This weekend is going to be test of will power! :) We have parties both Friday and Saturday night and you all know that I am all about the food! Hopefully the self control will be there and the rest of the week will keep me on track... I WILL win this contest! :)
Friday - Birthday Party
Saturday - Fruit Salad/*Italian Tortellini Soup
Sunday - *Veggie Stuffed Portobellos
Monday - *Indonesion Peanut Chicken
Tuesday - ECFE
Wednesday - Taco Night
Thursday - *Lasagna Soup
Friday - *Shrimp and Pineapple Fried Rice
Extras: Peanut Butter Cookies
Baked Oatmeal
* New Recipes
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Grilled Honey Lime Chicken
I love summertime: grilling, picnics, late nights by the fire!! Although we usually grill year round (my hubs looks awesome standing next to the snowbanks with the grill spatula in his hands!:), there is just something about grilling during the summer. Here is another awesome grill recipe that I found... Turned out tasty, juicy and delicious!! I paired it with Corn Pudding in the crock pot and it was a great summer meal!
Grilled Honey Lime Chicken
(recipe found in Taste of Home Simple and Delicious)
3/4 cup oil and vinegar salad dressing
1/2 cup honey
3 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
Combine first five ingredients in a small bowl. Pour 1 cup marinade into a large ziploc; ad the chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. Drain and discard marinade. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4" from heat for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until a meat thermometer reads 170, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.
Grilled Honey Lime Chicken
(recipe found in Taste of Home Simple and Delicious)
3/4 cup oil and vinegar salad dressing
1/2 cup honey
3 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
Combine first five ingredients in a small bowl. Pour 1 cup marinade into a large ziploc; ad the chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. Drain and discard marinade. Moisten a paper towel with cooking oil; using long handled tongs, lightly coat the grill rack. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4" from heat for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until a meat thermometer reads 170, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Glazed Baby Carrots
Wow, this was one of the simplest side dishes that I have ever made. I literally just tore open a bag of carrots and dumped it into water and then stirred in some deliciousness at the end. Beau ate a ton of these and that says a lot becuase right now he pretty much won't eat anything!! :) Brody didn't care too much for the marmalade on top, but I thought it gave a fun twist! Super easy and pretty healthy!
Glazed Baby Carrots
(recipe found in Taste of Home)
2 pounds baby carrots
12 ounces orange marmalade
Cook carrots in 1" of boiling water for 12-15 minutes or until crisp tender; drain. Stir in marmalade. Serve with a slotted spoon.
Glazed Baby Carrots
(recipe found in Taste of Home)
2 pounds baby carrots
12 ounces orange marmalade
Cook carrots in 1" of boiling water for 12-15 minutes or until crisp tender; drain. Stir in marmalade. Serve with a slotted spoon.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Peach Freezer Jam
With those 2 boxes of peaches sitting in my fridge from our local fire department I decided to try something new this year. So, I searched for a peach jam recipe that looked semi easy! This one didn't let me down... It was tasty on my english muffin this morning I think that trying it over my ice cream tonight might be in order!!
Peach Freezer Jam
(recipe found at www.bunkycooks.com)
4 cups of ripe, fresh crushed peaches (peeled and pitted)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 package (1.59 ounces) instant fruit pectin
Bring your peaches to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugar and lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes. Gradually stir in pectin. (Don't forget this part or you might be starting over... Does that sound like I learned this from experience, yep I did! Doing too many things at once will do that to you...) Once the pectin is combined, stir the mixture constantly for 3 minutes. Ladle into clean jam jars, seal with lids and rims. let stand for 30 minutes.
Jam is good for a couple of weeks in the fridge or up to one year in the freezer.
Peach Freezer Jam
(recipe found at www.bunkycooks.com)
4 cups of ripe, fresh crushed peaches (peeled and pitted)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 package (1.59 ounces) instant fruit pectin
Bring your peaches to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in sugar and lemon juice. Let sit for 10 minutes. Gradually stir in pectin. (Don't forget this part or you might be starting over... Does that sound like I learned this from experience, yep I did! Doing too many things at once will do that to you...) Once the pectin is combined, stir the mixture constantly for 3 minutes. Ladle into clean jam jars, seal with lids and rims. let stand for 30 minutes.
Jam is good for a couple of weeks in the fridge or up to one year in the freezer.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Blueberry Breakfast Cake and Secret Recipe Club
This month's assignment was a fun one! The blog that I got for the Secret Recipe Club this month was www.everylittlethingblog.com and she has a lot of fun places to try out if you are in the St. Louis area.... Since my brother just moved there a year ago and a trip to see him is in the works soon I paid special attention to all the yummy places she suggested!
And then there is the food... some fantastic recipes to choose from and I actually tried two different ones this month! Look for her Fudgy Meringue Cookies to be coming on my blog shortly! I ended up blogging about the blueberry breakfast cake because I was lucky to have just gotten a whole box of fresh blueberries that I was excited to use!!
Now as you know, the hubs, some friends and I are doing a weight loss competition and I was worried about this one... Not exactly weight loss friendly from the looks of it! :) But, once I sat down and figured it all out, factoring in the whole wheat flour, nonfat yogurt and oats, it wasn't too bad for you! YAY!!
As I was mixing up the batter for the blueberry breakfast cake I stuck my finger in to taste it (yep, I'm that kind of cook! :) and it tasted more like a dough then a batter... interesting! I threw this together in no time and stuck in in the fridge for overnight. The next morning I popped it in the oven for an hour and we had a fun, hot breakfast that the whole family loved!! Seriously, my kids had it for snack the same afternoon they like it so much. It was sweet, but not too sweet and super delish! Definitely a redo , especially when I can make it the night before...
So, stop on over and see Stacy at www.everylittlethingblog.com. It is SO worth your time! :)
Blueberry Breakfast Cake
(recipe found at http://www.everylittlethingblog.com/)
Streusel:
1 cup oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Cake:
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 cups nonfat greek yogurt (I used plain nonfat yogurt)
1 stick butter, melted
2 cups fresh blueberries
Preheat oven to 350. Combine the streusel ingredients in a bowl and toss well to coat. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat together the brown sugar, eggs, yogurt and melted stick of butter until well combined. Gradually add whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until just combined.
Using a 9x13 pan, spray with nonstick spray and pour the batter in, smoothing as you go. Cover with blueberries and then streusel topping. Bake for about 1 hour or until it bounces back when touched.
Servings: I cut it into 15 pieces
Points per serving: 6
And then there is the food... some fantastic recipes to choose from and I actually tried two different ones this month! Look for her Fudgy Meringue Cookies to be coming on my blog shortly! I ended up blogging about the blueberry breakfast cake because I was lucky to have just gotten a whole box of fresh blueberries that I was excited to use!!
Now as you know, the hubs, some friends and I are doing a weight loss competition and I was worried about this one... Not exactly weight loss friendly from the looks of it! :) But, once I sat down and figured it all out, factoring in the whole wheat flour, nonfat yogurt and oats, it wasn't too bad for you! YAY!!
As I was mixing up the batter for the blueberry breakfast cake I stuck my finger in to taste it (yep, I'm that kind of cook! :) and it tasted more like a dough then a batter... interesting! I threw this together in no time and stuck in in the fridge for overnight. The next morning I popped it in the oven for an hour and we had a fun, hot breakfast that the whole family loved!! Seriously, my kids had it for snack the same afternoon they like it so much. It was sweet, but not too sweet and super delish! Definitely a redo , especially when I can make it the night before...
So, stop on over and see Stacy at www.everylittlethingblog.com. It is SO worth your time! :)
Blueberry Breakfast Cake
(recipe found at http://www.everylittlethingblog.com/)
Streusel:
1 cup oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Cake:
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
2 cups nonfat greek yogurt (I used plain nonfat yogurt)
1 stick butter, melted
2 cups fresh blueberries
Preheat oven to 350. Combine the streusel ingredients in a bowl and toss well to coat. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat together the brown sugar, eggs, yogurt and melted stick of butter until well combined. Gradually add whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until just combined.
Using a 9x13 pan, spray with nonstick spray and pour the batter in, smoothing as you go. Cover with blueberries and then streusel topping. Bake for about 1 hour or until it bounces back when touched.
Servings: I cut it into 15 pieces
Points per serving: 6
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Teacher Gift - Pencil Holder
My creativity comes from the many blogs that around the net... It is fabulous how creative some people are and they come up with the most awesome wonderful things! I love to find cute ideas for cheap but fun teacher gifts. Since I was a teacher in my other lifetime (before kids) I loved all the fun things that parents did for me to show their appreciation for how hard I worked. It doesn't have to be anything super spendy, sometimes it was just a heartfelt note, but it meant the world to me. Now that my kids are in school I want to show the same love to their teachers!
Meet the teacher night was just last week and I made this beauties up for my son's teachers. Like I said in yesterday's post - I am not a crafty person and I don't have a ton of supplies on hand, so I make due with what I have! I am sure you could cuten (is that a word?) this up a bit, but I thought that they were fun this way!
Supplies Needed:
tin can
a bazillion pencils (okay, maybe not a bazillion, but it sure felt like it! :)
glue gun
raffia
rice, beans, beads (something to hold the pencils in)
How To:
Hot glue pencils all around your can until completely covered. Add rice, beans, whatever to the inside of your can. Decorate with bow. Sharpen MORE pencils to put inside your pencil holder. Believe me when I say that your child's teacher will LOVE you for sending SHARPENED pencils, especially if he/she teaches the younger grades! :)
Meet the teacher night was just last week and I made this beauties up for my son's teachers. Like I said in yesterday's post - I am not a crafty person and I don't have a ton of supplies on hand, so I make due with what I have! I am sure you could cuten (is that a word?) this up a bit, but I thought that they were fun this way!
Supplies Needed:
tin can
a bazillion pencils (okay, maybe not a bazillion, but it sure felt like it! :)
glue gun
raffia
rice, beans, beads (something to hold the pencils in)
How To:
Hot glue pencils all around your can until completely covered. Add rice, beans, whatever to the inside of your can. Decorate with bow. Sharpen MORE pencils to put inside your pencil holder. Believe me when I say that your child's teacher will LOVE you for sending SHARPENED pencils, especially if he/she teaches the younger grades! :)
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Grandparents Day Project
Okay, okay - I know this is a foodie blog, but every once in a while the crafty side of me comes out and I have to share... Not often enough to even THINK about doing a crafty blog but every so often! :)
Since my daycare crew are getting a little bit older I wanted to try my hand at doing a few more painting activities with them. I started off doing a lot of them and then got too many little ones that needed to be fed, diapered - you know, paid attention to! :) So, I am back at it - a little at a time! With grandparents day tomorrow I wanted to send the kids home with a fun little something for their grandparents, that was easy for us to make! Seriously - go do it right now, you have time! :)
Supplies Needed:
yellow paint
black paint
paper
How To:
You can totally figure this out on your own... I did and I am not that crafty! :) Paint feet yellow, place on paper. Let dry and add your black accents!
How cute is the littlest one? Gotta love baby feet! Have fun!
Since my daycare crew are getting a little bit older I wanted to try my hand at doing a few more painting activities with them. I started off doing a lot of them and then got too many little ones that needed to be fed, diapered - you know, paid attention to! :) So, I am back at it - a little at a time! With grandparents day tomorrow I wanted to send the kids home with a fun little something for their grandparents, that was easy for us to make! Seriously - go do it right now, you have time! :)
Supplies Needed:
yellow paint
black paint
paper
How To:
You can totally figure this out on your own... I did and I am not that crafty! :) Paint feet yellow, place on paper. Let dry and add your black accents!
How cute is the littlest one? Gotta love baby feet! Have fun!
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