April 29, 2016

Mini Fruit Tarts

Mini Fruit Tarts
I had my first WI at a meeting yesterday.  I made another fruit sauce parfait – this time half strawberry, half blueberry with sliced banana and plaint Chobani yogurt.  I brought this to eat after my WI – I love that this is so filling and only 3 smart points! My sister challenged me this week to not step on my scale at home.  Yesterday...
April 29, 2016

Pork Chops with Spicy Apricot Mustard Sauce

Pork Chops with Spicy Apricot Mustard Sauce
I love having frozen fruit on hand, and the best place for me to buy it is either Wal-mart of Sam’s Club.  On my last Sam’s Club run, I bought a 3 pound bag of blueberries for $5.98!  I ended up making another breakfast parfait by making my own fruit sauce.  So easy – any combination of fresh/frozen fruit for 1 cup.  1 cup water...
April 28, 2016

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Oh, that’s right.  It’s still April in Chicago, so that means you’ll have temps in the 80s one day, and then barely get out of the 40s.  I actually had to turn our heat on, which has been off for probably two weeks.  Luckily all three of us don’t mind a cool house, but yesterday I was downright cold.  Hannah was home for me with...
April 27, 2016

Top Chef!

Top Chef!
The weather was perfect for going downtown yesterday.  It was already in the low 60s by the time I stepped on the train to go to Chicago at 7:45 in the morning.  I was meeting Carrie and her husband Rob at The Little Goat on Randolph Street.  If anyone lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area – her blog has tons and tons of recommendations on...
April 26, 2016

Baby Buffalo Burger Salad

Baby Buffalo Burger Salad
Loyal readers will be happy to hear that I will be back to blogging five days a week!  I have so many new recipes to share, that I don’t want to overload a post with too much stuff, so I’ll be spreading out the recipes Monday-Friday.  So those of you who wake up, get your coffee and then check up on what I am up...
April 25, 2016

Marinated Grilled Flank Steak

Marinated Grilled Flank Steak
I’ve been kind of going through the motions with Weight Watchers.  I know the smart point meals I make are on point.  That’s not the problem.  The problem is all those little “extras” that never seem to get added to my WW app.  The hazelnut creamer in my coffee x 4+ times a day.  The extra glasses of wine while away.  The bites of Cheetos...
April 22, 2016

I’m Back!

I’m Back!
Hey guys!  What a quick weekend that was to Virginia.  I want to thank my daughter Hannah for Friday’s post.  Um, very spot on that I am much like a tornado in the kitchen.  I’ve never been one of those cooks that cleans as you go – used to drive Tony nuts, which is probably why I didn’t want him in the kitchen with me...
April 20, 2016

Carrot fries! Guest post by Jenn

Carrot fries!  Guest post by Jenn
  Happy Monday everyone!  Since Biz is travelling – she asked me to do a blog post today.  It was a gorgeous weekend here in Chicago – 70’s and sunny! I even set my alarm on Saturday to exercise! Crazy! I was so glad I did. I live only a few blocks from our local high school track – walked fast for 1 hour 🙂...
April 18, 2016

A Tornado in the Kitchen

A Tornado in the Kitchen
  There’s only one upside to having my mom gone, and that’s the state of the kitchen not being in disaster mode 80% of the time. I love her to death, and she knows that, but the way she works in the kitchen is completely chaotic. Hellish? Maybe. All I know is that I cringe while she’s in the midst of her cooking process, even...
April 15, 2016

Baked Ravioli

Baked Ravioli
I’ve had such technical difficulties the last few days.  At the suggestion of Randi (hi Randi!) and other Facebook friends, I ended up running a Malware scan on my desktop, since that’s where I do 90% of my work.  I guess I am old school, but I like my desktop!  It ran for an hour and 15 minutes and found 369 “virus” type things.  Gah! ...
April 13, 2016