~~posted by Jen It’s almost Turkey Day! What better time for the boys to decide we need to remodel my kitchen? I got home from Baltimore on Monday night to find the whole house in utter chaos. My camera is nowhere to be found, and I haven’t been able to get in my kitchen to cook all. week. long. This …
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Low-Carb Corndog Bites
~by Nikki So…corndog bites. Why for, right? Well, if you’ve read this blog for a while, and have seen my forays with Thai Chicken and Banana Bon-Bons, you know that I have a certain affection for food on a stick. Well I’d been thinking lately that I need to add to my collection of stick food offerings on the blog …
Read More »BF Survival Guide: Thanksgiving Dinner (after weight loss surgery)
~by Nikki Well Turkey Day is just a week away and we know that some of you are freaking out a little bit, especially if you are a new post-op. Thanksgiving is a holiday for counting our blessings, enjoying our family…and sharing an outrageously large and over-caloric meal. It’s the American way and no amount of self-help talk can get …
Read More »Cook Along Contest: Amy’s Cabbage Kielbasa Soup
~~posted by Jen First, a shout out to everyone who cooked along during Soup Week a couple weeks ago and sent in their pictures and recipe modifications. We’ll be sharing the submissions all week. Amy made Nik’s Cabbage & Sausage Soup, and her only change to the original recipe was using Turkey Kielbasa instead of sausage. She said it smelled …
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~~posted by Jen Nikki and I had an amazing time with all our friends who made it out to the Holiday Preview yesterday! It was such a fun time and great to put faces to the names we see online all the time. I love making new friends, and yesterday was no exception. For those of you who had planned …
Read More »Protein Banana Nut Bread
~by Nikki So my kitchen this week has become “Holiday Preview Command Central.” If you are coming and haven’t gotten your tickets yet, here is a good reason to get them TODAY. Unbeknownst to Jen, I left the $25 pricing up on the PayPal button. Now that I’ve outed myself I have to fix it, but am willing to take …
Read More »Recipe Remix: Jane’s Pot Roast with Mushroom Cream Sauce over Spaghetti Squash
~by Nikki We’ve gotten great reviews of our decision to start doing recipe remixes. And we’ve even got a reader submission–from our friend Jane! Now Jane totally saved my butt his week. I was scheduled to do a restaurant remix this week, but unfortunately life got in the way. You may not know this, but during the day I work …
Read More »Nik’s Big Bite: Southwest Tuna Melt Triangles
I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it! I’m about to lose control…and I think I like it! (Dear Nik: the Pointer Sisters called and said, “cease and desist.” That is all.) So, if you are our fan on Facebook, you saw that I posted yesterday that I received my shipment of P-28 bread. After Jen’s review and delicious …
Read More »Jen’s MexiCali Meatloaf
~~posted by Jen Mini Meatloaf ready to eat! I was torturing y’all a couple weeks ago about my discovery of a non-carb binder for meatloaf, remember? I promised to tell you what it was, then Soup Week came along, and the meatloaf recipe got back-burnered. Well, it was pretty rude of me to leave y’all hanging like that, so I …
Read More »Nik’s Turkey & TVP chili
~~posted by Nikki Soup Week is coming to a close. We’ve enjoyed sharing these recipes with you and hope you’ve enjoyed them too! Please remember that if you are cooking along with us, that you have until November 7th to email us either a picture of the soup you made from the blog this week OR a picture and recipe …
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