Archive for the ‘food’ Category

The Oven’s Preheating!

12.9.09

Holiday Baking Days in the Fergie Household are underway! No, I don't have time for this! No, I don't need to be eating desserts! But it's Christmas, people! The girls and I are going to be making holiday treats every few days from now until Christmas. I'm in ...

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Review: Simply enjoyable!

8.19.09

I'm home a little earlier during the summer months and that means that I'm more or less responsible for making dinner. I used to cook up a storm in my younger days, mostly Trinidadian food, but for one reason or another, I just don't have the interest or the time ...

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Better Tuesdays: The Muscle Factor

8.5.09

[Yes, I know it's Wednesday, but humor me!]My goals for this week are:Do resistance training at least twice. Let's chat for a moment about resistance training. First off, it sounds so...hard. I mean, with the whole use of the word "resistance" and all? What situation have you ever been in ...

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Better Tuesdays: The Home Stretch

7.28.09

Holy crap. When did it get to be almost August? it seems like it was just the other day when we embarked on our BetterU journey. I started off so strong: exercising 3 to 5 times a week; eating well; etc. But somewhere around the beginning of July (ok I ...

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Better Tuesdays: Hangin’ In There

6.23.09

WEEK 4We are officially 1/3 of the way through the BetterU program and I am pleased to say that I am plugging along as well as can be expected. I have definitely been incorporationg all of the advice and tips provided to us and, slowly but surely, I am seeing ...

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Better Tuesdays: Progress Report

6.16.09

Hello Week 3!Gosh time flies when you're not eating carbs.THE GOOD: I am pleased to report that, since starting the BetterU program, I have been exercising at least 5 times each week. And that my friends, is major considering that I really was not into working out before. My exercise ...

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Basket Case

6.13.09

Please take a look at our bread basket.The first thing you will probably notice is that it is not actually a basket, but a platter. This is because our bread "needs" have long outgrown our cute, normal-people-sized bread box. Please note that 99% of the items in this bread platter ...

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The Busy Mom’s Diet

6.10.09

What if busy moms trying to lose weight only ate the leftover food on their kid's plate for each meal? Had that been my diet plan today I would have had:Half a Blueberry Nutrigrain waffle (WITH NO SYRUP MOMMY!) for breakfast and a quarter cup of OJ;A Dinosaur Chicken Nugget ...

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