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One of the things I love about my new job is that I am trying new foods that I otherwise might have thought I hated.  When I first read the recipe for the corn and chive pudding before my cooking class last Friday night, I wasn’t sure I was going to like it.  First, it had chives in it, and you all know my aversion...

There is only one word to describe yesterday.  LAZY.  Hannah was off yesterday and while we thought we’d have our cleaning/laundry/productive pants on, turns out we had lay on the couch watching t.v. pants on until nearly 3 p.m.!  Normally on my days off of work I try to do so much, but I just felt like doing nothing with Hannah and it was glorious. ...

I realized I needed to use up some of the leftover pork roast from Labor Day, and what better use than to make breakfast taquitos!  Pretty sure I could eat any type of Mexican food any day or meal of the week and never get sick of it.  I used 3 Mission thin tortillas (4) and on the inside added 3 ounces of leftover pork...

It’s amazing when you have an organized pantry what you realize you have on hand.  I have no less than four cans of mandarin oranges, five cans of water chestnuts and six cans of tomato paste.  What I also found was a whole drawer full of red potatoes.  Thanks for doing such a great job organizing the pantry Hannah, I promise I’ll try to keep...

I hadn’t been to Weight Watchers in two weeks, so I had no idea how my weigh in was going to be.  Working two jobs last week every day meant my eating was all over the place.  Not that I ate bad necessarily, but there were times when I ate a late breakfast and lunch, and got home late and never ate anything for dinner...

The Best Gluten Free Pizza This is the best gluten free pizza dough. I’ve talked about the Cooking Club that I am in here and here.  My friend Courtney is generous enough to host it at her house every month.  Each month Courtney picks out a “head chef” for the night, and depending on what that cook wants to make, will dictate the rest of...

Dark Cherry Jalapeno Jelly This dark cherry jalapeno jelly is amazing.  Sweet/Spicy – so good! My Aunt Bea made pepper jelly for Christmas gifts every year when I was growing up.  The popular thing to do was to pour some of the jelly over cream cheese and use it as a spread on crackers.  Back when I was a kid I was such a picky...

It felt so good to start my day with stretching – it kind of eased my way into the day.  It’s been in the low 30s in the morning still around here, so it was nice to be comfy in my pjs doing stretches. I had a low carb breakfast yesterday.  Not that I am doing a low carb diet at all, but I think...

Thanks for all your sweet comments yesterday on my transformation Tuesday!  I have to tell you, just seeing that comparison photo has given me even more inspiration to keep doing what I am doing.  Making this a lifestyle and not a diet.  Truth be told though, it doesn’t really “taste” like a diet.  I haven’t really been counting calories – I only put stuff into...

Starbucks Copycat Muesli Bread UPDATE:  2/1/2021 – the recipe plug in for this Starbucks Copycat Muesli Bread was missing, so now I’ve updated the recipe card and updated the photos as well – enjoy!   Thanks for all your kind comments to Tony’s letter yesterday.  I know that it means a lot to him and rest assured, he read every single one! I’ve been so blessed...