I'm now loving breakfast foods

My favorite girl, Hungry Girl brought to my attention these wonderful frozen waffles from Kellogs Fiber Plus

They are 80 calories per waffle, can't beat that!!

I'm not fond of the pure sugar syrups so I had a bag of frozen strawberries in the freezer. I grabbed a few and put it in my Ninja Blender and pureed with a bit of water.

It came out so creamy and was perfect as a topping on my amazing waffles.

I will be eating breakfast from now on with out a fight LOL

Please try it and see how you like it.

Chicken Piccata

I love the Food Network.

I find so many recipes that I remake to be a little bit healthier.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to stay away from butter. Organic butter in moderation is good for you. If you have never tried it, you will love it. Just the feel and taste of it is amazing. You will never go back to the fake butter ever!

Tonight I took out some chicken and thought I would make up some chicken piccata for the boys and I for dinner.

Here is my favorite recipe for that dish. Hope you enjoy it as we do.

* 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, butterflied and then cut in half
* garlic powder and freshly ground black pepper
* All-purpose flour, for dredging
* 6 tablespoons organic unsalted butter
* 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
* 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
* 1/2 cup chicken stock
* 1/4 cup brine capers, rinsed
* 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped


Season chicken with garlic powder and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess.

In a large skillet over medium high heat, melt 2 tablespoons of organic butter with 3 tablespoons olive oil.

When butter and oil start to sizzle, add 2 pieces of chicken and cook for 3 minutes.

When chicken is browned, flip and cook other side for 3 minutes.

Remove and transfer to plate lined with paper towels.

Melt 2 more tablespoons butter and add another 2 tablespoons olive oil.

When butter and oil start to sizzle, add the other 2 pieces of chicken and brown both sides in same manner.

Remove pan from heat and add chicken to the plate.

Into the pan add the lemon juice, stock and capers.

Return to stove and bring to boil, scraping up brown bits from the pan for extra flavor.

Check for seasoning.

Return all the chicken to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.

Remove chicken to platter.

Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to sauce and whisk vigorously.

Pour sauce over chicken and garnish with parsley.

I'll be serving this with wild rice and broccoli.

**Healthier version**

Just take the chicken breast, slice it in half length wise. Season and bake. You can make a great lemon sauce with just the following ingredients:

* 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
* 1/2 cup chicken stock
* 1/4 cup brine capers, rinsed
* 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
* 3 tablespoons organic butter

Bring to a boil and pour over baked chicken.

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I always love my dear friend Stephanies creations.

Valentines Goody Thoughts

So it's almost Valentines Day and I started to think of cupcakes I could make for my friends at work. I wanted to make something out of the norm for me and thought I could make a dark chocolate cupcake filled with either chocolate ganache or a raspberry fluff filling. I was thinking, "Ok, that is boring", so I decided to make a raspberry chipotle butter cream to top that delish dark chocolate cupcake.

I am going to start playing around with royal icing so while out on our walk around town, I stopped by our local candy store, Robitailles to pick up some Valentines candies and some of their famous mints. I'll be decorating the mints to top my cupcakes. Should turn out really great.

Please stay tuned for the finished project and recipes.

Happy Love Month

Aint Yo Mamas Salsa

I was on the hunt for another dip to make for the Big Game tomorrow. I have the hummus all ready to go and now I found this great recipe at Food.com


1 (6 ounce) can chopped green olives
1 (8 ounce) can chopped green chilies
1 (6 ounce) can chopped black olives
2 small onion, chopped fine
2 large chopped tomato
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons garlic salt
2 to taste corn chips

Mix all ingredients (except corn chips) in a bowl and chill in refrigerator for at least one hour. Serve with corn chips.

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I'm a sucker for ideas on how to lose weight. I've bought almost ever work out equipment to have it just sit there because I'm not into, but I can work out at the gym and have a different attitude about it LOL

I watched the Rachel Ray talk show that I had taped today and they had, The Carb Lovers Diet, on her show and had a woman who tried it out for 6 months. She wasn't that heavy to begin with but you could see a difference and she had lost 40lbs. If I can only lose that much, I would be excited.

I was thinking to my self, 6 months isn't a long time, I could eat like that and still continue to work out at the gym and swim like I have been. I've already seen a difference in the inches on my body and losing some weight so how could this hurt?

I went to Amazon.com and ordered up my copy of the diet book and will start as soon as it arrives. I will probably stalk the UPS man the day it arrives since he delivers to my office before my house LOL

I'll be making a monthly blog of my 6 month journey to see how it goes. I have to have a bikini beach body by June 2012 because our whole family is having a vacation in Puerto Vallarta so I must be ready. I'm giving my self plenty of time to get in shape.

Stay tuned