~by Nikki Boy, you guys are good for my memory. Cuz I’d almost forgotten about the banana bon-bon contest (not really…but it was sort of in the back of my mind that yesterday was the deadline. That is, until I received two late entries from two friends, both named Susan! Here’s what the first Susan had to say: Here is …

~~posted by Jen Well, you know all about roasting now, whether you want to cook vegetables or meat.  Now, as promised, here are the instructions for making my “Perfect” roasted chicken! Your family will love you even more than they already do, I promise! Jen’s Perfect Roast Chicken Ingredients: 1 (5 to 6 pound) fresh Roasting Chicken (may be called …

~~posted by Jen Yesterday in Part 1, we learned all about roasting vegetables, so today we’ll cover roasting meats, seafood, and poultry. Roasting meats is no more complicated than roasting vegetables, although the cook time is a bit longer in some cases, except seafood. The tools and ingredients you’ll need are the same, with the exception of some additional spices …

~by Nikki Hey guys, Jen had your “BF Basics” on roasting tips all ready to go…and then the “wonky wireless network” troll visited her house! So look for that later today or early tomorrow. Until then…please accept this offering to tide you over. 🙂 One of the nice things about being further out from surgery is that I can get …

~~posted by Jen Roasted Shrimp and Brussels Sprouts Nik and I have talked about our different styles and approaches to cooking quite a bit over the years. As most of y’all may know, she didn’t really cook all that much prior to WLS. Post-op, cooking became a necessity in order to make sure her nutritional goals were met. I’ve always …

~by Nikki Bon-bon madness is catching on. Have you made yours yet? No? Well maybe a nice testimonial from our friend Lucia in Rhode Island might convince you. She says: I love this recipe! To shake the pieces of banana in, I didn’t have any of the things you listed. So I took some Fiber One twigs and a little …

~~posted by Jen So usually I eat a salad with some protein on top for lunch or dinner, but one of my favorite “go to” snacks is veggie sticks with Greek Yogurt Ranch dip.  Let’s face it, you can only eat so much meat and cheese before you start craving “vegabulls”.  Yesterday afternoon I made myself the little crudite snack …

by Nikki Ok, so let me run down my theory about cookies. They are not evil. They’re not the devil incarnate. They were not put on this earth to destroy me. HOWEVER, they are very easy to overeat. So I have cookie rules: Nik only eats sugar-free cookies (an obvious one) Nik only eats cookies in the presence of others …

~by Nikki We have another contender in the bon-bon challenge! This time it’s my good friend Pam. Instead of sending me a picture, however, she blogged about her bon-bon making. Click here to go to her blog, but be warned: there is some SERIOUS food porn going on over there. So what are YOU waiting for? Bon-bon with us!

~by Nikki Not that we eat bread or anything. Nooooo…I don’t eat bread! Do you eat bread? (well maybe just a little…) In all honesty, I do occasionally eat bread. But the main reason I don’t most of the time is because it’s bulky, it takes up too much room and it makes my stomach hurt! On the way to …