Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Over the weekend, I bought this really cute bag of mini peppers for only $2.49! I used about less than half for this soup recipe. I knew I was going to make the soup, but when I made the cauliflower gratin yesterday, right before I …
Over the weekend, I made a huge stir fry and still had a fair amount of purple and white cauliflower, so my sister just so happened to make a great side dish which I decided to make. It’s a Cauliflower Gratin. She used a combo …
For those of you who don’t know, over the summer we got a healthy vending machine in our office. I know some of you are thinking, is there such a thing? Well, there is, and in the Chicago land area, it’s called Healthy U Vending. …
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had a great Sunday with my daughter at a pumpkin farm. It was also going to be apple picking, but all the apples were picked, so my vision of making apple pies, and things with apples was …
It’s been a busy week, and later nights due to my high schooler with after school things and a concert last night that didn’t get us home until almost 10:00 p.m. I didn’t really make anything fun yesterday, so today I am pulling out old …
I want to thank Food Buzz for sending me 2 free bottles of Pace Picante sauce as part of their Taste Testers program. I have to be honest, I never buy Pace because I thought it wasn’t that good, but after trying both the mild …
One of my favorite things to do is try to put together a great dinner when it seems like we have nothing in the house. Such was the case the other night. I hadn’t gone to the grocery store over the weekend, so while I …
I made these last night and I adapted a recipe, so I wasn’t sure how they were going to turn out. I brought one for my breakfast this morning, and upon taking the first bite, my first thought was “this is like eating chocolate cake!” …
One of the things that keeps happening on the weekends for me is that since I wake up late, I usually just eat lunch instead of breakfast AND lunch. It’s kind of nice to make something a little more deluxe. I hadn’t gone to the …
Tomorrow is the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. It brings back memories of when I ran it with my husband in 2005 and 2006. Tomorrows weather is going to feel like summer with highs expected to be in the 80’s! In 2007 the race was …
I’ve posted this recipe already, but it’s worth posting again. As soon as it starts turning into fall, I start getting out my soup and stew recipes, I can’t wait to make them again! The best part about this …
Errign is hosting BSI this week, take a look at her blog to see the secret ingredient for this week! After her, then Dave from My Year on the Grill will be hosting. Sorry for any confusion! So last night my son Mark was telling …
Two women who I interviewed as Weight Loss Superstars, Jen from Prior Fat girl, and Shelley from A forty something’s weight loss journey ran 10 miles this past weekend! As a person who has finished 2 marathons, I couldn’t help but be moved by these …
Thanks to everyone who participated this week, we got some great entries! To start out with, I made a pork dish this week in my crock pot which turned out great. It’s basically a pork shoulder and I made a rub to go on it. …
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 …
Someone sent me this via e-mail today and I thought it was funny. Nothing like tempting someone who’s on the fence….which door should I go into?! I thought I would mention a blog called “The Food Blog Diary”, here you can find up to date …
I bought this bag of Wheat berries a few months ago and they’ve been in my freezer ever since! So last night I decided I would cook some up to have on hand, and part of that went into my totally deluxe breakfast this morning! …
So this year there are a lot of changes from prior seasons. One thing which I think is a good one, is that for now, each player is an individual, so you don’t have to rely on someone else doing poorly and be sent home …
I have to thank Sandhya at www.sandhyas-kitchen.blogspot.com for passing the BSI torch to me! For those of you who aren’t familiar, BSI stands for “Blogger Secret Ingredient” and whoever is hosting gets to choose the ingredient and anyone can enter (even if you don’t have …
I didn’t think that today could top yesterday, but it did! I was a little less nervous about going since I knew what to expect from yesterday. I was thinking of going back to the Blue Moon beer tent to ask for their help and …
I have so many pictures I’ll spread them out over a few posts! First of all, what a great day I had today! I was lucky enough to be able to volunteer for one of the biggest food and wine events of the year, Gourmet …
I’ve known Joanne for a few years now and I always forget that at one time she struggled with her weight. She is a very smart young lady who is currently getting her MD/PhD and hopes to do Cancer Research when she’s done. AND, she …
Last week I was reading Food Buzz’s Top 9 picks of the day and one of the recipes was for doughnut muffins!! I knew I had to make them but I did tweak the recipe to make it more calorie friendly for me. The recipe …
It was a great time this weekend! We celebrated my Mom’s 70th birthday with a huge party at her house. My brother flew in from Austin, Texas and my Mom’s sister and my cousin flew in as a surprise to her! By the time the …
I know a lot of people make stuffed peppers all the time, but since I started trying more veggies, it turns out I love green peppers! So, when I read the recipe from Jeff @ He Cooks/She Cooks, I had almost all the stuff to …