Weekly Recap

Hidi Ho Neighbors,

How are you on this glorious Sunday?  I have to tell you I’m pretty proud of myself, I have been sticking to my workouts and stuck to what I said, no blogging until I get my workouts in.  I got in 4 days this week of my Chalean Extreme Workout and boy do I feel it.  I like it because she does each exercise really slow, so you can feel the burn.  I actually can feel my arms toning up and I love it!!!

This weekend I had my work BBQ which was so much fun!  I look forward to it every year! This year we had wonderful Salmon on the grill, corn on the cob and lots of appetizers which I over did, big time!  I ate so much that I swear my stomach was going to explode, yet I had to have more.   I was totally full, then the chicken kabobs came off the grill and I said no thank you then they served it with homemade peanut sauce.  Ummm, PB, ok I’ll have one.  I couldn’t stop myself.  For dessert I had a wonderful apple pie crumble that my boss’s wife made. It tasted absolutely amazing!  I swear she should have her own cooking show or write a cookbook, she is a fabulous cook!!  Here’s a few pictures from the BBQ.

My two girls from the office, Andrea and Michelle. (Hi Ladies!)

Here’s me shooting a bow.  After seeing some of my co-workers shoot, it I’m kind of scared. I better be nicer to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adorable Ollie!  I love this dog, he’s so cute and well-behaved, well except that he went after the Blueberry Crumble Cake!  Who can blame him?  I’d do the same if I could!

I really wish I took a picture of all the food for you to see, but it’s to hard to take a picture when I was constantly filling my mouth with everything!!  The party was such a great time. I want to thank my boss and his wife for having this crazy group of people over to there home.  Speaking of crazy group of people. I was checking out the pictures from the party and I found a bunch of funny faces on my camera, some were kind of scary looking.  It seems some people were having fun with my camera when I wasn’t around.  I’d share them with you but I promised I wouldn’t!!

For this weeks recap:

I started out Monday with my newest coffee drink, Almond Joy Frappe.  This drink is fantastic and I had it about 4 times this week.  If you’re an Almond Joy fan you’ll love this drink!

Almond Joy Frappe

Tuesday – Smore’s Pancake Popover Wannabe’s – These little guys will satisfy any chocolate craving you may have!  I love them and I love that there guilt-free!

Wednesday – Grilled Zucchini Pizza’s – This was a huge hit for me this week.  It seems a lot of people like their pizza!  These tasted fantastic, are easy to make and are completely healthy!!  My Husband who hates zucchini loved these and I asked him if can I make them again and he said yup!!  Yah!!

Thursday – Italian Grilled Shrimp Kabob’s – These were nice and quick to make, that paired well with the zucchini pizza.  My Husband loved them and he at 3/4’s of a pound of them.

Friday – Taco Burgers – I love these burgers, there easy to make and seem to be a real crowd pleaser. If you like taco’s you’ll be sure to love these burgers.

Saturday – California Chicken Sandwich – This is my favorite go to sandwich.  It’s healthy, hearty and loaded with lots of flavor.  This is great to make with leftover chicken.

Not only during the week do I like to create my own recipes but I also like to create some of yours.  There are so many talented bloggers out there that make so many wonderful recipes that I feel they deserve recognition too.  I honestly wish I had the time to make everyone’s recipes, but I can’t, but I do try.  I have so many recipes bookmarked that I want to try.  This week Baker Street made a fabulous M&M’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake that I just had to make.  I saw it and I knew I must make it immediately!!  Sure enough, that evening I did and let me tell you holy chocolate chips does it taste good!!!!  I made it for my Husband to take to work and everyday he has taken a slice.  He loved it and he loved the change-up for this weeks sweet treat! See normally I make him traditional chocolate chip cookies, but this week I thought why not make cake?  Cake is always good and it’s always a happy surprise when someone makes it for you.

I didn’t change the recipe at all, the only thing I did was use Peanut Butter M&M’s and used a Spring-form Cake Pan because I couldn’t find my round cake pans.  Other than that the recipe is the same.  If you’re a chocolate chip cookie fan you must make this cake.  No it’s not healthy, but it is so good and makes for a tasty treat!!  I crumbled some of it up and put it in my frozen yogurt.  Baker Street is a wonderful blog full of different kinds of bake goods.  Baker Street has step by step how to make bread, every Monday is Muffin Monday, which I love and throughout the week she throws in a surprise recipe, like this cake.  I love her blog and I highly recommend you check it out.  Speaking of checking out, look at how my cake turned out!!  Don’t you just want a slice?

Wow, this was a fun week, with my work BBQ, new recipe creations and cake, that I look forward to seeing what next week brings.  It’s birthday week, meaning I think everyday this week should be full of fun and surprises!!   So celebrate with me, and do something fun everyday!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend!!

Toodles,

Jen

P.S.

I can’t get enough of frozen yogurt I just had to share it with you again!  I have made this everyday, matter in fact I have one in the freezer right now!!  Yum!