Dutch Baby!

Weekend breakfasts are my favorite because I usually sleep in and have a late breakfast, so that usually turns into breakfast and lunch, so I can have something with a little more points. Searching bed and breakfast recipes again, I came across a recipe for 

Crustless Pumpkin Pie + Weigh-in Friday!!

Crustless Pumpkin Pie + Weigh-in Friday!!

Since starting back counting points these last few weeks, I always go through all the things I did the first time I lost 60 pounds using Weight Watchers. I’ve kept all my food journals, recipes, tips from my success to try to help me out 

Jumbo Blueberry Muffins

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 

30 day shred+ yummy dinner

30 day shred+ yummy dinner

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 

mac n cheese and blueberries!!!

Yesterday was a great day! It was one of those days that I got everything done that I wanted, I stayed within my points, I EXERCISED, and made a great dinner! First of all, one of the best things that happened yesterday was this: My 

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

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, 

Chicago Fire!!!!

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 

Some more good eats!

My breakfast this week has made me very happy! I mentioned I was eating a Lite Organic Cereal from Trader Joe’s and topping it with fresh fruit. It’s so good and filling! This was my breakfast today! 1 srv. Trader Joe’s cereal 1/2 cup of 

0 point soup + great lunch! + Weigh in Friday

0 point soup + great lunch! + Weigh in Friday

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 

Good eats today!

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 

Pesto-Mozzarella stuffed chicken breasts

Pesto-Mozzarella stuffed chicken breasts

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 

Happy Birthday Mark!

Happy Birthday Mark!

Today is my son Mark’s 11th birthday!!! I took the day off from work, so we can have a fabulous day! Here are some pics of Mark! Mark consoling his sister! Big brother Paul reading books! Spending the day in Chicago Playing in the snow!! 

I’m tired!

I’m tired!

After a full day yesterday getting ready for my son’s 11th birthday party, which included 5 of his friends, my 13 year old and his friend, our block party + playing kick ball at the park + them staying up way too late, I need 

Taco salad!

Taco salad!

I bring my lunch to work about 99% of the time. It’s easy, I know what’s in there and I can keep it healthy. I was running late, so I opened my fridge, and took some leftover taco meat, a little cheddar cheese and that 

Easy Chicken tacos

Easy Chicken tacos

When I got this months issue of Cook’s Country, I immediately saw this recipe and had to make it. I love the articles about the recipes the most, because the person creating the recipe tries so many different variations to come up with the perfect 

Almost baked penne pasta, + homemade dinner rolls

Almost baked penne pasta, + homemade dinner rolls

When I got home from work, I got busy in the kitchen since I knew my dinner was going to be a little involved. I was planning on making baked penne, with ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, my own, sauce, until this happened: If you can 

Roasted Salsa and Fat free home fries

Roasted Salsa and Fat free home fries

I hope everyone is having a great 4th of July weekend so far! We had mostly rain all day yesterday, but it cleared up for the fireworks, so I was happy about that! (and so were my kids!) We ended up grilling in our garage 

Pork & Veggie Kebabs

Pork & Veggie Kebabs

I’ve mentioned before that I get a lot of my recipe ideas from Fitness Magazine. I love their recipes, because its normal food, easy ingredients, and manageable even if you don’t cook much. These will be on my menu this weekend, but I wanted to 

Easy chicken dinner

Easy chicken dinner

Dinner in about 15 minutes that is! I basically took boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut them into strips and tossed them with this spice mix: I know it says “Hamburger” grill mates, but I think it tastes great with chicken! I just sprayed a skillet 

Cookie Dough Pops

Cookie Dough Pops

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 

My farmer’s market

My farmer’s market

After several weeks of not making it to my local farmer’s market, I finally went today! I love going there and of course, my three kids came along for the ride! We had a great time! I’ll share what we saw/got there: Our first stop 

Brocolli cheddar brunch bake

I didn’t get a chance to work on the 5 minute cake in a mug recipe that I posted yesterday….my family and I went to the pool last night and stayed until it closed at 9:00 p.m! It was so much fun! It was still 

5 minute chocolate mug cake

5 minute chocolate mug cake

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 

Beef Stew

Beef Stew

When I was on my way home from work last night, the clock at a bank near my house said it was 99 degrees! So hot! That is why I was so glad I took the 15 minutes before work to make this yummy beef 

Summer time pasta salad

Summer time pasta salad

I haven’t made pasta salad in the longest time! I don’t know why either, when its so easy! This was my version of put whatever veggies I have left in the pasta salad! I used: cheese tortellini carrots red onion edamame celery Italian seasoning salt