As in Peppermint Paddy. And no…I am not talking about the girl from the Peanuts cartoons. I am talking about the velvety, refreshing, makes-your-mouth-say “AMEN!” taste of a peppermint paddy. Before I give up the goods I gotta tell you a story about these little treats. When I was younger my great-grandmother used to keep a candy dish full of …

I do too! So I tinkered around in the kitchen and came up with these babies. Mind you they are still on the moderation list. They are not protein forward. They are not even particularly low calorie (although if you look below at the comps to McD’s it is a significant reduction in calories). My suggestion? Make them. Freeze them. …

Whaddya know! A two-fer! People often ask me how much I can eat. Mostly because I always say I have the “Wonder Pouch.” Not really though. I just know what healthy things I can eat a lot of and I tend to gravitate toward those foods. Because I like to eat. A lot. So anyway, this was my lunch today. …

In the interest of full disclosure I have to tell you that I hated bananas pre-op. They made my tummy hurt badly. I dunno why. But post-op…once I started trusting fruit again (new post-ops…tread carefully with fruit…it has sugar too although not sucrose and bananas have a LOT of sugar) I was drawn to bananas. I think I needed the …

So there’s a story behind this recipe (of course). I was on the treadmill reading Food Network Magazine (as I was wont to do in my earlier days) and I saw this egg dish that looked very pretty: it was eggs in a cup made of phyllo dough. Loved the concept. Did not want the phyllo dough. So I decided …

So now that you know the basics, we can explore the many and varied world of great protein shakes. What better way to start off than with a shake that most of us should not have? The Click Frapp. Ok, I’m not going to say you shouldn’t have it…but Click has caffeine which is probably a big no-no for most …

Like for real. There isn’t. So if you are…STOP IT!!! Now this video took forever and three days to save to my computer (and another seven to save to this blog–even after compressing!) so you have to be kind and watch it. 🙂 After all the hoopla I realized I cut out the last scene in the damn thing. We …

So I have been trying for the better part of the day to get this damn video up on the blog. Is it there??? Is it really there??? Ok, so the Carbquik pancake…folks have been having trouble with the recipe. And that bothers me. For several reasons: firstly because as a person who dreams up recipes you never want your …

So most of you already know this, but for those that don’t…funnel cake is basically a glorified pancake. Sorry to ruin any romantic conceptions you had about this summertime carnival treat, but that’s basically what it is. The good news? This works to our advantage in creating a WLS friendly version. 3 fundamental problems with traditional funnel cake that make …

Ok, so shoot me, I don’t have a picture to show you. This is mainly because my digital camera is sitting in my electronics basket…uncharged….where it has been for the last month. One day I will get around to doing the incredibly simple task of plugging in the battery charger but today it was just too much, OK???? As a …