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Do any of you subscribe to the Food Network Magazine?  I absolutely love it.  While not everything is healthy, this recipe caught my eye: I adapted it a bit by using rosemary ham and cheddar cheese.   And while I was skeptical about having arugula on top of my eggs, it was really good! Open Face Cheese and Ham Omelet with Arugula (printer friendly version here)...

Nicole of Making Good Choices was the BSI hostess this week.  While I linked to her earlier in the week, Nicole I apologize for not updating the BSI page until today! Again being the procrastinator that I am, I almost always wait until Sunday to my BSI recipe.  And for the most part, try to make recipes with ingredients I have on hand.  Our store...

While we had a freak thunderstorm that lasted about 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, the rest of the day was gorgeous! We I woke up so late yesterday, there was no need for breakfast considering it was almost lunch time.  We hit up a place, and the only reason I am mentioning it is so that no one else goes there.  It’s in Crystal Lake on...

One of my favorite things about summer is all the fresh berries – I tend to eat so many more fruits in the summer time 😀 On the side I had an egg beater 1/2 bagel sammie with reduced fat pepper jack cheese: And 1/2 cup cottage cheese with a touch of cracked pepper 😀 While I love doing the bike machine for exercise, I...

So glad that it’s Friday – love short work weeks!  I tried to make an omelet yesterday, but it broke, so it ended up being a hash! Before I knew it, Hannah was picking me up for lunch! If there is a tomato soup on the menu, I 99% of the time will get it.  This one was delicious, although it did have a few...

Hannah asked earlier in the week if she could make dinner.  She went grocery shopping with me and got the ingredients she needed. I put my menu on the board in the kitchen.  Um, I think someone was a bit skeptical about the meal! But first we have to see my breakfast and lunch eats! I totally did not want to work out yesterday.  Why...

I have Jessica at Healthy Exposures to thank for picking bulgur wheat a couple weeks ago as the BSI ingredient.   I had never even tried it before and decided to make a side dish with it for dinner last night. Simple cooking instructions – 1 cup bulgur to 2 cups water, bring to a boil and simmer for 12-15 minutes.  Once it was cool, I...

Nothing like waiting until the last minute! 😀  I wanted to do something a bit different with the raspberries – my first thoughts were to make puff pastry napoleons with homemade whip cream.  But after my food fest yesterday, I knew I needed to get back in line! I decided to make jelly!  I love jelly, but obviously being a diabetic I really only use...

Wow, all I can say about yesterday is that it was mindless eating!  We had my brother and his family over for a bbq – and I think I started eating around 4:00 and never really stopped. In fact, as my brother and I are standing over the chips and dip, he said to me “I was afraid of a day like this on vacation!” ...

First off, thanks for all your sweet comments on Hannah’s homecoming and Joe’s departure – so sweet! 😀 It’s not very often that my brother Charlie, and my twin sister Jennifer are all together in one place!   Charlie lives in Austin, Texas and while my sister only lives an hour away from me, we still find it hard to get together that often. We met...