I go to Denny’s. Quite a bit. That may be a bad thing for a post-op to admit but what the heck. If nothing else, you know I keep it real! S’anyway. I mostly go there because I know what to order there. I know my options and I exercise them! But every now and again they get something new. …
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The Bariatric Foodie Guide to Making a Frittata
This one goes out to all my 4-6 person families. Because weekends can be brutal. During the week you have a good measure of control on food, don’t you? Perhaps the kids get lunch from the cafeteria (try though I might I can’t seem to beat the price they charge for school lunch so since my girls lunches have gotten …
Read More »The Bariatric Foodie Guide to Making a Click Frapp
CLICK Espresso Protein is the sponsor of week one of the 2016 Bariatric Foodie Pledge. Have you signed up yet? In the meantime, I thought I’d tell you guys my favorite way to use Click. Come aboard my train of thought! Starbucks. Frappucinos. I used to love ‘em. Now? Not so much. Yes, you can ask for them to be …
Read More »Pumpkin Toffee Protein Shake
According to my children, pumpkin time is over. This, of course, led to a discussion of the popular Christmas songs that actually include pumpkin references. (By the way, I could actually only think of two: “Hear Those Sleigh Bells Ringing” and “No Place Like Home for the Holidays” but if you can think of others, help me build my case!!!) …
Read More »Margaret’s Lower Sugar Zuchini Bread (featuring Laughing Cow Garlic & Herb)
his is the last of the Laughing Cow recipes and for this one we didn’t put the cheese in it but on it! Like I said before, the original plan was to have an exotic pork smashed meatball topped with the cheese but alas the recipe went terribly wrong somewhere. It was dry and crumbly and just didn’t taste very good (PLEASE …
Read More »PWYF Moment: Theresa’s Cauliflower Tortillas/Huevos Rancheros
Another PWYF moment!!! Today we celebrate Theresa, for answering the call when I shone the “Foodie light” (it’s like the bat light but it’s shaped like a cupcake) for someone to test out a neat recipe I found online for cauliflowertortillas. Yes, you read that right…cauliflower tortillas! Click the link above for the recipe for the tortillas, but look what …
Read More »BF Inspiration: Dinner for Breakfast?
You know sometimes it seems like Facebook is the center of the world. I certainly post a LOT of things there on the Bariatric Foodie page, including daily discussion topics, quickie product reviews and, occasionally, really good ideas that I should also post here on the blog! So I resolve to get better about that. I posted the above yesterday …
Read More »BF Top 5: Mini-sizing BF’s most popular recipes!
Believe it or not, I do listen to you guys. And what I hear you saying is that some of you want smaller batch recipes that yield only a few servings, maybe even a single serving. Today is your lucky day! Here are five of BF’s most popular recipes – mini-sized! Click the title of each for the original recipe. …
Read More »(More) Fun with Eggs!
Continuing my eternal love for eggs, I have two offerings this week. The above photo was the first I made, for breakfast on Saturday. It was so delicious that I felt COMPELLED to share it with my Facebook Foodies right then and there! So…you know how sometimes you end up with a really random amount of leftover taco meat? Like …
Read More »India’s Chunky Monkey Baked Protein Oatmeal
Now that we’re all settled with week two of the Bariatric Foodie Pledge, I thought we might talk about some…oh I dunno…food? Protein baked oatmeal! I like it. You guys seem to like it. But I LOVE it when a Foodie sends me their recipe! Here’s what India sent me. And bonus points for shouting out BF in her pictures! …
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