Breakfast

This work week actually went by pretty fast.  It felt weird coming straight home from work last night and not heading to the restaurant.  Hopefully it will be busy tonight. Friday’s tend to be “see what’s left in the fridge that you can use up” kind of meal plan.  I had leftover grilled flank steak, I had some French bread, and a breakfast panini idea...

How to use up leftover french fries Don’t throw out your leftover french fries!  Make this leftover french fry breakfast skillet and breakfast is ready in no time.  If you are looking for Weight Watchers recipes, you’ve come to the right place. How do you get leftover french fries crispy again? Simply use a cast iron skillet.  That way the leftover french fries start to...

Crustless quiche and almond milk alfredo – two recipes in one post – whoop! I never thought I would be a morning person, but on weekdays, I love getting up early so I don’t have to rush around before heading to work.  Most mornings I am up between 6:30 and 7:00, which gives me either an hour and a half or an hour before I...

Over the weekend Tony and I stopped by Caputo’s to pick up prosciutto.   If you’ve never been to Caputo’s in the Chicagoland you have to check out their produce section and their deli.  It’s pretty amazing.   There is always a huge line at the deli, but it’s worth the wait.  While I was waiting for my turn, I saw this hot capicola and decided I...

If you ask me, I think breakfast is the best meal of the day.  So many possibilities – savory, sweet, traditional, eclectic – the skies the limit!  In fact, when Tony traveled for work, Hannah and I almost always fixed breakfast for dinner.  Sometimes pancakes, sometimes home made egg McMuffins.  Maybe because it’s the most economical meal is why I like it too.  My store...

Shocking, I know, but I did not have any type of breakfast taco yesterday.  While going through Pennies & Pancakes site last week, I printed out her recipe for her favorite whole wheat pancakes.  I typically am not a huge fan of whole wheat pancakes, because they taste too dense to me.  But when I was cleaning out my pantry – oh my gosh!  I...

When I started this blog in September of 2008, I really thought that by showing what I ate, what I did for exercise, would motivate, er, guilt me into making the right choices because I wouldn’t be able to hide anything.  I remember Biggest Loser was starting up, and I thought – “I will just take it slow and steady and be at my goal...

When I looked on my workout schedule for the day, I scrolled down to see that yesterday was supposed to be my higher carb day since I had legs on the strength menu.  I also saw a link for recipes and I clicked on the pumpkin spice pancake recipe – it said each pancake was only 64 calories!  But then I read the recipe.  Um,...

I love that Tony likes to make me breakfast over the weekend.  He’s an awesome cook once I let him into the kitchen!  But he’s not shy about using butter, oil, cheese, etc.  I used to try to hover around him so I could see exactly what was going into my breakfast, but about a month ago I finally decided not to care.  He knows...

Since I didn’t hit the gym before work yesterday, it was nice to have a relaxing morning.  I drank coffee, posted my blog, read some blogs and had time to make breakfast tacos.  What’s not to love?! This time – I scrambled one egg with 1/3 cup egg whites.  I popped my corn tortillas in the microwave for 30 seconds – if you don’t soften...