Menu Plan Monday

I am finishing up my advocare cleanse this week, and this time around (my 3rd time) doing the cleanse has been by far the easiest. I am down a few pounds, and feeling really great. I love doing the cleanse so much, it’s amazing how well it makes me feel and cuts the junk out […]
Greek Yogurt Cheesecake

I have completed my first Crazy Cooking Challenge, hosted by Tina at Mom’s crazy cooking. What is the crazy cooking challenge, you ask? Well, it is a large group of bloggers who are given a cooking assignment, this month’s assignment was cheesecake, then we have to find a recipe from another blogger we’d like to try, bake […]
Menu Plan Monday

This week I am starting the Advocare Cleanse again! I am super excited to start, I’ve had such great success and feel so good when I am cleansing I look forward to it every 3 months. I am hoping to lose another 5-10lbs like I have in the past. For more information about the cleanse […]
Chip and Dip Patties

Need a quick easy dinner recipe idea, that your family will gobble up? I found this in the Rachael ray magazine and knew we would really enjoy it, plus I had all the ingredients already, I just love that about a recipe. This one only has 5 ingredients! It’s filling, healthy and a fun recipe […]
Menu Plan Monday

I am on a crafty/painting kick, it started off with the chalkboard signs and now has morphed into big projects. I am going to start this week on painting and distressing my living room coffee and side tables. I can’t wait to start on the project I just have to decide on paint colors first. […]
Chalkboard Signs

I’ve been so lazy about blogging this summer, there is just too much fun things to do. Like why not make some cute chalkboard signs to hang in the kitchen. I found this idea on pinterest and couldn’t get it out of my head. So I headed for the dollar for cheap platters and signs […]
Menu Plan Monday

Summer is no excuse to jump off the menu planning bandwagon, I am still planning our meals, even if they don’t work out exactly as planned (busy summer) it’s still a major time saver to have meals ready to be prepared. I am doing the 30 day shred videos and running a couple of times a […]
Red Velvet Cupcakes w/ Mascarpone Icing

*If you like recipes like these be sure to stop by my new E-cookbook E-licious and use code CAKES50 to get the book 50% off ,making it only $2.50 for over 45 recipes! This recipe is not new to my blog or me, in fact I posted in back in February of 2009. Yes, I’ve […]
Menu Plan Monday

This summer has been a busy one so far and I must admit it was nice to take a little blogging break. We are having some of my favoirte summer time dishes this week. I am lightening them up a bit too. I haven’t written about my diet and exercise lately, but I am still […]
Welcome Baby Claire

So happy to share that my newest niece baby Claire came into this world on July 2nd. She is a perfect little amount of sweet, cuteness and perfection. not that I am biased or anything Her proud big sister Samantha- the first time holding her, just look at that smile. The boys enjoy patting her […]
