Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Marion’s Kitchen marinades were introduced to me by my twin sister Biz. She kept showing recipes she made using the marinade and I finally got my hands on some. So sorry I waited so long – my lunch was outstanding. This isn’t really a recipe, …
I love shopping Trader Joe’s . I am lucky to have one in my town, but before that I would drive 30 minutes to the closest one to my house. We affectionately call it “Chicken Joe’s” because when my daughter was little- that’s what she …
It was 10:00 p.m. at night and I wanted to make Lindsay from Cotter Crunch flourless pancakes, but I didn’t want to be standing at the stove making a whole batch – so I decided to bake it in the oven! I made the batter …
If you haven’t tried my twin sister’s – Skinny Pizza dough – you have to put it on your to-do list asap! She posted the recipe over a year ago and only in the last 4 months I would say it has taken off – …
Were you a fan of fish sticks growing up? I was! I never would think as an adult that I would be making fish sticks for my family – but these grown up version of fish tacos have become a favorite quick and Weight Watchers …
I had a crazy thing happen to me for 4 weeks in a row. I came home from work and found a giant Blue Apron box on my front porch. I didn’t order it – figured it might be a neighbors. But it had my …
This recipe is going crazy on the internet right now and in Weight Watchers circles on Instagram. It seems quite impossible that just 2 ingredients can make bagels, pretzels, pizza dough, rolls or cinnamon rolls, but it does! 2 ingredient dough Category Side …
I made a take off of Minimalist Baker’s Chocolate Quinoa Breakfast Bowl and ate it 3x last week I loved it so much! I’m following Weight Watchers again this year – just started again January 2018 – so I adapted this a little bit to make …
I know its still summer, but I can eat soup all year round. It’s chilly in my office, and if I have the air on at home, my family doesn’t mind having soup in the summer either. This recipe is by far my most favorite …
My husband and I had our weekly training for the Christy Clinic Illinois Marathon and Half marathon on Saturday and we’ve noticed a trend. It will be super mild during the week high 30’s and 40’s but EVERY Friday night we’ll be watching the news …
This is the second time making these and they turned out so great. The only thing I did differently was make the rolls smaller. Last time I made them it made 8 rather large rolls, and when I figured out the calories, it was 260! …
With wind chills well below zero and still cleaning up the snow from the Blizzard, the kids are off school for the 2nd day in a row! That’s never happened before. At least yesterday they got to enjoy it. My daughter Claire and my son …
After blizzard winds and tons of snow, for the first time since 1979, my sons high school as well as the middle school and elementary schools are closed! My son was saying that the high school has only closed 4 times in the last 100 …
I had some really ripe bananas that needed to be used up and believe it or not I didn’t make muffins with them! I decided to make pancakes. I used an ingredient I just tried for the first time: Almond Milk! There are lots of …
Before going to the grocery store this weekend, I thought I would make a batch of soup for my lunches this week. I just put in whatever veggies I had leftover from the week so I wouldn’t have to throw them out. My daughter Claire, …
The first time I made this soup was May of 2009! I sometimes forget to go back to recipes I’ve made that are worth making again. This is one of those recipes. I printed out a recipe from Spark People for what I thought was …
Two people recently nominated me for the Stylish Blogger Award! I would like to thank my friends Kristi and Christina for nominating me for the Stylish Blogger Award. I am supposed to tell you 7 things you may not know about me, and pass it …
Sometimes I surprise myself by making something by just throwing things into a bowl and it coming out not only good, but one of the best muffins I’ve ever made. I think I’ve made about 25 varieties of muffins on here too over the last …
I’ve never made this dish before, but I will be making it again. I was thinking about what to make for dinner over the weekend when I knew I wanted to make some type of side dish with quinoa in it. I make a cold …
I dressed up my daughter like Randy from a Christmas Story today. The actual temperature is 0 with expected wind chills @ -25 below. Snow pants, snow boots, sweatshirt over shirt, heavy gloves, hat, scarf around her face. We only live a few blocks from …
Happy Thursday! This week is flying by so far! I made the most of yesterday by power walking at lunch for 30 minutes, and then walking home as fast as I could for 30 minutes, so I felt really good about that! AND, another day …
Have you seen the new MTV series, “I used to be fat”? On the show, they profile kids who have a summer before college, or a summer before starting a new job to get into shape. The trainers they work with, give them a HUGE …
99% of the time I bring my own lunch to work, but yesterday I wasn’t really digging what I brought and I remembered I had a gift card to Panera Bread in my wallet, so I decided on getting that for lunch. It’s about a …
I thought it would be nice to start out the New Year with some inspiring stories of people who have done an awesome job losing weight. I’d like you to meet Kelly. She is a Mom of 4, her husband is in the military, and …
One thing that’s hard when you are trying to lose weight, is wishing time would go by faster. On January 3rd, I started Day One and I’m already on 12! This time around I’m just taking it day to day. Since January 3rd, I’ve entered …