yummy treats......

o.k. as you may have noticed i like food, cooking it, eating it, smelling it....... it's all good. Well i did a whole lot of talking about yummy healthy food not too long ago and it is time that i start eating, finding, and sharing some of this healthy food i was talking about. I have done a whole lot of eating of bad for you treats over the past week or so and now is the time i start a turn around with my food choices.

Hear is one yummy snack that i have always enjoyed and it is pretty good for you. It has protein, fiber, vitamins, low in sodium and calories.

green apples with peanut butter dip

peanut butter
cream cheese ( you can use reduced fat if you want fewer calories)
brown sugar

mix together equal parts of peanut butter and cream cheese;
mix in a tea spoon of brown sugar for every cup of dip you make; you can put more or less to adjust the sweetness of the dip, i tend to put less.

slice up your apples ( with the skin on is better ) This goes really well with green apples but you can use any variety of apple that you like they all taste good.

I think that i will be sharing this treat with my friends!!

I am planning on putting up more recipes for different things as i find them. It won't be just snacks i will put up other types of recipes too.

Happy eating!!

yup, i'm talking about food again.....

this is the season of food! as I sit here writing this i can smell the turkey pot pie that my mom is making from scratch from the leftovers mmmmmmm

as you can tell i love good food. The challenge this year is to not over do it and to focus on eating things that aren't really bad for me and to not gorge myself with sweets. since i do enjoy eating healthy things it shouldn't be too hard to find stuff that is good for me when i go out, the problem is once i get a taste of something that is bad for me i want to eat all of it!

so this is my mission: to find recipes for yummy things that are either healthy or not bad for me ( low calories, fat, high nutrients ) there are a lot of really yummy things to be found if only we take the time to look and taste. Later today i plan on making tomato soup from scratch, mmmmmm oh how good that will taste with a nice piece of bread mmmmm o.k enough of that i should go before i go into a food comma!

good choices

well i have decided that i need to start making good choices about what i eat. i am in a few high risk groups for things like diabetes and heart Diseases. i have tried a couple of times over the past several months to be more mindful about my eating but i didn't do so well. I heard about a web site called http://www.calorieking.com/ and thought i would check it out. It is a really cool web site you type in what you have eaten for the day and it adds up all of the calories and nutrients for you, you set goals for yourself, keep track of exercise. there are forums, blogs, food databases, resources, you get daily tips and advice. They will even generate a bar graph of calories, minerals, and nutrients that you have consumed if you want. for the time being i am really have a good time looking up stuff and seeing what i am taking in using this site. They have a 7 day free trial and it only cost $50.00 dollars for the whole year. Unlike other diets this site doesn't tell you to omit certain food groups it is based on the food pyramid and it just guides you in the right direction. I am hopeful that i will be able to stick with this long enough to get in the swing of things.