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Avocado Smoothie
I normally don't like avocado so I tried this smoothie out and it is delish. 1/4 cup coconut water (I used one with pulp) 1/2 banana 1/2 small avocado 1/2 cup kale (or spinach or leafy green of your choice) 70 g fresh pineapple (the recipe said frozen but I just bought one last night so I used fresh about 1/8 of the…
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Weigh Meats Before or After Cooking?
Okay so I am making a spicy pasta sauce which is basically my meat sause with hot italian sausage added. So I remove the sausage meat from the casing and pre-cook it so I can get rid of as much of the fat as I can. So the package is 500 g and I was going to use about half so I started weighing it and the entire pkg after…
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New and Looking for Friends and Motivation
Only been on MFP for a few weeks and would like to have more friends for motivation and interaction in general...it's encouraging to see how others are doing ... please "friend" me :)
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Any Suggestions - Pork Picnic Shoulder
I bought a pork picnic shoulder because I want to make split pea soup but of course there is where more than I need for that. My other thought is a mac & cheese with some of the chopped up meat added. Besides the obvious omellettes or freezing part of it any other suggestions on how I could use this up?
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Breakfast on the Go?
A friend just posted this to facebook - thought I would share they look yummy. Not sure on the calorie counts yet will have to enter it my recipes: Baked Oatmeal To Go-- Instead of granola bars! Cheaper and you know exactly what goes in them! have to make! 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups applesauce, unsweetened 1…
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New and Looking for Friends and Motivation
I joined this site a week ago and after tracking this past week I know this will be a huge help. I am a shift worker and have had many failed attempts at weight loss but am determined to make a change this year. Feel free to add me. Good luck to all on their journeys. I can see that there are many here who have had success…