~~posted by Jen OK, y’all, here we go! Soup Week has officially begun and our Cook Along Contest starts tomorrow! Double check the Top 5 Soup-Making Essentials to make sure you’re geared up, then peruse the BF Basics of Soup-Making in case you missed it this morning. Now, are you ready? As promised, here’s our downloadable shopping list, and it’s separated …

~~posted by Jen Last night was the bi-weekly fridge cleaning at my house, and y’all know what that means! Anything I find that needs to be used is fair game for a new concoction! I had 2 packs of imitation crab meat that were purchased a couple weeks back with the intention of making my Crab Dip, but they got …

~by Nikki This might sound corny but, this is a recipe that was born of friendship. Which makes it precisely the kind of recipe I love. You guys know me well enough now to know there’s almost ALWAYS a story behind my food. So my wonderful friend Pam sent me a picture of something called “peanut butter salad.” It looked …

~~posted by Jen Our Faithful Readers are probably wondering why the heck there’s a Top 5 post on Sunday, am I right? Usually we have Top 5 Tuesdays or Thursdays, but this week we’re mixing it up! You get Top 5 today and BF Basics on Tuesday. Have to keep y’all on your toes! Seriously though, since we’re getting all souped …

~by Nikki and Jen Jen stole this pic from Google images Well, Pouchers, fall has arrived and here on the East Coast we’ve had some downright COLD days! The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and we ALL know what that means… SOUP TIME!!!! Yeah baby! We’re dubbing October 24 through 31as Bariatric Foodie’s first annual soup week. …

What’s in a meatball? When you make Nik’s…a whole lot! I know a lot of you buy your meatballs at the grocery store. It’s convenient, I know. There are many brands that have turkey and lean beef and they are quite tasty. I don’t tend to buy pre-packaged meatballs, though. Why? (Broken record in 5, 4, 3, 2…) Well first …

~~posted by Jen 3 Cheese & Tomato Spread on half of a Pop Rice Today was crazy busy, I went out to lunch and a double feature at the movies with some friends and got home just in time to watch a little football before “Amazing Race” came on. We needed some snacks for tv viewing of course. Well, the …

~~posted by Jen As promised, here is the quicker version of my red beans and sausage, perfect for a busy week night. I prefer the slow cooker version, but this one tastes really good and my family can’t tell the difference. I tend to be a glutton for punishment, that’s probably why I think the more labor intense version tastes …

Now remember last week how Jen gave you her outlook on nachos? This is one of the many instances where we do the same dish, two ways. We’ve decided when that happens, we’ll both post so you can see various ways to approach a dish. For the folks that want their nachos now, now, now!!! I would suggest Jen’s recipe. …

This recipe is ubiquitous. (And, yes, I did use the word ubiquitous because I’ve been dying to use the word ubiquitous, thank you for noticing!) Even though that’s not quite the right word. Versatile? Mmmm…not really. Ok, so let me just say what it is I’m trying to say. There are very few people who don’t like this recipe! New …