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It so feels like summer and its not even Easter yet!  For breakfast I broke my parfait run and had a potato, spinach hash with toast and sliced apples.  Breakfast comes in at 9 points. When it was time for my run, I checked weather.com and it said “feels like 77 degrees.”  What??!!  I have to tell you though, after my 8 mile bike ride...

These warm temps in our neck of the woods is making me want to bring out my outdoor furniture and gazebo already.  But, it being Chicagoland, I know mother nature has her way of toying with us with summer like temperatures in March, only to snow in April. I am starting to be like blogger Kath Eats who has oatmeal nearly every single day of...

My store had Chobani 5/$5 dollars, so get used to more yogurt parfaits!  This one was strawberry banana with honey chobani – although I realized this flavor is 4 points instead of 3, but even with the 1/4 cup of granola, this giant glass is only 7 WW points. One of the secretaries is out a few days this week, so my morning was pretty...

Why do weekends have to go by so fast?  I think Monday is my least favorite day of the week.  Again since I woke up late yesterday, I had another brunch – this time with 2 ounces french bread topped with spinach and ham scrambled eggs, topped with 1/2 ounce of cheese, then put under the broiler.  Breakfast was a delicious 10 points. On Saturday...

We woke up so late yesterday, by the time we ate it was more like lunch than breakfast.  I made a quick three pepper pizza with 1 ounce of Italian sausage and 1.5 ounces of cheese.  My pizza crust was pizza crust for 1 – it is 6 points:  1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp. yeast, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 cup of water. With my...

Not gonna lie that I thought I gained this week – all because I didn’r really track my food or work out for two days?  I woke up at 8:30 (I normally go to the 8:00 meeting) and while I easily could have gone to the 9 or 10 o’clock meeting, I opted to sleep in and snuggle with Tony.  We watched some t.v. and...

Thanks for all your comments yesterday for Hannah’s birthday!  We started out the day with fresh coffee and I got her chocolate chip muffins.  A couple weeks ago we were talking about what kind of birthday cake she wanted, and she wanted another mocha cake.  This is the cake I made her last year. Since I was talking a half day yesterday, I knew I’d...

It doesn’t seem real that I have a daughter that’s in her 20’s.  Seems just like yesterday she was in kindergarten and I was the queen of bringing homemade treats for snack days that were so complicated, the kids loved me and the moms hated me.  (You can see the many faces of Hannah in last years 19th birthday post). I am sure I’ve talked...

I actually didn’t even try a sweet potato until a few years ago.  That’s one thing that food blogging can do – tempt you into trying foods again that you otherwise thought you hated. I actually love coming up with recipes – and decided it was high time I entered some recipe contests – I figure I have nothing to lose!  So I google searched...

I’ve always liked red meat.  Growing up, one of my favorite meals was steak and baked potatoes.  We would always have our Dad fix our baked potatoes – he would cut them open, add the butter and salt and pepper – it always tasted better when he made them. So I am really looking forward to trying some of these beef dishes!  Here is the...