January 15, 2009

Busy morning, so this will be a quick post! So my hubby Tony has told me that my parents-in-law love to have yogurt mixed in with their oatmeal.   So this morning I decided to give it a try! The base is a packet of instant regular oatmeal.  The second layer is my low fat vanilla yogurt, then sprinkled with my homemade cranberry pumpkin seed granola.  So...

In an attempt to make it FEEL like July right now, I decided to have a picnic for dinner!   The catalyst for this dinner was the fact that I had brats in the freezer, and since I am still limping towards my weekly $100 grocery challenge (more on that below!) I decided to build my menu around them.  By all means, if you have access...

So good – makes a McDonald’s salad gourmet! Thanks Mom! each one is only 8 ml! . . . I have ever had!  And you can’t have any because my Mom brought it back from her Italy trip last fall!  I ended up using two of these on my salad – the balsamic vinegar MAKES this dressing!!  Slightly sweet, tangy and the olive oil was...

Yep, I am back on my egg sammie.  It just really keeps me full for a long time!   My version today: 1/2 Thomas Onion Bagel (the only onion that I’ll eat!) 1 egg 5 spinach leaves, chopped .75 ounce muenster cheese Tabasco! Who watched the Biggest Loser lasts night?  Jerry (the 63 year old!) looks AMAZING!  Just goes to show you that hard work pays...

Yeah, that’s right, I said it!   Okay, so you know how I have trouble with chili and scalloped potatoes?  Um, roasted chicken is also our nemesis.  It doesn’t matter if the whole chicken is never frozen, if it was once frozen and I defrosted it in the refrigerator for five days, somehow, some way, I almost always under cook the chicken. But the best part,...

When I went home for lunch, I asked Tony if he wanted chicken noodle soup and grilled ham and cheese, or salmon cream cheese and tomato on an onion bagel.  “I’ll take door #1!” I made a super quick chicken noodle soup on Sunday.  2 cans fat free chicken broth 1 cup cooked spaghetti, cut into bit size pieces (I used a pair of scissors!)...

This recipe was in my EatingWell cookbook.  I adapted it a bit because I didn’t have any whole wheat flower flour, and I left out the butter.  I felt that the olive oil would be enough fat. Savory Breakfast Muffins 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 1 1/3...

A HUGE thank you to everyone who suggested burger recipes – but MaggieApril’s really caught my eye!  I ended up putting it in my MasterCook to save for future use and to double check the points.  Each burger, without bun, comes in at: 204 calories 12 fat 1.75 .5 fiber 21.5 protein Here’s the recipe: Feta-Stuffed Chicken Burgers From the Weight Watchers website, 5 points...

 I decided to get the combo – 1/2 salad and cup of soup.   I decided on a new salad I hadn’t tried before, half order of the Asian sesame chicken salad.  The dressing is a reduced sugar Asian sesame vinaigrette, which I asked for on the side.  Sadly, they left it out completely!  I didn’t realize this until I got home, so had to settle...

Despite drinking too much wine and only exercising 3 days last week, I think with the help of drinking TONS more water, I am 164.9 today, so I am down 2.5 for the week!  Not too shabby! My local grocery store doesn’t sell Greek yogurt, so I had to settle for this: I added an ounce of Pom seeds – these are really growing on...