Archive for August, 2009
August 29th, 2009 | 
Author: Hi there,
I’m going to be starting on a whole new healthy eating lifestyle after returning from my vacation. That will be September 13th when we get home from our vacation in the Smoky Mountains. I’m excited about this as I will be sharing lots of recipes with you along with photos, and I will also be losing weight. I’ll be getting healthy and dropping those pounds. 
I received my indoor grill and triple steamer yesterday and I couldn’t wait to try out the grill, so I went out and bought some New York strip steaks…wow big spender huh? lol And I cooked them on the new grill.
Here are some photos of that experience. 
And this is what I had for dinner tonight. It was really tasty. That steak was bigger than it looks there on the plate. LOL! And the salad was tossed greens, cucumber, carrots, and low-fat red kidney beans. And some strawberries on the side.
I’ll be sharing some wonderful recipes with you in the near future! 
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Through my experience with my “smoothie diet” this was my favorite one.
Ingredients
1 medium banana
5 large strawberries
1 medium apple with peel
1 cup 1% or skim milk
2 packets sweetener (optional)
4 ice cubes
Directions
Cut up all ingredients and place in blender. Leave apple peel on for added fiber. Add milk, sweetener, and ice cubes. Mix well in blender until smooth.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
15 oz. can pumpkin
4 oz. Chocolate chips
1 pkg. Devil’s Food cake mix (prepared)
1 tablespoon vanilla
chopped nuts (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line muffin pan with paper baking cups
Mix cake mix with pumpkin, add vanilla
Pour batter into each baking cup liner
Top with chopped nuts (optional) and chocolate chips
Bake for 20 minutes
Enjoy!
We have these at some of our family get togethers as appetizers.
Cheesy Bacon Potato Skins
Ingredients
5 large/medium potatoes
2 tbs olive oil
garlic salt
shredded cheddar cheese
bacon bits
sour cream (optional)
chives (optional)
cooking spray (butter flavored)
Directions
Clean potatoes, and pat dry. Cut potatoes lengthwise into small wedges.
In a mixing bowl, add the olive oil and potatoes. Carefully toss potato wedges with olive oil until well covered.
Place potato wedges on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle with garlic salt. Bake 30 minutes.
Top with cheddar cheese and bacon bits. Bake an additional 10 minutes.
Top with sour cream and chives(optional).
Enjoy!
The sauce is my Sister-In-Law’s recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs ground turkey
1 small can tomato paste
2 cans tomato sauce
1 cup water
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 tablespoon oregano
1 garlic clove, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 pound whole wheat whole grain spaghetti
Sprinkle parmesan cheese, if desired
Directions
In large skillet brown turkey, drain. Add onion and salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic and cook for 2 more minutes
Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, oregano and bay leaf. Simmer covered for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
In large pot add water and boil. Add spaghetti. Cook until tender, following directions on box. Carefully remove bay leaf before serving. Serve sauce over pasta. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top if desired.
Enjoy!
