Breakfast & Lunch

Happy Tuesday y'all! I can't believe February is knocking on our door already! January was a great month but went by entirely to fast! FFF hubby and I are well into our challenge and we are getting quite competitive! I started my workouts again with our Biggest Loser Game for the Wii and it is kicking my butt!!! How in the world I did so many push-ups in the Army is beyond me!!! Ok so I was younger and more in shape-but wowzers!!!

Aside from that I've been getting e-mails with questions from y'all and thought I'd answer one of the questions. One of them said "Okay, so we know what you do for dinner but what about the other meals?" Wonderful question!!! 

Cooking from Scratch (giveaway)

As you all know we are trying to live fast food free and it is doing wonders for our energy level as well as our waistlines and our bank accounts! For years I've had a cookbook sitting on my counter looking all pretty and decorative because, really, who needs cookbooks these days anyways? I mean all the convenient food options we have why do we need to cook from scratch? Before we started this journey I had cooked very few things from scratch and when I did I measured everything so carefully. My mom and my mother in law have both taught me a thing or two about cooking...I learned how to make tortillas from scratch from my MIL and my mom always has fresh bread baking and makes some of the best spaghetti sauce from scratch. I figured if they could cook from scratch so could I. Except it isn't as easy  as they make it look. You have to have a basic recipe to follow and thanks to them and my cookbook sitting there all pretty like I have been able to venture out on my own and make tons of yummy things...from scratch...on my own...and they taste delicious!!!!!

Things I Learned This Week (Linky Edition)

It's the end of another week y'all so that means it's time to see what I've learned over the past 7 days! When you're done reading laughing be sure to add a link to your post so we can see what you've learned as well!

• You can use your crock pot in the oven
• If you're crockpot lid has a plastic handle it SHOULD NOT go into the oven-we now have a crock pot lid with no handle.
• Melted crockpot handles are a fabulous thing to lil' girls! Sassy Sis now has a Red lumpy jewel!
• I can do cute hairstyle on the girls without it taking a ton of time! Thanks goes to Princess Hairstyles!
•  Moose is now picky about the candy and treats he eats and is not much into chocolate anymore...does that mean he's growing up?
• When we plan an outing with friends we can bet on FFF hubby having to work so we end up canceling said outing :(
• Plastic handled crock pot lids SHOULD NOT be placed in oven on crockpot!!! Oh-wait...I said that! You think I would've known!!! 
• Even at the ripe ol' age of 31 I can have a blonde moment!!!

Like I said when you get done laughing be sure to link up! 

Blessings 

  Becky

Stuff and Things

Hey y'all! I hope you are enjoying your Friday! As y'all know FFF Hubby and I are in a contest and so far so good! I'm back on track loosing weight and I'm going to win this!!! And y'all also know today is Nacho Friday in our house! I've been trying to figure out how to do this now that we're having 500 calorie dinners. I love my nachos and don't want to give them up and it's one of Moose's favorite dinners so here's the plan~the kids will have nachos and FFF hubby and I will enjoy eat a taco salad. Humph :( Of course I'm sure a nacho will somehow wind up in my mouth...seeing as how they're drawn to me by some unknown force! Kinda like those Hershey's Hugs last night...

Country Lemon Chicken

It's almost the weekend! Woo-Hoo!!! But that's not what I'm here for today! Today I want to share with you another 500 calorie dinner! I must say I am shocked by how amazing delicious these dinners are and what's even more amazing is my family eating them...vegetables and all!!!  Are you ready for it? You know you've been waiting on edge since I posted about it on FaceBook Tuesday night!! Well wait no more!!! I present to you the recipe for Country Lemon Chicken, steamed broccoli, and roasted garlic red skin mashed potatoes! 

Wordless Wednesday

Welcome to Wordless Wednesday! These days when Lil' Miss can't sleep well or wakes up at night we have 3 sleep positions...I know you've been there too!

500 Calorie Chicken Marsala Recipe

Happy Tuesday y'all!! I hope you are having a relaxing day! I know you have been anxiously awaiting the 500 calorie Chicken Marsala recipe so here it is! This is for 4 servings (although it fed all 5 of us since our girls are still small)!