Sharing My Jennarocity

I wanted to share with everyone a low fat, low cal broccoli and carrot soup recipe that I have just fallen in love with lately!!! Here are the nutrition facts (from http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ ) Calories Carbs Fat Sugar Sodium Fiber Broccoli Soup, 1 serving                  120        8      3      3       521      0 Ingredients: 3 - 4 cups of broccoli stems and crowns 1 cup of carrots 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth 1 tablespoon butter or margarine 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon milk 1/8 tablespoon salt (or however much you'd like, for taste) pinch of pepper (or to taste)  1 cup low fat cheddar or colby cheese (optional) 1. To make the base of the soup, you will need about 3 cups of broccoli. The way I do it, I use more stems for the...

During lunch at work, I will go and watch the Food Network. Usually, it's either Paula Dean or Barefoot Contessa. Yesterday, I caught them both. They were both doing pockets, Paula was doing apple strudel pockets and Ina was doing some greek pocket. On my way home I thought....hmmm....I can modify that with what I have, easy.

What an interesting and wonderful weekend! I did alot of baking yesterday, for some reason. I made some cinnamon rolls and ended up with tons of cream cheese icing leftover. I didn't want to throw it away, so I started browsing through blogs. I found these treats ..... I didn't have everything she had and I wasn't about to run to the store to get it, either. But I did have strawberries, cream cheese icing, and the ingredients for homemade sugar cookies off the bag of sugar in my pantry. I pretty much think you can use any sugar cookie recipe, so just use your favorite. So, in her recipe she mentions a mini tart maker from Pampered Chef. I do have alot of gadgets, but I didn't have that, so I improvised! This would be a kids' cup and the top off one of Avery's bottles. And you know what? It worked perfectly! So, I rolled the dough pretty thin (not TOO thin or else it won't make it into the cupcake pan without cracking). I used the cup to make circles in...

I have had to learn to make things last the last few years. How can I make a pound of beef feed us for 3 days??? So, I have had to be very creative with my cooking. Today, I had to figure out how to make a bag of frozen chicken breasts last until Friday. So, cooking them and adding two sides wasnt an option. My mom had this entree the other day and I thought, thats a good place to start! Here is my tweaked recipe. I wanted to begin by telling you how much this meal cost. And I hate those misleading sites that say, "here is a meal for $5!" But you already have to have 5 of the 7 ingrediants in your pantry. Now, I didn't use all of the potatoes, chicken, and rice, so overall, it cost less than the amounts I am showing you...