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The garage sale was HUGE!  Every room was different, one room was all clothes, one room was all furniture – so many people too! We ended up parking two blocks away – they had an outdoor area with sporting goods and they had a tent selling hot dogs and brats.  We went into one side of the church first: Then we went across the street...

Tony was the bbq chef tonight – the grill was already started by the time I got home from work – we unfortunately watched the last two innings of the Sox/Cubs game – Pods was robbed in the bottom of the ninth – it was so a ball! Anyway, he brined pork chops and marinated cauliflower – the cauliflower was so good!  I made a...

I basically used some of the leftovers for my lunch today – the base is 2 cups chopped romaine, then sprinkled over the top: 2 ounces taco meat 3 ounces chopped carrot 1 ounce pickled jalapenos 1 ounce Mexican cheese 1 ounce tortilla chips for dipping! But then my co-worker reminded me that she brought me some light jalapeno ranch dressing and so a put...

Normally I do my giveaways on the 1st of the month – but given that I just clicked over 100,000 pageviews yesterday, I figured it was a good occassion to do a giveaway! One thing that helps me keep on track, not only with portion control but controlling my diabetes, is a food scale – I weigh everything out so I can figure out how...

I bought these cute Ann Taylor shoes at Goodwill – still had the tags on them!  But after standing at the copier for 3+ hours today, my feet hurt! My foot looks kind of weird in this picture!  Oh well – today’s lunch is reheated red quinoa lasagne from yesterday – I am glad this was a quick warm up because I could feel my...

All the credit goes to Tony for finding these potatoes – they are so cute and VERY purple! I boiled them last night until tender, then diced and Pam fried them this morning.  I added 2 ounces of New York strip left over from last night, 1/2 cup egg whites and 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese. Busy work day, but it will go by fast –...

I used www.calorieking.com to figure out the calories for this recipe: Dinner Spinach, Zucchini, Quinoa Lasagna Cals Fat Carb 4 3 sheetsWhole Wheat Egg Lasagna Noodles 680 6 132 15 ozCottage Cheese: Creamy, 4% Milk Fat (Breakstone’s) 425 18 21 3 serving (1 oz)Cheese: Mozzarella, part skim milk 216 14 2 1 serving, 1 1/2 cups (3 oz)Dole: Salads: Fresh Organics, Baby Spinach 35 –...

It was already 86 degrees when I got in my car this morning!!  I think I am going to suggest to my friend that we workout indoors today! I picked up some egg whites yesterday so I can make my customary egg white sammie!   When I was cleaning out the fridge last night, I was bummed to discover that 1/2 of the giant box of...

Most of my cilantro had gone bad, which was a bummer – I only got 1 tablespoon!   But it still turned out good!  I’ve always disliked mayo based potato salads, so I decided to sub sour cream and yellow mustard instead. Cilantro Potato Salad 1/3 sour cream 1 tablespoon yellow mustard 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro salt and pepper to taste...

I’ve always been afraid to make tomato soup from scratch, simply because I thought that it would taste like I was eating pasta sauce!  I couldn’t have been more wrong! I googled a couple recipe ideas, and then combine a couple to make this. Grilled Tomato and Red Pepper Soup 1.8 pounds tomatoes (that what they weighed after I took them off the grill) 3...