Motivation!!!

If anyone needs a little visual motivation to lose weight, as I sometimes do; Here is a website that can help with that.

Simply upload a frontal picture of yourself, adjust your height, weight and click "set", adjust meter at left to how much weight you desire to lose or gain. Once your picture is uploaded make sure the square only covers your face. it will scan and show the new you to the right. You can print or email it!

Pizza Pizza

For family home evening this week we made home made pizza! , well not the crust. Dad got home too late for that. So here's what we cooked up!

Pizza Sauce (makes enough for 2 pizzas)
Ingredients

* 1 16 ounce can of sauce with
* 1 can (6 0z) tomato paste
* 6 oz Water; ( less for thicker!!!!!)

SEASONINGS

* 1/2 ts Garlic powder
* 2 ts Italian seasoning
* 2 ts Fennel seed
* 2 ts Onion powder
* 1.5 ts. Sugar

Instructions
Mix all the ingredients and allow to set for at least 30 minutes before use. The Fennel Seed is a key to the flavor!!

* I made modifications to this recipe based off of our results. Add whatever toppings sound delish to you. We used mozzarella, pepperoni and a mixture of italian sausage and ground beef.

Always wanted to...

When I was younger they didn't have stores with kid-sized shopping carts, so when I had to make a run to my second home & knew it wasn't going to require filling my own cart-- I told the kids to load up their rides and roll out! The store we were heading to didn't have the special carts either, but that didn't stop us!

Strawberries and Cream Trifle

Made a dessert for a recent Relief Society meeting and was pleased with the way it turned out. here you go:


Strawberries and cream trifle

Ingredients:

* 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
* 1-1/2 cups cold water
* 1 package (1 ounce) sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
* 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
* 1 prepared angel food cake (9-ounce round)
* 4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
* 3 whole fresh strawberries

Directions:
In a bowl, whisk the milk and water. Whisk in the pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set; fold in the whipped topping. Cut cake into 1/2-in. cubes.
Spoon a third of the pudding mixture into a 4-qt. trifle or glass bowl. Top with half of the cake cubes and sliced strawberries. Repeat layers once. Top with remaining pudding mixture. Garnish with whole strawberries. Yield: 12 servings.

Just Couldn't Resist

Lately, some of my children sightings have been pretty comical to me. The children have discovered "closets and cubby's". My daughter discovered that pouring shampoo in the tub makes it nearly impossible to get out of....slippery factor!