December 20, 2009

We had such a fun time with our neighbors last night!  We had a couple errands to run yesterday morning, and since we I didn’t get up until 9:45, we decided to hit up Mama Rini’s for breakfast.  We both had corned beef hash on our mind!  It never fails – crispy crunch on the outside, nice and tender on the inside. Okay, Tony made...

We got about 1/2 an inch of snow overnight, and it looks so pretty outside – I love how fresh snow looks! So everyone was right that the picture yesterday was a back massager!  The weird thing was that my boss gave it to me and said “maybe you and Tony can have fun with this.”  Huh??!! I knew a co-worker was bringing in bagels...

Let me show you: See that red and greenish spread on the lower left hand corner?  It was Goat Cheese Spread:  Herbed Goat Cheese, olive oil, sundried tomatoes, black olives and fresh rosemary and basil.  I don’t even like sundried tomatoes or olives, but the combination was amazing! And I had a glass of this wine.  Not sure what a claret was, but this was...

First off, I wanted to thank everyone for their well wishes on my blood sugar situation.  Tony and  I talked about it, and the only thing that makes sense was that I gave myself two shots.  So now I  am going back to writing it down again, if for no other reason to not get that low ever again! Tony and I were enjoying each...

My day was going well.  I was getting a lot done, had just done a 40 minute work out with my co-worker.  Lunch was two chicken tacos with lots of green salsa, pickled jalapenos on low carb wraps. About half way though my second taco is when it started.  The beads of sweat forming from the top of my head and slowly dripping down my...

A giveaway that is!  Kerstin at Cake, Batter and Bowl picked my name – now I have chocolates to put out over the holidays – thanks Kerstin! I got a kick out of the nutritional label! Breakfast was a 4.5 ounce potato, 3 ounces diced lean beef from last nights dinner, with a fried egg on top.  Surprisingly, NO CHEESE! Later in the morning I...

I have to go back and double check, but I think I am exactly the same as last week!  So maybe I should switch my goals to “maintaining” through the holidays?! Tony and I started out our Saturday morning out to breakfast.  Nothing to write home about (and the picture didn’t turn out at all!).  I had an egg beater omelet with diced ham and...

When Jenn picked garlic as the BSI ingredient this week, my mind went into so many different directions!  I kept trying to come up with a spicy hot garlic cheese dip, but it just wasn’t coming together.  I knew I wanted the garlic roasted, so yesterday I roasted 20 cloves of garlic.  Bake in foil in muffin tin for one hour at 400 degrees.  Don’t...

Hannah had to work last night so it was date night – IN!  You know I love my party pizza Friday!  In this month’s Cooks Illustrated they had a recipe for Chicago Style Deep-Dish Pizza.  Tony and I have attempted this in the past with mixed results.  I thought last night would be a perfect night to try it – only one thing – I...

When I let Ed out this morning, a burst of arctic air immediately hit my face!  Even the dog didn’t stay out longer than he had to!  I came inside to check weather.com: Yikes!  I decided to warm my car up about 10 minutes before I left, thinking the ice would melt, but it didn’t.  While I finished getting ready for work though, Tony went...