Friday, March 16, 2012

Skinny Meatloaf Cupcakes with Mashed Potato Frosting


Tonight I made Meatloaf Cupcakes with Mashed Potato Frosting and they were a hit....well, Bella wasn't fooled that they weren't real cupcakes, although, she did dig the Mashed Potato frosting :) I got the recipe from one of my favorite recipe sites, Skinnytaste.com.

I made one change to my recipe, I used 96% fat free Ground Beef instead of turkey. Might tasty and a neat way to sneak in some vegetables.



Charlene

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Finding and Organizing

I am always looking for great new recipes online. I have many cookbooks, but prefer the web. A few of my favorite places to find great recipes:
1. Pinterest
2. www.Skinnytaste.com

I LOVE skinny taste! The author of the blog tries all of the recipes before posting, takes awesome pictures, gives nutritional information, as well as weight watchers points! She even answers viewers questions about the recipes.

As for organizing, I was using Mealboard app. My sister turned me onto PepperPlate. I love it! It is a great online tool with iphone app that lets you organize your favorite recipes, create menus, plan your meals for weeks at a time, and it even generates a shopping list based on your planned meals for the week. Too Cool!
www.pepperplate.com

Char

Trying to organize my blogs.




I go through phases where I blog then I don't then I blog again. I am back to blogging but trying to organize my blogs. I blog about Bella's Bentos and about the girls, now I want a place where I can blog about all things domestic, more specifically my experiences with cooking. I was never much of a cook and now I have been cooking more. I like to cook lots of healthy recipes and LOVE using my crockpot. I have made some of the following: