Life

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 can’t tell you how happy I’ll be to go grocery shopping this weekend – I didn’t want to eat all the food that Hannah and Jacob had, but I did steel some of their Greek yogurt to make this parfait.  So simple, so delicious.  I couldn’t fit all the granola on this, but added it as I ate – 4 points of granola, the...

Meet the matriarch of our family – my great Aunt Cele.  It goes without saying that I am her favorite niece.  😀   At 5:00 p.m., Aunt Cele pours herself a glass of bourbon, raises it to the sky and declares it a “Brand New Party!”  She just turned 88 years old and has no signs of slowing down.  I love her so much. We had...

Well hello!  How have you guys been?  It was nice to take a break from social media – other than posting some stuff on my Instastories, I tried to stay off my phone as much as possible.  Can’t wait to catch up and see what you guys are up to!   This was a very introspective vacation for me.  I had time to myself early in...

I met my new friend Jen at Weight Watchers on Saturday morning – she’s so funny, I am glad I am getting to know her.   We were both up this week – I was up .8 – which coming off a weird holiday week, I am totally fine with.  I had wine, I tracked everything, including wine (which long time readers know I never used...

I remember in January one night in the last year of Tony’s death.  It was cold outside.  I had my hair pulled up, no makeup, oversized sweats on. Positive there were stains on my sweat shirt.  Tony was going to stay up but I was tired and going to bed, so I walked over to him, gave a kiss goodnight, and he said “when did...

I made enough chia pudding to bring some to my boss.  He’s trying to eat healthy, and I think this is a delicious breakfast.  The chia pudding is only 2 points a cup, and the trail mix is 3 points.  I mean, you get a few M&Ms with breakfast! He was away from his desk so I just left him a similar glass like this. ...

My strawberry ricotta toast didn’t look that pretty when I ate it yesterday.  My train, for some unknown reason, was running 45 minutes late.  I didn’t get to my desk until 9:25 and forgot I had mandatory training at 9:30.  I toasted the bread, threw strawberries and blueberries on top, a drizzle of agave nectar, and no basil.  Luckily there were only three other people...

Weight Watchers was a full house on Saturday morning, and I give all the credit to Mickey, our leader.  She’s funny, upbeat and sometimes we don’t get to the weekly topic, but that’s okay – it always renews my inspiration when I attend every Saturday. I ate out twice last week when my cousin was in town – both times I ate burgers and beer,...

My cousin Karen was in town for a work conference and as luck would have it, was coming in on Sunday, so I basically invited myself over to her hotel in Chicago to have a sleep over.  A great way to make impromptu memories – we had so much fun!  All we do is laugh when we are together too.  I met her at the...