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Thursday
Oct272011

new releases 10.27

it's Thursday again & I have a few new things for you... first off these cool die-cut number cards. They'd be great for December daily albums coming up, but can be used in so many other ways! They can be used as is, or would be super cool used as a clipping mask for some patterned or colored paper...

& of course Shannon came up with this super cute layout ...

layout by {shannon}

& then, being inspiRed by Pinterest yet again, you'll remember the layout I did earlier in the week that was inspired by a layout I pinned there.  I decided to start making layered templates to go along with it, so here it is!

and again, Shannon & her cuties rocked it!

layout by {shannon}

make sure you grab'em up today while they're 30% off!  enjoy!

{robyn}

Wednesday
Oct262011

lasagna soup & pb choc chip oatmeal cookies

I've been asked by a few people for these two recipes, so I thought I'd share them here.  The lasagna soup we made a week or so ago & it was sooo yummy{& easy}! Definitely good old comfort food!  I found the recipe from Pinterest & the link sent me here.  I doubt that these guys make anything that isn't good... I mean, there mama is Paula Dean!

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 pound Italian turkey sausage, casings removed
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (32-ounce) container chicken broth
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
4 ounces broken whole-wheat lasagna noodles (about 4 noodles)
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions:

Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large nonstick saucepot or Dutch oven. Add the sausage, onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sausage is crumbled and browned, 8 – 10 minutes.

Add the broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, salt, and crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the flavors are blended, about 20 minutes. Add the noodles; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the soup thickens slightly and the noodles are tender, 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in mozzarella, basil, and the Parmesan.  (whole-wheat lasagna noodles take a little longer to cook.)

Nutritional Information:

Per Serving (1 cup) 225 Cal (27% from Fat, 42% from Protein, 31% from Carb); 23 g Protein; 7 g Tot Fat; 2 g Sat Fat; 2 g Mono Fat; 17 g Carb; 2 g Fiber; 4 g Sugar; 108 mg Calcium; 3 mg Iron; 826 mg Sodium; 53 mg Cholesterol  {this works out to 6 ww points+ per cup}

Original Recipe by Paula Deen: Tastes Like Lasagna Soup
Take It Lighter recipe courtesy of Bobby and Jamie Deen, and the Paula Deen Test Kitchen

Servings: 8 cups
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 1 hour

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 c Crisco

1/2 c peanut butter

3/4 c brown sugar

3/4 c white sugar

1/2 c egg beaters or 2 eggs

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon

1 T. honey

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 c whole wheat white flour

3 c oatmeal

bag chocolate chips

Cream Crisco, peanut butter & sugars.  Add eggs, vanilla & honey.  Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.  Add oatmeal.  Add chocolate chips.  Bake at 325 degrees from 8-10 minutes.

these are a favorite at our house & the recipe has been modified lots, but this is how I made them yesterday & I think these were the best yet!  This made about 3-3 1/2 dozen & they work out to be about 4-5 WW points+ per cookie using the Pampered Chef medium cookie scoop.

{enjoy!}

{Robyn}

Monday
Oct242011

scrapbook inspiration via Pinterest

so I'm a total pinterest addict, which I'm sure anyone that has an account is. the problem is, although I've used some recipes, ideas, etc from the things I've pinned, I really want to make more use of it.  so I decided, I'm going to try to make one layout a week inspired by my scrapbooking inspiration board.  starting today... here's the layout I was inspired by...

by Kelly Purkey

and here's my version...

{sources}

hopefully, you'll see a new inspiration each week from me... I think this should be fun!

{robyn}

Sunday
Oct232011

retirement sale

no... I'm not retiring, but some of my kits are!  I've chosen to retire a bunch of kits to make room in my overflowing shop for new goodies!  So, just this weekend you can check out all the retiring kits {from me & some of the other designers} that are all at 50% off!!! What a steal... but you have to get them this weekend, because after that... they'll be no more :)  have fun shopping & scrapping!

{robyn}

Friday
Oct212011

week #3... 7 ways

welcome once again to my little bit of healthy tips for the week. I hope you're enjoying & finding my tips helpful to you! This week I thought I'd share all websites. The internet is full of lots of useful information & it seems I'm finding more & more places I want to visit & things I want to try because of what I'm finding on pinterest! So I'm going to show you some sites I've found through there & also a few I've found & use on my own...

this has been one of my constants for logging my miles on my runs/walks over the last several months. I started out using Nike+ & still do, but I've found Nike+ can be very testy & doesn't always want to work, so I found DailyMile & love it!  It's free, you can still use your Nike+ gadgets & it will sync your workouts from them.  You can post your workouts to your facebook page or your twitter account as well {this works great for me, as it makes me feel more accountable}.  I have really found that logging my workouts helps me. I can see the improvements I've made, how much farther & faster I'm going now than when I started.

Lisa Lillian is the Hungry Girl & I love the way she comes up with so many clever, ingenious ways to make favorite foods skinny!  She has several cookbooks & between that, her website, her TV show & her newsletters, you can find TONS of recipes!  Another reason I love her? Everything she makes has Weight Watchers Points Plus values!

Gina has lots & lots of awesome recipes as well. It's really one of my favorite websites to find real food that the entire family will eat.  She also figures all the recipes with Weight Watchers Points Plus values & she also has the "old" program points listed for those of you who were fans. 

this is one I really just discovered over the last few days.  I've become very interested in the idea of clean eating & so have been trying to find different recipe ideas to help me out with heading in that direction. I've found several sites, but this one has some recipes that look sooo good & I'm excited to try them.

this is another recent find that I have tons of recipes that I'm ready to try... lots of family friendly ones!  She not only has recipes, though, there are lots of inspiring posts about fitness & weight loss as well.  I can already tell this is going to be someplace I check in on often!

 

I don't need to eat gluten-free, but one of my creatives for my digital team does & she led me to this website a while back. The whole idea of gluten free living is very interesting to me as well. I'm very interested in the stories that bring people to different ways of eating. Most people that follow a gluten-free diet do so out of necessity & it is so amazing to me how a diet can cure so many things. It's one of my to-do's before the end of the year to try some gluten free recipes.

you totally knew I couldn't do this post without this website, right?  I owe my weight loss sucess in part to this program & this website. It is so truly amazing all you can do if you have access to the tools that are here. Tons of recipes, exercises, success stories, articles, tools like tracking your weight loss, measurements, daily food intake, exercise points earned... so much on one site! One of my favorite things is the recipe builder where you can put in your own recipe, or a favorite recipe from your mom :) & see how many points it has... then you can start changing things up to help it out a little in the points department! So cool. I love going on there & seeing how far I've come.

so there you have it!  7 great websites that can help you on your healthy journey! hope you enjoy :_

{robyn}