Healthy Halloween Treats

Living healthier can be a challenge, taking out all the things you love and trying to find a healthier alternative can be a pain. However, if you are determined you can do so. My family has found this to be true, we have changed almost everything we eat to healthier alternatives, when we make meals such as spaghetti, we make sure to add lots of veggies to the sauce. By doing this we get full faster, and we eat less {Read More}

Dark Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

With me focusing on my weight, I have been following a few ladies on facebook that have went from big to small. I figure I can get a few pointers, I never thought I would get an awesome recipe. I have a major sweet tooth, normally around that time. Often when I go to the store by myself, I will sneak candy and other junk. So when I seen the Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries recipe, I new I was going to {Read More}

Jalapeno Bacon Wrap Recipe

I love cooking, and I love trying to recipes. One great thing about family is we all have different friends, and well that means we all have different recipes to share! My sister shared one with me, that her friend showed her how to make. I am not sure what the true name is for these, or where the recipe originated from. I am going to call them Jalapeno Bacon Wrap, when my sister first made these I thought I {Read More}

Quick Fix Meals With Chef Boyardee

With being a busy mom, I like to find quick, and easy recipes to cook for my family. Sometimes, there just doesn’t seem, like there is enough hours in the day. Recently, I learned about Ready Set Eat, and discovered that you can make quick, healthy meals using Chef Boyardee. Chef Boyardee has been a favorite in our home since I was a kid, and I would have never guessed, I could add a few other ingredients and make a {Read More}

Low Fat Spaghetti Recipe

I love my Italian meals, but most are pasta dishes, I have found a way to alter spaghetti, so that it has less calories. Ingredients: 1lb Ground Turkey 1 small onion garlic 1 can spaghetti Sauce (if you would rather use a can of tomatoes, tomato sauce, and Italian seasonings go for it) 8 ounce whole wheat penne pasta. (we prefer penne pasta over spaghetti pasta) First I take and cook up my ground turkey, some people cook it is {Read More}

Left Over Turkey

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and hope you got everything you went to the store to get! I didn’t go until 8:30am and still got everything I was wanting! Over all it was great, came home took a nap then found I got a gc I had won a while ago, so decided to go out again and get my daughter some clothes that was on sale. Sure enough they still had her size. Do you got all {Read More}

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