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Pan Seared Delicata Squash

Pan Seared Delicata Squash
My friend Jenn from my Weight Watchers meeting was meeting her family downtown and we rode the train down together.  It was nice having company on the train ride in yesterday – made the hour trip go by really fast!  My sister Jenn was home sick yesterday and didn’t listen to my Instagram stories until later in the day, and when she heard “the Biz...
September 12, 2018

The Best Chicken Meatballs

The Best Chicken Meatballs
Breakfast nachos were on the menu yesterday for breakfast – so easy and delicious.  Only one tiny problem.  I forgot that I brought home my cheddar cheese that I usually keep in my work fridge – but the day before I tossed it back in my lunch bag.  How can you have any type of nachos without cheese?  Well guess what – you can shred...
June 21, 2018

Italian Bolognese Sauce

Italian Bolognese Sauce
Congrats to my friend Nicole of Prevention RD for coming out with another cookbook – The Easy Heart Healthy Cookbook for Sow Cookers:  130 Prep-and-Go Low-Sodium Recipes which includes th e Italian Bolognese Sauce I made below. You can check it out here. Long time readers may remember, but Nicole and I went to the same high school.  Ahem, I may have graduated about 18...
April 30, 2018

Bolognese from The Pretty Dish

Bolognese from The Pretty Dish
This cold weather is just sucking the life out of me.  I can’t help but think of what Tony would say to me every day if he were still here – “why do we live here?!”  He hated winter most of all, and this lingering winter would have drove him batty.  And while I’ve bumped up my thermostat to 68 (I usually like it at...
April 17, 2018

Simple Naan Bread

Simple Naan Bread
  I have received several comments telling me that I should stop worrying about my weight, and if I am happy with my life, why don’t I just focus on the positives.  Which I do, but I know I will feel better at least 25 pounds less – then I can happily maintain that weight. Since being back “on” Tuesday, I didn’t know what my...
February 12, 2018

Homemade Naan

Homemade Naan
Good morning!  The blog might look a bit different today, because I’ve changed the theme and over the next few weeks, it might look a bit every.single.day.  But I was looking for a cleaner look, and organized a bit better, so bear with me through this blog renovation. 😀 Over the weekend I made a batch of naan bread.  If you’ve never tried a yeast...
January 18, 2018

Freestyle Alfredo Sauce

Freestyle Alfredo Sauce
There are a couple things you can never get too many pictures of – for me its sunrises and sunsets!  Oh, and clouds.  And babies.  Well, and food. 😀 I haven’t had Joseph’s brand pitas in while, and since Hannah and I went to Walmart on Saturday and spent nearly three hours because we walked down every.single.aisle. I had kind of forgotten about them, but...
December 21, 2017

Cheesy Chicken Meatballs

Cheesy Chicken Meatballs
I will always take cold weather and sunny skies over snow days and 35 degrees.  Although yesterday with the windchill, it felt like 2 degrees.  Let’s just say I don’t mind those temps if I am at home, on my comfy sofa with the dogs and a fire going in the wood burning stove.  I plan on making a batch of the skinny bagels over...
December 15, 2017