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I run my own business by day and a wife and a wanna be cook by night. Not only do I love trying new things but also learning techniques. Cooking some of my favorite foods healthier and faster to is my goal.
I do not do well with dairy, don't like tomatoes and don't eat beef or pork. I cook for one, two, and whole parties up to 200. If it's not husband approved, it's not going on here and he's even pickier than me. I hope you enjoy my tips and recipes.
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1 8oz can Pineapple chucks
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp garlic
1 Tbsp parsley
1 lb chicken breast or thigh
1/2 green bell pepper
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 large onion
Drain pineapple juice into a bowl. Reserve the pineapple chunks. Add cumin, coriander, garlic, and parsley to the juice and mix. Marinade the chicken in the juice mix. Go to work… Come home. Chop up the peppers and onions into thick strips or rings. Spray a baking pan and place the veggies in the bottom of the pan. Remove the chicken from the marinade and place the chicken on top of the veggies. Place chunks of pineapple on top of the chicken. Bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes until the chicken is white all the way through when you cut it.
Serve as is or with rice!
Veggie options:
Green beans with or instead of peppers
add cherry tomatoes
Chai Cupcakes (Taken with instagram)
1 1/4 c flour
1 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
pinch of cloves
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp vinegar
2 Chai tea bags
1 c water
Put water in the microwave and heat for about 2 minutes. Once the water is really hot, place the tea bags in the water and set aside - let it set for about 10 minutes. Pre-heat the oven 350. Mix the rest ingredients except the vinegar together. After the tea has steeped for about 10 minutes, removed the bags and drain them. Slowly add the tea water to the mixed ingredients until it gets to the right constancy. There should be some tea left over!! Lastly add the vinegar.
Pour the mix into 30-35 mini cupcake wrappers and bake 12-15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
The Chai Icing:
8 oz reduced fat cream cheese
2 1/2 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
Using a mixer, mix it all together slowly so you don’t end up in a cloud of sugar. Place the icing in a piping bag or sandwich bag and cut the corner and add as much icing as you like to your cupcakes. I personally only used half of the mixture and refrigerated the leftovers for another day!
These little yummy delights are less than 80 calories a serving!! Enjoy!!
Banana with a some chocolate syrup and caramel is a great way to end an evening with all the flavor and so much less guilt.
SkinnyGirl Cocktails are amazing. If you haven’t tried them, do so! Love them! Great price and great taste with less calories than your normal mixed drink.
If you can’t drink alcohol but still crave a cocktail (like right now, because work is stressing me), why not make a virgin! Take your favorite juice (100% juice) and mix it with Club Soda. It’s so much better for you than regular soda or other sugary drinks. I can drink 3/4 club soda, 1/4 juice, but if you aren’t used to it, use more juice and less soda.
And go ahead and put it in a fun glass! Use your hurricane glass or martini glass.
I’m craving candy, so I put my box of candy across the room. To eat the candy, I must remove the pile of papers from my lap, walk across the room, return to couch then eat the piece. Repeat if I still have the urge - which I do, so up I go…
With the warm weather approaching (not that it ever got that cold) I am ready to plant my first garden. So far I’ve created seedlings of lettuce, red lettuce, green beans, broccoli, and tomatoes (yes, I know we don’t like tomatoes, but we like tomato sauce - texture and flavor is completely different.)
Using Pinterest, I found many great articles in how to start gardening including one using empty toiletpaper rolls. Start the seedlings in the tp roll. It recycles the paper and saves you money!!
My plan is to able to have enough to can and freeze veggies until next season. In another week or two, I will grow peppers, squash and watermelon (my husband’s favorite treat).
