Stuntin' Like My Momma

After fighting a long bacterial infection in my hand, three rounds of antibiotics, and fighting off the flu, I am ready to get back into getting this blog started right.  Here's what will be on our supper table this week.  Hope y'all have a great week! ----- What's Cookin'? February 11th - February 16th Sunday: Shrimp & Chicken Sausage Paella Green Beans Monday: Leftovers Tuesday: Crockpot Creamy White Chicken Chili Grilled Cheese Wednesday: Italian Penne Bake Broccoli Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Manuel's Vintage Room! ---- I look forward to getting back this week and continuing our sharing of plates and meals.  Have a great week and stay stuntin'!

This was a meal that I was looking forward to make all week long and Sunday was the perfect opportunity as the Wife of the Blog and I had our good friends over.  The wife of the couple that we had come visit us is our friend Jenny, who posts her recipes at Tan Lines and Slim Waistlines so I definitely wanted to show out and show what I could do.  So, I put together some Caribbean jerk chicken tenders, a dill pickle pasta salad, and my Momma's baked beans .  All of the pieces of the meal were easy to put together beforehand and just pop into the oven or onto the grill right before our friends arrived.  For those with more adventurous taste buds, we also paired the chicken with the habañero barbecue sauce from Jim and Nick's (available at Publix).  This plate provided us the perfect indoor tailgate to enjoy one of the last football Sundays of the season and not feel as big as Vince Wilfork the next day. ----- Momma's Dill Pickle Pasta Salad Remixed from...

Well, I guess the first month of the blog is going to be more of a soft opening than a full blown opening.  Right after a painful hand infection that got me behind on posting, I fought off the flu for the last few days.  Now, that I am starting to feel more normal, the posting should be back to a normal pace with still some backlogged items to post. One of the things that the Wife of the Blog and I have appreciated so far about WeightWatchers is that it is not some crazy diet where you have to eat just tree roots or berries.  This recipe from last night was a great example of this.  We got to enjoy a filling, great meal and did not have to feel guilty about having carbohydrates.  This meal was also super easy and came together in probably 15 minutes max.  It is a perfect easy and healthy weeknight meal.  A great catch! ---- Weight Watchers Spaghetti Carbonara Serves: 5 WeightWatchers Points Per Serving: 6 8 oz. spaghetti 3 slices center c...

Because of snow days and holidays, this is only our second full week back at work since December.  So, here's what's going to be on the supper table to help power us through the week.  Hope everyone has a great week and stays stuntin'! ------ What's Cookin'?  January 21st - January 27th Sunday Supper: Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Dill Pickle Pasta Salad, Parmesan Potato Wedges, Momma's Baked Beans Monday: Leftovers Tuesday: Blackened Salmon with Spaghetti Carbonara Wednesday: Leftovers Thursday: Chicken Breast with Zucchini Alfredo Friday: Leftovers

Brrrrr...it's freezing down here in Florida.  I am a bigger guy and I was freezing in my short walk from my grad school class to my car last night.  This soup, like many crockpot recipes, was easy to put together and the flavors blended together nicely.  Not to mention, the best part, it is only 1 point per serving!  For anyone else that may be doing the Paleo diet or the Whole30 diet, this meal also works with those plans.  When I did get home, this crockpot soup was the perfect meal to thaw out and decompress from the day ------- Now, I'd be remiss if I didn't add a little US history now and again... Cioppino is a traditional Italian-American soup that originated in San Francisco around the turn of the 20th century.  After a bad day out out on the sea, Italian-American fishers that settled in the Bay area would take around a pot asking community members to chip in what they had to make the soup.  The expectation was that fishers that had a g...

As I stated on here last week, I have decided to try WeightWatchers in 2018 to try and slim down a bit.  One thing I was somewhat concerned with was that I would not want or be able to eat meals that I actually enjoyed and would instead have to opt for just chicken breast and vegetables like I did many nights a few years ago when I lost a significant amount of weight.  If this recipe is any indication, then I think I am going to enjoy losing weight this time.  Kudos to the "Wife of the Blog" who found this recipe on Pinterest.  It was dynamite and we both commented that there was not a noticeable difference between this recipe and the unhealthier version.  Instead of ground beef and cream cheese, we substituted ground turkey breast and fat-free cream cheese.  This led to this recipe only being a startling 8 points per serving.  I was able to have seconds and still stay within my points range for the day which was phenomenal.  Just more proof ...