Dessert

Mini Cherry Pies Mini Cherry Pies.  Swoon.  And you know what?  There are only 4 ingredients in these mini pies:  refrigerated pie crust, canned lite cherry filling, egg yolk (mixed with a tiny bit of water) for a wash, and a sprinkle of course sugar.  That’s it! And guess where I found the reduced calorie cherry pie filling?  The Dollar Tree – who knew?  1/3...

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...

Hannah and I had so much fun at our library over the weekend – they just renovated the whole place, and I don’t take advantage of it often enough.  One of the books I got was Jamie Oliver’s “Super Foods” and one of the recipes that I thought I could tweak a bit to make it lower in points was his “pretty chia pots.”  Hannah...

I finally made a microwave chocolate cake! A few of you mentioned in my last post about the nutrition label for the tomato soup.  The plug in that I use gets automatically generated when I enter the ingredients.  However, sometimes it’s not that accurate, like yesterday’s recipe.  The nutrition based on Oprah’s cookbook for the tomato soup is 173 calories, or 4 smart points for...

UPDATE!  I had to update the photography for these Homemade Snickers Bars since my daughter Hannah was able to take some photos during the day – you can see how much better these cut once they were cold from the fridge – thanks for your photography skills Hannah!   You can find the detailed recipe here. . . . Morning!  This is going to be...

You guys are going to love this braided apple pie – so good! It was nice to have a semi-long weekend.  While I had Thursday and Friday off, I worked Saturday and Sunday at The Chopping Block.   We had a nice Thanksgiving, having my Mom and Jacob’s family over – I think it’s the first time in a very long time that he’s had his...

Guys, these computer problems are making me want to open my back door and throw this desktop out the door and smash it to pieces.  I may have to bite the bullet and get a new one – it keeps shutting off for no reason, takes FOREVER to download pictures from my phone.  It’s already past 11 in the morning and I am just getting...

I had my first WI at a meeting yesterday.  I made another fruit sauce parfait – this time half strawberry, half blueberry with sliced banana and plaint Chobani yogurt.  I brought this to eat after my WI – I love that this is so filling and only 3 smart points! My sister challenged me this week to not step on my scale at home.  Yesterday...

If there are two things Hannah loves most, it’s coffee and . . .marshmallows.  So when I found this recipe on Pinterest for coffee marshmallows I knew I had to make them for her.   If you read the instructions it seems a bit complicated, but trust me, these are really easy.  The only thing I did different was used cold dark roast coffee instead of...

It’s no wonder where I get my drive to stay busy.  My Mom and my Aunt Martha are shining examples that age is just a number and you get so much more out of life if you stay active.  I know I’ve talked it about it before, but there are some times of the year I literally need to schedule time with my Mom weeks...