Salt and Pepper Shrimp Edamame Salad

Salt and Pepper Shrimp Edamame Salad

Salt and Pepper Shrimp Edamame Salad

Some days you eat salads and workout ……Other days you eat cupcakes and refuse to put on pants……it’s called balance…..lol. Funny quotes get me every time, especially when there is truth behind them!

Eating healthy….the struggle is real. Real hard as you get older. As I approach the big 60 I find staying in shape extremely difficult. Although I have yo-yoed since my early twenties, I have always found it easy to lose weight. Eat a little less, walk, pilates or yoga a little more.

Salt and Pepper Shrimp Edamame Salad

Ah yeah ….well that’s not working so much…grrrr!!! In previous posts I have mentioned that I am now a point counting Weight Watcher and I’m doing ok. But it’s really hard when 1. you write a food blog, and 2. hmmm you write a food blog. Continue reading “Salt and Pepper Shrimp Edamame Salad”

Cauliflower Potato-ish Salad

Everything old is new again…..Cauliflower Potato-ish Salad is my new version of potato-ish salad. In the post below I had made my very favorite potato salad. 

Cauliflower Potato-ish Salad

As I have mentioned in the past month or so I have joined Weight Watchers. Reformulating some of my favs to a more point friendly versions has been a challenge and fun! Plus I’ve had some really great results!

So, below is my original post, and the comments in red are the changes I made making Baby Red Potato Salad into Cauliflower Potato-ish Salad. Continue reading “Cauliflower Potato-ish Salad”

Mashed Cauliflower Stuffed Portabella Caps

Mashed Cauliflower Stuffed Portabella Caps

Mashed Cauliflower Stuffed Portabella Caps

Reformulating recipes to fit my new Weight Watcher lifestyle has been a unique challenge. Trying to use old recipes and make them point friendly means thinking outside the box.

I am almost one month on Weight Watchers and am feeling several things……

  1. Happy that I have stuck to it….I’m not much on will power where food is concerned.
  2. Glad to say I have lost 8 pounds.
  3. Unhappy to say I have only lost 8 pounds….just wish it was coming off faster 
  4. Empowered that I can make choices…they are my points to use as I wish.
  5. Grateful that such a program exists and helps you with the hard stuff, like how many points are in what foods. The app for the program is stupendous.

Continue reading “Mashed Cauliflower Stuffed Portabella Caps”