Simple “smoothie”- Strawberry-Banana Calorie Break down: 1 C. Strawberries: 50 calories 1 Small banana: 90 calories Water Total: 140 Calories & it won’t weigh you down and leave you feeling tired the way “normal” breakfast cereal does. You have time for this, you can do this. Tip: Rinse/wash ...
Recipe: Ugly Delicious Salad
Food doesn’t have to look pretty. It needs to nourish you. This ugly salad does just that. Calorie Break down: 3 C. Shredded Lettuce: 20 calories A few slices from a huge pickle (because the little boy thought I needed some with my lunch just like he had): 5 calories ½ C. Cottage Cheese: 80 ...
Recipes: Organizing
I mostly just pull my recipes from the internet these days. Somtimes it's something great I see on pinterest other times it's something I'm craving (or saw on TV & had to have) so I Google how to make it and use which ever recipe seems easiest. There are times that I taste what I've made and I ...
Recipe: Baked Oatmeal
Here is a peek into my oven this morning: I must have made breakfast too early this morning, or maybe I just didn't eat enough, Because this delightful dish came out of the oven at about 10:30 this morning. Yes, that's right, I had baked oatmeal at 10:30 in the morning. I chalk it up to being one ...
Recipe: Spinach & Strawberries Drink
One afternoon I was eating my healthy spinach leaves topped with some frozen strawberries that were slowly thawing. I enjoy eating, but this poking the leaves & the strawberries being too frozen to bite through stuff was just getting boring! I just wasn’t in the mood to struggle with ...
Flowers For Valentine’s Day
Just for fun, I wanted to show off what my hubby did for me for Valentine's day. He knows I'm watching what I eat so he avoided giving me a great big box of my favorite chocolates (although I would have made an exception- then complained later when my weight went up). He instead made these ...
Recipe: Baked S’mores
I’ve been on Pinterest for a few months now & one common food theme I keep seeing is S’MORES! S’more bars, cakes, cake pops, cups, cupcakes , S'mores Cake in a Jar , etc. What’s next? S’mores apparel and fan shirts? Maybe so. Now I’ve also been exercising and trying to cut ...
Homemade Butter Recipe
This family is making the switch from cheapo plasticy margarine all the way to HOMEMADE BUTTER! I used my fancy shmancy Kitchenaid mixer and it was so incredibly easy! Ingredients: Quite literally, you really use just plan old Heavy Whipping Cream Pour ...
Pumpkin Bread
Yes, I REALLY do love pumpkin. I think I could eat pumpkin muffins all day long. I used a pumpkin bread recipe that I modified from my homemade cookbook. It's actually just a 3 ring binder we had laying around. My favorite aunt e-mailed me 9 e-mails full of attachments. Each attatchment was a ...