Appetizer

I had to get up bright and early for my doctors appointment.  My appointment was at 8:00 a.m., and even with the slow traffic on I-90, I got there about 7:50.  I had to go to the bathroom, but they said “hold on, they might need a sample.”  A few minutes later she said “Jackie isn’t even here yet, so go ahead.”  She finally came...

Why go out when you can make these simple pork wontons at home! Only 1 WW freestyle point each.

I can’t believe it’s February already!   I think just one more month and we’ll start to get some better weather.  We probably got about 4 inches of snow overnight, even after I got home at 2:00 a.m. from the restaurant!   Our grill looks so sad all covered in snow. Yesterday morning I made myself an egg white, baby spinach, Swiss cheese and ham omelet with...

Yep, third day in a row I got my ass up and to the gym.  I have to say, just after a couple days it’s easier to get in the mindset that NOT getting up is not an option.  And it was 0 degrees when I left for the gym – I barely needed a winter coat!  Although 3/4 of the way to the gym...

I can’t believe it’s the week before Christmas and I haven’t put my tree up yet!  I probably will tonight, while Tony watches his Monday night football.  I had hopes of doing it yesterday, but since I worked in the bar area, I didn’t get home until after 1 a.m.  Tony waits up for me, which I love.  I don’t know if you’ve ever worked...

Thanks for all your wonderful comments about my WI after my ten day cleanse!  It is actually all of you who kept me motivated these last ten days – but now is the hard part.  Seems I need to have a goal dangling in front of my face to keep things interesting! While I am going to continue with my strength training program these next...

One reason I love weekends so much is that Tony makes me the best damn eggs for breakfast.  Saturday morning he made me sriracha scrambled eggs, Frank’s hot sauce hash browns and toast with jalapeno jelly!  How the hell did he know I loved spicy shit?  This ended up being my breakfast and lunch – so good. I’ve talked about our dollar rack at our...

My boss that I make breakfast for had dental procedures the day before so I decided to make soft pancakes for breakfast, just in case she was still sore.  I am loving non-fat buttermilk these days, so I decided to make another pancake. Banana Flax Seed Pancakes makes 10 pancakes, 2 pancakes per serving: 274 calories, 3.7 fat, 292 sodium, 50 carbs, 3.4 fiber and...

Thanks for all your well wishes about our basement.  I spent about an hour and a half to two hours shop vacuuming the rest of the water, and did TEN loads of laundry.  I still can’t open my dresser yet, so there is still more laundry to do if those clothes can be saved.  It felt like a Saturday all day yesterday since I took...

You’ll want to make these easy pork and shrimp egg rolls – make a batch over the weekend and reheat later in the week!  But first. . . Thanks for all the nice comments about my “do-over!”  It’s a clean slate, right?   And what better way to start the day than with an almond café mocha green monster. I drank it on the way...