I discovered the Hungry Girl website a couple weeks ago and have been abso-freakin-lutely addicted to it. I scour through the archives to find old-to-them, new-to-me recipes. I purchased the cookbook. I wait anxiously for the daily emails (you'd be surprised the things you get excited about when you spend your days wipin' hinies and having boogers randomly handed to you). The thing I love the most about Hungry girl, however, is that she taught me the art of faux frying. I could hump Lisa Lillien on her leg for that alone.
I am a southern girl, born and raised. And if there's anything we do right down here it's FRY our food. If you can dream it up, we can fry it up. I think that's one reason I love carnivals so much. There is everything there from the classic (fried) funnel cakes to the off-the-wall things such as fried coke.
I know all about oven-fried chicken. My Aunt Hester has a recipe for that so good it would make you slap your Mama. Scratch that. It's so good it would make you slap your Grandmama. However. With all the "dash of this" and "pinch of that" she adds to it -- you might as well pick up a bucket of extra crispy at KFC for all the fat and calories you're consuming.
Thanks to Hungry Girl, though, I've learned about Fiber One cereal (I didn't even know it existed!) and how to combine it with all my favorite seasonings (garlic salt, paprika, season salt, I could go on and on) and egg beaters to "faux fry" just about anything. Tonight I made the onion rings with a recipe provided in the HG cookbook. I also made the chicken strips. I had a little bit of the crushed up cereal left. A little bit of egg beaters left. And a jar of pickles in the fridge. One of my favorite foods in the whole wide world is fried pickles dipped in a mustard/ ketchup mix.
Yup, I faux-fried pickles. And they were GOOD! Definitely one to add to the recipe file.
Yesterday was weigh-in, but it was also sofreakinbusythesekidsaredrivingmenuts-o that I did not get a chance to take progression pics. So I took them today and *gasp* I wore shorts to take them in! Since this b-log is still new, I'll do the true progression. From this point on, I'll just add that week's pictures.
I am a southern girl, born and raised. And if there's anything we do right down here it's FRY our food. If you can dream it up, we can fry it up. I think that's one reason I love carnivals so much. There is everything there from the classic (fried) funnel cakes to the off-the-wall things such as fried coke.
I know all about oven-fried chicken. My Aunt Hester has a recipe for that so good it would make you slap your Mama. Scratch that. It's so good it would make you slap your Grandmama. However. With all the "dash of this" and "pinch of that" she adds to it -- you might as well pick up a bucket of extra crispy at KFC for all the fat and calories you're consuming.
Thanks to Hungry Girl, though, I've learned about Fiber One cereal (I didn't even know it existed!) and how to combine it with all my favorite seasonings (garlic salt, paprika, season salt, I could go on and on) and egg beaters to "faux fry" just about anything. Tonight I made the onion rings with a recipe provided in the HG cookbook. I also made the chicken strips. I had a little bit of the crushed up cereal left. A little bit of egg beaters left. And a jar of pickles in the fridge. One of my favorite foods in the whole wide world is fried pickles dipped in a mustard/ ketchup mix.
Yup, I faux-fried pickles. And they were GOOD! Definitely one to add to the recipe file.
Yesterday was weigh-in, but it was also sofreakinbusythesekidsaredrivingmenuts-o that I did not get a chance to take progression pics. So I took them today and *gasp* I wore shorts to take them in! Since this b-log is still new, I'll do the true progression. From this point on, I'll just add that week's pictures.
About-to-pop pregnant -
Ya don't EVEN wanna know how much I weighed here!
Ya don't EVEN wanna know how much I weighed here!
May '08 -- 20 pounds gone:
July '08 -- 37 pounds gone:
August 2, 08 -- 39 pounds gone & still thunder thighin' it!
A side view -- I dunno if that "I HAD TWO C-SECTIONS" tummy will ever go away!:
Sunday's Menu:
Breakfast
Baked pears with Cool Whip
Total Points: 2
Lunch:
Chicken Strips (leftov-ahs, baybay!)
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Total: 6 Points
Snack:
WW Chocolate Dessert Cake
Total: 4 pts
Dinner:
Taco Salad
Total Points: 7
Snack:
Apple Slices
Total Points: 1
Total Daily Points: 20
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