When I walked into my mom’s house today, the yummy smelling goodness hit my nose like a ton of bricks. I walked into the kitchen and saw that my mom was cooking in the crock pot. As I’m sure all of you moms out there know, crock pots spell E-A-S-Y, which for those of us [...]
MONDAY: Three Cheese Manicotti. TUESDAY: Enchilada Casser-Ole! WEDNESDAY: Chicken Breasts with Tomatoes and Olives. THURSDAY: Shrimp Sandwich Wrap with Curry Yogurt and Spinach. FRIDAY: Homemade pizza night! I don’t have our recipe (yet!), but here is a yummy, health(ier) version to try out! SATURDAY: leftovers! SUNDAY: Crockpot Easy Beef Stew. SNACKS: POM-Banana-Strawberry Smoothies! Skinny Chocolate [...]
Updated: Kelsey, you have won this gift pack. Please send your mailing address to lisa@shrinkingjeans.net by Monday, Feb 6th or another winner will be chosen. Congrat The first time I had any of the cereals from Attune Foods was at Fitbloggin 2011. It was served at breakfast one day and man, was it delicious! I [...]
Happy Sunday!! Here is a delicious meal plan I put together just for you….well, just for me to share with you! Choose the whole plan and just print out the handy shopping list (you’ll have nothing to think about!), or just pick and choose a thing or two. All of these recipes sound great, so [...]
I’m a huge fan of seafood, especially shrimp. It’s one of my favorite types of seafood to cook at home because it’s quick, easy, and is a great fit with my Weight Watchers food plan. I recently came across this recipe for Dijon Shrimp. Unfortunately, I don’t remember exactly where I found it, but it’s [...]
Hello fine readers. How are you this beautiful (at least I hope it’s beautiful where you are) Sunday morning? Are you drinking your coffee and making out your grocery list? Well that’s convenient because if you look below, there a mess of healthy recipes and a grocery list. I know you have better things to [...]
In case you haven’t heard, Chobani just introduced some awesome new flavors! From left to right, we’ve got Apple Cinnamon, Blood Orange, and Passion Fruit. These flavors are so new, you may not have seen them in your local store yet, but keep your eyes open because they should be there SOON! I was fortunate [...]
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s New Year’s Day and we have brand new challenge starting TODAY? That’s right. Check back here around lunchtime (you know, when that hangover is starting to fade), and get all the awesome details! Sunday, January 1st – Chili – my husband’s secret recipe. And real Texas Chili does [...]
I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am meeting myself coming and going lately. We go to school through December 21 and that doesn’t give me much time before Christmas to get a lot done. I’ve been trying to not let cooking right go by the wayside. I have found that at [...]
One of my favorite holiday dishes is an old potato salad recipe that my grandmother used to make. Knowing my grandmother, it’s probably not a very healthy recipe. This year my mom and I decided we would try our hand at it and try to make it a bit more healthy because being able to [...]
This week’s menu plan is brought to us by Jen from Listen.Learn.Love.Mend. If you’re interested in menu planning for the Sisterhood, give us a shout in the comments! We love guest menu planners! Shrinkers, I have been absent from the menu planning lately! When last I was here, I was still Jen in Real Life [...]
Next week alone, between my 3 kids, their schools and their after-school activities, we have FIVE holiday parties. Also, we have a Christmas Tree Hop Pot Luck that our entire family has been invited to next weekend. Although lots of fun and part of the normal Christmas festivities, the total of these parties could potentially [...]
In honor of the new PointsPlus 2012 program update rolling out this week from Weight Watchers (learn even more about the changes here from the CEO), we thought this would be a great time to share a Weight Watchers menu as part of our on-going Shrinking Menu Planning series. I don’t think it’s any secret [...]
Good morning! How was your Thanksgiving? Are you feeling stuffed and ready to settle back into your routine? Yes? These recipes will help you get rid of that post-Thanksgiving bloat {and get rid of some of those leftovers taking up space in your fridge}! MONDAY: Turkey soup! Instead of the half-and-half, try a lighter cream! [...]
Thanksgiving is upon us. Food, food and more food. I always vow I won’t overindulge. And then? The stuffing, the gravy, the mashed potatoes – they form a coalition to completely wreck my willpower. Cranberry sauce joins the party and I’m defenseless. I wake up the next morning in a shroud of regret, doing the [...]
