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Just when Thanksgiving and Christmas weight gains have finally been dieted off, here comes another eating holiday – SUPER BOWL. I love celebrating this American iconic event with a feast and have done healthy Super Bowl recipes and not so healthy (New England clam chowder and Philly cheese steak anyone?) in the past. Since I’m [...]
Today we have a guest post about the new Weight Watchers Momentum Plan from LaaLoosh.com, a blog primarily dedicated to sharing delicious and exciting Weight Watchers Recipes that are low in Points, but not in taste. The author of LaaLoosh has been an avid Weight Watchers member for many years and really enjoys finding new [...]
Well, I thought my Thanksgiving menu was set. Then I opened up the latest enewsletter from BlogHer and I saw this post from my friend, Kalyn of Kalyn’s Kitchen, Make-Ahead or Crockpot Recipes Can Help with Timing for Thanksgiving Dinner. Thanksgiving dishes in the crockpot. Oh joy, something I haven’t done before! Many of the [...]
I recently attended a meal making cooking class with a group of friends. Basically, it was a Once a Month-Freezer Cooking session combined with a Prepare Your Own Meals store. Our hostess (this was in a private home with a very large kitchen) shopped for the food, chopped the veggies, browned the ground meat, and [...]
My book club is reading A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. I’m hosting the next meeting, so I offered to make a chicken curry. But I’m busy, and on Weight Watchers, so what’s a good hostess to do? Find a terrific curry chicken slow cooker recipe from Weight Watchers, that’s what! I can make [...]
Now that the holiday season is officially over (though I’m sure it really doesn’t end until after the Super Bowl in February), it’s time to go back on the Weight Watchers eating plan. I’m doing Flex Points, since the Core Plan scares me. I’m a bottomless pit when it comes to food, even brown rice [...]
Honestly, what would we all do without our crock pots? Well using one just got a whole lot easier thanks to this week’s Food Blog of the Week – Crock Pot Recipe Blog part of A Crock Cook. Not only does this website feature a blog, but oodles and oodles of crock pot recipes. Unfortunately, [...]
Every slow cooker cookbook I own has variations on the same recipe, but no new ideas. I was getting tired of making the same old slow cooker variations on chili and roasts. Then I came across Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. First, I was sold on it because [...]
Continuing our Super Bowl party coverage…let’s discuss New England clam chowder. It’s yummy, creamy and really not that hard to make especially if you use canned clams. If you have access to fresh ones, great. However there’s nothing wrong with canned clams especially when you don’t live anywhere near an ocean and have to go [...]
Having company or family over for Christmas is stressful enough without having to spend the whole day in the kitchen roasting a turkey and preparing elaborate side dishes. Spiral cut ham is a great option since it’s precooked and presliced. Just warm it up and use the included flavor packet to make a sauce. This [...]
We have a huge supply of venison thank to Big Bad Dad’s hunting efforts. I cook it up like beef, except for extra seasoning and fat/oil, since the meat can be gamey and is very lean. I saw this recipe by Lia Mack Huber in the November 2004 issue of Cooking Light. Beef Daube Provencal [...]
Once a month my mom’s club does a mom’s night out. We bounce back between going out to eat and going to someone’s home for a potluck. Last month, club co-president, Brenda Kelley made and brought this to the potluck . This soup comes from the founder and former member of the Tri-Towns MOMS Club, [...]
This casserole recipe is taken from Amy Dacyczyn’s book The Tightwad Gazette #2. This is a standby at our house when I don’t have the time or energy to make anything fancy. Just chop, measure, mix, cook and serve. I usually double this recipe so we have lots of leftovers for my husband to take [...]
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