lunch, I am totally behind on reading blogs. I have to catch up! After a busy work morning, some friends at work and I went out for a nice …
First of all I am excited to say I jogged/briskly walked another 5k during my lunch hour yesterday!! And I rode my bike to work (3.2 miles!) Wahoo!! Today at lunch is a boot camp cardio class by my office, it was really hard last …
A great way sometimes to make some food that you have even better? Accessorize it! Last week, two of my friends at work and I walked 3/4 of a mile to Whole Foods. Its where I bought my Chia seeds and visited the salad bar …
So after working 9 hours yesterday, then grocery shopping after work, I was tired! So an easy dinner was in store for me. My kids were gone again with their old babysitter for the afternoon/evening, so I made something only my husband and I like….Sloppy …
Last weekend I purchased a HUGE package of ground beef (90/10 ratio). 8 pounds of it! It was on sale, so I couldn’t pass it up. I was trying to think of something to make with it besides the usual burgers or tacos. Then I …
I usually go to Aldi to grocery shop, or the local Fair Share by my house, once in a while Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods. I’ve kind of stopped going to Jewel or Dominick’s in the Chicago-land area, because their food is so much more …
When I was at my local Farmer’s Market on Saturday, I happened to walk by a table from a local restaurant in my town called Trattoria 225. They were passing out little cups of this FANTASTIC orzo salad with a recipe card! I make an …
First of all, I want to say thanks for all your well wishes about my car accident! I appreciate everyone’s kindness! I do think all things happen for a reason, so I’m moving on! The rest of my weekend was great. I got a lot …
When I got home from work, I had already made the announcement I was working out before dinner. It was so nice outside, I decided to talk a brisk 30 minute walk. Once I told my kids, I was going walking and would be back …
This is something I can have virtually every day and never get tired of it! It’s a lot of chopping, but I just chopped all the veggies: celery, carrot, garlic, red onion, cauliflower, pea pods, broccoli slaw, water chestnuts and sauteed them in a pan …
Thanks to Jen @ a2eatwrite@blogspot.com for inspiring me to make these muffins. I visited her site yesterday and saw her blueberry muffin recipe. We exchanged a few e-mails, and I was excited to make them last night. Of course, when I got home, I didn’t …
I’m trying to stick to a program where I work out as soon as I get home from work. I only work about 5 minutes from my house, so I am home by 5:05 and by 5:15 I am ready to go to work out …
I had a great weekend, I used some of my flex points, but all in all I did great keeping track of my points!! I think the biggest thing for me is to plan so I don’t have to go out for lunch at work, …
Last night my family and my sister-in-law’s family went to a Chicago Fire Game! The best part?? The company I work for has a suite there, with V.I.P. parking. The suite had a perfect view of the field, you could watch the game from the …
First of all, today was my very first weigh in after joining Weight Watchers on-line and really keeping track of points. I love the on-line version, its so easy to enter in what you eat, save foods as favorites and I love the recipe builder …
I have a new favorite cereal, and it comes from Trader Joe’s Organic Morning Lite Cereal I had a bowl of this morning, with 1 serving of Trader Joe’s High fiber cereal So, this was my breakfast with 1 cup of fresh blueberries and 1 …
Sometimes its been nice to kind of go back through recipes I’ve made for ideas. Since we have chicken all the time, and even though my family would love it if I made my home made chicken tenders all the time, its nice to kind …