Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast Smoothies

8 oz skim milk

2 scoops chocolate whey protein (I buy my mine at Sam's Club)

1/2 cup of Light and Fit Vanilla yogurt (any flavor you like will do)

PLUS***  I add a handful of frozen fruit. (rasperries, strawberries, mango) You can mix several together

Mix it in a blender.  Drink right away OR freeze them in these Kerr Freezer jars. (I bought mine at Walmart)

Breakfast Burritos

Whole Wheat tortillas

Make them with anything of the following:

eggs, ham, cheese, sausage, green peppers, onion, olives

cilantro, bacon and so on

Check out this previous post on my burritos for the recipe.

Breakfast Cake

1/4 cup veg oil

1 beaten egg

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cup flour

3/4 cup white sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

Combine wet, mix dry ingredients and then add to wet.  Mix well.  Pour into a greased 8x8 pan.  Sprinkle with topping.  Bake 350* 25 - 30 minutes.

Topping: combine 2 T melted butter, 2 tsp flour, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1/3 cup brown sugar

Quiche (we call it Egg Cake in our house)

6 beaten eggs

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup Bisquick

3 cups milk

1/4 tsp mustard

2 cups grated swiss cheese

1/2 tsp minced onion OR fresh green onion

1 small can Deviled Ham OR bacon

Mix together, Bake 350* 45-50 minutes.  Let it rest for 20 minutes before serving

Here is what you need:

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Eat healthier

Everyday, in our house, we live with Type 1 diabetes.  This is different then type 2 diabetes.  There is NO cure for Type 1.  The most important thing I have learned while living with diabetes is that you must educate yourself on what you eat.  Everything that we put in our mouth effects blood sugar.  Do you know what you are eating?  I sure thought I did.....a year ago, but that has changed.

The Mr in the house is the one that "has" diabetes.  He was diagnosed with it over 8 years ago.  We have been married for over 5 years and so I live with it too.  Because I am the one that does the cooking I really had to change a few things.  Frankly, I needed the help too because I needed to loose some weight.  I made most of these small changes last year and I have really learned a lot by doing it.  They are simple, really.  But the side effects have been HUGE!!!!!   My husbands A1C dropped to a healthy range and I lost 50 pounds. (I only gained 10 pounds during my recent pregnancy)  Here are a few things you can do now, whether you have to make a change because of a medical issue or not, to live a healthier life through food.

First, drink more water!!

Second, have a good breakfast.  Me and the Mr are not big breakfast eaters so I make protein shakes and then freeze them.  This way they are ready for those mornings we are rushing off to school, or work or to doctor apts.

LOVE this stuff!!

We also LOVE tortillas in our house.  These are my FAVORITE!!!! 

They truly are good and the kids eat them too.

 I also make Breakfast burritos as well and freeze them.

(the 19 is how many carbs is in one burrito and the 1 unit is so my husband knows

how much insulin to take.  I do this with everything)

Third, MEASURE MEASURE MEASURE!!!

Get a scale, get 3 or more sets of measuring cups and measure all your food.  One, this will really teach you what a portion really is and second it cuts your food bill drastically because you can make 2 or 3 nights worth of meals out of one..  Who doesn't want that?  less cooking :)

Fourth, Learn how to cook.

I have always loved cooking.  I have cooked a lot. 

I have learned how to do it more healthy and I really enjoy it. 

Keep it simple and easy and it's amazing how good it tastes.

(chicken wrap) 

(egg salad sandwich)

I grew up in a house where you ate everything no matter if you were full or not.  I don't believe in that so I don't do that with my kids.  But I do believe in no sweets until you have eaten something substantial.  It's important to fill up on the good stuff before filling up on the juck stuff. 

( If you don't buy the junk stuff your kids won't eat it ) 

If you have respect for food it will respect you in return.

.......that reminds me.....I have a brownie waiting for me in the kitchen  (smile) 

-goodnight-

Travel Purse.....OR what they call a passport purse.

I made it through a fun, sometimes stressful, trip (thanks to traveling with a 3 year old and a 8 week old)......to Nauvoo, Illinois.  Never heard of that place???  Click here 

I needed a small purse so I made this for my trip: 

It worked super great as a passport purse even though I didn't need a passort.....I just needed something small to hold some cash, sunglasses, my phone and important papers close by instead of  loosing them at the bottom of a big diaper bag.  This was great for the airport....I was in several of them for this trip :)

I wish I had a step by step for you to make one for yourself.......but I did this late one night and came up with it as I went.  I would consider that LUCKY because it turned out better then I could have pictured it.

But if you like this purse......

You can check out instructions HERE

Baby Sun Bonnet

This adorable 8 week old baby has been taking up most of my time lately...... so worth it !!!!

I did find a few minutes to whip up a little sun bonnet for her out of some scrap fabric. 

I think it turned out super cute.

I looked at several different pictures and came up with this one.  Sorry no tutorial on this one :)

DIY swing for your front or back yard

I am loving this SWING and so is my 3 year old.  With a new baby, I don't always have the patience energy to walk to the park so my cute husband and I made this swing for our front yard.

Here is what you need:

An old cupboard door (we found this at our local thrift store for $3.00)

Strong rope

drill

a tree of course :)

Drill 2 holes on each side, thread the rope through and tie a knot.  Do this on both sides then tie to a tree branch.

****Since the door was slick we had to by some no tred strips to

add to the seat so she wouldn't slide off as she swung. (found this in the hardware section)  WORKS GREAT!! 

She swings on it everyday....several times a day.

Hope you're having a great Summer !

New Necklaces for summer!

I am loving these new cuties.   

And you won't believe how easy they were to make......using buttons!

Here is what you need:

buttons

necklace bails

E6000 (or other strong super glue)

Just layer the buttons, let them dry, glue on the bail, let it dry

and there you have it!  Super Cute and Super Easy and Super Afordable.