Today was a good day. I woke up in a good mood, and Relle even let me snooze a bit longer as she didn't get up until nearly 9am! I had already been up to get Cam ready for school, but a little extra snoozing is nice.

( my day... )

New recipe for sore throat tea ( Read more... )

I made a mexican lasagna from the SBD cookbook that was one of the spiciest dishes I've ever had. Cam of course didn't like it, and while I liked it ok, it is too spicy to eat much of, and Rob isn't one for spicy either, although he ate it. I just hope it doesn't bother his stomach tonight ( Read more... )

Well, last night I splurged and made some low-carb chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with walnuts, using "carb quick" whole wheat flours, and Splenda substitutes for the sugar & brown sugar. Oh, man they were yummy! I could barely taste the Splenda, and they tasted lighter than the usual cookie recipe, and I didn't get a sugar rush or jitters, just a ( Read more... )

Another diet note, I am finding that my stomach is not up to eating a whole lot anymore. I just finished dinner of left-over stir fry vegies, salad, and a hunk of steak with pepper marinade. I only ate about a third of the steak hunk, and all the vegies, and I am stuffed ( Read more... )

I found it. I found a low-carb soft ginger cookie recipe. It still has molasses, but not as much as the regular recipe, and I can use Splenda for the brown sugar. I may also do whole egg, since I have no issues with the egg yolk.
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/soft-ginger-cookies-recipe.htmI hope they are as good as my usual soft ginger cookies ( Read more... )

Rob brought home from Costco the Splenda Baking sugar, and it had a few recipes on the back I can't wait to try on phase 2. So, I figured they might have some more recipes, and I found Banana Walnut Bread! I love it already. They even have a Breakfast Triffle, but I am not sure if I want to use white bread with it. I also see that there are some ( Read more... )