October 14, 2016

Next to pizza, I think breakfast tacos may be another favorite meal of mine.  I like how you can throw anything into it, with some egg whites, and call it breakfast.  I remember telling my farmers market Alberto that my local grocery store sold blue corn tortillas and he adamantly told me that I was not buying blue corn tortillas.  I argued “but they are...

It’s the coldest it’s been all year, but I refuse to turn on the heat.  Had Tony still been alive the heat would have been on since about September 1 – even if we had day time temps in the 70s.  Right now the house is at 55 degrees, but I have a sweater on, fuzzy socks and a hot cup of coffee so I...

Yesterday was one of those perfect weather days that makes you love living in Chicago.  Of course, next week there could be frost on the ground, but I’ll take 70 degrees and sunny in October any day of the week.  I made a quick egg white omelet with baby spinach, 50% reduced fat Cabot cheese, three slices of turkey bacon and honeycrisp apples, for a...

What’s weird about my new job is that the days of the week really don’t have any meaning anymore.  When I worked Monday through Friday, I woke up knowing how many more days it was until the weekend.  Now?  Every day could be Thursday and I wouldn’t know!  Which is why I missed my Weight Watchers meeting this morning – I forgot it was Tuesday!...

I am definitely going to the grocery store today, but I sometimes love coming up with meals using what I have on hand.  And 9/10 I can always find something to make even when it feels like the fridge is empty. Last Friday I made this sausage and broccoli frittata.  I had two lone links of spicy Italian sausage, egg beaters that I bought a...

I had to smile at yesterday’s TimeHop – Heather and Karli, can you believe this was three years ago already?  I recapped my day at The Chopping Block on this post back in October of 2013.   I never in a million years would have thought three years later I’d be working there! I was happy that my schedule allowed me to take the train to...

Hannah and I want to take shots of this carrot top and cilantro pesto – so good! This Boston Beef Roast with Carrot Top and Cilantro Pesto is great any time of year.  Perfect for your backyard BBQ. My beef was labeled “Boston Beef Roast.”  I am assuming that it’s the shoulder of the beef, but I am not really sure.  In any event, I...

Lately I’ve been eating later breakfasts, which basically turn into lunch and I may or may not have a snack of a piece of cheese in the late afternoon to hold me until dinner.  What I have to do is go back to how my schedule was when I had a regular 9-5.  Because even on a work day when I don’t have to be...

This is going to be a very disjointed post, so just be prepared I am blogging late because I slept in until the last dog was hung before having to get my ass out of bed to Weight Watchers, which I haven’t been to in the last three weeks.  My eats and schedule have been all over the map, and I am realizing that I...

What a whirlwind weekend I had!  Not only did I work Apple Fest Saturday and Sunday, Saturday night was my 30th high school reunion.  I’ll post a few pictures of that tomorrow, because today we are talking about pie and pork. Since this was my first Apple Fest I really didn’t know what to expect.  What I discovered though is that in all the years...