This recipe is super easy to prepare, tasty and healthy. If you live in a household where family members require meat with every dinner, you always add some grilled chicken Quick and Easy Veggie Pasta1 pkg tri-color rotini1 red bell pepper, chopped4 carrots, chopped1 broccoli crown, chopped1 onion, finely diced4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped3 [...]
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Tasty Tuesday: Quick and Easy Veggie Pasta
Posted in food, health and fitness, housewifery, recipes, Tasty Tuesday on March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Spicy food makes ya hot!
Posted in food, health and fitness on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As 2010 whirs into full speed and New Year’s resolutions are becoming harder to stick to (I will not let go! I will not! I’m currently on day 4 of an attempted 6 day gym streak), I just wanted to share a healthy food “trick” that helps me quite a bit, in case it may [...]
Yay! A new grocery choice for Fresno!
Posted in food, health and fitness, housewifery, shopping on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am very excited to welcome a new grocery chain to our city! I really feel like we’ve needed this for quite some time. Our options have been:Save Mart (rather ubiquitous in town)-high prices, good service and selection, but again, high prices. (We call it “spend mart” in my family)Vons (same as Pavillions for those [...]
The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Posted in before and after, health and fitness, Weight Watchers on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In February of this year, I felt like crap. Everday, all day. I had headaches, my joints hurt, and I was tired all. of. the. time. I decided to try to get myself into better shape, and see if it helped. I was SICK of feeling like a blob. I started going to the gym. [...]
The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Posted in before and after, health and fitness, Weight Watchers on November 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In February of this year, I felt like crap. Everday, all day. I had headaches, my joints hurt, and I was tired all. of. the. time. I decided to try to get myself into better shape, and see if it helped. I was SICK of feeling like a blob. I started going to the gym. [...]
Zumbathon!
Posted in good causes, health and fitness on August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Friday night, my friend Morgan (of Mrs. Priss fame) and I along with about 100 others, participating in a benefit event in honor of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Our superbly awesome Zumba instructor, Rosa, along with 7 other instructors and 100 participants met in the Valley Oak Elementary cafeteria to Zumba for two hours (or [...]
Zumbathon!
Posted in good causes, health and fitness on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This Friday night, my friend Morgan (of Mrs. Priss fame) and I along with about 100 others, participating in a benefit event in honor of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Our superbly awesome Zumba instructor, Rosa, along with 7 other instructors and 100 participants met in the Valley Oak Elementary cafeteria to Zumba for two hours (or [...]
Weight Watcher Friendly Recipes!
Posted in food, health and fitness, housewifery, recipes, Weight Watchers on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mac’n’Cheese with Cauliflower (Real Simple mag recipe, altered for WW points purposes) 8 pts per serving 12 ounces multigrain elbow macaroni (I used Ronzoni Smart Taste rotini) 1 head cauliflower, roughly chopped (I used a pre cut bag from Trader Joe’s) 4 slices multigrain bread, torn (I used whole wheat sandwich thin buns for 1 [...]
Weight Watcher Friendly Recipes!
Posted in food, health and fitness, housewifery, recipes, Weight Watchers on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mac’n’Cheese with Cauliflower (Real Simple mag recipe, altered for WW points purposes) 8 pts per serving 12 ounces multigrain elbow macaroni (I used Ronzoni Smart Taste rotini) 1 head cauliflower, roughly chopped (I used a pre cut bag from Trader Joe’s) 4 slices multigrain bread, torn (I used whole wheat sandwich thin buns for 1 [...]
A Mish-mash Kind of Post
Posted in food, friends, health and fitness, kiddo, life, randomness, the holidays, Weight Watchers on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t blogged in a while, and I want to play a little catch up! First, I am extremely excited about my Weight Watchers “journey”/success so far. I have lost 12 pounds as of this morning, and it has been exactly one month since I started the program. At this rate, I expect to be [...]
