Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
You probably have all the ingredients to make these muffins right now! Scrolling through Instagram yesterday – Erin from The Wooden Skillet made a recipe for easy banana oatmeal muffins with chocolate chips. So I got up and made these right away! Just mix all …
I didn’t do a full grocery shop last week, so I was faced with running to the store last Thursday to pick up dinner. And believe it or not, I did NOT feel like cooking! So, into the frozen food section I went. I ended …
I have a blogger friend Celine who has a gorgeous Vegan recipe site. (Have cake will travel). She made these amazing looking blondies using of all things, chickpeas! I have no fear using strange ingredients to make things. I’ve added tofu to muffins I’ve made; …
This week, my sister is hosting BSI (Blogger Secret Ingredient) cooking contest and the ingredient this week is: Chiles!! I was searching for recipes where I wouldn’t have to buy too many ingredients and when I found this recipe on Cooking Channel’s website, I had …
Before I get to today’s recipe, I want to tell ELIZABETH from Elizabeth’s Cooking that she won a free coupon to try Sargento Cheese! E-mail me your address at slim-shoppin@comcast.net and I will get that in the mail for you. A few weeks ago HELEN …
The summer is over, and my kids head back to school today!!! The weirdest part is my oldest son is starting high school today, the same high school that my husband and I went to! It seems like it was yesterday when they were this …
I got this recipe from Giada from FOOD TV. I was browsing their site over the weekend looking for something new to do with chicken. Like most families, I make chicken a few times a week, so I am ALWAYS looking for new ideas! This …
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 …
My kids love Popsicles pretty much all year round, but especially during these hot summer days. I think its a much better alternative to ice cream and they love it more than that. When I was at Trader Joe’s last weekend, I stocked up on …
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 …
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 …
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? …
I’ve been going through binders of recipes I’ve copied from magazines, or gotten from friends during my time off from work over the Holidays. I wish I could get paid for reading cookbooks/recipes I would be a millionaire!! During the fast paced Holidays and people …
Okay, I had 14 comments on getting a free coupon for Silk Soy Milk and so I asked my 3 kids to each pick a number. The winners are: Duo Dishes Sophia of Burp and Slurp Cassie from Foodie with a Little Thyme Please e-mail …
First of all, I need to give a shout out to my Mom!!! Happy Birthday Mom!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!! If everyone can wish my Mom a Happy Birthday, that would be great! Last week I featured a new product called True …
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’ve seen a lot of bloggers, including my sister make these for breakfast and I have to say, I was always skeptical. Well, that all changed today, when I decided to take the plunge and see what happened. I wasn’t quite sure what people put …
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 …
