Sweet & Tangy Chicken and Bacon

Here is a nice little concoction that you are sure to enjoy.  It was one of the recipes I wish I would have made more of.

What you'll need:
2/3 cup Ranch dressing
1/3 cup Yellow mustard
1/3 cup Ketchup
Brown Sugar
4 boneless chicken breasts
Bacon

Cut your chicken breasts into strips
Mix together ranch and yellow mustard
Reserve 1/3 cup of mixture
Dip Chicken into the ranch and mustard mixture
Wrap with a strip of bacon
Roll in brown sugar
Grill or bake at 350 degrees for 25 mins
With the reserved mixture, add to a small pot with ketchup and 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, heat through.  Use as dip for the chicken
Enjoy

A simple kitchen solution

The kitchen always presents itself with ideas where we can make things a little cleaner and simpler looking.  The one that sticks out to me is the dish soap bottle.  We always had a bottle of Dawn sitting on the back of the sink.  It didn’t look good and definitely didn’t fit in with the décor. 

One day things changed when we were given a gift that was a glass bottle.  The glass had a beautiful design and looked good on the sink.  All you do is pour the detergent in the bottle and use an old lotion pump to dispense the soap.  Its quick and easy to use and less of an eye sore.

If you go shopping for one, they could be quite expense depending on your taste, but if you stop and think for a moment, there is a way to make one without having to spend extra money.  Finish that bottle of wine and use that to hold the soap.  Finish off that bottle of lotion or shampoo  and viola, you have a pump for dispensing.   Use your imagination and you will start to see bottles and how to repurpose them.

Repurposed Picture Frame

Here's a little craft, that's was very inexpensive and fun to use. I have seen these Boogie Boards, and thought, why spend the $40 when I can make one for much less.

 I have tons of frames, but I didn't have any light weight frames, so I headed to Walmart and bought a $.95 frame.

What you'll need:
Frame
magnetic strip
scrapbook paper
hot glue or gorilla glue

I chose red scrapbook paper for the month of February, each month you can change it out so you don't get bored with it.

Hot glue or gorilla glue the magnetic strip to the back of the mat, not on the wood, you won't get the back off if you put it on the wood.

Let dry, cut the paper to the size of the frame, grab a dry erase marker, and you're done!

An inexpensive note board for your fridge.

Happy Crafting!  Love, BJ

Weight loss tip

One of the biggest weight loss tips I can recommend is using a diet journal.  Anytime I try to lose weight, this has been the key to my big weight loss.  There have been times when I don't use one, and I don't lose weight.  I think that by writing down what I eat, and keep track of the calories, I am accountable for my meals.  Even after a year, knowing what you eat, it's still important to write it down!

My favorite journal is this one.  It has different categories in it to keep track of protein, water, sodium, etc.  They even make it small enough to put in a purse.  In the back, it has different foods with their values you in, making it easy to find.

Of course if you would rather go paperless, you can use My fitness pal, which is a pretty good one too.  This is the one I'm trying to use this time, but am really bad at it.  I don't know if it's because I don't like to type it in after my meals, or if it's because it's not written down in front of me.  Either way, I just haven't been in to it, and haven't lost any weight.  I think the paper book is more for me.

With that being said, next week, I'm going to start fresh.  Get my run in, drink my water, watch what I eat, and WRITE IT DOWN!  If you are in the same boat, share your best tip please.  I'm willing to try almost everything!

Have a Happy Thursday! Love, BJ



 

FTLOB moved

I know a lot of you not only follow my blog, but were followers of For the Love of Blogs.  Many have been confused and unaware that For the Love of Blogs moved on January 1st.  Not only did it move from Blogger, but it also changed it's name.  That's why you haven't been getting updates in your blogger feed.

If you have been missing all the fabulousness of For The Love of Blogs, head over to iBlog4me, and check it out!  It's all the things you loved about FTLOB, plus more!!!!  Tasty Tuesday is still around, all the wonderful tips and tutorials, the blog frog community, and we've even added It's Pinteresting Monday for all you pinterest-a-holics! Like myself!

So don't be a stranger any more, come over, hang out a bit, and join us for all the hops and things you loved FTLOB for.  We are now iBlog4me!

Light Ice Cream Sandwich

I found this recipe years ago in the Biggest Loser Cookbook, (the original one)  I love it, because it's super easy, they are light, and soooooo tasty!

What you'll need:
Graham Crackers (I like the cinnamon ones, but it's your choice)
Light cool whip

Put the cool whip on the graham cracker, you can eat it this way, or make an entire pack of crackers, put in freezer container or ziplock back and save for later.  My boys love these, they think they are ice cream, but are so many calories less!  Hope you enjoy!

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Coffee Talk Week 2

Good morning my beautiful friends!  Hope you all have had an amazing week.  Mine is been wonderful, except for the pain, but I'm going to the chiropractor, and hope to have it under control soon!  I hate pain, but I drag it out until I can't stand it anymore!  This weeks vlog is over here.  If you'd like to check it out, head on over.  I'm going to work on a couple craft projects this weekend, so we should have some new fun stuff to do soon!  If you missed Monday's post, it's a good one, spend some time looking around, and we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE comments!  Let me know what you'd like to see more of, or any ideas you might have you'd like us to try: recipes, crafts, simple solutions, wellness/fitness.  We'd love to hear from you!  Have an amazing weekend!  Love, BJ

If you are on Pinterest, head over and check out my boards.  Leave me a comment and I'll head over to check yours out too!

Happy Weekend!