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It’s been a week since my last post, gosh I’ve been meaning to blog all week, but just haven’t gotten around to it. I really need to get in the kitchen and cook up some new meals. But we have been enjoying the beautiful Texas weather and planting our summer garden. The chickens have really picked up on laying and we have tons of fresh eggs every single day. So I’ve been using lots of eggs and selling quite a few as well.

Are you planting a spring/summer garden?

Last week we enjoyed:

Patty Melts

Fish Friloux

Easy homemade Pizza

This week we have planned: Breakfasts:

Cereal with fresh fruit

Scrambled eggs, toast, fresh fruit

Monkey Bread

Dinners:

Drunken Pork Chops

Mushroom and Egg Casserole

Sweet Bean burritos

Snacks and desserts:

Angel food cake (recipe to come)
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I’m back, I’m back from the hell hole of sickness, and we survived. Though now I swear I have a cold, ugh…… Anyways I am feeling well enough to leave the house, not sleep all day, and actually put on a little make-up, so yea!!

I also want to say thanks for all the sweet comments from my sickness blog post, it really made me feel good to know I have so many online buddies wishing us well.

This week I am keeping the menu pretty simple, a few of our favorite but super easy meals. I know it is spring break for many but just a normal week for us.

How are you enjoying your spring break?

This week we have planned: Breakfasts:

Cereal with fresh fruit

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Dinners:

Patty Melts

Fish Friloux

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Easy homemade Pizza

Snacks and desserts:

none
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Just putting my menu plan up while the boys nap, and I wish I was napping. I want to say hi to all those visiting today from Orgjunkie.com. She mentioned trying my Sticky Chicken recipe on her blog today and I am overwhelmed with the amount of visitors I’ve had. So hello and hope you will stay awhile and do comment so I can visit with you.

Last week we enjoyed:

Chopped Salad with fried Garbanzo beans

Sticky Chicken

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Eggs, toast and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Monkey Bread

Dinners:

Sun-dried Tomato Chicken Pasta, with salad

Easy homemade pizza

Barbecue Muffins with veggies (a fun recipe for the kids, to come)

Goulash (using cabbage from the garden)

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Snacks and desserts:

Angel Food Cake with seven minute frosting (recipe to come)

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Today’s presidents day! Who knew? I guess all the postal and bank employees are enjoying their day off. We’ve been enjoying the beautiful weather outside the past few days with trips to the park and plenty of playing outside.

How the weather in your area?

Last week we enjoyed:

Cauliflower Fritters

Granola Bars

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Fruit Smoothies

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Dinners:

Moroccan Chicken and Spiced Butternut Squash (recipe to come)

Sticky Chicken with salad

Cordon Bleu Casserole (using sticky chicken) with salad

Beefy Hoppin John with green beans and cornbread

Baked French Toast (recipe to come)

Snacks and desserts:

none
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Happy Valentine’s day to you all. DT and I celebrated a day early by building fence for our chickens, that one’s huge for me, a great V-day present in fact. We also barbecued steaks, ribs and potatoes, yummo. In fact, I didn’t miss celebrating at all, although this morning I found 2 sweet cards waiting for me by the coffee maker, and that surely made me smile.

How do/did you celebrate V-day?

Last week we enjoyed:

Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry

Flourless PB Cookies, using agave (sugar and gluten free)

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Fruit Smoothies

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Dinners:

Lemon Caper Fish, with asparagus and rice

Steaks, potatoes and salad

Moroccan Chicken and Spiced Butternut Squash (recipe to come)

Balsamic roasted chicken and veggies (crockpot style)

Snacks and desserts:

Granola Bars

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Yesterday I found the mint chocolate covered Oreos in our pantry leftover from Christmas and I decided it’s been long enough since I’ve had a sweet, let me give one a try, and much to my surprise it tasted………….. awesome, of course. But not much later in the day I got the worst headache I’ve had in years, coincidence? I might not ever know, but I can say this, that one oreo was all I ate. I felt satisfied and not hungry for more, where as before I might have eaten at least 5 or 6.

My main goal with this sugar and gluten free diet is to re-train my brain to eating occasional desserts and breads, to not crave them so much and to eat a healthy balance with healthy foods. I think it’s working, slowly. I still have my moments, but for now I am sticking with my diet and healthy eating.

How do you balance healthy eating in your life?

Last week we enjoyed:

Spicy Sausage and Cauliflower soup

Sticky Chicken

Chicken Corn Chowder

Mini Meatloaf, salad and mixed veggies

Grapefruit Zabaglione over Mixed Berries

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Banana Pancakes (Sugar and Gluten Free)

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Dinners:

Shepherd’s Pie with salad

Smothered Pork Chops

Chicken Fajita’s with all the fixin’s

Beef and Broccoli (recipe to come)

Snacks and desserts:

Flourless PB Cookies, using agave (sugar and gluten free)

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I am drawing a blank this week on what is going on, nothing much I guess. My diet is still going strong, I didn’t lose anymore this week so I am going to go strong working out and hope this gives me the extra push to keep losing. I’ve been selling lots of hatching eggs, and chicks and it’s really such a fun hobby for me. I enjoy seeing people so pleased about getting chickens.

What do you have planned this week?

Last week we enjoyed:

Fudge Brownies (Sugar and Gluten Free)

Potato Pancakes with Avocado Mash and eggs

Orange Cranberry Muffins (Sugar and Gluten free)

Mini Meatloaf, salad and mixed veggies

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Blueberry Waffles (sugar and gluten free) recipe to come

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Dinners:

Sticky Chicken

Chicken Corn Chowder

Sausage and Cabbage (from the garden)

Snacks and desserts:

Grapefruit Zabaglione over Mixed Berries

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Last week Mom and I bought a really cute toy organizer for the boy’s room. Their closet has been a wreck for months now and a total eye sore, so it was time. 2 trash bags and 3 donation bags later and we have a clean organized room, yippee! Now if only I could convince them to keep their toys in the room and not all over my house.

My diet is going well. I weighed in this morning and another 3lb loss, making it a total of 13lbs in 3 weeks. I am very happy with that. I am eating really well, as you can see below, just not junk! I was really surprised at how much junk I was really eating. My grocery bill has gone up slightly because of the extra fresh fruits, veggies and natural nuts that I am now buying. But our eating out has gone down, so really we are saving money and eating much better.

How does your week look, any new recipes you are trying?

Last week we enjoyed:

Crock-pot Chicken Posole

Texas Lasagna

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Orange Cranberry Muffins (Sugar and Gluten free)

Dinners:

Rotisserie chicken, with mashed potatoes and salad.

Mini Meatloaf, salad and mixed veggies

Chopped Salad with fried garbanzo beans (recipe to come)

Potato Pancakes with Avocado Mash and eggs

Snacks and desserts:

Fudge Brownies with secret ingredient (sugar and gluten free)

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The diet is still going really well, and I am still eating well, I’ve had a few slip ups but mostly following perfectly sugar and gluten free. I am down about 10lbs, in 2 weeks is pretty good I think. I am going to start shredding again this week and I hope that will help me continue to lose.

How is your exercising and diet going?

Last week we enjoyed:

Lime Cornmeal Cookies- (Sugar and gluten free)

Fish Tacos, salad and black beans

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Fruit smoothies

Dinners:

Texas Lasagna

Mexican Posole Stew (recipe to come)

Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry (recipe to come)

Greek Chicken Casserole, with Greek salad

Snacks and desserts:

Chocolate Tapioca Pudding (sugar free)

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1 week down on my sugar and gluten free diet, and my recipe making juices are flowing. I am like a painter on a new canvas, inspired. Therefore I will be featuring some new recipes this week. Some naturally sugar and gluten free, others are accommodated for those things. Also, did I mention I’ve lost about 7 lbs, in one week!!!! Wow is all I can say to that, I can’t believe how much junk I was eating. I’ve also noticed a boost in my energy. I don’t have the afternoon sluggish feeling anymore, and that is a great thing.

I know this diet won’t last forever but my goal is to re-train myself for healthier options, to go to the fruits and veggies, to naturally crave those things. Years ago in college I lost lots of weight and kept it off for years and ate so very well, I didn’t crave junk foods, but healthy foods. I want to be like that again. I just have to slowly re-teach my stubborn self.

This week we have planned:Breakfasts:

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Fruit smoothies

Dinners:

Grilled Pork chops, Salad and Cauliflower Fritters (recipe to come)

Mexican Posole Stew (recipe to come)

Fish Tacos, salad and black beans

Greek Chicken Casserole, with Greek salad

Spicy Sausage and Cauliflower Soup, with gluten free crackers

Snacks and desserts:

Lime Cornbread Cookies – sugar and gluten free (recipe to come)

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As a resolution to healthier eating, DT and I are kicking off 2011 with our sugar and gluten free diet. We did this last year with some awesome results and I am excited to do it again. Giving up sugar (for me) is killer, but doable. I just have to be sure to have a plan and stick with it and be very aware of what I am eating. As the boys are still eating a normal diet, I almost snuck a piece of their biscuit this morning without thinking.

So how about you. Have you made any resolutions for the new year?

This week we have planned:

Breakfasts:

Scrambled eggs and fresh fruit

Oatmeal with fruit

Fruit smoothies

Dinners:

Spicy shrimp over potatoes (recipe to come)

Texas Lasagna

Barbeque chicken with cauliflower (from the garden) and salad

Beef and Lentil Soup Crockpot style

Snacks and desserts:

Blackberry Cobbler (sugar and gluten free)

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Another busy week ahead and hopefully the cool weather is here to stay. We’ve had so much back and forth from cold to hot I am ready for the cold to stay. I love going outside and getting cold and then coming in for a nice warm bowl of soup. Love it. I am also planning on working on my ornament eggs and posting about them sometime this week. I am so happy that you all seemed so interested in them. I also need to take the boys Christmas pictures and order my 50 free from shutterfly. I love this time of year so busy and fun.

Next Monday I am planning on hosting a Holiday Treats Week again on my blog. So be sure to stop by and get some great treat ideas and link up yours too.

Last week we enjoyed:

Brie en Croute