Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
With all the rain we had this weekend, I was able to spend time in the kitchen!! Yeah!! There is nothing I love more than spending an afternoon in the kitchen! While reading blogs, I came across www.ceramiccanvas.com blog. He had made home made crackers …
I am having so much fun meeting so many great people who have completely changed their lives and have lost weight and loving life now! I would like to introduce you to Lisa, she’s lost 110 pounds and looks amazing!! Check out her site often …
I love that through reading other people’s blogs I meet tons of people who have already won the battle of weight loss and have started their own blogs because of it. I met Tracey through my sister’s blog and I am glad to know her! …
In continuing with my series profiling people who have lost weight, I would like to introduce Tonyne (pronounced Toe-neen). Although she says she isn’t at her final destination, she has made HUGE progress and looks amazing! Here are the questions I asked her… 1. What …
It’s my son’s 14th birthday today!! Happy Birthday Paul!! I know a lot of other parents feel this way, but as the years go by and they keep getting bigger it is just so weird to think in a few short years he will be …
I am happy to introduce my new blog friend Tricia!! I have visited her site many times to get inspiration, see what she’s up to, what exercises she is doing, etc… When I e-mailed her to ask if I could do a weight loss success …
For some reason, I have not brought a lunch to work all week. Which, for me, is unheard of. I LOVE spending time the night before making healthy food, planning things out. But, I just haven’t done it this week. Which is kind of like …
Believe it or not, but I am the only one in my family that likes quiche! I would make it all the time for dinner/brunch, but sadly that’s not the case. So, I decided to make my own quiche for one! I used 1 oz. …
A few years ago, my youngest son Mark (who is 11 now) went with me on a re-sale shop excursion. All three of my kids LOVE to go to resale shops with me and find good deals. As we were browsing through The Brown Elephant …
For those of you who have been following my blog closely, I really wanted to do great this Holiday starting with Halloween and going through the new year. Not only did I not want to eat like a huge pig, but I wanted to actually …
So, I almost caved…I had a great healthy breakfast yesterday, I had my soup and banana for lunch and as the lunch hour approached, I wasn’t feeling the soup. What I really wanted was a slice of deep dish pizza! There is an Italian restaurant …
I’ve done a few things differently as I mark the first week of trying to consume 10-13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. I’ve noticed a few patterns here: *I’ve had almost no snacks. Just breakfast, lunch and dinner *I’ve had NOTHING after dinner …
I can’t believe its Halloween already!! It’s going to be a great day. I can’t remember the last time it was on a Saturday, but to have the time to get costumes on, help with make-up and not have to take a vacation day from …
What a weekend! It was GORGEOUS in Chicago over the weekend, 80’s and Sunny! The highlight of my weekend was getting together with my twin sister Biz and our best friends who are twins. We have been friends since the 3rd grade when they transferred …
It’s been a busy weekend so far, so I haven’t had time to post anything yet! This will be a quick post today. I’m pretty sure this is going to be my go-to breakfast every weekend. The Breakfast Pizza I made it last weekend and …
I got so busy yesterday I didn’t have time to post! Well, it was weigh in Friday!! After riding my bike to work every day, running 3.2 miles 3 days and doing the boot camp, I was hoping for a big loss, but I will …
I’m normally a super positive person, and can roll with pretty much any punch that’s thrown my way. But yesterday was bad… Friday started out great, it was gorgeous outside, I only had to work 4 hours. After work I was going to take the …
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 …
Holy cow I had a busy weekend! And wonderful! Except for rain in the afternoon on Monday, the weather cooperated and it was perfect this weekend! So, I will fill you in on my activities! Party pizza Friday, Water friends yard while they are out …
I’m so excited because for Mother’s Day I got two Topsy Turvey Tomato plants. Have you seen the infomercial about it? It’s a hanging bag, you put the seeds at the bottom, fill it with soil, hang it from a hook, and the plants grow …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
I had a busy day yesterday off from work, and didn’t really make anything fun, so I thought I would add some links to some tasty Irish foods I found! Corned beef and cabbage pizza! Irish cream espresso creme caramel Potato-corn-leek chowder Brown soda bread …