I realized as I sit watching Desserts Unwrapped on the Food Network that I forgot to publish Weighty Words this week. How telling is that. If I see a physician for the first time, something that always surprises them is that I don’t have high blood pressure. Hypertension (high blood pressure) runs in my family, …
Food
I’m often curious about new flavors because I wonder if the food will really taste like the food the company says it tastes like. Sometimes it does, sometimes not so much. The folks at MyBlogSpark were nice enough to send me a Banana Nut Cheerios gift basket so I got a chance to find out …
We all like to snack in our house. Because it always seems like somebody’s got something to do or somewhere to be, I try to buy snacks that are convenient and healthier than junk food. By keeping one shelf with just these on it everyone knows where to find “Mom approved” snack. Two of the …
Do you ever have to tell your family that certain foods in the house are off limits? Thanks to MyBlogSpark I got a coupon to try a new Yoplait yogurt flavor this week. I picked it up at the store and wanted to be sure that the rest of the family didn’t eat it before …
Everytime TJ eats a number of certain foods he always eats two of them. Two bananas. Two puddings. Two Pop-Tarts. Two snack size bags oc chips. You get what I’m saying. Last night I asked T why he always ate two of everything and I was astounded by his answer. He told me that he …
Spring will be arriving soon which means people are starting to decide now what they’re going to plant. I’ve been thinking about it myself for a couple of weeks now, and had only decided upon adding one plant so far. After reading about the Burpee Money Garden I realized that I’d never considered planting vegetables …
Guess what hubby and I did on top of the kitchen table? We emptied out the contents of our chest freezer onto it! See, I went looking for something for dinner and one or two things got in my way. I placed them on the table and he came in and thought I was emptying …
Did you know? The National Cancer Institute (NCI), recommend people eat more popcorn as a way of increasing fiber in their fiber diet, thereby reducing the risk of some forms of cancer. The American Dental Association includes popcorn on its list of recommended sugar-free snacks. The American Diabetes Association and the American Dietetic Association permit …
I live near a Stop & Shop. For almost ten years it has not been my primary grocery store, but rather the grocery store I ran in to if I needed something at the last minute. With RB having been looking for a job for a while I have been trying to shop smarter, less …
TJ’s friend just got picked up. My goodness can those boys eat! I can eat quite a bit but if I ate like that I’d be even heavier. We got to talking this week about food and appetites and two of the other women told me they thought they’d read somewhere that appetites increased in …
RB told me about an hour ago he was going to run to the store. He just came back with two bags, one of which contained cans of vegetables. I told him we had frozen veggies in the chest freezer, to which he replied he liked canned veggies better. I can’t believe that I’m just …
I recently entered a contest over on Coupon Princess Goes Blogging. The prize was described as a sample pack of Little Debbie 100 Calorie Snack Packs. I was thrilled to receive an email that I’d won. I figured I’d receive one individual sample of each of the varieties. Boy was I wrong! That, my friends, …
I do believe I have located the member of my family who cooks the best. It’s my brother, LB2. He cooks really well and seems to enjoy it. Now I’m not saying noone else can cook. My Dad makes the best Swedish meatballs I’ve ever had. But he hasn’t made them in 20 years and …
I pack lunches for myself and my son CJ every day, and sometimes hubby too. Whatever I make usually gets packaged in plastic bags or containers. I accepted the opportunity to review the Healthy Kitchenware Stainless Lunch Carrier With Sauce Container because I feel it is important we all try to do more to be …
Am I the only one that has last minute guests around Christmas time? When we have company I like to be able to put a little something out, like some appetizers. But how can you serve freshly prepared appetizers to last minute guests if you didn’t know the guests were coming the weekend before when …
Back on November 22 I blogged about the potato peeling race that my son TJ and my hubby RB were going to have on Thanksgiving morning. Well, the throwdown went off as planned and I got it all on videotape. From start to finish the two of them got 10 pounds of potatoes peeled in …
I am a big believer in the importance of home and family. Pillsbury’s new Home Is Calling campaign brings to mind the family and home cooked meals that so many of us look forward to during the holidays. Sadly, not all people are fortunate enough to have these things to look forward to. Pillsbury is …
It happened by accident. We were sitting at the table eating dinner tonight, discussing what we’d have for Thanksgiving. RB is the designated potato peeler in this house, because it hurts my hands and takes me ten years to peel ten pounds of potatoes. TJ decided he wanted to help, and for some reason thought …
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We like potato chips in my house. TJ likes original Lays. My usually get original Pringles, because they’re whole when you open them up. CJ likes most chips, and there are quite a few varieties that are safe for him to eat. RB likes the dark, crunchy ones. I think I’ve bought enough bags of …
RB’s been home three weeks now and we’ve run out of money. Our cabinets don’t have anything fancy in them and hubby’s cooked three or four nights in the past week. Like I told him, we’re just going to keep eating what we have and buying as little as possible. He can be quite creative …
While I have a recipe blog, I have never called myself or considered myself to be a food blogger. At best I could be called a foodie, but even that’s not a great fit. A foodie is somebody who enjoys cooking, eating, and/or shopping for good food. I like to eat good food, but good …
Two days ago I brought a single serving microwave container of Campbell’s Italian Sausage With Pasta And Pepperoni soup with me to work. It had under 150 calories and the size was reasonable. I heated it up and took a bite and thought it was disgusting. I looked into the container and saw mushrooms. I …
Earlier this week I received a surprise delivery. It was a copy of The Original Country Bob’s Cookbook, sent to me by the folks at Country Bob’s. Regular readers may recall reading my review of Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce earlier this month. If you don’t recall or if you’re a newer reader, let me …