Wordless Wednesday - Thirty-One

(Iphone photos - hence the blurriness)

a little fun at John's Incredible Pizza for the Nerd's 31st birthday!

more wordless fun at 5 Minutes for Mom. . .

Ultimate Recipe Swap - Eggs!

Life As Mom is hosting her weekly recipe swap as usual, and this week's theme is eggs. As I happened to create an egg dish just the other day for dinner, I thought I would participate. That, and I don't have enough brain cells today to come up with a more meaningful post. :) haha

So my recipe is for Scrambled Egg Pizza.

You need:

* 5 eggs

*a little milk

* can of refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (10)

* maple syrup

* your favorite cheese - we used Colby Jack

* some cooked slices of bacon, or a cup of chopped ham

To make:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Take out an ungreased cookie sheet or pizza pan.

2. Open your can of biscuits and arrange them on the pan, with sides touching and in the shape of a long rectangle (2 biscuits in each row). Lightly glide a rolling pin over the biscuits to push them together. Pinch shut any "holes" between biscuits.

3. Drizzle the biscuit dough with maple syrup - the more, the better, of course.

4. Scramble the eggs with a little milk in the microwave. Remove eggs from microwave and spread over the biscuit dough.

5. Sprinkle bacon pieces or chopped ham (or both!) over the eggs.

6. Finally, shred your cheese over the whole thing until it looks sufficiently cheesy.

7. Bake at 400 degrees for 11-13 minutes, until edges of biscuit dough are lightly browned.

8. Serve immediately.

I actually made two of these the other night for dinner, expecting my family's appetites to be greater than they actually were. And thus I discovered that this recipe does not reheat well, but is best served right away.

My picky picky toddlers loved this and ate all of their pizza slices, including the Beast, who has strongly professed his disdain of scrambled eggs. Go figure!

You can find many more eggy recipes at Life as Mom, and of course share your own.

Week Two Weigh-In -sometimes we fall

I just completed week two of my plan to exercise more, eat better, and ultimately lose weight.

I would rather not go into all the gory details of last week, so here are a few words to give you an overall idea of how the week went: stomach flu, sick family, large box of Ding-Dongs, birthday cake, too much pizza, other family issues, soda, no exercise, ...

Yeah, so it wasn't my best week ever. When I stepped on the scale to weigh myself yesterday, I was pretty surprised to find that I had only gained .6 pounds over the week, making my current weight 168.6 pounds. So certain that it was going to be a lot more weight gain, I was relieved to not totally undo the results of my first week.

So, life is messy. And I am human. Life goes on. Here's to some actual weight loss this week!

By the way, whoever invented push-ups, side planks, and the Superman move ought to be punished. Owww. I am so hurting right now...