Blast from the Past

by | Jan 18, 2009 | Dinner, Lunch, Recipes

When I was younger, we used to always have broccoli soup in the winter.  It was a favorite of ours, but we have not had it in forever.  So when my parents decided to come down for the night, I thought it would be fun to have broccoli soup with our pizza!  It was -10...

Brady's Request: Healthy Chicken Alfredo

by | Jan 16, 2009 | Dinner, Recipes

Since I had the day off  yesterday,  I wanted to make a really good healthy dinner. I emailed Brady to see if he had any ideas and he did! His request (quoted from his email) “Can you make chicken alfredo with broccoli healthy?”. Can I make something...

Blizzard and the Burn

by | Jan 15, 2009 | Dinner, Recipes

It’s snowing in Columbus! We got out of school a little early and tutoring was canceled, so I headed home to get my workout over with. I ran to the gym and did the following: Stepmill – 30 min (220 kcal) Interval program on level 8 and 9 Treadmill –...

Dinner for neighbors: One Dish Mexican Meal

by | Jan 14, 2009 | Dinner, Recipes

It is so nice to know that our neighbors are such caring and kind people.  When a neighboring family recently lost a loved one, everyone got together and came up with meals for the family for a while.  Last night was our night to make dinner.  People had signed up for...

More Than Shrimp Cocktail

by | Jan 13, 2009 | Dinner, Recipes

Last night, I was all set to make shrimp stir-fried brown rice.  I had the bean sprouts in the pan, the mushrooms ready and I went to grab the water chesnuts to toss in…only there were NO water chesnuts to be found in our house!  I was pretty upset by this...

Giving Indian a Try

by | Jan 13, 2009 | Dinner

So, I had never had Indian food…until this weekend!  I have been eying the easy Indian food at Trader Joes for a while (does this count as real Indian food?) and so I decided to give it a try.  I picked out the traditional roasted vegetables in a spicy red...