Tony and I slept in until 9:00 this morning and nothing gets me out of bed quicker than suggesting we go out for breakfast! I quickly got dressed and ran outside to brush off the snow on the truck. We probably got about two more inches over night?
Hannah had my camera, so no breakfast pics. I did pretty good. I ate two eggbeater eggs, 1/2 of my hashbrowns, one piece of bacon and one piece of toast.
BUT WE SPLIT AN ORDER OF CORNED BEEF HASH! It is absolutely amazing at this restaurant. Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. It’s too much to resist!
Then we went to Big Lots. The thrift store that Hannah and I go to has this Christmas tree and they have hand written ornaments requesting items for their women’s shelter. So we picked up six ornaments and ended up buying bleach, dishwasher detergent, clorox wipes, Lysol spray, packing tape and garbage bags. It ended up being about 6 bags! We then dropped it off on our way home, so no pic of that either.
But while we were walking the aisles, I could not believe my eyes!
Yeah, that’s right – .80 cents each! I bought all they had (four bottles!). The artichoke parmesan is so thick, you could actually use it as a veggie dip. Yeah!
So while Tony used the snow blower on the drive, I started making my Christmas Morning biscotti. I plan on sending them to family this year. I got two batches done today.
I’ve also gotten two loads of laundry done too. I have a hair appointment at 3:00 for my office Christmas party tonight. It’s supposed to be in the single digits degree wise – for whatever reason every year we have this party the weather is horrible! One year snow, one year ice!
I’ll probably do one quick post after my hair appointment if I like it! Hope everyone is having a good Saturday!
I recently was at Big Lots and freaked out over the same salad dressing deals! Except mine had Pomegranate Vinaigrette and Green Garlic…yumm!!! I feel like you’re my sale-searching partner in crime, hahaha!
Here you go!
Christmas Morning Biscotti! (thank Tony for that title!)
I figured the red of the dried cranberries would go perfect with green pistachios. As with most recipes I come up with, they always turn out amazing in my head and usually end up being mediocre at best.
But these are really great (four separate people have said so!)
2 egg whites
pinch salt
1/2 cup sugar
1.5 cups white flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 tablespoons fat free half and half
1/3 cup (1.5 ounces) shelled pistachios
2 ounces dried cranberries
1/2 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until they just hold stiff peaks. Gradually beat in the sugar while constantly mixing it.
Sift the flour and baking powder and add this mixture and whisk.
Blend in the olive oil, milk, nuts, cranberries and vanilla and mix well to get a sticky dough. Now at this point, it was a very sticky dough, so I just scooped it out of my bowl onto my baking sheet.
I sprayed my hands with Pam and molded the dough into one giant log. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Remove and let sit for at least 10 minutes to cool.
Now slice into biscotti-sized thick bars and return to the pan, lining them up side by side, but allowing room for them to get crispy, and return to oven for 20 to 25 more minutes at a reduced temperature of 300 degrees.
This recipe made 10 generous size biscotti coming in at:
143 calories
2.6 fat
26 carbs
1 fiber
3 protein
You could lower the amount of carbs by using Splenda, but I was all out.
After they cool, they can be stored in an airtight container. Enjoy!
$.80 cents – wow! what a great deal!
Gorgeous biscotti!!
Gotta love the sales 🙂
You’ve done more in one day than I did all week! Good for you!
Wow, that is such a good deal! What else did you end up getting?
I would love to see your grocery hauls!
mmmmmm……your biscottis look delicious!!!!!!! recipe recipe!!! 😀
You’re just like me with sales! When I see something super cheap I just buy the rest of what they have 🙂 Unless they still have a ton and then I just buy whatever I consider to be “a lot”. I need to make biscotti soon too.