Frozen Yogurt

We are celebrating my 3y birthday this week so I bought Chocolate Frozen Yogurt. It was the Kroger brand and it was good. There was only 100 calories per 1/2 cup. Some of my favorite ice cream is 250-350 calories for 1/2 cup. I am happy. Now when I want ice cream I will not make my pregnant belly any bigger with frozen yogurt!

Banana Meatloaf

I thought that I should mention my sojourn into disaster last week. I found a recipe for Banana Meatloaf. I thought wow that is really good on calories and if I sub out ground beef for ground turkey it will be really great. Remember that I am pregnant and a crazy cook.

Danny came home and I gave him the meatloaf. He asked," Do you smell that? It smells like fruit."

He took a bite. "I smell banana." I told him that it was banana meatloaf. That was the last bite he took. I smelled like banana bread, but tasted like meatloaf. My banana may have been too ripe.

On the tally the girls liked the meatloaf, Danny hated it, and I was undecided until that night when I was brushing my thought about the meatloaf then threw it up. I am now against it. I am not even going to post a link to where I got it from because it is not worth it. Fruit and meatloaf should not be combined!

No Sugar Grape Jelly

I made homemade Jelly for the first time in December 2009. I added something like 6 cups of grape juice and 5 cups of sugar. It was really good but tons of sugar. Today I tried the No sugar needed pectin. I just used 4 cups of juice and the pectin. It is very sour. I am not sure if Danny is going to like it. I will have to keep trying to find a recipe that does not have so much sugar but just enough to not be sour. We haven't tried it out on a peanut butter and sandwich yet. It my still be good there!

Italian Chicken Revised

My mom likes to make Italian Chicken by marinating chicken breasts in bottled Italian dressing. Yesterday I had a craving for it. My only problem was that I didn't have any in the fridge. I got creative and made up my own way with a healthier result.

1 package dry Italian seasoning

1/2 cup olive oil

1/2 cup water

chicken cut up in strips

I started to make the dry package up of Italian seasoning when I realized that I didn't have the vinegar that the package called for. So I sub it out with water. Then marinated the chicken in the fridge for about a half hour. I cooked it in a 9x9 inch foil tin or just line the bottom of the pan with foil. Bake at 350 F for 30-40 mins.

The chicken is really tender and tasty! I served mine with corn and mashed potatoes. (The whole dinner is off what I was craving!!)

Everyone liked it and ate everything. Sucess!

Ground Turkey Meat

I really thought I would be a better blogger. But the pregnancy has made me so nausea that I have had a hard time even eating dinner let alone cooking it. I am starting to feel better so I feel that I can start to talk about food again. The easiest replacement meat that we have made is switching ground beef to ground turkey. The only difference is it is less greasy and better for you. Smiths sells their brand for $2.49 a package. I haven't had any complaints about it. I am sure that kids or husbands would not even know. (the same is true for turkey burgers.) Switch the meat, feed them, then ask if they liked it! Good luck!

We still eat

I thought that I would let the family know that we still eat everyday. We just are using the same things that I have already found. Our favorite is the turkey burgers on the sandwich thins they are so yummy. We are re-trying the salmon soon. But today I must confess to making Grandma Lou's Clam Chowder. It has 1/2 and 1/2 in it. I am sure that there are healthy recipes out there, but why mess with the best!