May 31, 2009

I decided to come up with a recipe using just what I had on hand.  I looked at a bunch of copy cat recipes for Chili’s southwestern egg rolls, but they all called for using tortillas and canned black beans, both of which I didn’t have.  So I give you my version! Southwestern Egg Rolls 12 egg roll wrappers 8 ounces grilled chicken 1 tsp....

If you haven’t looked for it yet, you have to try Cabot’s 75% reduced fat cheddar cheese – it is SO flavorful!   I used calorieking.com to figure out the calories of this quiche – this is for the WHOLE pie! Crustless Zucchini and Baby Spinach Quiche Cals Fat Carb 1/2 cup (8 fl.oz)Milk: Cow, Reduced-Fat (2% fat) 61 2 6 4 serving, 1/4 cup (1.8...

Note to self:  you need to marinate these wings longer than 2 hours – overnight would be better! While I like the marinade recipe, the short time I marinated them, there was really no flavor to them at all.  3 cloves minced garlic 2 tablespoons fresh grated ginger zest of one lime juice of one lime 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 worchestershire...

Off to pick up a few things at the grocery store.  Come on back for Thai Marinated Chicken Wings!

When Hannah got home last night, she noticed that there was a huge cat in our back yard – it didn’t have a collar, but boy was it friendly!  We decided to give it some milk.  All I know is that our dog wanted to get at it!  I am sure if we let it, it would have walked right into our house! I woke...

While Tony and I had decided on steak for dinner, I thought I would make some sort of scallop dish – that is until I got to the store and their scallops, which didn’t look all that great, were $15 a pound!  No thanks!  So I did end up getting shrimp.   I also got some inexpensive sirloin tip steaks – two steaks for $5.  I...

On the Fabulous Fatties 2 week challenge – me and my friend walked early today – 45 minutes which earned me 45 points – plus I walked with a friend which earned me 5 extra points! Here’s how the challenge works: *Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily- 5 points *Drink 8 glasses of water a day- 8 points *Exercise- 1 point per minute...

My co-worker asked me yesterday “did you see Kath’s guest post today?”  I hadn’t, but when I clicked on it I saw Alison’s spicy oats and I knew IMMEDIATELY that it was going to be my breakfast this morning.  I stayed pretty true to her recipe, with a couple of exceptions. And while I am a TABASCO girl, that doesn’t mean I don’t have 18...

When I decided April 1st to do the 30 day shred challenge, I stuck with it – all 30 days.  I lost 5 pounds and 5 inches! My May goals were less concrete, and therefore, I know I didn’t challenge myself as much as I should have – on June 1st I’ll have my next weigh in and measurement. Now comes the Fabulous Fatties who...

I got to work early today and showed my friend Renee how easy this dough comes together – we were done in about 2 minutes! If I have any faithful readers, you know my office has a full kitchen, two microwaves, a stove, fridge, a separate fridge for just pop AND a wine cooler!   How cool is that?! We set the dough in a bowl and...