Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
A few weeks ago, my Mom attempted to make bread from my sister’s site. It didn’t rise very well, the texture wasn’t right. Turned out my mom used a little too much flour. Fast forward to today, where a few minutes ago, we got an …
A few weeks ago, my Mom attempted to make bread from my sister’s site. It didn’t rise very well, the texture wasn’t right. Turned out my mom used a little too much flour. Fast forward to today, where a few minutes ago, we got an …
Roti bread Originally uploaded by Slim-Shoppin I decided to try making Roti bread this weekend. Roti bread is an Indian flat bread and if you’ve ever gone to Flat Top Grill (a local stir fry place in the Chicagoland area) you can choose to get …
I adapted this recipe from Saveur. The original recipe called for Parmesan and Gruyere cheese, but since I didn’t have those cheeses I used what cheese I had on hand which was two Mexican cheeses. Chihuahua and Cotija cheese. The chihuahua cheese I used on the …
Here are pics from over the years. The one at the top was when she was about 14 months old. The second one is when she was two. The third picture is Mark, Claire and Paul overlooking Lake Michigan from the Children’s museum at Navy …
Here are pics from over the years. The one at the top was when she was about 14 months old. The second one is when she was two. The third picture is Mark, Claire and Paul overlooking Lake Michigan from the Children’s museum at Navy …
Occasionally when its been a pretty busy weekend, we will order out from a restaurant in our neighborhood called Leona’s. It’s an Italian restaurant, great pastas, pizza etc… but every time we order, my son and I will split the meatball sandwich. We split it, …
I woke up today and was looking for something to make my kids for breakfast. We make pancakes a lot on the weekend, but I asked them if they were in the mood for waffles. Waffles?? How do you make those?? I then reached way …
Over the summer, my Mom called me to come over to her house and help her with the tomatoes in her garden. She had sprained her wrist and wanted me to help her par-boil the tomatoes, take the skins off, put them in a food …
For those of you who know me personally, these are famous words of mine. Of course, “back on” means I have veered off my diet for any length of time, then when I get serious again, I tell everyone “I’m back on!” My sister even …
For those of you who know me personally, these are famous words of mine. Of course, “back on” means I have veered off my diet for any length of time, then when I get serious again, I tell everyone “I’m back on!” My sister even …
I love pot-stickers! If you have never had them, you can make them yourself! Sometimes they are called dumplings. I used to pass by the won-ton wrappers at the store all the time and wonder, what do you do with those things? I finally bought …
I was thinking about this today. I’ve been doing really well for the last 3 months on my healthy eating plan and I’ve noticed some subtle changes that I think are helping me stay on track. Usually I will do good for a couple of …
I can’t believe it, another week has gone by! I am happy to say I am down another pound, so my total so far is 13 pounds!! Yeah!! The best part of that is that I still went out to dinner twice and had pizza …
We’ve all been there. You make a commitment to yourself that you are going to eat healthier, exercise more and really take control and try to lose weight. Then, life steps in and you are in a serious dilemma. This is exactly what happened to …