You probably already have it in fridge or pantry-Italian dressing gives your meat a delicious pop of flavor. I like the meat grilled after it is marinated so easy and delicious.
Grilled pork chops that were marinated in Italian dressing. My son requested this dinner over the weekend pork chops, wild rice, fresh green beans and apple sauce-yum!.
Wishbone is my Italian dressing of choice. I usually marinate my meat over night
I have used this marinade with chicken breasts, pork chops and one of my favorites is flank steak-grilled.
We do not eat steak anymore-I miss the flank steak in this marinade grilled sliced thin-The Best!
A trick I use to get perfectly cooked vegetables with a little crunch is to boil the water add the vegetable such as green beans cook for 4 minutes drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking.
I put a little unsalted butter and sprinkle with garlic salt-so good on green beans.
I drank Diet coke to keep my weight down and for a boost of energy-my coffee. After I had my kids I gained weight-luckily, I lost it within a few months-hard work-hit the gym daily and watched what I ate. I started drinking diet coke to keep my weight down. I started drinking it all day long to keep my energy up and had many people tell me you need to stop it isn't healthy. I think I was in denial and was scared I would gain weight... last Tuesday I decided to stop and did.
Many headaches later:) I have replaced it with tea-unsweet with lemon- luckily that is the way my mom made it so that is what I am use too.
I realized it was a habit and decided to change it.
It is interesting-we have a park next to our subdivision, with the weather cooling off I am trying to get in some runs-I ran better last week and later read that is one of the perks-yeah!
I am looking at ways to be healthier and happier...I am excited to see how my body will change!
My son came home from college last weekend and we went shopping for teas-he was so sweet he kept bring me cups of different teas...Love him:)
Here are some reasons to stop drinking Diet soda:
It confuses your body
Artificial sweeteners have more intense flavor than real sugar, so over time products like diet soda dull our senses to naturally sweet foods like fruit, says Dr. Brooke Alpert, author of The Sugar Detox. Even more troubling, these sugar stand-ins have been shown to have the same effect on your body as sugar. "Artificial sweeteners trigger insulin, which sends your body into fat storage mode and leads to weight gain," Alpert says.
It could lead to weight gain, not weight loss
Diet soda is calorie-free, but it won't necessarily help you lose weight. Researchers from the University of Texas found that over the course of about a decade, diet soda drinkers had a 70 percent greater increase in waist circumference compared with non-drinkers. And get this: participants who slurped down two or more sodas a day experienced a 500 percent greater increase. The way artificial sweeteners confuse the body may play a part, but another reason might be psychological, says Minnesota-based dietitian Cassie Bjork. When you know you're not consuming any liquid calories, it might be easier to justify that double cheeseburger or extra slice of pizza. It's associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Drinking one diet soda a day was associated with a 36 percent increased risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes in a University of Minnesota study. Metabolic syndrome describes a cluster of conditions (including high blood pressure, elevated glucose levels, raised cholesterol, and large waist circumference) that put people at high risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, Bjork explains.
It has no nutritional value
When you drink diet soda, you're not taking in any calories—but you're also not swallowing anything that does your body any good, either. The best no-calorie beverage? Plain old water, says Bjork. "Water is essential for many of our bodily processes, so replacing it with diet soda is a negative thing," she says. If it's the fizziness you crave, try sparkling water. Its sweetener is linked to headaches
Early studies on aspartame and anecdotal evidence suggests that this artificial sweetener may trigger headaches in some people. "I have several clients who used to suffer from migraines and pinpointed their cause to diet soda," Bjork says.
It'll ruin your smile over time
Excessive soda drinking could leave you looking like a Breaking Bad extra, according to a case study published in the journal General Dentistry. The research compared the mouths of a cocaine-user, a methamphetamine-user, and a habitual diet-soda drinker, and found the same level of tooth erosion in each of them. The culprit here is citric acid, which weakens and destroys tooth enamel over time. It makes drinking more dangerous
Using diet soda as a low-calorie cocktail mixer has the dangerous effect of getting you drunk faster than sugar-sweetened beverages, according to research from Northern Kentucky University. The study revealed that participants who consumed cocktails mixed with diet drinks had a higher breath alcohol concentration than those who drank alcohol blended with sugared beverages. The researchers believe this is because our bloodstream is able to absorb artificial sweetener more quickly than sugar.
It's associated with depression
A recent study presented at a the American Academy of Neurology meeting found that over the course of 10 years, people who drank more than four cups or cans of soda a day were 30 percent more likely to develop depression than those who steered clear of sugary drinks. The correlation held true for both regular and diet drinks, but researchers were sure to note that the risk appeared to be greater for those who primarily drank diet sodas and fruit punches. Although this type of study can't prove cause and effect, its findings are worth considering. It may be bad for your bones
Women over 60 are already at a greater risk for osteoporosis than men, and Tufts University researchers found that drinking soda, including diet soda, compounds the problem. They discovered that female cola drinkers had nearly 4 percent lower bone mineral density in their hips than women who didn't drink soda. The research even controlled for the participants' calcium and vitamin D intake. Additionally, a 2006 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that cola intake (all kinds, not just diet) was associated with low bone-mineral density in women.
It may hurt your heart
Just one diet soft drink a day could boost your risk of having a vascular event such as stroke, heart attack or vascular death, according to researchers from the University of Miami and Columbia University. Their study found that diet soda devotees were 43 percent more likely to have experienced a vascular event than those who drank none. Regular soda drinkers did not appear to have an increased risk of vascular events. Researchers say more studies need to be conducted before definitive conclusions can be made about diet soda's effects on health.
It sounds funny to dress your dog...when we first got our dog, Rivet, I would see cute dog apparel and my family would say...l no way, don't even think about it-when I would try to even look at any dog apparel. So I tried to respect their feelings and resisted. That is, until...I was outside waiting to be seen by the mobile vet and it was cold, I was in a vest and my dog Rivet was shivering and another person waiting for their pet to be seen said to me you have a vest on where is your dog's? I felt so bad. I went straight to petsmart and got him some sweatshirts and sweaters...my family got over it...they knew my heart was in the right place:) I got him a skull sweater, Ramone's t shirt, Tommy Bahama sweatshirt, etc. He looked cool in his new duds:) I Love these items I found at Ralph Lauren plus they are for great prices!
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Homemade Buttermilk Waffles-old family recipe-the Best! On the weekends I like to indulge my family with a delicious homemade breakfast. I make most of my recipes from scratch with fresh ingredients-it really doesn't take very long-shhh...don't tell them:) and the taste cannot be beat. This is one of their favorites:)
Buttermilk
Waffle Recipe
Ingredients:
½ cup melted
butter (1 stick)
2 ½ cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking
Soda
2 ½ tsp. Baking
Powder
3 TBSP Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
4 eggs
2 cups
Buttermilk
2 tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
Season waffle
iron and warm up.
Slice butter,
place in small bowl microwave for 20 seconds –repeat until melted. Set aside.
In a medium
bowl, combine all dry ingredients-mix.
In a blender
add all wet ingredients mix until well blended.
Gradually add
dry ingredients about a cup at a time until blended. Don’t over blend-just
until combined.
Pour on waffle
iron and cook until golden brown.
Top with your
favorite topping. I like fresh blueberries and Mrs Butterworth's Maple syrup.
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When I saw this I thought of my good friend from Tampa-Cindy.
She loved this dish and would get it often. I thought it had such a cute name and she loved it.
Miss you, Girl!
We need a beach day:)
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