Good morning, friends! Welcome to this week’s installment of True Confessions, the post where you can confess all of your unhealthy sins from the previous week. Once you confess it, you forget about it, and start fresh. I’ll get us started…. We’ll do this list style: 1. I had two desserts in one meal [...]
There comes a time in every girl’s month when all hell breaks loose. Yes. I’m talking about that time of the month. During that time of the month, I crave sweets like no other. Cake, chocolate, ice cream, cookies! It’s a terrible sickness. I’m just going to admit it; I’m not very good in the [...]
I”m a veggie hider, I confess. It’s not so much that my family won’t eat vegetables in their natural state…it’s more about packing nutrition into foods that generally aren’t healthy. It makes me feel a little better about the treats I love so much. This recipe comes from Jessica Seinfeld’s book ‘Deceptively Delicious.’ I can’t [...]
I don’t know about you, but when’s the temperatures start turning a little cooler, I am all about baking. More often than not, my baking contains some degree of pumpkin-ness. I looooooove me some pumpkin. Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Muffins, Pumpkin Bread, Pumpkin Spice Latte… Now I’m drooling. And do you realize how much of a [...]
Ah yes, here we are again. Another Tuesday, another chance to air our grievances of the past week. And friends, I have a few. I haven’t worked out since last Friday Thursday Wednesday. REALLY? Wednesday? Not so good considering I have a race this weekend! We had a road trip this weekend. And even though [...]
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Still doing your Christmas baking? Try these for a healthier cookie! *CARAMEL COOKIES* POINTS® Value: 1 Servings: 60 Preparation Time: 5 min Cooking Time: 10 min Level of Difficulty: Easy Delicious and so easy to bake in small batches. Just keep the dough in the fridge or freezer and slice off and make as many [...]
Did anyone watch The Biggest Loser last night? I’m sure a lot of you did. No worries, I’m not going to rant about a certain contestant here. I already did that over there, so you can read it if you like. As aggravating and as mad as I can get at certain people on the [...]
I found this recipe in my Taste of Home Comfort Foods – Diet cookbook. I haven’t made it yet, but it sounds like it would be super-fun to make with kids! 1 package (7.5 ounces) refrigerated flaky buttermilk biscuits (10 biscuits) 1 milk chocolate candy bar (1.55 ounces) 2 teaspoons cinnamon-sugar Flatten each biscuit into [...]
