On a healthy kick!

So I've been trying to eat healthier lately since my scale showed me a horrifying number I didn't think I'd see again.  We purchased a juicer and have been enjoying that as well as making a ton of smoothies!  Some of my favorite smoothie recipes call for yogurt or apple juice, Quincy however, is allergic to milk and gets a diaper rash from apple juice, so I've been trying to find alternatives.  I found I could replace apple juice with cranberry and then I found an allergen free yogurt recipe.  And you make it in your CROCK POT!!!  It's so easy, I made one batch of soygurt (as we are calling it), and have one regular batch finishing up as I type. 

Kyson and Quincy thoroughly enjoyed the soygurt for breakfast with some strawberry jam in it.  Halli didn't, but she really hates soy milk and you can still taste it a little bit.

So here is the original recipe for Crock Pot Yogurt

And here is the recipe for Allergen Free Yogurt
(I couldn't find allergen free yogurt for a starter, so I used regular, the next couple days will tell if that was okay, or not.)

My soygurt was really runny, so I put coffee filters into a strainer that I had inside of a bowl and let the liquid drip out.  Now it is about the consistency of sour cream. You can also use this method to turn regular yogurt into Greek yogurt. 

We also tried a recipe a friend of mine recommended, Cauliflower Crust Pizza
Trust me, I was unsure about it too, but I have 3 heads of cauliflower sitting around my house from my Bountiful Baskets.  Anyway, it came out amazing!  We ate the first one with just sauce and cheese on top, all my kids had at least one slice and Chad and I each had two.  We were all a little full by the second one, but still very delicious.  Like the recipe says, it will not taste like a normal pizza crust, but it won't taste like cauliflower either.

And that's about it, I'm signing off for the night!

Cooking up a Storm!

So since my awesome hubby did all the dishes on Friday I actually had a desire to cook!  Yesterday the kids and I made zucchini bread muffins, and my friend Sarah's sister's recipe of breakfast cookies (that's what we're calling them).  I also made some fresh salsa as well. 

Grocery shopping was also on my to do list this week and since I finished 2 weeks worth of food in 45 minutes (I rock!!!) I decided to make one of my easy go to lunches for the kids and Chad.  Brown bag burritos is such an easy recipe that I got off of one of moneysavingmom"s meal plans, however, she got it from here.  My first time making them I thought they were a little too salty, so I didn't add any salt to my refried beans and it was MUCH better, however, if you are using canned refried beans I would just omit the salt in the recipe.  Oh, and before I forget, here is the refried beans recipe I use, so easy, and tastes WAY better then canned even if you use oil.  I wish I kept my bacon grease on hand for cooking, but we so rarely have bacon and Chad usually cleans up, it just doesn't happen. But I am sure bacon grease would make them even more amazing! 

Anyway, I love this recipe because it is so quick and easy to make, assemble, and reheat!  Plus, who doesn't love that 2 lbs of beef makes 20 burritos!!