Category: What to Eat

  • Salad Saturday #1

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    Yesterday I decided that I would try out a new salad each week and post about it every Saturday. My goal in doing this is to find healthy eating options without getting stuck in a rut. Are there enough salads so I can actually try a new (healthy) one and write about it each weekend?…

  • A Virtual Cookie Exchange

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    Getting ready to bake for Christmas and need some tried and true, really yummy cookie recipes? Or do you have a recipe to share? Below you’ll find a sampling of cookies my friends and I have baked through the years for Karen’s Annual Cookie Competition Exchange. If you have any cookie recipes to share, please post on…

  • Menu Plan for December 15- 21

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    Dinner: Honey Pecan Chicken, brocolli Honey Pecan Chicken ½ cup pecans 2 Tablespoons cornflake crumbs 2 Tablespoons honey 1 Tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce 4 5-ounce chicken breasts Non-stick spray 1 Preheat oven to 425. Line baking sheet with foil. 2. Finely chop pecans in food processor. Combine with cornflake crumbs and sprinkle onto waxed…

  • Get ready for a virtual cookie exchange

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    Fire up those ovens (or at least your keyboards)! Today I attended a ninth annual cookie exchange (I’ve only missed one through the years) and it got me thinking… we need to have a virtual cookie exchange! I bet you have at least one, if not more, tired-and-true cookie recipe you would be willing to…

  • Reunited and it tastes so good…

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    Many years ago, when I was a sweet little undergrad at the University of Florida, (I can’t help but to fit that UF thing in a lot right now. Go Gators! Anyhow, back to the story…) I loved to bake a secret peanut butter and chocolate cookie. These cookies ROCKED. A little crispy yet still a tad chewy chocolate on…

  • Menu Planning Monday

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week for dinner: Monday: Hidden Valley Chicken breasts, broccoli ( 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning mix, 1/4 cup unseasoned bread crumbs, 6- 8 pieces of chicken. Coat chicken piecesin a combo of Hiden Valley Ranch dressing mix and plain breadcrumbs, then bake at 37…

  • A few bread recipes from the 144 family…

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    Not too long ago I spoke to a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group and some of the ladies have asked for a few of my bread recipes. I thought I should share them with anyone else who might be interested, as well. These recipes are for a 2 pound loaf in my breadmaker. Sometimes I let…

  • Menu Planning Monday

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- scrambled egg whites with cheese, smoothies (OJ, frozen berries, oatmeal) Lunch-Butternut squash soup, cornbread Dinner-roasted chicken, salad, broccoli ** make bread, make extra soup for friends Tuesday Breakfast-banana smoothies, pancakes Lunch- Spinach salad with reduced fat feta, oranges Dinner- Salmon, couscous, spinach,…

  • Another yummy soup

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    I just made this delicious Butternut Squash soup and oh my goodnes is it good! This was my first butternut squash experience, too, and I am so glad I branched out. The soup is rich, creamy, filling and, if you use fat free chicken broth, only 4 WW points per 1 cup serving. Cha-ching!

  • Wicked sweet Halloween cake

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    This afternoon I prepared this spooktacular cake using my castle Bundt pan for our street’s pumpkin carving soiree: Again, not along the lines of my healthy eating pledge, but definitely fun for the kids! I cannot wait to show them! I had to perform a bit of surgery, but I don’t think anyone will notice:…

  • Menu Plan Monday for October 20-26

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    Here’s what the 144 family will be dining on this week: Monday Breakfast- scrambled egg whites and cheese, toast, yogurt smoothies Mom Lunch- Taco Soup Dinner for Discussion Group- microwave lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread Weight Watchers Apple-Cinnamon Wontons a la Mode Microwave Lasagna 9 generous servings at 6 WW points each Need: 9×9 glass…

  • Beary Cute Brownie Bites

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    For my son’s first Cub Scout camp out, all the families were asked to bring a dessert to share. (Of course, I was wondering what happened to s’mores, but then I decided that maybe that was a Girl Scout thing.) Anyhow, I remembered some cute bear brownie treats I had made for the kids in…

  • Absolutely Fantastic Potato Soup

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    Where I live, it’s a bit gray outside and the weather is all the way down to the lower 70s. For some of you, this may be a summertime temperature, but for me, it is soup weather! And, fortunately, I learned of an absolutely fantastic, creamy, rich soup at my Weight Watchers meeting this week.…

  • Weight Watching Wednesday: Smart Snacking

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    Snacking gets a bad rap… because it is most often junk that we snack on. But if you change that to healthy snacks, and plan for them, you could actually be doing your body a favor. At Weight Watchers, they suggest you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. And I would bet…

  • Chew away those calories

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    I don’t know about you, but when I bake, my fingers often just happen to fall into the batter or frosting or dip for just one lick. How else could I better slide the rest of it in there without my fingers? (Never mind that a spatula would do the trick, my fingers are right…