February 8th, 2010
Pounds lost in Week 35: -2.2 pound
Total weight lost so far : 23.8 pounds
OK, I’m so with my dear friend Chris when I say WTF? Ok, yes – I went out for Valentine’s Day dinner a bit early this weekend. Yes, we had dessert. Yes, we visited Crumbs bakery afterwards and sampled. But, I did not eat 2.2 pounds of fat this weekend. Oh, did I mention it is that horrible time of the month? Can PMS add 2.2 pounds to my ass? I guess we’ll find out next Monday. More likely it was this:
Cupcakes from Crumbs
Crumbs, one of the more famous New York City bakeries, just opened a location not far from me. Like any good food blog reader, I had to check it out and do some tasting. I purchased 5 cupcakes and 1 cookie to the tune of $22. Yes, $22. And I totally regret it. 1) the cupcakes were nothing special. 2) I gained 2.2 pounds this week. We tried the coconut, the caramel apple, the cappuccino, the tiramisu and the red velvet cupcakes. The coconut cupcake was a yellow cake with plain white frosting and coconut on top. You could barely taste the coconut. The caramel apple was the best of the 5. The cake was very spicy, there was an apple pie-like filling in the middle, and it was drizzled with caramel. I’m not a frosting person, but the frosting on the cappuccino was great. Like drinking some sugar with your coffee. The tiramisu was ok. It tasted like tiramisu minus the strong coffee flavor. The red velvet, by far, was the most disappointing. The cake itself was good, however, the frosting was plain and white. Cardinal sin #1 on a red velvet cake is too leave off the cream cheese icing. And thus ended my disappointment….well almost…..right until I got on the scale today. Needless to say, I’m done with Crumbs. I have made my first and last visit there. $22 worth of mediocre cupcakes was SO NOT worth the 2.2 pounds. Were was Kate Moss when I needed her???
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February 5th, 2010
We’ve been on the mad hunt for the new Superhero Squad figures and as a result, we are visiting every Target in the state of NJ…ok – not every Target in NJ – just the ones in Union County. Last night, we hit up another Target where unfortunately there were no new Superhero Squad figures, but there were Valentine’s to be purchased! CheezWaster has been quite eager to pick out his Valentine’s Day gift for “his best girl” at nursery school. Below is what he picked out: a stuffed hippo that says “I’m Hip On You” on the box of heart candies, a Princess Chocolate box that says, “Valentine, You’re Enchanting”, and the Cupcake Sweet Bag. I suggested a plain red bag with hearts, but CheezWaster just loved this one with the cupcakes! I also picked out the Sandra Boynton card. It was one of the least sappy kids cards I could find. Doesn’t anyone make cute crush cards for the nursery school set? Hallmark – you need to get on that ASAP! You are totally missing out on major market share here!
V-day Gift for his Best Girl
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February 4th, 2010
Last week, CheezWaster was at the store with my mom when he suddenly put a pillow into the cart. The pillow had lots of hearts on it and said I love you. My mom asked what he was doing and he said he wanted to get it for mommy. SO CUTE! Of course, my mom let him and he couldn’t even wait until Valentine’s Day to give it to me. He gave it to me right that night.
Yesterday, while making out his Valentine cards for nursery school, CheezWaster told me that he wanted to give something special to one girl in his class. He said she was “his best girl”. My little boy has a BEST GIRL! My heart all but melted. It was so cute how he said it with such a big smile!
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February 2nd, 2010
Pounds lost in Week 34: .8 pound
Total weight lost so far : 26 pounds
When I texted my husband to tell him that I lost weight this week, he responded “How did you manage that?” – to which I responded, “Hell, if I know.” This weekend was CheezWaster’s birthday and while I did a fair amount of going up and down the stairs at our church hall doing set up, I still ate cake and brownies and pizza…..and the list of crap food goes on. I did try and plan for it by saving up points as I knew I was already in the hole with my pound gain from last week and it looks like it paid off. I’m still down .2 from my original low weight, but now that the holidays and all of the birthdays are over, I’m vowing to see the numbers 27 and 28 and well, you know.
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January 28th, 2010
This past weekend, I gifted my sister-in-law and brother-in-law with a meal since they just brought home their new baby boy. I wanted to give them something that would microwave well, freeze well, be healthy and taste good. Then my power went out (for 4+ hours!). So, I headed over to my parents’ house to borrow their kitchen where I made 2 pots (one for us and one for them) of Pumpkin Chicken Chowder. While I don’t have any pictures, I did want to share this recipe, as 1) it is a sneaky way to get your kids to eat vegetables (yeah pumpkin!) and 2) it is a nice alternative or addition to Chili (superbowl is coming!) and 3) it is quick and you can make it all in one pot. I’ve taken some liberties in altering the recipe slightly and have listed my changed in parentheses below.
PUMPKIN CHICKEN CHOWDER
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
8 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 1/2 cups warm water (I substitute Chicken Broth for this and DO NOT add the boullion cubes)
1 can (15 ounces) LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
1/2 cup whole-kernel corn (I use a mixed vegetable pack that includes corn, carrots, peas, green beans and lima beans)
1/4 cup long-grain white rice (I usually add a bit more as I like my chowder THICK – 1/2 cup)
4 MAGGI Vegetarian Vegetable Flavor Bouillon Cubes (DO NOT ADD)
1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
I also add about a 1/2 teaspoon of salt – though this is just my taste.
Directions
HEAT oil in large pot over medium heat. Add chicken, onion, bell pepper and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink.
STIR in chicken broth, pumpkin, corn, rice, basil and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
ENJOY!
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