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Southwestern Meatballs

Southwestern Meatballs
I love bagel Wednesday.   I have Lori to thank for that – I love bagels, but they are quite point heavy – but having one a week works in my plan. 😀  Life is too short not to have bagels! Mine was an everything bagel with an egg and 1/2 ounce of cheese – breakfast comes in at 11 points. If the weather could be...
August 11, 2011

Salisbury Steak on Asiago Cheese Bread

Salisbury Steak on Asiago Cheese Bread
The scale has not been my friend these last few weeks – this week I am up .8! But my size 12 pants are loose, my running is faster and I am not going to let the scale get the best of me.  I texted Hannah my weigh in, and she texted back “maybe its muscle?”  Love her positive attitude! 😀 I made a delicious...
July 30, 2011

I love balls.

I love balls.
After having pumpkin scones almost every day last week, I went back to an old standby – the bagel sammie!  1 small onion bagel (the only time I’ll do onion anything), 1/4 cup egg beaters, 1/2 ounce swiss cheese and 1 oz. deli ham.  A delicious 9 PointsPlus breakfast that kept me full for hours. I actually got the idea for my zucchini meat balls...
May 24, 2011

Homemade Parmesan Gnocchi with Braised Short Rib Ragu

Homemade Parmesan Gnocchi with Braised Short Rib Ragu
Having a food blog, I think I tend to keep trying different things – not only for myself but it would be a pretty boring food blog if I ate oatmeal every day.  So I was happy to bring back . . . Breakfast Nachos! This time the base of my nachos was a drained can of pinto beans mixed with a 4 oz. can...
May 4, 2011

Weeknight Meatballs

Weeknight Meatballs
A while back I mentioned that I was being interviewed for Diabetes Forecast magazine.  I talked to the reporter for about 30 minutes about how I carb count, how I handle insulin and exercise.  Well, I got one tiny paragraph – but at least I am number one! Check out the article here – and pass it along to any diabetic family or friends you...
March 29, 2011

I love balls!

I love balls!
Turns out my new camera has a little flashy thing that tells me when my battery is REALLY low – so there is no picture of my breakfast – but it was 2 ounces of leftover pepper steak, peppers and cheese stuffed into a hallowed out 2 ounce baked potato – such a filling breakfast for only 6 points! So guess who’s caught the running...
March 16, 2011

Beef Stew and Tri-Colored Pepper Steak

Beef Stew and Tri-Colored Pepper Steak
It was so nice to cook dinner last night and it was still light out.  Now I just can’t wait to bring out our gazebo chairs and be able to sit outside – that’s one of our favorite things to do at night. 😀 Yesterdays breakfast was a favorite, and each time I have it I wonder why I wait so long between eating it. ...
March 15, 2011

WW Weigh In – Best Beef Stew

WW Weigh In – Best Beef Stew
One of my goals this year is to take more group classes.  On Friday I saw that there was a 30 minute spin class on Saturday morning, so I got my ass up at 6:30 a.m. to make the 7:00 WW meeting so it wouldn’t interfere with that spin class. I am not at all upset with a -.6.  I am a complete emotional eater,...
February 7, 2011

Italian Pot Roast and shoveling is great exercise!

Italian Pot Roast and shoveling is great exercise!
It took Tony, Hannah and I over 90 minutes to shovel and snow plow our drive and deck.  It actually felt really good, the sun was shining and I really worked up a sweat!  I entered the activity into eTools and discovered I’d only earned 4 activity points – WTF?! We don’t have a garage, so we had to first dig out the last car...
February 3, 2011

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili and Lightened Bolognese

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili and Lightened Bolognese
I was all set to go to the gym yesterday morning.  Bathing suit laid out, gym bag packed, granola bar in purse.  The only problem?  I woke up an hour and fifteen minutes later than I intended!   My alarm did go off at six, but my “just one more minute” turned into a lot more.  But not to worry, I decided to make today a...
January 11, 2011