Grill Healthier For Your Family
As you all know, I am all about finding healthier ways to cook delicious foods and share it with you all. This past weekend, I was fortunate to share the kitchen with Carolina Mama and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
We decided to grill up some summer shrimp kabobs. First off, we sliced up the veggies (bell peppers and squash) and sprayed about 15 sprays of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
After we finished spraying, we placed them on the grill pan for a few minutes.
As the veggies were grilling, we prepared the shrimp. This was so easy to prepare. We poured the fresh shrimp onto a plate and sprayed about 20 sprays of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter directly onto the shrimp. We then placed the shrimp onto the grill pan. After grilling both sides, the shrimp was so delicious.
It was time to begin the kabobs.
Do they not look so cute?
For a side item, we decided to grill up some fresh corn. Once again, this was so easy. Take fresh corn and spray I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter all over the corn and put onto the grill pan. Once the corn is done, spray the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter once again and tada you have a fantastic healthy side item.
In the end, you have a delicious meal that is very healthy for the whole family all with the help from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
Would you like more fun and exciting grill tips? Awesome, then join us tonight for the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Taste and Tweet. The Taste & Tweet will run from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm CST on Monday, July 26th and will provide a fun opportunity to interact with other bloggers as well as the great hosts. The hosts are @GrillCompanion (www.grillingcompanion.com) who will be sharing their grilling expertise and answering questions on all of your barbeque and grilling questions to help you grill like a pro, and entertaining expert, @HWTM_Jenn (www.hostesswiththemostess.com), who will be sharing her insider tips on how to throw the perfect outdoor party and back yard barbeque this summer. We’re also excited to have Chef Normajean Longfield from the Unilever Test Kitchen who will be Tweeting with @ICBINotButter to give you tips on all of the great ways to spray I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! There will be awesome prizes as well including these grand prizes each valued at $125! The prize features:
· Weber Smokey Joe grill
· I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! grill basket
· Crate and Barrel four-piece tool set!
To get this Taste and Tweet off to a terrific start, I have a special giveaway to offer to my readers. The gift set includes:
• Two coupons for a FREE I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! product
• I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Summer Newsletter with great grilling recipes
• I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Grill Basket perfect for grilling veggies, fish or chicken
• Set of Crate & Barrel Corn on the Cob Picks and Dishes
• Crate & Barrel Melamine Serving Bowl
• Crate & Barrel Grill Tongs and Turner
• BBQ Mitt
In order to be entered to win, please share in comment below what your favorite way is to use the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray.
The contest will end Friday July 30, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be chosen via Random.org. Good Luck!
P.S. I did receive a package from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter but was not compensated for this blog post. All opinions and ideas are of my own.
No tags for this post.A Gals Best Friend Her Doggy
If you have been following along with me on Facebook, you will know my youngest DD L has been very sick with her asthma and allergies. She is on multiple steroids, antibiotics, antihistamines, 2 allergy shots a week, 3 breathing treatments a day and the list could go on. Her body really needs a break.
Hopefully this morning will be the first step in her body getting the break. I am a nervous mommy as I am such a worry wart. My baby girl is getting her tonsils and adenoids remove. It is a simple surgery but with her asthma, it makes the surgery a bit riskier. I know the Good Lord has his arms wrapped around her and my Grandma is right there as her guardian angel all through surgery and recovery.
Another person that will be by her side for the next 2 weeks during recovery is our doggy. They are truly BFF’s and love each other so much.
Good Earth Means Good Food for Your Soul
Contest now closed. Congratulations to Comment Number 33 for being selected via Random.org!
As a family, we are really trying to get back to the basics with our eating. So many times in this fast paced society do we want to reach for fast foods and not take the time to really sit down for a well cooked healthy meal. What if I told you that you could cook a healthy 5 star cuisine meal in less than 30 minutes?
Meet Good Earth!
100% whole grain, no trans fat, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives, no MSG – just add meat and, voila! Dinner is served. Good Earth dry dinner kits offer a selection of four delectable meals: Mediterranean Chicken with angel hair pasta, Spicy Citrus Glazed Shrimp with angel hair pasta, Herb Crusted Chicken with mushroom risotto and Tuscan Chicken with penne pasta.
I was given the chance to review the Mediterranean Chicken and let me just say… my husband is very picky. He is pretty much a meat and potatoes kind of guy and will not stray far from that particular meal. When I sat this before him
I received the look. I said just try it. He took one bite, then another, and another until the whole plate was cleaned. I just smiled. Thank you Jesus that I can add another meal that my husband will eat. It truly was so delicious that I was thinking I should feel guilty for eating it, but I don’t have to with it having no trans fat, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives, or no MSG.
It’s your turn to get the chance to try the Good Earth meals for yourself. One lucky blog reader will win a Good Earth gift pack that includes a Good Earth Mediterranean Chicken dry dinner kit, two sets of bamboo flatware, two bamboo dishes, a bamboo utility board and a 100% recyclable grocery tote.
All you need to do is leave a comment below on who you would cook this new dinner for and you will be entered to win. I will leave it open for entries until July 20, 2010 11:59pm EST. I will choose one winner via Random.org.
P.S. The product, gift pack, information and additional gift pack to give away were all given to me by Good Earth and MyBlogSpark
No tags for this post.Yogurt Just Got Simpler – Giveaway
Is your family big fans of yogurt? I will tell you, everyone in my family usually eats one serving of yogurt a day. I never realized though how much additives were in certain brands of yogurt. Moms and Dads, discover the newest tasty, wholesome snack – one that both parents and kids can happily agree on – available now in the dairy case!
New Simply… Go-Gurt is made from simple ingredients moms look for and contains no high fructose corn syrup or artificial colors or flavors. Each convenient portable yogurt tube contains a good source of calcium and vitamin D. Simply stated, Simply… Go-Gurt is a good-for-you, low fat yogurt snack that you can feel good about giving to your kids.
New Simply… Go-Gurt is available in two kid-friendly flavors, Strawberry and Mixed Berry.
I did a little experiment with my girls. I did not tell my girls that I changed the yogurt in their laptop lunch boxes to the new Simply… Go-Gurt. I eagerly awaited their arrival back home that afternoon and was greeted my daughter saying “Mommy, Mommy… I loved that strawberry yogurt so much in my lunch box. Can I have some more tomorrow for lunch.” She has made sure each day that I put it in her lunch box which is weird because she never would hardly eat all the yogurt from before. Now, she never has any yogurt left when she comes home from school. SCORE!
I would love for you to try this yogurt and see what your kids think! I have coupons available up to 30 of my readers that can be printed right here from this blog post.
Also, Yoplait and BlogSpark has graciously offered up a Simply…Go-Gurt prize pack to giveaway to one of my readers.
All you need to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment below letting me know if your family is a big fan of yogurt and what flavor do you all usually enjoy 
.
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P.S. Yoplait and BlogSpark did provide One Moms World with a prize pack. This in no way effected my review here as my girls will definitely tell you if they do not like a certain food
Exciting News One Moms World Opens Their Own Store
I am so excited to tell you about a new feature here at One Moms World. As you all know by now, I am on a more healthy journey with my family. I often get emails on what products I use in my healthy journey. You can now shop live right here at One Moms World. All the products that I use in our healthy journey is going to be available right here in my new store. Guess what? The prices are very reasonable too!
Getting your family on a healthy journey does not have to be hard, and that is what led me to open up this store. I want to be there for you and help you launch your own journey. As we are raising our kids, we have to remember their little eyes are looking up to us. We truly are their role models, so we need to make sure the steps we are taking in life are the steps we would want our kids to take when they are adults.
I will continue to add to my store new products so keep checking back very often. We can be on this healthy journey together and help each other. If you ever have any questions, please let me know by commenting here or emailing me at jenhouck @ gmail.com.
Here’s to a more healthy journey :::cheers:::
No tags for this post.Weight Watchers Meal Baked Chicken Tenders
I am so trying to find new ideas for meals so I took a leap and used a couple ingredients I had here in the pantry. The ingredients included:
1. Tiger Sauce (I found this at our local grocery store)
2. McCormick Salt Free Garlic & Herb
I took a pack of fresh chicken tenders made from chicken breast. Poured the tiger sauce all over the chicken tenders, then topped that with the Salt Free Garlic & Herb all over.
4 chicken tenders = 3 points
I added the following sides:
Fresh cut cucumbers = 0 points
Bush Baked Beans = 2 points
Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce = 2 points
Total Points for Dinner Meal = 7 Points
Easy and fast meal that is so delicious!
No tags for this post.Yoplait Frozen Smoothie Review and Giveaway
I have always enjoyed smoothies, but it has been years since I have actually made my own here at the house. I was so ecstatic to be able to review the new Yoplait Frozen Smoothies. I wasn’t sure what to expect at first, but I have to say it was so easy to make and the taste was excellent. I could see myself eating one of these everyday as a great snack that would be great for points on my Weight Watchers adventure.
Did you know seven out of 10 Americans do not consume the daily recommended amount of fruit? Every Yoplait Smoothie contains a full serving of fruit as well as real Yoplait yogurt pieces with live & active cultures. Yoplait Smoothies are a good source of calcium when prepared with milk according to directions, and an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin C.
Simply add milk to a Yoplait freezer package, blend, and in less than two minutes you can enjoy a nutritious and delicious smoothie guilt free! At 110 calories per serving, Yoplait Frozen Smoothies make creating the at-home smoothie convenient, simple and worry free.
Let’s take a picture tour of how easy it was to make these!
Gather the milk and the smoothie package. I used the single Hamilton smoothie blender to make this smoothie.
Pour the entire package of the yoplait smoothie into the blender and add the milk.
Put the lid onto the blender.
Press the blender button to make the smoothie.
After a minute and half…. you have 2 servings of a fruit smoothie.
See how easy it is? This would be easy to make in the morning before you head out the door for the day or in the evenings for a snack. Like I said, the taste is delicious. It really is great taste that will leave you wanting more!
Would you like to try them out for yourself? Print off this $1.25 coupon to use on your purchase. Also… you can win your very own prize pack of a coupon for a free package and the blender. All you need to do is leave me a comment below telling me what is your favorite smoothie. I will pick a random winner after the contest ends on Feb 3, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. Extra entries?
1. Subscribe to our feed
2. Tweet about this giveaway
3. Post about this giveaway on Facebook
Make sure to leave a comment for each entry!
P.S. The coupon, blender, information and the prize pack to give away were all given to me from Yoplait and MyBlogSpark.
No tags for this post.Affordable Student Insurance
Medical Insurance… it is two words we love or hate right? During these times in the economy, several families are having to face that they no longer have medical insurance. We had to face this in our own family. At first, it can seem there are no afforable options but just breathe in and relax. The main thing is to do your research and see what your family budget can afford.
One option that was brought to my attention is with United HealthCare Student Insurance. One of the features I really like about this insurance is the plan offers protection/coverage for injury AND sickness, 24/7/365. It is just not an insurance plan that will cover your kids while at school. Of course the best feature I liked is the price. That is what we all worry about right? This policy is only $98.00 every two months or $588.00 per policy year. The Health Plan is available to K12 students from ages 5 – 18 (ages 4-18 in Texas).
While the K12 Health Plan can provide a level of protection for uninsured children, it is also being purchased by many families who have high deductible employer coverage. If parents have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to meet their employer plan deductible, the K12 Health Plan can reimburse them for their children’s eligible medical expenses while they are working toward meeting their employer plan’s deductible.
Go ahead and take a look at the K12 insurance site and see all the options that you can tailor to your family. There are so many options that will make you feel more comfortable of taking out an affordable insurance plan for your family.
UHCSR is a division of UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company dedicated to student insurance programs for over 40 years.
No tags for this post.Day 7 Thankful for Weekly Menus
I am a planner believe it or not. We do like to plan certain things even though we do just take random road trips. Today I am thankful for the weekly menus that I plan out. With my busy schedule throughout the week, it really helps me to know what I will be making for dinner that evening so I don’t have to stress about that everyday. Menu planning also helps us eat healthier as we are not just trying to throw something together last minute that may be on the unhealthy side like sandwiches and potato chips.
Here is our weekly menu for this week.
Monday:
Weight Watcher Chicken Cups
Baked Mac N Cheese
Orange Slices
Tuesday:
Herb Chicken
Cream Style Corn
Candid Sweet Potatoes
Wednesday:
Oscar Mayer Turkey Hotdogs
Tater Tots
Applesauce
Thursday:
BBQ Pork Loin
Pork Loin
1 Bottle of BBQ Sauce
12 oz. of Diet Coke
Chopped Onion
Cook on low in crockpot for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
Baked Beans
Baked Potato
Friday:
Pizza – Little Casears (4 points a slice)
Salad
Snacking Can Be Healthy Too
I get lots of questions and emails on how I create healthy snacks for my family. Most of you all know, that I started a healthy weightloss journey this time last year. It’s still going strong and I thought I would share with you some of my ideas that I do for my family.
At the beginning of each week, I go to the grocery store or farmers market. It depends on our schedule of the weekend to which location that I go to pick up our weekly produce. I select the veggies and fruits that I know we all will eat. I come home then and begin the big divide. I pack the girls lunch everyday so I use several small containers. Each container will get a serving size of either fruits or veggies. All these containers reside on our bottom shelf all week. I then will fix up four big containers of the fruits and veggies. The big containers are used for snacks here at home and the small serving size containers are used for packed lunches every day.
It does take time on Sunday’s to do this every week, but it is worth it during the week when the girls and I can just go to the fridge open and take out a quick and easy snack. Now, we also have a wooden cabinet that sits in our dining room. This is our dry food cabinet. I will fill that cabinet up with wheat thins, veggie crackers, baked lays, fruit snacks, peanuts, graham crackers and granola bars. The girls are allowed to pick one of these snacks when they get home from school and one before they go to bed. Now notice, they can go into the fridge unlimited to get the fruits and veggies, but we do limit them on the dry snacks. For the dry snacks, they are allowed to fill a bowl half way.
That is the big thing, it is all about portion control and teaching the kids early on. Now, listen up! Do you notice what types of snacks I have? I do not have little debbie cakes, cookies, and etc sitting around. All that carb, and high fat stuff will do is cause your family to be unhealthy, so why even buy it? Do not bring it in the house and you will not be tempted to eat it! It is simple as that. Make sure you have the healthy snacks and just keep doing this process each week. You will feel better about yourself (not sluggish) and you will lose weight in the process.
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