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Friday, April 27, 2012

I for one needed the Friday humor that I just received in a work related blog!


Thanks Brandi!

- If I had a British accent, I’d never shut up.

- I’m not saying you’re stupid I’m just saying you’ve got bad luck when it comes to thinking.

- “Don’t forget you are what you eat.” “I need to eat a skinny person.”

- I see these moms who can do everything and I think I should have them do some stuff for me.

- A friend will calm you down when you are angry, but a BEST friend will skip beside you with a baseball bat singing, “someone’s gonna get it!”

- Whenever a bird poos on my car I eat a plate of scrambled eggs on my front porch just so they know what I’m capable of.”

- Nothing messes up your Friday like realizing it’s Tuesday.

- That moment in a middle of an argument that realize you are wrong but fight anyway all in the name of pride.

- In a thousand years archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.

- Tell someone you love them today because life is short.  But SHOUT it at them in German because life is also terrifying:  “Ich liebe dich!”

- They say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit (and by ‘they’ I honestly do not mean ‘people who just got owned by a sarcastic comment’.)

-  Why is there a show called “When Animals Attack”?  It should be called “When Stupid People Go Near Dangerous Animals”.  Just sayin’.”

- “Yes, Officer, I did see the speed limit sign.  I just didn’t see you.”

- Sometimes late at night I dig a hole in the backyard just to keep the nosey neighbors guessing.

- Auto-correct has got to be my worst enema.”

So if you don’t hear from me for a while…


There might be a good chance I am being naughty….I should PROBABLY publish my personal email address so that my fellow losers can harass me and tell me to get my hiney back on plan if I am quiet for too long!!!

Long story short, (and I do this to shame myself back into action…) is that my b/f has been working out of town all week for several  weeks, coming home on the weekends…so being just me and my beautiful 9 year old girl, it is very easy to just eat out and on the run and just plain NOT HEALTHY!! Not to mention she LOVES that part of it…and I DON’T REALLY HAVE TO GROCERY SHOP…

Anybody else out there think that there is something in fast food that is addicting, like maybe umm, oh I don’t know…FAT and GREASE?  Well anywho this is just a short note to tell you that I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth…just the scales…well not really but I did weigh in yesterday and was up a pound and that scares me because I was expecting much worse...soooo next week might be bad!!!

Keep cheering me and I will try to get you a recipe later!


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

A few of my favorite things…





CHEESE and TOMATOES, how can you go wrong!  Well I might be tempted to put a little onion on this first recipe  and maybe some mushrooms…but not because I think it needs it, just for a little substance and then it could be a MEAL!!!  While we are on the subject of tomatoes, let’s just make this a TWO for TUESDAY and have another little Tomato recipe also!!  (Actually I am gonna give you a third recipe with CHEESE, because it is FAT TUESDAY, I mean Cheese Day, after all!!  And now for a little humor, sadly not my own =(,  

This first one is not really funny…but might be good for us calorie counters!!!  Some of these are more like…things that make you go hmmm…and some are downright silly…but as you might have guessed…I am easily entertained!

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it!!

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.


If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.  (I might volunteer to test this theory!)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (I will leave you alone with your thoughts on this one…)

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. (I believe this – but I would take the champagne cork ANY DAY!!)


 Cheesy Baked Tomatoes
2 Points Plus
4 Servings

Ingredients

4 large fresh tomatoes), halved   
1/4 cup(s) grated Parmesan cheese   
1 oz reduced fat provolone cheese, shredded   
1 tsp basil, chopped   
1 tsp fresh oregano, chopped   
1/2 tsp table salt   
1/8 tsp black pepper, to taste    

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 F.
Place tomatoes cut-side up on a baking sheet.
Top with Parmesan, provolone, oregano, basil, salt and pepper.
Mist lightly with non-fat cooking spray and bake until the tomatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.

From www.laaloosh.com
Not even modified!!

Tomato and Cucumber Salad
1 Points Plus (According to Recipe Builder on WW site – I can’t figure out how, since everything in it is ZERO POINTS!!!)
6 Servings (3/4 C)

Ingredients

3 C chopped peeled English cucumber
2 C chopped tomato
3/4 C finely chopped red onion
1/4 C finely chopped fresh parsley (or 1/8 C dried)
3 TBSP finely chopped fresh cilantro  (or 1 ½ C dried)
1/2 tsp salt

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Serve with a slotted spoon.

Skinny Baked Mozzarella Sticks
1 Points Plus
24 Servings

Ingredients

12 serving(s) Sargento Light String Cheese  
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour  
5 Tbsp Italian-Style Breadcrumbs  
5 Tbsp Panko crispy bread crumbs - plain  
2 tsp grated Parmesan cheese  
1 tsp dried parsley  
5 sprays olive oil cooking spray  
1/4 Cup Egg Beaters Egg substitute  

Instructions

Cut cheese in half to give you 24 pieces.
Place cheese in the freezer until cheese is frozen.
In small bowl, whisk the egg. Place the flour on another small dish.
In separate bowl, combine bread crumbs, panko, parmesan cheese and dried parsley.
Dip the frozen sticks in flour, shaking off excess, then into the egg, then coat with the crumbs
Repeat this process with the remaining cheese placing them on a tray with wax paper.
Place cheese back into the freezer until ready to bake (this is a must or they will melt before the crumbs get golden).
When ready to bake preheat oven to 400 F.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly spray with oil.
Place frozen cheese sticks on baking sheet.
Spray the tops of the mozzarella sticks with a little more oil and bake in the bottom third of your oven until crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes.
Turn and bake an additional 4 - 5 minutes watching them closely so they don't melt.

From www.skinnytaste.com
Modified by me 4-17-12!
This makes 24 pieces and I made the serving size one piece, so you could calculate points values easily!

Friday, April 13, 2012

So if I am not a loser this week….




Does that mean I am automatically a WINNER??  More like a WEINER this week!  I gained back EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT I LOST LAST WEEK!!!!
Oh well…I will continue to keep, keepin on…
How goes your Friday the 13th? Uneventful I hope!!  Mine is long…uneventful yes, but LONG!!!

Spicy Crabmeat Tostadas
3 PointsPlus
4 Servings

Ingredients

1/4 C fat free salsa  
4 corn tortillas
1/4 C red onion, minced  
1/2 tsp garlic, minced  
1 C fresh tomatoes, diced and drained  
2 Tbsp cilantro, minced  
12 oz lump crabmeat  
2 Tbsp lemon juice, canned or bottled  
1/4 C sweet red pepper, chopped  
1 C lettuce, shredded  
5 sprays olive oil cooking spray  


Instructions

Saute onion in sprayed pan 3 minutes over medium-high heat.
Add garlic, tomatoes, cilantro, and crabmeat and cook 5 minutes.
Bake tortillas in 350 degree F oven until crisp, 7 through 10 minutes.
Mix together lemon juice, bell pepper and lettuce. Divide this mixture among tostadas.
Top with crab mixture.
Serve with salsa.
From www.yummly.com