The NEW Weight Watchers PointsPlus System

As this witty tea towel suggests...some of us are more comfortable in the kitchen than others! As a lifetime member of Weight Watchers, I read an article in USA today regarding the launch of their new program with some interest.(Nov 29th-by Nancy Hellmich) It was entitled: Weight Watchers Knocks Off Points Plan: New system makes fruits, veggies free.I love the idea that the folks at Weight Watchers do all the nutritional investigating for me. You know how it is with food: Is butter better for you than olive oil? Is an avocado fattening, or high in vitamins, or both? Every day, there is a new study coming out with conclusions from a study done 10 years ago. How can you make sense of it all?
The article is great, you should read it. One of the perks of being a lifetime member, is that on my next weigh in, I receive all the new material on the new program for free. I am looking forward to seeing what it is all about.

If you have been trying unsuccessfully to lose a few pounds...now might be the time to give Weight Watchers a try. It really worked for me.

www.weightwatchers.ca

Whoops a Daisy!

This plunger should be a clue that I am having a bit of a crazy day in my kitchen, AND at my computer. For the first time since I started blogging, I wrote a food blog on my retail consulting blog! Just think...a struggling retailer turns to my incredibly well written and insightful blog for some advice...and what do they find?? A recipe for Asian style chicken soup with soba noodles! YIKES!! So, I don't feel confident enough with my computer skills to transfer it over...and I must say, it's a darn good blog post...so I am going to direct you where to find it. Please google cavernretailconsulting.blogspot.com and read all about the delicious soup I have been eating...

Whoops a Daisy...says it all!

Lasagna and a dirty oven

I am having one of those days in the kitchen. The P-Man is arriving home from a LONG business trip,tomorrow. As I have to work tomorrow, I sprung into action and made him a delicious lasagna...but that is another blog! I turned the oven on to preheat, and when the bell rung to say it was preheated, I opened the oven door to a nasty cloud of greasy smoke. You can not imagine how unhappy that made me. I shoved the lasagna in the oven, but after a few minutes, all I could imagine was the P-Man trying to choke down his welcome home dinner of delicious, smokey, greasy, tasting lasagna! I couldn't stand it. I took it out, shut off the oven, and looked for some cleaner. I have one of those modern ,annoying self-cleaning ovens. Well, I had no time for that. After the oven was cool enough, I attacked the greasy, crusty mess on the bottom of the oven with everything I had. It finally took a butter knife, and a mixture of detergents to get it to the pristine state, as seen in the photo.

I dutifully turned on the oven again...and am glad to report...the lasagna looks, and smells like lasagna...not like 'DIRTY OVEN'!!

Don't Forget about LUNCH!

These Tea Towels were on display at DIGS in Bellingham. I think someone could make a fortune in Canada with a tea towel line featuring a POUTINE THEME!! Hey, maybe I should get on that! I know that I tend to wax poetic about how much I LOVE breakfast. This blog is dedicated to giving some LOVE to lunch! I like to eat. That is certainly no secret. I take 3 meals a day for granted, and get a little huffy when I am only able to fit 2 meals into a day. ( Such as when I am power shopping in Seattle with a person who is a little tight with her money, and this person insists that we eliminate lunch in favour of a 4 pm 'HAPPY HOUR'!!) But really, I'm not bitter...

I came across this great article on the Food Network website called: " Don't forget about lunch." and I found it to be a good reminder why eating in the middle of the day is a sensible and healthy choice.
Check it out, and let me know what you think...

Don't Forget About Lunch.
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www.foodnetwork.ca
www.digsshowroom.com

Little Cheerful

Last week was Black Friday, so my friend J. and I were headed to Seattle to shop. We decided to stay a night at her family cabin on Lake Whatcom to break up the long drive. As a sort of 'warm-up' we headed into Bellingham to have a bite to eat and a shop around. The P-Man and I used to have a ski cabin on the way to Mount Baker. We used to go to Bellingham all the time. That little cabin has long been sold, and I can't remember the last time I was in Bellingham. It looked relatively unchanged. I am even happy to report that the little store where I purchased my ' Princess Diana-Like wedding gown ' 25 years ago, is still in business! HA!

After a night in J.'s cabin, ( Just us and 4 or 5 little mousies running around hopped up on peanut butter, and the thrill of not being caught in a trap!) we headed into Bellingham for a hearty pre-shopping breakfast. We settled on a funky little cafe called 'LITTLE CHEERFUL'. This place had ambiance, up the wazoo! The photo is of the swinging doors leading into the busy kitchen, full of 4 or 5 young men churning out some seriously yummy food. The waitress was hilarious, and managed to remember the 5 daily breakfast specials that included things such as steak and eggs, crab cake Benedict, and something that included prawns. The only thing funnier than the owner, running around like a mad fiend, in his bare feet and well worn Birkenstocks, sporting a Jerry Garcia beard, was the menu. The menu actually had a whole section devoted to hash browns, with assorted things mixed in, like tofu, or hot peppers. J. had one of the hash brown things, and pronounced it delicious! I had a pretty standard egg, sausage, pancake breakfast...and it was fresh and hot, with real maple syrup and buttermilky pancakes, fluffy eggs and tasty, not too greasy sausage.

My love of breakfast lives on! Little Cheerful is definitely worth the drive...Rock On, Bellingham...

www.littlecheerful.com
www.urbanspoon.com to check out the very funny menu!