~by Nikki When having weight loss surgery, many of us are concerned about how our kids will react to our new lifestyles. We tend to indulge children with cookies, cake, candy and snacks – things we won’t be able to eat anymore. Will we be able to handle it? Will our kids resent us if we try to change their …

~by Nikki Hi Friends. I was supposed to post two recipes today, both of them kid-friendly dishes that post-ops can enjoy too. I have one of them, my WLS-friendly chicken nuggets. But then my dog, Precious, went missing. She’s a toy poodle and she’s only a year old and I can’t imagine where she is right now but both the …

~~posted by Jen Basket: $2 at Michael’s, Towel 50 cents at Walmart, pasta 66 cents at Stop N Shop, sauce $1.50 at Aldi, Candle $4 at Michael’s, Baguette $2.50 at Panera Bread Total $11.16 This is a pretty tough financial time for most everyone, and it doesn’t help that the holidays are upon us. So many people we need to …

~~posted by Jen A few weeks back, I shared my Mediterranean Tilapia recipe with y’all and it seemed to be well received. It’s been a busy few weeks, and I just realized I never did tell y’all what to do with the leftovers! I re-mixed the four leftover tilapia fillets and made some scrumptious stuffed mushrooms. No breading, all fish, …

~~posted by Nik Nutella is one of those things I have resolved I can never, ever eat. I read the label. Doing so made me dump. I already have a cold Nutella shake worked out, but with temperatures kissing the freezing mark here in Maryland, I don’t want no cold shake! So I decided to convert the cold shake to …

  This is my version of the very first cheeseball I ever tasted. Picture it. Nikki. 2008. Support group holiday party. They served this cheeseball and it was…sigh…it was love. Now at the time I was only 11 months post-op so I could only eat a bite (and then couldn’t eat anything else after that) but man, was it worth …

~by Nikki A friend of mine on Obesity Help asked me to take on one of her favorite dessert recipes, the Buckeye. Being from Maryland I never knew much about this treat until she described it to me. It seems to me to be sort of a chocolatey-peanut buttery truffle type deal that has about a gamillion grams of fat …

~~posted by Nik and Jen We get a lot of notes and e-mails that read like this: Dear Nik and Jen, I want to try some sugar-free syrups but don’t know which to buy! Besides the standard (chocolate, vanilla, caramel), what would you suggest? Have no fear, Bariatric Foodie is here! (yes, that was corny, thanks for noticing…) Whether you …

~~posted by Jen 9 Bean Soup in a Jar My older sister Angie is a military wife, her husband Mike retired from the Marine Corps a few years ago, and they have lived all over the country. Christmas has always been a very special holiday in my family. Our late Momma always absolutely adored Christmas, and talk about decking the …

~~posted by Jen and Nik Since today is Nik’s 34th birthday (that heffa don’t look a day over 23, darn her hide!) I thought it would be fun to do another top 5 holiday gift ideas list with a little twist. Y’all know how we love a good twist! So today’s top 5 is Nik’s Favorite Things that she thinks …