Soup

I have two ladies to thank for my lunch and dinner yesterday – but I’ll get to that in a minute!   One of things I got in my BSI win from Megan was Trader Joe’s cranberry instant oatmeal – I loved it!  You can’t tell from this picture, but its in the bottom!  I had 4 ounces of diced honeycrisp apple (on sale for .99...

I was back to the good ole egg/cheese/ham sammie for breakfast yesterday – except this time my cheese of choice was pepper jack.  My store had it on sale for $1.99 a pound!!  So spicy and good 😀 Does anyone subscribe to Bon Appetit?  I am actually really starting to like this magazine.  In the front they have people write in asking for recipes they’ve...

When Jenn picked garlic as the BSI ingredient this week, my mind went into so many different directions!  I kept trying to come up with a spicy hot garlic cheese dip, but it just wasn’t coming together.  I knew I wanted the garlic roasted, so yesterday I roasted 20 cloves of garlic.  Bake in foil in muffin tin for one hour at 400 degrees.  Don’t...

This is my copycat Panera broccoli cheddar soup - 4 smart points per cup!

Before I get to the delicious food, I want to wish my MIL a speedy recovery – she had knee replacement surgery today and while the surgery went very well, she’ll probably have a tough couple weeks ahead of her – send good thought her way! 😀  Breakfast was a good ole bagel sammie – this version is a smaller Lender’s bagel with egg white, spinach...

I am posting the original recipe, but I did have to make a couple of substitutions – as I like a creamy (not tomato chunky) sauce, I used a small can of tomato sauce and one can of V8, and of course, left out the onions! Recipe from Frontera Grill/Topolobampo Serves 4 to 6 Like guacamole, tortilla soup has a place, I feel, in practically...

Lately I’ve liked the combination of mixing flavors and textures, and this grilled cheese certainly delivers in that category!  I picked up this bread, which I am loving: two slices healthy life flax bread (really nutty!) 2 ounces deli smoked turkey breast 1 ounce pepper jack cheese 1/2 anjou pear, sliced thin handful of baby spinach I used Smart Balance oil – about 1 tsp....

Yep, trying to be a 20-something by telling you I had a hugh jass salad – every time I read that on a blog I laugh!  I got this “lite” salad dressing at Big Lots of all places – 70 calories for 2 tablespoons, so flavorful and cheap – $2.00 a bottle!  It’s brand name is Cape Cod: So I took the 3 servings of last...

This soup recipe could not have been easier, since there are so few ingredients: 8 ounces ground sirloin 1 tablespoon hot sauce (I used Thai hot sauce) 3 cups baby spinach 8 cups chicken broth (I use soup base which comes in a jar – only 10 calories per 1 cup of broth) crushed pepper to taste per one cup serving: 96 calories, 5 fat,...

For breakfast this morning I decided to do a side by side taste testing of the organic eggs I got yesterday vs. store bought eggs.  I decided a simple scramble of each with a dash of salt and pepper would be a good comparison. Obviously the one on the left is the organic egg, although Tony’s theory is this CSA guy just bought them from...