Sugar Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups #NSNG
Sugar free chocolate that actually tastes good? Yes, it’s possible! And you can do it at home! I adapted this from a recipe I saw for “fat bombs” on a Facebook page for Vinnie Tortorich’s No Sugar No Grain (NSNG) followers. I’m not 100% NSNG. Probably not even 80%. But a healthier chocolate peanut butter […]
Instant Fashionista: Take Your Look from Blah to Awe with 7 Fashion Tips
I am not one of those ladies who can’t leave the house without a full face of makeup and elaborate hairstyle. In fact, I’m feeling good if I’m wearing undergarments on most outings! Once in a while, I find myself in a situation where I wish I would have taken the time to dress better, […]
Giving thanks for health, fitness and food finds!
Men are in my garage putting together a new treadmill at this very moment. My daughter was so excited she didn’t sleep last night. The new addition to our healthy lifestyle strides has made me give thanks for other health, fitness and food finds this morning. Here are my top ten. 1. Good shoes. I […]
Fall in Florida…Still Flip Flop Weather!
I love Fall in Florida. Of course, it takes way longer to get to us than other parts of the country. Many of you are already snuggled up in sweaters and boots. We’re still sweating in flip flops, tank tops and shorts. And we probably will be for another few months. We rejoice and […]
Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” Stuck In My Head
Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” has been stuck in my head since TWO friends sent me the YouTube link in the last few days. Oh, how I needed this song. My daughter’s anxiety is through the roof with the new school year in progress (yet we aren’t sure what we’re going to do about […]
No Sugar No Grain Peach Cobbler Waffles Recipe
I got a new waffle iron yesterday! I was inspired to seek one out after seeing a recipe for no sugar no grain waffles at Satisfying Eats. I’ve had a couple cheap irons in the past, but they were so hard to clean and made such terrible product that I threw them out after just […]
Grain Free Cauliflower Risotto Recipe
My husband is the pickiest eater I’ve ever met by far. And I was both a nanny and preschool teacher for many years, so that’s really saying something! He loves to watch cooking competition shows, though. We watched Luca make cauliflower risotto on “Next Food Network Star” recently for a family on Rachael Ray’s daytime […]
Healthy Eating Tips for Chinese Take Out or Buffet
This is a guest post from Mandy Robinson. Mandy has her own website According2Mandy.com. She shares the best in entertainment news, reality spoilers and celeb gossip on her site. When you are dieting, sometimes it is hard to give up everything you love. Chinese food is one of those things that some people don’t want […]
Making cupcake history and eating bacon ice cream at PGA Resort…
PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida invited me to their Sweet Treats Weekend. I loaded my 13-year-old daughter up in the car and we took a little road trip for some sugary mother daughter bonding. What’s not to love about a weekend of cupcakes and ice cream? (The fun actually started […]
I met Khloe Kardashian: My take on the baby bump
I met Khloe Kardashian at the BlogHer conference last month. Those of us who waited in line to meet the reality TV star were looked down upon by many of those who didn’t. I had a post about adoption featured on BlogHer.com not long before the conference. It was about my daughter getting comfort […]
BlogHer 2014 saved my blog!
I’d made up my mind to let this blog go. Building something that is read takes time, commitment and hard work. I didn’t think I had it to give and was frustrated by how slowly I’ve been gaining readers. Then I went to the BlogHer conference (because I do other blogging) and got inspired […]
#Selfiebration : Selfies from a plus size, freckly mom with a bad camera
I saw someone post a rant on Facebook about selfies the other day. She said she’s sick of people showing off their cleavage and exposing their double chins. She accused people who post selfies of being vain and attention seekers. I quietly kept reading. I didn’t respond or stick up for people who post photos […]
Pickles at the ocean and other beach food
I live in Florida and have my entire life. I have never gotten used to the heat, but snow has zero appeal to me, so I’ll stay put. Since school is out and I work from home (as my own boss, thus with a flexible schedule), we’ve been hitting the beach most days. We’ve been […]
Super easy pasta dinner – Spaghetti with kielbasa
I made a super easy pasta dinner the other night. It was one of those throw random odds and ends in a skillet and hope it works out kind of nights. This is spaghetti with kielbasa and veggies. We used gluten free spaghetti because we happened to have some on hand from one of my […]
Farmer’s Market Finds
Look at these beauties I scored at the Farmer’s market Saturday! My taste buds are happy this week! Don’t forget to enter the contest to win a case of Cascade Ice sparkling water! The contest ends today.
Food conference: #BlogHerFood Miami
I was invited to attend the BogHer Food conference in Miami for free this weekend as a volunteer I brought along my daughter and her BFF. The girls are both 13. We also brought our 2-year-old rescue terrier mix, Ellie. I spent the morning playing the Will Smith Miami song over and over on YouTube […]
Who says you can’t do a 5K if you’re fat?!
Guess what? You can totally do a 5K if you’re fat. I did! I weighed well over 300 pounds – closer to 350. I was excited because I finished in under an hour – and that I wasn’t dead last (though I was really close). This October will be five years since I did that […]
Vinnie Tortorich is right: “F*ck Quinoa!”
Vinnie Tortorich, author of “Fitness Confidential,” has given me great advice about weight loss. He’s also fed me some fun quotes on celebrity gossip for articles (“Apparently Bob Harper isn’t man enough to speak out on his own, so he’s hiding behind Jillian Michaels, as she hides behind the mommy skirt of NBC.”) He is the […]
Mouth on fire from hot peppers? Here’s what to do.
My daughter, her best friend and I learned about hot peppers this week. It wasn’t a fun experiment, though we are able to laugh about it now that burning has stopped. The girls each picked a pepper at the produce market. They wanted to use them in chili. I didn’t think anything of it. They […]
Healthy eating: How to cook oatmeal in a skillet
Yup, this is a “how to cook oatmeal post.” This method has changed breakfast in our home. It’s a simple trick, but makes a big difference. My daughter and I love oatmeal. We eat it all year – even in Florida’s crazy hot summer. However, we only like it cooked on the stove. After trying […]
Fair food: From funnel cakes to deep fried oreos
The fair was in town recently. I took my daughter and her friends twice. I walked around checking out the people and food booths while they rode rides. Fair food is practically a food group onto itself – all fried! I saw deep fried: Oreos Chicken Corn dogs French fries (with or without cheese […]