Banana Ice Cream
  This treat is amazing, if you like bananas.  There’s only three ingredients and it only takes a few minutes…but it tastes so good. Slice 4 ripe bananas onto a cookie sheet lined with a silicone baking sheet (or wax paper.) …

Emergency Snacking
There’s a time of day when the 4 year old should have had a nap, but now if you lay him down he won’t sleep tonight.  It’s the time of day when he sees his sister’s chocolate protein bars that are…

New Food Budget Recommendations
Did you know that when the government calculates the rate of inflation commodities like food and gasoline aren’t included?  According to this site inflation rates for 2011 were 3%.  My food and gasoline went up a lot higher than that. Take…

Fruitful Saturday
Saturday was wonderful!  My mother came over and helped with the baby so I could paint.  I painted Heidi’s second closet, her trim, and the boy’s bathroom.  This gets us a step closer to a functioning house!  When we take…

Protein Cookie Dough Balls
I love to eat cookie dough.  I’m not afraid of raw eggs, but if you are–just leave them out of your favorite recipe and you’ll have edible dough.  The drawback is there’s tons of calories in the form of fat…

Strawberry Spinach Salad
Here’s my lunch today–and it was even tastier than it looks.  And talk about healthy! Strawberry Spinach Salad–Serves 1 2 cups spinach leaves 4 oz sliced fresh strawberries 4 oz grilled chicken breast, sliced (I throw mine on the Foreman…

A Yummy Green Smoothie
Yes, I’m drinking my smoothie from a Cottage Cheese carton.  All of our glasses are too small to hold an entire smoothie, so this was my solution ;p. I found this recipe via pinterest and traveled to the blog to…