Recipe: Simple “smoothie”- Strawberry-Banana

Simple “smoothie”- Strawberry-Banana

Calorie Break down:
1 C. Strawberries: 50 calories
1 Small banana: 90 calories


Total: 140 Calories & it won’t weigh you down and leave you feeling tired the way “normal” breakfast cereal does. You have time for this, you can do this.
Tip: Rinse/wash the blender right away after making this. The fruit tends to dry up on the edges and be a real bugger to get out later. If you forget, just soak the blender jar in some hot soapy water & give it a good scrubbin’.

Monday Madness: Be Courageous

Monday Madness

As if Mondays aren’t busy enough, let me add one more thing for you to consider adding to your “to-do” list.

 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9

 If you chose to believe this with your whole heart today, how much could you accomplish?  If you chose to read this verse each morning for 1 year, what might change? 

Recipe: Ugly Delicious Salad

Food doesn’t have to look pretty.  It needs to nourish you.  This ugly salad does just that.

Calorie Break down:

3 C. Shredded Lettuce: 20 calories
 A few slices from a huge pickle (because the little boy thought I needed some with my lunch just like he had): 5 calories
½ C. Cottage Cheese:  80 calories
1/8^th C. Diced Green Pepper: 4 calories

I could've tried for a better picture, but then it wouldn't have been nearly as ugly.

Total: 109 Calories (you could probably skip the pickles if you wanted, of course J).  This salad is filling & lower calories than a lot of those prepackaged meals, and muuuuch better for you, even though it isn't loaded with nutrients, it does the trick for a quick meal time.

Monday Madness: Cook Something Special

Monday Madness

As if Mondays aren’t busy enough, let me add one more thing for you to consider adding to your “to-do” list.

Today’s Monday Madness is to cook something special for your spouse.

A couple summers ago my husband and I went to the golf course a few times for dinner.  It’s just up the road from our house & the kids were pretty little, so I wasn’t as worried about leaving them with a sitter when I knew we could be home within minutes if needed.  The food was reasonably priced and delicious!  They had shuffleboard at the time that we appreciated learning how to play together. 

My husband always ordered the Po Boy sandwich.  I decided that I would learn how to make it and surprise him with it. 

I searched for a recipe on Google & found one I thought I could follow.  I had our daughter help me as much as she could then served it on our best dishes. 

He was thrilled!  He raved to all his friends about the sandwich I made, and how good it was.  I felt like a queen! 

I have a Google search box on the right hand side of this page.  Go ahead and search for a recipe that you could try to impress your man with.  Oh, & if your husband asks why, tell him “Just because I love you”.  It will make him feel so much better than if you said “I wanted to try something new” or “I was bored”. 

For extra brownie points scribble a little love letter on a card and stick it by his plate.

This doesn’t have to be anything fancy.  It’s really not about the food, it’s about the thought.   Happy Monday!

Recipes: Organizing

I mostly just pull my recipes from the internet these days. Somtimes it's something great I see on pinterest other times it's something I'm craving (or saw on TV & had to have) so I google how to make it and use which ever recipe seems easiest.

There are times that I taste what I've made and I JUST TOTALLY LOVE it, occasionally even the little people here love it too (praise the man of the house, he never complains about what I make)! So I have decided that some recipes are so worthy & that I must make them at least one more time while I'm on earth. Those recipes get added to my little index card recipe collection.

I also have a 3 ring binder filled with my grandma's recipes, I love that binder & all the wonderful recipes inside. I am so honored to be able to make the things she made and hopefully someday my little princess will be using that same binder in her kitchen.

What do you do with your favorite recipes?