Tony thinks I am absolutely crazy to call my blog readers my friends. I’ll say
“My friend Shelley just ran a race in Hawaii!”
“My friend Christina makes dog treats called Corky Crisps and sells them at craft fairs!”
My friend Jen just got back from a trip to Italy!”
“My friend Helen jokes about how her husband wishes it was party pizza Friday at their house ever week!”
I could go on and on, but I really do consider you guys my friends. Am I crazy to think so?
Please leave me a comment if you think I am your friend! (I need to have bragging rights that I am right!)
My breakfast yesterday was so good – and I thought it would be a great breakfast to put together over the holidays. You can make it ahead, its good hot out of the oven, or even at room temperature.
- 3 ounces of Canadian bacon
- 1 cup egg beaters
- 1 medium zucchini, shredded, squeezed dry
- 1.5 ounces of cheddar cheese
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper
Heat the oven to 375 (I originally had it set for 350, but time was running out so 375 worked just fine).
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Mix together egg beaters, zucchini, cayenne, salt and pepper and divide between 3 muffin tins – top with 1/2 ounce of cheddar cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes, until eggs are cooked through.
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My plate:
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My friend and I walked 45 minutes at lunch – I used 4 pound hand weights. Our Chicagoland weather has been unreal this week, with temperatures pushing 70! Sadly, I know its all too real that we could have two inches of snow on the ground next week. 🙁
Yesterday morning I was trying to figure out what to make for lunch – I saw I had a green pepper and I had chicken defrosted for our dinner, so I made chicken fajitas in lettuce wraps with 1 cup of my ancho chile soup (my picture yesterday made it on Tastespotting!) Lunch comes in at 505 calories, 20 carbs, 54 protein, 22 fat and 7.7 fiber.
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Yesterday was a busy stressful day, so I came home and Tony and I relaxed for about 30 minutes before I even started making dinner – that is so not like me, but it was great to just decompress. I made chicken parmesan – this time omitting the panko bread crumbs and just using grated Parmesan cheese to coat the chicken. Tony doesn’t like sauce on his though! And I had zucchini pasta!
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And Tony likes when I get the cheese nice and crispy:
These chicken breasts were huge – we both ate about 2/3.
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And later in the night I had mixed nuts: 202 calories, 8.6 carbs, 5.9 protein, 17 fat and 3.1 fiber.
Stats for Wednesday:
- 1540 calories, 54 carbs, 174 protein, 69 fat and 13.9 fiber
- 40% of calories from fat
- 45 minute walk with 4 pound hand weights
Alright, I have to finish making my chicken tikka masala for lunch – I am going to have it over spaghetti squash – can’t wait for lunch!
Make it a great day FRIENDS!
Of course you are my friend. And I hope we get to meet in person one day.
This is a really intelligent way to answer the question.
Filalny! This is just what I was looking for.
Normally I’m against killing but this article slaughtered my ignorance.
I missed this post, but YES, ABSOLUTELY, we’re friends. The Canadian bacon, egg, zucchini thingie looks fabulous!
i’m late to comment but i had to because YES, you’re my friend who sent me this awesome salsa that i’m using on everything! i wouldnt eat something that a random stranger sent me, so by that logic, you HAVE to be a friend, right?!
I totally do that to, with a similar reaction from my husband 🙂 But I definitely think of you as a friend for sure!
You’re a friend that makes me hungry. All. The. Time.
I’m a friend!!! And I insist on being a triplet – me, you and Jen! We all don’t have to look alike, right??? 😉
Ha ha! Evan, my bf, and I BOTH have blog friends, so fortunately, we don’t have that debate in his house. He’s been better than I have about meeting such friends in person though.
So YES, you’re my friend. Who else but a friend would share recipes, laughs and provide motivation to stay healthy 🙂
Of course you are my friend! If we lived in the same city and you needed help I would give it if I could.
My husbands like yours he doesn’t get the whole blog thing of course he doesn’t have his own blog…
Have a great day and a nice weekend friend!
I say the same thing to Spence, “my blog buddy is doing this or that…etc.” He just laughs.
Jen
Just found your blog. Love your pictures of what you are making with food. You are showing us the way to better health with these. Thank-you, I will be back, Michele
Definitely you are my friend! I talk about my blog friends to Johnny and other family and friends all the time! My whole family knows “Biz” and I have heard from so many people that make your pizza dough. A lady that I was her flower girl 22 years ago even called me to ask about “Biz’s pizza dough” haha! Plus, we’ve met in real life so that counts DOUBLE! And thank you so much for the shout out, I really appreciate it! I’ve been having a hard time getting support!
I loved your egg bakes last week so I made my own – in muffin cups too! I still need to post abuot them, though.
Oh and that cheesy crispy stuff looks SO GOOD. Like heavenly cheese lace! mmm
Hell yes! I think of other bloggers as my friends too! We put so much of ourselves out there and offer support to one another it’s hard to think of other bloggers as not our friends. Your breakfast looks quite tasty by the way!
Here is what I copied as the definition of friend:
1. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
2. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter.
3. a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile: Who goes there? Friend or foe?
It does not say that you have to engage in personal face to face contact. I consider many bloggers friends. Maybe not ones that I go shopping with or get together with on the weekend but many who share a common bond of some sort. Tell Tony to get his own blog and go meet some friends! 🙂
I want one of those zucchini shredders! 🙂
well if I am not your friend then I need to stop calling you mine!
Your bacon egg muffins look so good to me right now. I think I will be making them soon! 🙂
I agree with you about the weather. I’m in Milwaukee and it has been beautiful outside. Sadly, I know this weekend I could be stranded in my house to due snow. Oh, the Mid-West!
The worst is when you meet bloggers in real life and strangers ask how you met. AWKWARD 😛
Love those bacon egg muffins! What a cute idea. I’m always looking for transportable breakfast as I sometimes have to eat on public transit on my way to work!
You are most certainly my friend…I think you were my very first blogger friend and for that I am very thankful. I look to you for diabetic influence within my own life, thank you for everything you do!
Of course you are my friend – I do the same thing to Jeff, but since he’s gotten to meet one of my bloggy friends (Happy Texan Kelly and her husband), he knows you all are real. I like the pen pal analogy – and yes, I did have a pen pal (Linda McGregor, from North Carolina) and we did meet about six years after we started corresponding. And I have no doubt that one of these days you and I will meet up and start talking like we’ve known each other for years! 🙂
Took me time to read all the comments, but I truly eyjoned the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I’m positive to all the commenters right here It’s always good when you can not only be informed, but also entertained I’m sure you had fun writing this article.
love ya biz….I am always…Biz made this….Roni did this….Tina made this last night..lol
There are definitely different levels of friendships. I think foodelmundo was dead on about the pen-pal reference. I mention my blog friends to my husband and he totally understands. After awhile, he’s actually starting to remember who everyone is too. 🙂
Tony, with your wife’s personality, I’d think you should be surprised if she didn’t have any blog friends! She’s quite a special lady! 🙂