What's for dinner

So, I'm on Weight Watchers! I love it and I'm trying to do well by it.

In order to keep me in check and on track with my meal plans I will TRY to give my weekly menus. I am getting my recipes from one of two Weight Watcher Cookbooks or the online ones. Feel free to use and try or ask questions as you please!!!

This week (March 14th)
Monday: Carribean Pork Pockets
Ingredients
-Pork tenderloin (cut into 12 1-in slices)
-large sweet potato (peeled and sliced into SMALL pieces)
-small peeled and cored apple (sliced)
-1/2 sweet onion (diced)
-2tbsp brown sugar
-1/2 cup apple juice
-1/2 tsp cinnamon
-1/2 tsp all spice
-12 squares aluminium foil
Directions:
Mix onion, apples, and sweet potatoes in a bowl and toss with brown sugar
Divide mixture evenly into six squares of aluminium foil
Mix apple juice and spices in a bowl
Dip and coat the pork slices in the apple juice mixture
Put two pieces of pork in each of the six aluminium foil squares
Wrap
Double Wrap
Bake on 400 degrees for 20 minutes

Tuesday: Pizza-done light
Ingredients
-WHEAT thin crust refregerated pizza crust
-1/2 cup marinera sauce
-2 cups shredded FAT FREE Cheddar cheese
-turkey pepperoni

Directions
Roll out crust
Bake at 350 degrees for 4 minutes
Add marinera sauce
Add turkey pepperonis
Add with cheese
Bake on 350 degrees for 12 minutes (or until desired color)

Wednesday: Ginger Glazed Mahi Mahi (bed of brown rice and steamed brocc)
Ingredients
-2-6oz mahi fish
-1.5 tbsp honey
-1.5 tbsp soy sauce
-1.5 tbsp balsamic vinegar
-1 garlic clove (crushed)
-1 tbsp EXTRA VIRGIN olive oil
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp pepper

Directions:
Season Fish with salt and pepper
Prepare MARINADE with honey, soy sauce, balsamic finegar, ginger, garlic and 2 tsp of olive oil
Place fish into marinade and refrigerate/marinate for 20 min
Remove from marinade and place in baking dish
bake fish at 350 degrees for 5-7 minutes
Warm remaning marinade and drizzle over fish when done

Thursday: Slow cooker chicken cacciatore
ingredients:
-1 lb skinless chicken (cut into bite size chunks)
-1 cup mushrooms
-1 cup green pepper (sliced)
-1 cup onion (chopped)
-1 garlice clove (minced)
-1tbsp canned tomato paste
-1 can crushed tomatoes (fire roasted)
-1/4 cup red wine
-3/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Directions:
Place chicken in slow cooker
Add all ingredients
Cover and cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 6-8 hours

Welcome

So, here goes again. I'm going to be a blogger. This is going to be a "late" new year's resolution for me. I want to blog....I want to be a blogger. I want to let people know what's going on with our family and our lives. Many times we just don't share enough and I don't get a chance to tell everyone everything.

So, here goes.....

I'm making this a new blog. It's not based on pregnancy or anything specific in my life at any given time. It's just about us.

Currently, we have two little girls: Dixie and Jadyn. Dixie will be two next month and Jadyn is seven months. They are both growing up like crazy and I feel like they're going to go off to college before I realized what's happened.

Dixie is a little spirited red head girl. She has short CURLY red hair-and it's NOT short because we cut it! Dixie loves horses, Dora, Barney, and playing outside. She loves ANYTHING to do outside. I'm so glad the weather is FINALLY turning warm and it's going to be lighter longer. So, we'll be outside MUCH more!

Jadyn is my baby right now. She has just started crawling and is all over the place. She started pulling herself up last night and is doing it today at the babysitter. she likes ALL food and is eating table scraps like a dog. Yesterday I was sitting at the table in Joey's parent's new little market store (check it out on Signal Mtn-GREAT biscuits, pizza, and subs!) eating pancakes when I look down and they child has picked up her sister's lollipop and put it in her mouth! Crazy child! I freaked out because I was so shocked and you know we don't need an infant eating lollipops yet!

Joey and I are so in love. We've been through a LOT in the past five years of marriage, but it's really turning out great. I wouldn't trade it for the world. The struggles we've had have only led us to this great time we're having now. Like any man....he will get on my nerves and upset me but in the end he's a GREAT husband and a greater dad! We're planning a trip to Jamaica this Spring and are counting down like we know we're going to win the lottery that day! haha!

Well, you soon to be followers....hold me accountable and make me do posts. There is so much going on I need to post regularly! Most recent is my committement to losing weight with working out and weight watchers. A friend of mine is doing recipes swapping on Mondays, so I plan to include my SIMPLE lost weight recipes. Check it out and bug me for the week's agenda/recipes!