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 To help spread the word about Chili's Triple Dipper (which is awesome by the way!!

Next week's recipe linky will be all about appetizers- so this week prepare your favorite appetizer and write up the post so you can link it up next week!!!  At the end of the June 5th Linky

5 winners to be selected to receive a $20 Chili's gift card each.

Artichoke Baked Fish Fillets
Servings:4

4 (6 ounce) flounder fillets (each fillet should weigh 6-oz.)
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons minced green onions

Directions:

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Zucchini Bread
makes 3 large loaves

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup honey
1 cup agave nectar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 up applesauce ( I just use one natural cup of applesuace, it is slightly more than 1/2 a cup usually)
4 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup water
2 cups grated zucchini
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup special dark chocolate chips
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine flours, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine oil, applesauce, honey, agave, eggs, water, zucchini and lemon juice. Mix wet ingredients into dry, add nuts and chocolate chips- fold in. Bake in 3 standard loaf pans, sprayed with nonstick spray, for 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Alternately, bake in 6-7 mini loaf pans for about 45 minutes.

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Hey ya'll.  This has been a good week- really busy a lot has been going on.  So, I have a super fast, super delicious fruit salad that I made on the fly, in about 3 minutes flat, one day when dinner (read: crock pot meal) was done and I had made no side dishes.  But it was so good and fast, it is my new favorite.

The amounts are not exact, since I literally just threw some things together, so add or subtract where you please.

This week I realized that I have been being a little silly, or stupid... whichever way you want to put it.  For some reason I just haven't been able to wrap my head around this whole diet thing.  Not that I want it to be a diet, but more of a healthy eating more often lifestyle change.  But I have been eating things that I never eat, or that I very RARELY eat, buy or even cook.. just an abundance of junk daily, all day long.  And, I have been craving junk... and blah blah blah.

Anyway. what I realized this week is that I am being a victim of MYSELF.  Making poor choices because of laziness, or feeling like I deserve it or otherwise.  Like I have no choice but to eat everything my body craves.

This, my dears, is just ridiculous.  Isn't part of the journey of life learning to control yourself?  (a concept I don't think everyone understands)?

This concept involves all aspects of our lives.  It is not safe or good to indulge foolishly in a number of things, just because we have a natural tendency for them, be it sex, drugs, laziness... whatever your crutch may be.  We will become better people as a whole if we learn to take the reigns of our own physical base urges (yes that includes eating a whole 1/2 gallon of ice cream) and use those urges properly... Okay, don't get me going, I could talk about this for days.

The point is, that I can either choose to be a victim (of myself and my choices) or I can step up.  So, I am going to try to step up.  And this little recipe was an easy step, people, and totally delicious!!  Tyr it, if you like tuna sandwiches you won't be disappointed!

I got the original idea from The Kitchn and went from there (the image via the kitchn)

Shred the tuna with a fork and stir in the rest of the ingredients. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve over a good whole wheat bread.  Eat immediately or refrigerate for up to two days.

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1 -  8 ounce Cream Cheese
2 Crescent Roll Packages
1 Bag Real Bacon Bits
sprinkle of Garlic Powder

Mix bacon bits, cream cheese and garlic powder together until well combined.
Open Crescent roll package and lay rolls out flat (cut like image below)
Add a small dollop of cream cheese mixture to the wide portion of the triangle and roll up!

Bake at 350 for approx 15 minutes.  Serve hot!

Here are some pictures of the little party we had tonight.  The kids had a huge water war in the back yard, mix that with the sand box... and we made them stay outside ( to save the new wood floors!)  They sang me happy birthday through the window screen, that it made it even cuter!

What have you been making?

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Thank you!  Let's Eat!

Well, I cooked again this week (wait a second while I pat myself on the back!) and was a little more committed to how I ate.  I felt it too, I just felt like this week would be better!... and it was.  I lost maybe 2 lbs or just slightly less.  So, either way that felt like great progress.

I will have to talk about my mind set right now later though cuz I am about to fall asleep!  This weekend has been busy!  We (read Justin) finished installing a deck that we technically started 2 years ago... I know, but it just wasn't a priority.  But now that we have a toddler that wants to be "out-shide" all day and all night long, we have been cleaning up the back yard!  I am really excited for the time we can spend back there!  But we worked on cleaning the yard all day!

Anyway, this week I tried out a Martha recipe that was really good and pretty simple, but a nice change from your average pizza.  I made a  few changes, but mostly just followed their instructions.

Pizza Dough -(or use frozen if you want)
Whisk 3 3/4 cups flour (I used 3 white whole wheat and 3/4 white flour and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, make a well in center of flour.

Toppings

3/4 cup store-bought marinara sauce
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese (they suggested Provolone and my store didn't have it)

(next time I will add some Mozzarella s well!)
1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes, halved (I used the whole little clear container, I think it was a pint?)
1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 pound ground beef chuck
Coarse salt and ground pepper

Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray your rimmed cooking sheet with olive oil spray.

On a lightly floured work surface, use a rolling pin and your hands to roll and stretch dough into a 15-by-11-inch rectangle (if dough becomes too elastic to work with, let it rest a few minutes). Transfer to prepared sheet.

Spread sauce evenly over dough, leaving a 1-inch border all around. Top with provolone, tomatoes, and if desired, onion; scatter beef over top. Season with salt and pepper.

Bake until crust is golden, beef is cooked, and cheese is melted, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

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