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I had to use up some bananas, and I was trying to come up with a muffin that my daughter could have at breakfast that is healthy and quick.  Since she is up so early (5:45 or 6:00 a.m.!) she often doesn’t have an appetite right off the bat.  At least this can travel with her!  The secret ingredient was Nutella!  But after we tried...

Quick dinner put together tonight due to Sox game and football.  SOX WIN!  Whew, we went one more playoff game than the Cubs! Dinner 2 corn tortillas 2 ounces ground beef .5 cheddar cheese 1 ounce canned corn kernals lettuce pickled jalapenos 1 tablespoon fat free sour cream 1/3 cup white rice I’m off to check laundry and make a new healthy recipe for banana...

Okay, I like romantic movies, but Nights in Rodanthe is just too syrupy sweet even for my taste!  Not to say this isn’t a good $1 movie rental from the grocery store (that you would have to be a girls night in kind of night!) but definitely not worth the cost of a movie theater ticket. Although I did see a preview for a movie...

We live in the Chicagoland area.  We have two baseball teams, THE WHITE SOX and the Cubs.  It always bothers me when people say “oh, I’ll just root for whichever team is winning.”  WHAT?  You have to be one OR the other! We are Sox fans.  And in 2005 we won the World Series!  Sadly, my husband was on a business trip, I was home,...

We had a beautiful day, followed by a beautiful sunset! Dinner tonight was beer can chicken again.  I didn’t overcook it and have lots of leftovers to make something – not sure what yet! I made skin on mashed potatoes and cheesy broccoli.  While the potatoes were boiling, I used the steam to steam my broccoli: Altogether: I have no ideas how many calories specifically...

You have to love second grade soccer.  There is no goalie, there is no score kept, and everyone has a great time.  I love that even when the other team scores, everyone jumps up for joy! Here is our grand-nephew: We had breakfast/lunch out after the game.  Mine was good, but I wished I would have gotten what my husband got! But here is what...

Wow, that’s weird to say because sadly he died 10 years ago at the age of 59.  He didn’t even get to see 60! It’s days like today that I miss him the most though.  Growing up my dad was an artist and mainly worked at home (and consequently, rarely left the house!).  So he was always there.  He wasn’t the Dad who went on...

Okay, good think I can type fast because I have 10 minutes left of my lunch break.  Before I get onto my “spaghetti stir-fry” I have to tell you a funny story. So I went down to our fitness center, and I am usually the only one there.  First one in gets to decide what’s on TV.  So before going down, I see that Healthy...

No, I am not having rice krispies for breakfast.  I am talking about the best fire I have ever made! We have a wood burning stove in our house, and it was quite chilly last night.  But we refuse to turn on the heat the first week of October!  So I decided to light a fire.  Mind you I SUCK at making fires.  Once they...

One of the items I got at the farmers market was an 8 ounce bag of low carb garlic fettucine.  The woman who sold it made it all fresh and then dried it.  She does mail order too:  www.pastabysue.com. I actually liked the taste of it!  But the best part?  4 ounce cooked pasta: 70 calories, .5 fat, 12 carbs, 9 fiber (!!) and 6...