July 11, 2010

Nicole of Making Good Choices was the BSI hostess this week.  While I linked to her earlier in the week, Nicole I apologize for not updating the BSI page until today! Again being the procrastinator that I am, I almost always wait until Sunday to my BSI recipe.  And for the most part, try to make recipes with ingredients I have on hand.  Our store...

While we had a freak thunderstorm that lasted about 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, the rest of the day was gorgeous! We I woke up so late yesterday, there was no need for breakfast considering it was almost lunch time.  We hit up a place, and the only reason I am mentioning it is so that no one else goes there.  It’s in Crystal Lake on...

One of my favorite things about summer is all the fresh berries – I tend to eat so many more fruits in the summer time 😀 On the side I had an egg beater 1/2 bagel sammie with reduced fat pepper jack cheese: And 1/2 cup cottage cheese with a touch of cracked pepper 😀 While I love doing the bike machine for exercise, I...

So glad that it’s Friday – love short work weeks!  I tried to make an omelet yesterday, but it broke, so it ended up being a hash! Before I knew it, Hannah was picking me up for lunch! If there is a tomato soup on the menu, I 99% of the time will get it.  This one was delicious, although it did have a few...

Hannah asked earlier in the week if she could make dinner.  She went grocery shopping with me and got the ingredients she needed. I put my menu on the board in the kitchen.  Um, I think someone was a bit skeptical about the meal! But first we have to see my breakfast and lunch eats! I totally did not want to work out yesterday.  Why...

Yep, I think I am the queen of the crustless quiche!  This one is made with egg beaters, egg whites and cottage cheese! Broccoli and Turkey Sausage Quiche Recipe Makes 4 servings (200 calories, 7.7 fat, 5.7 carbs, 1.1 fiber and 27 protein) Ingredients 1 cup egg substitute 1 cup egg whites 1 cup cottage cheese 3 turkey sausage links 1/4 cup reduced fat cheddar...

I have Jessica at Healthy Exposures to thank for picking bulgur wheat a couple weeks ago as the BSI ingredient.   I had never even tried it before and decided to make a side dish with it for dinner last night. Simple cooking instructions – 1 cup bulgur to 2 cups water, bring to a boil and simmer for 12-15 minutes.  Once it was cool, I...

I had 4 ears of corn leftover from our Saturday bbq, and was about to throw them out when Tony suggested I make a corn chowder.  I cut off all the ears of corn – since they were cooked on the grill I thought it would lend a nice smokey flavor to the chowder. Except I am an idiot.  We had two flies in our...

Nothing like waiting until the last minute! 😀  I wanted to do something a bit different with the raspberries – my first thoughts were to make puff pastry napoleons with homemade whip cream.  But after my food fest yesterday, I knew I needed to get back in line! I decided to make jelly!  I love jelly, but obviously being a diabetic I really only use...

Wow, all I can say about yesterday is that it was mindless eating!  We had my brother and his family over for a bbq – and I think I started eating around 4:00 and never really stopped. In fact, as my brother and I are standing over the chips and dip, he said to me “I was afraid of a day like this on vacation!” ...