Beef

When I first met my late husband, I quickly realized he was a meat and potatoes man.  He loved a lot of things, but throw a beef roast on the grill in the summer, or slow cook it in the oven in the dead of winter, he was a happy man. While we had steak growing up, I never cooked it much.  Um, let’s just...

I didn’t do a true meal plan this week, because I knew I had plenty of food in my house to make the week work.  Especially after I found six bags of different types of frozen chicken.  I said on my Instagram page that if anyone was in the NW suburbs and saw me looking at chicken in the discount meat pin, they had full...

This New York Strip with Potato Crunchies is going to be your go to beef recipe. How can it be August already?!  It’s insane.  But you know what?  There is still FIVE months left in the year to kick some ass, and that’s what I plan to do.  I’m coming for you August! I had forgotten how much I love this breakfast baked potato –...

Not shockingly, if you work the Weight Watcher program, it actually works. 😀  I had my planned splurges, which included a giant 20 point lunch on Monday with my Mom and sister, but I balanced it out with a low point breakfast and dinner.  I only went to the gym twice, but I got 10k steps every day except one.  I limited my wine intake...

I can’t remember the last time I had an McMuffin for breakfast.  When I was at Sam’s Club last weekend, they had a 20 pack for like $3 – Hannah’s had one every day for breakfast, easy to make ahead and grab and go.  They are 4 points each, but with eggs and 1/2 an ounce of cheese and fruit, breakfast is only 6 points....

I’ve had this glitty tank top for over a year and this is only the second time I’ve worn it.  Why?  Because I thought it brought too much attention to me.  I always worry about my muffin top, but you know what?  As my friend Shelley says “when you are in your 50s, you can do whatever you want!”  So I wore it, and guess...

Even though these sous vide bites don’t look that appetizing – they are delish!  Light, fluffy.  I did have several people make them yesterday (who knew so many people had the silicone muffin cups!) and here are a couple tips so they cook in the 20 minutes – make sure that the water bath line is 3/4 up the side of the muffin cup –...

I did something that I haven’t done on a holiday in a really long time – I started it out at the gym!  I know, I could hardly believe it myself.  The kadults and I didn’t really work out our holiday meal plan until . . . yesterday morning.  I knew my proteins were going to be whole slow cooked chicken and a bone in...

After I put this ricotta toast together, I had to stop by a co-workers desk to talk to her about something.  Her first response was “what is that?”  I explained what it was and she said “I love ricotta cheese!”  I brought extra today so I can have her taste how good this is.  But her second question was “where did you buy that?!”  So...

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I called my father-in-law to wish him a Happy Father’s Day, and called my step-son Joe – this is his fourth Father’s Day with his Dad.  Tony loved grey goose, and while Joe has tried in the past to do a grey goose on the rocks in honor of his Dad on Father’s Day, we both can’t stand...