Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I was so bummed when I got to work because my camera’s battery was dead, and I didn’t have the re-charger with me. But then I remembered, my office has 6 digital cameras and I used one of those. LOOK HOW HUGE THE PICTURES ARE!! …
My family has a lot of different sayings for what’s for dinner. We order pizza every Friday night, so we have called it for years “Party Pizza Friday” and when its taco night, all I have to say is “Mexican Fiesta” and my kids know …
I wanted to make muffins for my breakfasts this week, and I had some bananas that were getting pretty ripe, so after dinner last night I started to make them. As I was assembling the ingredients, I realize, I don’t have any Earth Balance Spread, …
Since my weekend was so busy, I didn’t have time to go to the grocery store and do a whole weeks shopping, so I stopped by a local market by my house to pick up something for dinner and found a few new food finds. …
I am the first person picked to review My brothers book “Why Your Last Diet Failed You….And How This Book Won’t Help You on Your Next One. Over the next two weeks, other bloggers will be doing the same! First of all, my brother is …
This is one of my favorite cartoons! I laugh every time I read it! It’s been a busy and fun weekend so far. I went to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago with some relatives that came into town on Friday. Yesterday, I met my twin …
Chinese food is one of my favorite things in the whole world!! I have made home made pot stickers a lot, but never attempted egg rolls. It’s really easy! Each egg roll wrapper is only 80 calories, and when you fill it with things you …
A co-worker of mine brought me something to work yesterday. It’s friendship bread. Has anyone gotten this before?? I opened up the tupperware to find this bag dated 4/3/09. She told me it was a starter…a what?? I took the instructions out of the container …
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 …
First of all, I picked up these cute bananas at the store this past weekend. I wanted to surprise my kids by putting them in their school lunches. I wish I could have been there to see their reaction! They said the kids at their …
It was cold, rainy/sleet/snowy and windy today in the Chicago-land area, so I decided to make some soup today which I am going to bring as a starter to my lunches this week. Its loosely based on a Thai Noodle soup my sister made. 5 …
I still had sweetness on my brain this morning from my waffles yesterday. I froze the rest of the waffles I made yesterday for a quick breakfast to bring to work during the week, so Sundays are the days where I usually make chocolate chip …
Yesterday I brought freezer waffles to work and topped them with fresh strawberries and banana. It was so good I thought I would do the same thing today, but decided to saute the strawberries and banana and pour that over my waffles. This recipe is …
Another day, coming home, getting my work out clothes on and doing my elliptical for 30 minutes (with no interruptions either)! Wahoo! I knew I had pork chops, but wasn’t exactly sure how to prepare them. I thought I could do some kind of breading, …
I’ve been reading a few books I got from the library about people who have succeeded in weight loss and what it took to get them there. I like to hear inspiring stories of how people overcame adversity and finally got healthy and fit. One …
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 …
One of my favorite things to get at Big Bowl restaurant is their chinese bbq pork. It’s tender, the flavors are amazing, and its just fantastic. I was trying to find a recipe for it, and I found one on Cooking Light. Since its still …
I am by no means an expert at making bread, I’ve only made it about 5 times before in my life, but I’ve been using a recipe as a base from Pete Bakes. He uses a recipe for European Peasant Bread from a book called …
There is a number of food bloggers who participate in a kind of cook off where each week there is a host, and they pick the secret ingredient, and you can submit a recipe for a small prize. I’ve always read from afar and never …
The first thing I did when I came home from work was check the mail box, and I was happy to see this envelope in my mailbox! Kristina from Stonyfield Farm sent me coupons to try their yogurt! I haven’t tried their Greek yogurt, so …
So after dinner, I really wanted to have something sweet, but didn’t have much in the house to satisfy that, so I went online and googled “healthy cookies”. Is there such a thing? I read a lot of recipes, and came upon one that I …
These were the muffins I pictured yesterday and I promised to post the recipe today, so here it is. I used a lot of the new different kinds of flours I bought yesterday and came up with a really tasty healthy muffin! 1/2 cup all …
On Sunday I took one of my sons to get new gym shoes, because his pair from the beginning of the year were torn, and tattered and falling apart! We went to a strip mall and as we were walking back to the car, I …
This is my favorite cookbook. It was made by members of my Mom’s side of the family back in 1997. My Aunt Martha spearheaded the whole thing asking members of the family to send their favorite recipes and she retyped them, made copies, and bound …
Yesterday at work I decided to get a muffin at Great Harvest Bread by my office. I was trying to choose a healthy version…they had a Muffin that had cranberries, bits of carrot and it was just out of the oven. It smelled so good! …