I thought I would share a recipe with all of you FINALLY! Its been so long since I've came and blogged on my Food Blog. I think the past day I posted was March 19,2009 which is a year ago this friday. I've been trying my hardest to get back into blogging like I used to do. I really enjoy making new recipes. It's weird cause I never cooked until I got Married. I had to even learn alot of the basics. But, it is now something I really enjoy to do. I've always loved Cheesecake, in which should be sinful to eat I guess if you too much of anything it would be. However, any good cheesecake is just sinful.
 For over the last Year I've visited Mel's Box of Chocolates quite often. I really enjoy reading her blog. She not only talks about life as a Teacher but she talks about life as an everyday mom. In addition to her struggles with being healthy. She's Going to FitBloggin this year, and I wished I could afford to go!!! Maybe next year.
I'm trying to make my daughter go to sleep, so I guess I'm going to cut this short.





Mel's Low Fat Cheesecake

                                                                     *Photo Credit Mel's Box of Chocolates

• 9 whole low-fat cinnamon graham crackers, broken in half
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• cooking spray
• 2 8-ounce packages Neufchatel cream cheese, softened
• 2 8-ounce packages fat-free cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup reduced-fat sour cream
• 2 large eggs plus 3 egg whites
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
• Assorted toppings

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pulse the graham crackers in a food processor until crumbled. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons water and the butter; pulse until moistened. 
2. Wrap the outside of a 9-inch springform pan with foil to prevent leaks. Coat the inside of the pan with cooking spray and press the crumbs onto the bottom. Bake until browned, about 8 minutes. Let cool, about 10 minutes.
3. While the crust is cooling, beat both cream cheeses and the sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, 5 minutes, then beat in the sour cream on low. Lightly whisk the 3 egg whites in a bowl, then add to the cheese mixture along with the 2 whole eggs, flour, vanilla and lemon zest. Beat on medium speed until fluffy, 3 minutes. Pour over the crust.
4. Place the cheesecake in a roasting pan and add enough warm water to come one-quarter of the way up the sides of the springform. Bake until the cake is set but the center still jiggles, about 1 hour 10 minutes. 
5. Turn off the oven; keep the cheesecake inside with the door closed for 20 minutes. 
6. Remove the cake from the water bath and transfer to a rack. Run a knife around the edge, then cool completely. 
7. Chill until firm, at least 8 hours. 
8. Top as desired.

Planet Hungrywood Sweet & Cap'n Crunchy Chicken

PER SERVING (1/2 of recipe): 234 calories, 2g fat, 617mg sodium, 23.5g carbs, 4g fiber, 10g sugars, 29g protein -- POINTS® value 4*

Check out our surreal, cereal-coated chicken recipe -- inspired by the classic version that Planet Hollywood serves up. It's GOOOOOD!







Ingredients:
8 oz. raw boneless skinless lean chicken breast tenders
1/2 cup Cap'n Crunch cereal (original)
1/4 cup Fiber One bran cereal (original)
3 tbsp. fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
2 tbsp. Best Foods/Hellmann's Dijonnaise
2 tbsp. honey mustard (actual mustard, not dressing)
1/8 tsp. onion powder
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
dash salt
dash black pepper

Directions:
Place Fiber One in a blender or food processor, and grind to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Set aside.

Put Cap'n Crunch in a sealable plastic bag and seal. Using a rolling pin or a can, coarsely crush cereal through the bag. In a wide bowl, combine Fiber One crumbs, crushed Cap'n Crunch, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix well and set aside.

Place chicken tenders in a separate medium bowl. Pour egg substitute over the chicken, and flip chicken to coat. Shake off any excess egg substitute, and then coat chicken in the cereal mixture.

Bring a large pan sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat on the stove. Place coated chicken pieces gently into the pan, spacing them out as much as possible. Cook for 5 minutes, and then carefully flip pieces over. Cook for about 4 additional minutes, until chicken is cooked through.

Combine the Dijonnaise and honey mustard in a small dish, and mix well for a tasty dipping sauce. Enjoy!

MAKES 2 SERVINGS

As most of you know this week is Twilight Week or at least that’s what I’m calling it!!! Yeah I know I’m getting a late start to these giveaways! This week The Book by Stephenie  Meyer “Twilight” was made into a Major Motion Picture and its being released out onto DVD As of Right now I don’t know the exact Date on the Release Cause this is a Draft

 

I started Reading “Twilight” this past Friday March 7th I was looking at an App on my iPod Touch Called Stanza and Found out If you have Ebooks like on your computer or whatever then you have the ability to Sync them to this app to read in your own timing!! I think that is just awesome to be able to carry hundreds of books with such a small device. I’ve read close to half of the book already and I am really liking it. I have the Whole Series and I’m giving away a Legit Copy in PDF to 5 Lucky winners if you are interested you have to do the following:

 

1. You have To leave a Comment with your email if you don’t leave your email then how can I get you your prize? This is the main rule if you don’t do this you don’t qualify

2. Follow me through the blogger Followers Widget or A Reader I’m Really trying to build up my Followers on blogger so,please Follow and tell me in the Comments for another entry

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5. Tell another book similar to “Twilight” you enjoyed or any other YA Book

6. For one another entry please tell me where you get your ebooks if you read ebooks that is?

 

*This is For The Whole Twilight Sage Books 1-4 plus a SURPRISE!!! Please Take Notice this is a EBOOK not the actual book itself. I’m not certain what devices it works on but,it Does work on the iPhone & iPod Touch and I’m sure it also works on The Sony Reader,The Amazon Kindle and well as other readers you may have on your phone or whatever so PLEASE Check to see if You can Read PDF files on your Device.

 

Tracy At BookRoomReviews is having a Week of Twilight Giveaways so please check her out as well.

I don’t have my list compiled yet but I’m going to have Tons of Online Contests Here so please check back for other TWILIGHT contests Going on This Next Week.

Last night Started the Cute As A Button Sale It opened at 6pm for Consignors and each consignor could bring along 1 Guest. I too my Neice Natasha Here is a picture of Natasha. She is 14 weeks pregnant. Congrats Tasha Love ya bunches!! She is thinking she is think she going to have a little girl which,I hope she does! I think little girls are just so cute!! Plus how can you NOT love to shop for them?? 

If you live in the Middle Tennessee area and you live in my Hometown of Sparta,TN then you must get to Cute As A Button Sale. With the way the Economy is going. In my area wherever I turn I hear about another factory or even store that has went out of business. Like yours truly! I got laid off back at the first of January but,Really I’ve not worked much since October. My sister works for the Company,Home Caregivers,INC. which was the company I worked for but,Let me tell you despite her being my sister I think they did me shitty umm…wrong! LOL So if you live close please check out this consignment I know I saved money just by adding some of Leah’s old clothes to the Sale. I get 80% of the sale plus I got a $50 voucher for being a consignor. They had the following Brands

• Gap
• Ralph Lauren
• Old Navy
• The Children’s Place (which is one of my fave)
• Tommy Hilfiger plus Many others….

 

 

Here is a Map of where the sale is located I hope that you will go. The sale opens up to the public tonight at 6pm. I gave a coupon to my neice for 1/2 off on Saturday I might see about going with her. Can’t beat Half off!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is What I got Leah at the consignment sale last night.

 

Shoes 1 pair of brown sandals with velcroe straps 1 pair of black flats for church 1 pair of black sandals/flipflops for summer-time 1 pair of pink tennis shoes with velcroe straps

Outfits Pink Capri Outfit Yellow Dress with Bubble-Bee & Flowers Pink Polo Sleeveless Dress Blue Jean Capri’s with Red Shirt Dora the Explorer Shirt with matching Capri’s Pink shirt with Flowers with a plaid skirt Gimme Gimme Kisses shirt with a Flowery Skirt A pink Polka Dot Dress Pink & White Shirt Purple Dress with flowers on the bottom Red Flowery Dress looks kind of like the old Red Work Quilts Pink Butterfly dress with Spaghetti straps with halter top Pink Sleeveless Dress Pants outfit-brown Couteroy (sp) pants with “World Wide Sweetie” shirt

 

This is how I feel right now! I woke up this morning feeling like a train ran over me!!!! Not sure why I feel like that

I can tell my sinuses are draining again along with a sinus headache. I could use a good   I had gotten the toddler to sleep earlier but,she only stayed asleep for 30 mins or even less then woke up and now she has her second wind. I’m afraid if she goes to sleep now that she won’t sleep tonight. My husband,Marty hates for her to get off schedule and believe me I do too! She seems to be the worst tornado possible today. Goes from room to room wanting to destroy things and I know I need to clean but,I just feel aweful!!!! I will try and do an update for HYC & BLBE tomorrow so please check back sometime after that for more…

HG's Best of My Lava Chocolate Cake

Breaking Ooze!

We've whipped up a cake SO chocolatey and decadent, your head may ACTUALLY explode. (Consider yourself warned -- we're not going to be responsible for sweeping up the mess.) You'll need four baking ramekins (about 4 inches in diameter) for this recipe -- click here for a super-cute set, or pick some up at a store like Target. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

For Cake
1 cup moist-style chocolate cake mix (1/4 of an 18.25-oz. box)
One 25-calorie packet diet hot cocoa mix
1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
1 tbsp. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 tsp. Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
2 dashes salt

For Filling
One-half Jell-O Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding Snack (about 1/4 cup)
1/2 tbs p. mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. fat-free liquid creamer (like Coffee-mate Fat Free Original)
1/2 tsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like Brummel & Brown)

Directions:
Place the chocolate chips for the filling in a glass and set aside. Pour the creamer in a microwave-safe bowl with the butter, and heat in the microwave for about 15 seconds, until butter has melted and mixture is very hot. Pour the mixture over the chocolate chips and stir until they have dissolved. Allow to cool for several minutes. Add the pudding to the mixture and stir well. Spoon the chocolate mixture into four evenly spaced mounds on a plate. Place in the freezer for 25 minutes. (Don't over-freeze -- the mounds could stick to the plate.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place chocolate chips for the cake in a tall glass along with the contents of the cocoa packet. Add 1/4 cup boiling water and stir until chips and cocoa have dissolved. Add 1/2 cup cold water and stir well. Pour the contents of the glass into a mixing bowl. Add all of the remaining ingredients for the cake (cake mix, egg substitute, Splenda, and salt) to the mixing bowl, and whip batter with a whisk or fork for 2 minutes.

Once the chocolate mounds in the freezer are a little firm, spray four baking ramekins (each about 4 inches in diameter) with nonstick spray. Evenly spoon the cake batter (which will be a little thin, but don't worry!) into the ramekins. Remove chocolate mounds from the freezer, and place one in the center of each batter-filled ramekin. Put the ramekins in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Cakes will look shiny when done.

Carefully remove each ramekin from the oven. You can eat the cake right out of the ramekin (while the center is still gooey!), but make sure to let it cool a little bit, because the ramekin will be hot. Or you can wait until it has cooled completely and plate the cake by running a knife along the edges and flipping it upside down. (Then just pop it in the microwave for about 15 seconds to heat it back up.) Enjoy!

MAKES 4 SERVINGS


Serving Size: 1 individual lava cake
Calories: 182
Fat: 4.5g
Sodium: 433mg
Carbs: 32g
Fiber: 1.5g
Sugars: 18g
Protein: 4g

POINTS® value 4*

	Very VERY Veggie Stew PER SERVING (about 1 cup): 100 calories, 1g fat, 296mg sodium, 20g carbs, 6g fiber, 7g sugars, 4g protein -- POINTS® value 1* What's that? Time for a Hungry Girl haiku? Okay, then... Chickpeas and eggplant Thick tomato-y goodness Together at last! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups fat-free vegetable broth 1 cup canned garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained One 6-oz. can tomato paste 1 eggplant, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 tomato, coarsely chopped 2 cups coarsely chopped zucchini 1 cup coarsely chopped carrot 1 cup cubed butternut squash 1 cup chopped onion 1 tbsp. chopped garlic 1 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 tsp. dried basil 1/3 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. salt, or more to taste 1/8 tsp. paprika 1/8 tsp. ground ginger 1 no-calorie sweetener packet (like Splenda) Directions: Place all the veggies and the garbanzo beans in your crock pot. In a medium bowl, combine broth, tomato paste, garlic, olive oil, basil, cinnamon, salt, paprika, ginger, and sweetener. Mix well and pour evenly over the contents of the crock pot. Gently stir to allow the sauce to coat the veggies. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. (OR cover and cook on low for 7 - 8 hours.) If you like, add additional salt to taste. Enjoy! MAKES 8 SERVINGS

I wanted to share with others some great Recipes from Hungry-Girl. I get her newsletters daily & wanted to be able to share them with all of you there are so many of them I also wanted a place to store them as well.

We've been getting bazillions of email requests for crock pot recipes, so grab a crock pot (4 qt. capacity or more), and get ready to become a CROCK star (tee hee)...

10-Alarm Turkey Chili PER SERVING (about 1 cup): 172 calories, 3.5g fat, 790mg sodium, 22.5g carbs, 5.5g fiber, 6.5g sugars, 13g protein -- POINTS® value 3* HG Heads Up! This recipe is crazy-spicy (in a very good way!). But if you like a little less heat, only use 2 chipotle peppers... Ingredients: 1 lb. raw lean ground turkey One 29-oz. can tomato sauce One 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes, drained One 15-oz. can chili beans (pinto beans in chili sauce), undrained One 15-oz. can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed 3/4 cup canned sweet corn, drained 4 - 5 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped, sauce reserved 2 bell peppers (in different colors), ch opped 1 large onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 2 tsp. minced garlic 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 oz. VERY dark chocolate (70%+ cacao), broken into small pieces salt, to taste Optional topping: fat-free sour cream Directions: Bring a large pan sprayed with nonstick spray to medium heat on the stove. Add turkey and spread it around in the pan to break it up a bit. Cook and crumble until meat is brown and cooked through, about 6 minutes. Drain any fat or liquid, and then transfer turkey to the crock pot. Add all other ingredients except for the chocolate to the crock pot. Add 1 tbsp. adobo sauce (from the canned chipotles). Mix well to combine. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours, and then reduce heat to low and cook for an additional 3 hours. (OR cover and cook on low for 6 - 7 hours straight.) Add chocolate and stir until pieces melt and disappear into chili. Cover and cook for 1 hour longer on low. Add salt to taste. If you like, top each serving with a little sour cream. Mmmmm!!! MAKES 12 SERVINGS