Breakfast

When my parents-in-law were in town last week, my MIL Bonnie brought up her famous banana bread and pumpkin bread.  My step-son goes apeshit over this bread.  Of course, since he wasn’t here, we had to text him to tell him how amazing and delicious the bread is! Whenever I make banana bread, it never puffs up and hers is so tall.  I asked her...

Yep, I think I am the queen of the crustless quiche!  This one is made with egg beaters, egg whites and cottage cheese! Broccoli and Turkey Sausage Quiche Recipe Makes 4 servings (200 calories, 7.7 fat, 5.7 carbs, 1.1 fiber and 27 protein) Ingredients 1 cup egg substitute 1 cup egg whites 1 cup cottage cheese 3 turkey sausage links 1/4 cup reduced fat cheddar...

When figuring out what to make for breakfast yesterday, since I was up so early, I had time to make quiche!  I quickly discovered that I had broccoli that was on its last legs, and some Jimmy Dean sausage leftover from Easter that needed to be used up, as well as buttermilk – so quiche it was! I love crustless quiche.   Who needs the extra...

Another cookbook I got at a thrift store recently was Cooking Lights Annual Recipes from 2004.  Is it sad that I read cookbooks like an actual fiction novel? 😀 I adapted one of their recipes for my breakfast yesterday.  It took all of about 5 minutes to put it together and it baked while I blogged yesterday morning.  I knew I was going to share...

Yesterday’s breakfast was so simple and good – it baked in the oven while I was getting ready for work. In the bottom of a 4 inch ramekin, I layered one ounce of cut deli ham, one cup of baby spinach, 1/2 cup of egg whites and then put a slice of pepper jack cheese on top.  I baked it at 350 for 20 minutes...

I hope you have a full cup of coffee before starting to read this monster post – although it will mostly be pictures! I am glad everyone was so concerned over my not having pizza Friday night.  Don’t worry – I took care of that as soon as I woke up Saturday morning! I love the yolk like that – not runny, but slightly tender...

I haven’t had spicy oats in ages!  I hope my friend doesn’t mind, but I forgot my camera at home so I am stealing a picture from her because she first gave me the idea!  Thanks Allison! Breakfast comes in at 351 calories, 14 fat, 26 protein, 28 carbs and 4 fiber.  Hopefully Hannah can bring me my camera for lunch!  😀 Today is the...

Ever since being diagnosed with diabetes, I’ve steered away from baking, which was something I did a lot of pre-diabetes.  When Hannah was little that was one of our favorite things to do on the weekends.  I have vivid memories of her standing on a stool, with an apron on, and me standing behind her trying to help her use the hand mixer.  I routinely...

I had to use up my whole wheat bread I made over the weekend – with no preservatives, it goes pretty quick.  So I decided to make a breakfast bread pudding! 2 cups egg whites 2 large eggs 2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese 4 ounces diced whole wheat bread 1 cup baby spinach 1 ounce deli ham, chopped salt and pepper Mix everything together: Morning...

I got the inspiration for tonight’s dinner at Heather site: GirliChef!  Since I knew I would have half of a beef brisket leftover from our homemade burger lunch, this really worked well.  So I spent $17 on the brisket, but that was lunch for 4 and dinner for 3, and leftovers for the dog!  I had a great grocery shop too – $86 this week!...