Skinny Bitch Tuesday Club

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Hi everyone! Today is another recipe from the Skinny Bitch Cookbook.  For this round Michelle from Healthy Bites picked out the recipe for Breakfast Bake.  I was getting ready to make this for breakfast, but after re-reading the recipe I realized that this would be better as a dinner side dish then for breakfast. The original recipe [...]

Grilled Gypsy Peppers Stuffed with Tomatoes

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Hi Everyone, I first have to give you an apology!!  Besides the love of peanut butter, I also have a love for the combination of tomatoes and basil.  I love the combination so much that I’m growing it in my garden.  Speaking of garden, did you know if you plant basil next to your tomatoes, the flavor [...]

Spanish Quinoa / Holiday Blog Hop

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!!! I am just so excited to share with you today’s recipe!  But before I get to the recipe, I want to give a BIG FAT Thank you to Erin from Big Fat Baker!  Thanks to you and your Holiday Recipe Club my Chinese Chicken Salad with Sesame Dressing that I made for Buddhas Birthday made Foodbuzz’s top 9!  Woohoo!!  It’s you [...]

Chipotle Sweet Potato Salad

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Hi Everyone, How are you today!  I’m doing great!  I have a wonderful recipe for you, it’s a different spin to traditional potato salad.  The other day, I got some potatoes from the CSA and my Husband asked if could make him potato salad, you know the fatty kind, with a half a tub of full [...]

Honey Glazed Roasted Carrots

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Hi Everyone! Today was so beautiful here in Northern California that my friend and I finally got to take a walk to the Farmers Market on our lunch.  Not too much in season, but I did manage to pick up a great big bag of kiwi’s, I can’t wait for them to ripen so I can just [...]

Orange Brussels Sprouts

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Hi Everyone, First thing I must tell you is last week I was having a major blonde moment!  In my head I had my Peanut Butter Lovers Gift pack giveaway for last Sunday, March 4th, but I put the date on my blog for March 11th.  So with that, I am giving away another Peanut [...]

Chicken Piccata

Hi Everyone! We made it to Friday!  This Friday I have a dreaded Physical.  3 things I’m not looking forward to, BIG #1 I have to fast for 12 hours, my appointment isn’t till 10:45am, then I have to have the blood drawn afterwards.  OMG!  Poor little Jenny has to deal with me with no coffee [...]

BBQ Roasted Chicken

Hi Everyone, Well were one step closer to Friday!  Woohoo!  Plans for the weekend?  Not me as of yet!  Probably just some good old baking and batch cooking! The batch cooking has really come in handy for me, I love it!  It’s nice to grab a scoop of this, a scoop of that make a [...]

It’s not summer, but I have Summer Squash

Hi Everyone, Today is day 3 of positive attitude and all is going well in the world!  So far I have had 3 good days!  Hmmm, I wish I realized this a while ago.   At work today, which really made my day was I got to finally order a Keurig Coffee Maker!  I can’t [...]

Jalapeno Cheese Bread

1/31/12 – NOTE:  I edited the recipe from the original:  I changed it from 3/4 cup of milk to 1 cup of milk and 1/4 cup of picked jalapenos to 1/2 cup!  It was moist and perfect!!!  Calories went up by 2 calories. Hello, Well we made it half way through the week.  I must [...]