More Requested Recipe's!

 Here is another list of requested Low Carb recipes!

Cloud Bread
  2 Eggs (Separated)
  1 tsp. Stevia Sweetener
  2oz. Cream Cheese (Softened)
  1/8 tsp. Cream Of Tartar
Mix egg yolk/sweetener/cream cheese until smooth.
Beat egg whites and tartar until it has stiff peeks. Carefully fold in your egg yolk mixture. Do not over fold. You want it to keep its stiffness, and not be runny. Spoon onto parchment paper and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until they start to brown. Hint- These are best if they have chilled for a couple hours. They are not as flaky and they hold up much better! These will keep in the fridge up to a week if they are in a air tight container!

Lemon Bars (Sorry for having a picture)
 Crust:
    1 1/2 cups Almonds (finely chopped/ground in a food possessor)
    1/4 cup Butter (Melted)
    3 Tbs. Stevia Sweetener
Combine all ingredients together. Press evenly into a 8x8 baking dish, bake on 325 for 10 minutes. Cool. Tip- This is a thin layer of crust. I like to double it!
  Filling:
    3oz. Box Lemon Jell-O (Sugar Free)
    2 Tbs. Lemon Juice
    8oz. Cream Cheese (Softened)
    1 cup Boiling Water
    Cool-Whip (Optional)
Whisk Jell-O in boiling water for 2 minutes. Add lemon juice and cream cheese. Beat until smooth. Chill for 1 hour. Stir. Then Spread onto cooled crust. Chill until set. Top with as much cool-whip as desired! (Be sure to keep count of added carbs!) Hint-These are great made with Strawberry Jell-O as well, just omit the lemon juice!

Cheese Stuffed Meat Loaf
  1/2 cup Bread Crumbs
  2lb. Ground Beef
  2 Eggs
  2 tsp. Garlic Powder
  1 sm. Onion (chopped)
  1/2 cup Green Pepper (chopped)
  2 Tbs. Worcestershire Sauce
  Cheese (your favorite)
  1/4 cup Ketchup
  Ketchup for the top
Tenderize Onions and green pepper. Add all the ingredients together (except the cheese), mix well. Split your mixture in half. #1: Layer first half of meat loaf in a baking pan. #2: Layer with Cheese. #3: Add second half of meat loaf on top of cheese. Seal the sides. Top with ketchup and bake on 350 for 1 hour, or until done.

I hope these help! I will add more asap!  

   

Low-Carb Recipes!

I have been ask by several people to post some Low-Carb recipes that I serve here in the Wright's kitchen. I will start by adding the recipes of the two dishes from my last post.

 Broccoli/Cauliflower Salad
    1 Head Cauliflower (Cut up in small pieces)
    1 Bunch Broccoli (Cut up in small pieces)
    1/4 Cup Real Bacon Bits (I use Oscar Mayer)
    1 Cup Mayo
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
    2 Tbs. Original Unsweetened Almond Milk
    2 tsp. Stevia Sweetener
 Add together all ingredients in a large bowl. Stir, Chill and Enjoy!

Almond (Muffin Pan) Bread (Makes 6)
    3/4 Cup Almond Flour
    1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
    2 Large Eggs
    5 Tbs. Butter (Melted)
    2 tsp. Stevia Sweetener
  Mix all the ingredients together until smooth. Lightly spray your muffin pan. Pour mixture into pan making 6 Muffins. Bake on 350 for 15-17 minutes or until edges start to brown.
  Note- You can add 1/4 tsp. each of Garlic Powder and Onion Powder if you like garlic bread. This is very tasty with an Italian Dish!

 Fried Chicken
    4 Large Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breast (Cubed)
    1-2 Bags Pork Rinds (finely chopped)
    1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese (Grated)
    1 tsp. Chicken Seasoning
    Salt/Pepper
    Eggs (Beaten for dipping)
Combine pork rinds/seasoning/Cheese/salt and pepper in a bowl. Beat eggs in a separate bowl. #1: Roll chicken in the pork rind mixture. #2: Dip in egg. #3: Roll in Pork Rind mixture once again. Fry it up and enjoy!
Note- To make these buffalo style, heat up some Buffalo Wing Sauce in the microwave. Once your chicken has been fried, add the chicken to your sauce. Let it set 5-10 minutes to coat, remove from sauce and enjoy! When purchasing your sauce, be sure to get zero carb sauce! This is a NO CARB main dish and my kids love it!! You can cut your chicken in strips if you prefer, its a little less work!!!

And there you have a low-carb meal! I hope to add more Recipes soon! I would love to hear how these dishes turn out for you and your family!!

Diet Update!

  Still on the Atkins Diet??....I must say, Yes We Are! If you come to our house searching for Potatoes/Rice/Bread/Sugar Filled Desserts and etc, you will quickly discover you have come searching in the wrong cupboard!
  We have added many different items to our daily menu since I first started this diet. Do I have cravings? Sure I do, Cake, I love sweets! But...after you have gone without it for 5 weeks, you will be happy with anything "sugar free/low carb" you get your hands on! LoL!
  Here are the two most favorite side dishes my little family and I have come to love in the last couple weeks!

We have always loved Broccoli/Cauliflower Salad! So, I turned it into low carb! To us, its taste the same, and we can basically have all we want at anytime! Stir up some chicken salad, put it on cloud bread, with broccoli/cauliflower salad on the side, and go to town with it! Yum! 

Almond Muffin Bread (made with almond flour), very low in carbs! Wait...Did I say Bread? I Did, and it is soooo amazing! I have made these several different ways, but our favorite is, Sweet! We eat these as a bacon/egg/cheese muffin for breakfast! Its a great filler to boost your day! 

I let my mom try one, and she ask me to make her a whole batch any way I would like! ha!

As for the kids? "Mom, what kind of diet food are we having tonight?"  LoL! It has become the norm to them for supper. Lunch and snacks on the other hand are low fat. It would be very hard to make a child do the Atkins like an adult. Or my children anyway!  

Ready for the total? 12 pound drop in 5 weeks. For some reason, I never drop weight very fast, but I do feel much better 12 pounds lighter! Jay on the other hand is still much Farther along than I. We won't even go there!

We hope to keep going until we meet our goals, then work on maintaining!!

Do I have any dieting readers?? I would love to hear some encouraging stories!

Our new way of eating!

 We (at the Wright Family house) have been eating lots of high carb...tasty desserts, breads, potatoes, lots of starchy foods, soda, sugary drinks and etc. NOT! Only wishful thinking around here!

 If you know Jay and I well enough when dieting, you should know, Heather does the Low-Fat Diet and Jay does the Low-Carb Diet! 3 weeks ago we start our diets!! While he continues doing very well as he always does, I get exhausted cooking two separate meals at supper time, and needless to say, I failed. Not at all happy with my self, I started thinking of ways to help my discouraged feelings. The only thing I could possibly do was to give up all my sweets and goodies, starchy foods and go down to getting 20 carbs a day along with Jay. My little mind just couldn't comprehend that! So I started finding substitutes for bread, rice, potatoes, desserts...Then I tried them before I was settled and for sure about the Atkins Low-Carb Diet. Here are a few dishes we have recently put on the table!

For a bread substitute I came a cross a recipe called "Cloud Bread", I tried a few different ingredients to make it my own and it soon became a Huge success! We have had Cheeseburgers, Chicken Salad, Tuna Salad and other Atkins friendly recipes on these! We use small chopped cauliflower for white rice and mashed cauliflower in the place of mashed potatoes. Don't knock it til you try it!

If you are a true Kentuckian, you love Fried Chicken! Breaded! By now you know those that are on the Atkins diet can't have breaded chicken. Last week I put together a mixture to roll the chicken in before frying it. Jay had "Boneless Buffalo Wings" (0 carb), while the kids and I dipped our "Crunchy Fried Chicken Nuggets" in ranch (0 carb)!!! It was very good and amazingly Wright kid friendly!

(Basically 0 carb) "Cheddar Broccoli w/Bacon Soup"! Yummy for these cold and snowy days that we have been having!

And have a "Peanut Butter Cookie" to take the sweet tooth away (2 carbs per cookie)!! I have also made low-carb Lemon Bars to munch on as well! 

I have tried many other recipes and have more on my list to try..and I'm very happy to say we are all adapting very well with the new way of eating! 

Jay has lost 31 pounds (in 3 weeks), while I have lost 6 pounds (today makes 1 week)! YAY! 

Before ending, I will leave you with a few happy smiles!

Until Next Time..........

        

Valentine's Day!

I have been ask to for a price list on Valentine's Day goodies......

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods! 2/$1.00. Dipped in milk chocolate/drizzled in white, or the opposite, dipped in white chocolate/drizzled in milk.  

Caramel/Candied Pretzel Rods! $2.00 each. Candied topping include: Peanuts/pecans/reese's pieces/mini m&m's/chocolate chips/peanut butter chips/heath toffee chips/drizzled in white chocolate. (If you prefer not to have nuts, be sure to remind me when placing your order!) 

Caramel/Candied Apples! $6.50 each. These are loaded with the same topping as the caramel/candied pretzel rods above. (If you prefer not to have nuts,be sure to remind me when placing your order!)

Caramel/Candied Strawberries! $16.00 per dozen. These are loaded with the same toppings as above.

Regular Chocolate Covered Strawberries! $13.00 per dozen. Dipped in white/drizzled in milk or dipped in milk/drizzled in white. 

Chocolate covered berries with Heath Toffee Chips or Peanuts on top (as shown), are drizzled with chocolate as well! $16.00 per dozen.

Peanut Butter/Chocolate Fudge! $6.00 per box, each box has a dozen pieces. I can also do mix boxes. My favorite kind of fudge is the mouth melting kind!! ha! (Sorry for not having a picture.)

I package my berries and fudge in cute boxes with some added curled ribbons and a name tag ready for your Valentine's name!

I am also doing the personalized tumblers (Valentine's Day colors) with a name/initial or phrase as well. $6.00 each. These also have ribbons and name tags.

Several of my bulk orders are starting to be called in....If you would like to place a yummy order, place it soon to be sure your order is filled on time.

Call: 859-321-3686     

Crafting Projects!

A few months a go I invested some money in a cricut machine! Here are a few project pictures I thought I would share with you!

Over the Christmas Holiday, I personalize and sold 75-100 of these tumblers, several different colors. I must say, Mr. Cricut makes life easy and is so much fun!

 I done these mugs and split monogrammed frame for a wedding shower this                                                                    weekend. 

The frame on the left is a 3D monogrammed frame. And the frame on the right is a floating monogrammed frame. Do you notice the shadow behind the monogram?

During Christmas break, LaDessa designed some wall art (using vinyl) for her room. I thought she done very well with her design!

I have also done some card projects, book projects and more with my easy to use cricut machine! I have a couple more projects in the works...I will try to post them when they are complete!

Let me know what you think! 

Christmas 2013 in review!

Another year has come and gone! I look back on 2013, thanking God for the many miracles he performed in our family, from the beginning of 2013 til the end! I never want to take him for granted, he is so worthy of our praise!
   Our 2013 Christmas went ohh soo good! Jay was able to be home enjoying several days off from work, as well as most of the new year week! Its always a joy to have daddy around to hang out with..mommy gets old, I guess. ha! (Although, when story time comes, mommy is the one to do the story. At least I'm good for something!)
   Like everyone else, our Christmas is always busy! Our church breakfast was on the Sunday Morning before, and our Sunday school program was that evening. Then comes all my annual baking and making!

Many different candies(to many to list), candied caramel apples, candied caramel pretzels, chocolate dipped pretzels, date balls...

      

Rice chex mix, dessert (birthday cake) cheese ball and the list goes on and on, along with family get together makings!

Christmas Eve night is the extended family gathering! Around 35 of them! Lots of fun!! It feels like a reunion!

 After a long wait, Christmas Finally arrives...

The morning of, the kids awoke bright and early to find the three surprise gifts! After our Christmas morning prayer, ham and cheese croissants (along with some hot cocoa), we dig into our stockings..then the regular Christmas Gifts (one at a time)! Opening gifts always goes so quickly! It make me sad to see all my hard work (wrapping) be wadded up and put in the trash (lol)! 

When the mess is clear, we wrap up the rest of the day with my parents and the rest of the family, eating, reminiscing, opening stockings stuffers, gifts, singing carols, gingerbread making, and etc. 

Christmas would have been complete if we were able to spend part of it with Jay's side of the family. His parents and one sister live in WA., and the other two sisters and families live in IL. and Mass. There was no way getting to be with them all this year with a two month old baby! Christmas 2014? Hopefully! 

I'll leave you with a bonus picture! 

 

Wright "2013" Christmas in review!