Spicy Sunday

I have had a really busy few weeks. Work has been busy, family stuff has been heavy and because we don’t have enough to do we’ve been entertaining or going out almost every night (OK, that part is fun!). I’ve also been cooking up a storm. Some of my favorites this week include: Hungry Girl’s [...]

Homemade Hummus

After months of begging, my husband finally broke down and bought me a food processor. He was hesitant, because he thought thinks it will end up being just another appliance to collect dust on the counter. But, because I like to prove him wrong every chance I get, I’ve [...]

Food Journal – Friday

Breakfast: Pumpkin Oatmeal – 4
Hungry Girl’s Pumpkin Oatmeal (3pts)
Leftover Strawberry Cloud Pie (1pt)

Lunch: Greek Pita with Hummus – 12
2 tbsp Creamy Hummus (1.5pts)
Low carb pita (1pt)
Olives (1pt)
Cucumbers, Tomato, Red Onion, Spinach (0pts)
40g Reduced fat feta cheese (2.5pts)
2 Kashi Trail Mix Cookies (5pts)
Kath’s Pumpkin Yogurt (1pt)

Afternoon Snack: Fiber 1 Peanut butter bar – 3

Dinner: McDonalds [...]

And the winner is. . . . . .

Mrs. Odom with her Strawberry Cloud Pie suggestion! Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was easy, delicious and only 1 point per serving. I just could not go wrong.
Look at this decadent goodness:

Food Journal – Thursday

Breakfast: Bagel- 7.5
Plain Bagel with Light Cream Cheese, Dunkin Donuts (7.5pts)
20 oz. Water
Morning Snack: String cheese & Banana – 3
Lunch: Moroccan Soup – 7
Moroccan Soup (3pts)
Baked Lays (2pts)
100 Calorie Oreos (2pts)
Dinner: Subway -16
6″ Subway Club (6pts)
Light Mayonnaise (1pt)
A few bits of chips (2pts)
Hungry Girl Strawberry Cloud Pie (1pt)
My friend Jessica’s pudding (est 6pts)

Total [...]

Corn Dog Good

I’ll admit, this isn’t my first corn dog. Shocked, aren’t you? This is however, my first attempt to make them a) from home and b) “healthy”. Corn dogs were considered a novelty item in my house growing up. My Mother hated novelty items and as a result we never experienced a lot of them ’till [...]

Food Journal – Wednesday

Breakfast: Ice Coffee & Bagel – 9.5
Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Split Sandwich (6.5pts)
Blueberry Blast Smoothie (3pts)
Morning Snack: Light String Cheese – 1
Lunch: Chili – 11
1.5c. Turkey Chili (9pts)
1 serving TLC crackers, Kashi (2pts)
20oz Sparkling Water (0pts)

Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Split Sandwich…

Drool.
Peanut Butter Boy, has me on this seemingly unending peanut butter kick.  Check out the cookies he whipped up recently.  Have mercy!  So last night I was flipping through some back issues of Cooking Light and found this recipe.  I got up earlyto make it and it didn’t disappoint.  Doesn’t it look great?  It was a [...]

Food Journal – Tuesday

Breakfast: Ice Coffee & Bagel – 8
Plain Bagel, Dunkin Donuts (6pts)
1oz Light cream cheese, Dunkin Donuts (1.5pts)
Ice coffee with skim milk & splenda, Dunkin Donuts (.5pts)
16.9 oz Water (opts)
Lunch: Leftovers – 11
1c. Mac N’ Cheesey (4pts)
3oz Pot roast (5pts)
1c. Green Beans (0pts)
1 tsp Olive oil (1pt)
1 tbsp Slivered Almonds (1pt)
Diced peaches – no sugar [...]

*Contest* – Ingredient: Strawberries

Every other Thursday a group of friends from church come over to our house for “Life Group”. The idea of Life Groups is “doing life together”. Basically we get together and just hang out, eat snacks, play games, watch movies, pray, etc. It’s been a lot of fun so far. [...]