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Nutty oats

I woke up this morning to the smell of oatmeal – my daughter got up before me this morning and felt like oats. Mine: 4 ounces cooked oats 1.25 ounce REALLY RIPE banana! .25 chopped macadamia nuts I love this snowman coffee cup (I have LOTS of snowmen coffee cups!) The plan for today is to meet my mom for lunch and a movie.  We...
September 14, 2008

Do the can can. . .

I ended up getting 4 quart and 4 pint jars (plus a little extra!) from last Saturday’s salsa making.   We stoppd at the store on the way home and picked up a sesame ginger marinated pork roast turkey tenderloin!- buy one get one free!   For side dishes, I decided to keep the Asian theme going. First up: Spicy pickled cucumbers 6 ounces sliced English...
September 14, 2008

Popcorn for lunch?

Since we had a late breakfast, it didn’t make sense to go out to lunch before the movies.  But of course, as soon as you walk in, the smell of popcorn overwhelms!  I just think its ridiculous that the movie cost $13 for two tickets, and two drinks and a large popcorn was $17!!  GO SEE BURN AFTER READING – don’t read about it, look...
September 13, 2008

Rainy and lazy

I didn’t get out of bed until 10:00 today – nice!  It’s crappy out, supposed to rain all weekend, so its hard to get motivated! I tried for the second time to make hollandaise sauce, this was maybe  bit more successful?  I definitely poached the eggs perfectly.  On www.pioneerwomancooks.com she has a recipe for Eggs Benedict.  The secret to the perfect poached egg is to...
September 13, 2008

Party Pizza Friday

I made three pizzas tonight (well, actually two since my daughter made her own after I made the dough). This is how my food processor dough looks when using my regular recipe: This is the end result for my DH pizza: DD pizza: I decided to try a whole wheat pizza for me.  I grabbed some whole wheat bread flour the last time I was at Whole...
September 13, 2008

I like snowmen

Anyone who knows me knows that I love snowmen.  So for my snack this afternoon, I “borrowed” the snowman cheese spreader from my office kitchen.  I’d steal it if they wouldn’t figure out it was me! I found these crackers at Trader Joe’s.  22 for 1 serving!  But they are tiny.  I have half a serving on my plate.  I also had two squares of the Ghirardelli chocolate...
September 12, 2008

Leftover lunch

I decided to do the shrimp stir-fry again to use up the end of the week veggies in the fridge.  I have a new favorite vegetable – red cabbage!  I had only ever had it in the mixed salad bag before, but I love that it keeps its crunchy texture while cooking.  And 3 ounces has 2 grams of fiber! I pan fried frozen shrimp...
September 12, 2008

Up and down

That’s my blood sugar today!  I woke up at 69, and ate 1 ounce of puffins with 2 ounces of skim milk.  I was sore when I got up, so didn’t do my morning workout, and I hadn’t made my food yet for the day anyway, so then I had time this morning to get that together. An hour later my blood sugar was 171. ...
September 12, 2008

I told you I liked Mexican food!

Dinner was SO good!  It took about 15 minutes to put this together.  First thing I did was preheat my oven to 350 and popped in 4 white corn tortillas (they took about 5 minutes, then I just turned the oven off and kept them in the oven until I was ready for them).  While those were crisping up for my tostadas, I chopped up my veggies. ...
September 12, 2008

These things save my life . . . literally

1 tablet = 15 calories, 0 fat, 4 carbs Before I found these glucose tabs (.99 at the drug store), I had to bring a granola bar whenever I worked out.  I’d be cruising along on the elliptical machine when all of a sudden my eyes would start getting black spots, I sweat PROFUSELY (its gross, trust me!) and then in order to keep going, I’d have...
September 12, 2008