It hasn’t really been very wintry here in west/central Texas this year, but nonetheless, I still LOVE soup in the winter time! This week I’m going to give you 5 tasty soups to try. Make one or make them all. Double the recipe and freeze some for later. Soups are great! Corn, Bacon, And Potato [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
This week, our Shrinking Menu Plan aims to keep the tightness of your jeans in check. There’s no reason you can’t have all of your turkey day favorites, and eat them too! These are recipes we’ve featured here at the Sisterhood in years past – can you believe it’s almost our THREE year Shrinkaversary!? Yes, [...]
I have to be honest, I’m not very good at menu planning every week. The two times I have done since we started this segment at Shrinking Jeans have been awesome weeks of eating at our house. All the other weeks that I have not done it have still been yummy weeks of eating but [...]
We have a fabulous guest poster letting us peek into her everyday meals this week! She may be one of our most distant sisters, but she has been one of our biggest supporters for many years! I just love her! You can also find Karena at Traveling Well, her personal blog. The easy way to [...]
This week’s menu plan includes recipes with short ingredient lists (which I adore) promising to pack a huge flavor punch! If you have kids, they’ll probably adore the Ravio-sange, and I have a feeling the Apple Crockpot Pork Chops will be a huge hit as well! If you plan your menu out and post it [...]
SUNDAY: White Chicken Chili. Cooler weather and football calls for chili and sweatpants. MONDAY: Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin. TUESDAY: Easy Chicken-Mushroom Quesadillas. WEDNESDAY: Italian Vegetable Hoagies. THURSDAY: Spiced Chicken with Couscous Salad. FRIDAY: Margherita Pizza. SATURDAY: Salmon and grilled veggies. SNACKS: Low-Fat Pumpkin Chip Muffins, Apple Bites DESSERTS: Monkey Bars Grocery List Meat/Fish/Poultry 6 lbs boneless, [...]
Crock Pots have been all the rage as of late…there have been all kinds of pages popping up on Facebook. Crock Pot Girls, Crock Pot Guys, Skinny Crock Pot are a few I’ve been following. It really is undeniable – the crock pot can be a great tool for creating inexpensive, healthy meals. I’ve tried [...]
Did you know Pinterest is a GREAT, visual way to find wonderful, healthy recipes. Yeah, there’s a lot of not-so-healthy stuff floating around there tempting you, but if you do a quick search for Healthy Recipes, you’ll lose the diet killing double chocolate chip caramel brownie sundaes :) Next time you’re looking for inspiration, head [...]
