My newest obsession

Taste of Home Healthy Cooking magazine.... I am officially obsessed! I got a free trial and received my first issue the other day. As usual it got tossed in a pile with the rest of the catalogs and magazines that I say I'll eventually read!

Then today I decided to go through the pile and actually look at some of them. Most were girlie fashion magazines (which are so not me), but then I flipped through the Healthy Cooking mag and was instantly impressed!

Usually magazines with "healthy" recipes are just not for me. The recipes are normally too fancy or they take all day to make. So I figured I would just tear out the recipes I liked and put them on my computer. Next thing I knew I had half the magazine tore out! Then I checked out their website and realized that with your subscription you get complete access to every back issue online!

I have been sitting here for over an hour now copying and pasting recipes into my recipe database. I recommend that anyone looking for some yummy recipes that are good for you go to their site. They offer a free issue for new subscribers... Check it out!

Some family fun giveaways!

So, I get online this morning to check out my google reader, and what do I see???? Just 2 GREAT giveaways!

Fiesty, Frugal, and Fabulous is giving away "To Squarepants or Not to Squarepants", the newest addition to the Spongebob Squarepants DVD collection.



There is also a giveaway for "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Kai-lan’s Great Trip To China!" on DVD!



Both of these shows are awesome, for your kids, and yourself!

Some more family pictures

Since I'm here I might as well post some more pictures of my family :) I never really share much about them!

These are of my daughter.

This is my gorgeous future step-daughter.



My wonderful fiance!



And last but not least... me!

Is that a group of clowns?

Nope... it's just the silliness that goes on in my house! My kiddo has a clown nose and thought it would be cute for us to take some silly pics :D

Here's my fiance in all his clown glory



And myself of course!


The kiddo! She was such a sad clown!



Even Cookie Monster had to get in on the action!

Great post! A must read!

I subscribe to a blog called "I'm living proof that god has a sense of humor". It is one of the best and funniest blogs I read on a regular basis. One of her most recent posts, titled "Memo to the bosses..." is freakin hilarious! Stop on by her blog and check it out... I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Give away mania!!!!!!!!!

I slacked on reading all the blogs i subscribe to, for about a week! When I came back I realized just how behind i was! There are so many give aways going on right now! I thought I would take the time to post some on here...

These are from one of my favorite blogs Feisty, Fugal, and Fabulous!
If you love contest and give-aways then this is the blog for you! Here's a few of the ones they have going on right now:


1 lucky reader is going to win a $30 gift certificate for Enchanted Sayings. They have the sweetest vinyl decals for your walls. Just click here to enter!

New Jammies is a site which sells Children's PJ's that are completely organic!!! New Jammies is offering 2 prizes for FFF readers! 1 reader is going to win an Apples Short Set and 1 reader is going to win a Tangerine Short Set in the size of their choice! Click here to enter!


There are lots more give aways at FFF, stop by and see for yourself!

The cutest fruit ever!

you have to check this out! Fruit and Veggie Art!

Do your part to stop excessive plastic use!

As I've mentioned before, we're trying to go as green as possible in our house. With money being tight it makes it a little hard sometimes.

Our kiddos are always dragging us into Petco to look around. Well the last time we were in there we noticed that you could take an empty kitty litter container in there and refill it!!!! So when we ran out of litter this week we decided to take it there and try it out, see how much it would cost us. Well lo and behold it ended up only being about $7-$8 to refill our 16lb tub!

Some yummy recipies I tried :)

So I had posted my meal plan on here the other day....

Well a million things have came up and, of course, things have not went according to plan. BUT I did make the Stuffed Pizza Rolls (click the name to see the recipe). They we're very good. I don't think I added enough cheese, but that was my fault. I used regular pizza dough, only because Kroger didn't have thin crust. It was a little too much bread for my taste, so I would recommend using thin crust.

Then today I made a yummy Baby Red Potato Salad. Now usually I'm not a potato salad person, at all, but this was very good. It had a nice little tang to it, and a strong onion taste (which I like). I didn't boil my potatoes though. I used the Ziploc Steam Bags for the microwave. Turned out perfect! The best part.... it's only 108 calories (or 2 ww points)!!!!! Here's the recipe:


Baby Red Potato Salad
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 6 • Size: 3/4 cups • Time: 15 minutes • Calories: 108 • Points: 2 ww points

• 4 cups baby red potatoes, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, finely diced
• 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
• 3 scallions, diced
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp reduced fat mayonnaise
• salt and fresh pepper

Boil potatoes in salted water until soft, approx 10 minutes. Drain and let cool.

While the potatoes are boiling, combine red onion, green pepper, mustard, olive oil, vinegar and mayonnaise and season with salt and pepper. Mix well and let the flavors marinade while the potatoes cook. Once the potatoes are done and cool, mix into the bowl and add scallions and additional salt and pepper to taste. Serve room temperature or refrigerate until ready to serve.