Sauteed vegetables, I like mine with a a lot of salt, pepper and garlic. Got to have some olive oil of course. ;)I bought a beautiful 2 pound pork tenderloin at Hornbacher's today. It was on sale for 2.87 a pound. When we got home I searched Food Network's website and found this recipe to use for it from Ina Garten of course. It was very flavorful and the pork marinated in the fridge for at least 5 hours. I didn't have any fresh herbs to use and use dried instead. I can't wait to start a ... continue reading...
Tomato, Sausage, and Pecorino Pasta
I think I finally found the perfect tomato sauce recipe. I didn't have fresh tomatoes on hand, so I used a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes and a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. I saved some sauce to use towards the end of the week for another recipe. Who knows what it will be yet. I added in about a teaspoon of thyme. Otherwise, I didn't have Pecorino cheese on hand so I used Parmesan. It was very very good, found the recipe on Cooking Light's website. My favorite jarred tomato sauce is at Trader ... continue reading...
Photos and Bran Muffins
This weekend was really fun. I went out with my friend Ashley and we took some pictures around town and inside town. I will post some pictures after I get done talking about these muffins.There was this field that we found when we were driving outside of town and it had some hay barrels in it. Luckily enough they were by the road. We took pictures of ourselves on the hay barrels and trying to climb to the top. I was practicing my people picture taking skills and got some pretty good ones of my ... continue reading...
Chili Frito Pie Recipe
Chili Frito pie is layers of chili, cheese, and Frito corn chips. It can be made in a casserole dish or kind of like a walking taco.One of my FAVORITE things to do is figure out how to make recipes more Weight Watcher friendly or lower in points so that you can still be able to enjoy all those yummy and trending recipes that you see floating around on Pinterest. Like this chili frito pie recipe. You might think how are Frito chips diet friendly? Well let me tell you, something friend. You ... continue reading...
Gnocchi with Cinnamon Butter
This week I had the urge to make gnocchi. Tonight I decided to give it a shot. I skipped my run today, and went straight to the kitchen when I got home from work. I normally get home at about 3:30. The weather was somewhat cooler than it has been all week and I used that as an excuse to not go.Gnocchi took about almost an hour and 30 minutes to prepare. I was trying to think of a sauce to make a long with it, and I remember one time on Food Network I saw Giada make a cinnamon butter sauce ... continue reading...
Baked Ravioli
The tomato sauce for this recipe smelled so good when it was cooking on the stove. Some of it even ended up on the floor and spilled, just a splash here and there. The ravioli took no time to cook in the boiling water so it comes together pretty fast. All you have to do then is wait for the cheese to melt and get a little brown on top. Delicious!Another Martha Stewart recipe, and this time it wasn't a cupcake. I'm giving up baking sweets for awhile. :( Baked Ravioli was really really good. ... continue reading...
Ham and Spinach Quiche
I made this recipe today, to get rid of some leftover ham from Easter. Guess what?! We STILL have ham leftover. I am getting very sick of it fast too. A quiche, can help you with that. I changed things up again in this recipe to make it lighter. The bacon was left out. I used 3 whole eggs, and 3 egg whites, 1 cup of part skim mozarrella cheese, and I just realized I left out the milk. WOOPS! I was planning on using 1% milk and totally forgot it, in this recipe. Maybe that is why it ... continue reading...
Banana’s Foster French Toast
French toast is so good, and even better when you have some bread to get rid of. I found this recipe on Pillsbury website and saw that for one serving it was 620 calories and 17 grams of fat! I tried altering the recipe to make it healthier. I used 4 large eggs and 4 egg whites, 1 whole wheat french bread loaf, and 1 cup of 1% milk. I also cut back a little on the amount of syrup that was supposed to be in there. According to fatsecret.com (my new favorite website) ... continue reading...