Posts from the “Pregnancy” Category

Low Carb Meat Loaf Muffins, Lessons Learned, and Telling the Truth

Posted on January 30, 2015

Hm. Not sure where to start with this post mainly because I believe some of my own miscalculations and tweaks didn’t produce the end result I had intended. Nonetheless, I’m posting the recipes because I think — if you followed them more closely than I did– you may have better success. Plus, they are all “no joke, ain’t playin’ around, low carb” options. Please be sure to let me know how they turned out for you so I can learn from my mistakes! First up: Meat Loaf Muffins from Nomnompaleo.com My dear friend sent me a link to this website to help me with my gestational diabetes plan: NomNomPaleo.com. Realizing that paleo is an easy and inspiring way to go for the low carb…

Categories: Family, Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy, Recipes

Tagged: According to Elle, Low Sugar, Low-Carb, No Carb, NomNomPaleo, Paleo

Back on the ‘Beetus Bandwagon

Posted on January 25, 2015

Remember last weekend’s post? I talked about budgeting, planning for the week, and featured Cabbage Soup and Sloppy Joes? Those two meals (plus the rotisserie chicken I mentioned) kept us going almost all week. I didn’t even need to make the Beef, Quinoa, and Potato soup (see below), but I bought the ingredients so I went ahead and made it anyway. I also had some rotisserie chicken and bell peppers left over (to save money, I bought an entire bag of peppers that were on sale), so I made some stuffed peppers. This weekend’s post will be quick. Just wanted to highlight some of the recipes we ended up using later in the week. Oh, and guess what else? I have gestational diabetes again.…

Categories: Family, Gestational Diabetes, Pregnancy, Recipes, Weight Watchers

Tagged: Leftovers, Low-Carb, Skinnytaste

The Perfect Storm and a Black-Eyed Pea Slider

Posted on January 10, 2015

Let’s face it: the odds and timing were not in my favor. You see, I got pregnant in late Fall, which means I have had to face the following realities: 1) I’m pregnant 2) I’m nauseated 24/7 3) The only thing that makes my nausea better includes white potatoes (fried, boiled, hashed, whatever) or crackers or salty, processed things 4) Thanksgiving happened 5) Then Christmas happened 6) All of this hits right after 8 months of Weight Watcher-ing 7) Arctic blast arrived (okay, whatever…but it really is cold in Alabama, which prevents all of the walking I could would should be doing) It was like the perfect storm. All of a sudden I was forced to eat something constantly so that I could put…

Categories: Family, Pregnancy, Recipes

Tagged: New Year, recipes, Vegetarian

Let’s just call this entry “The First Trimester”

Posted on January 4, 2015

There is a reason why I haven’t posted much in the last couple of weeks. In fact, I’m sure the title of this entry already gave my secret away. If you’ve wondered why I fell face first off of the Weight Watchers wagon and abandoned all talk about points or if you found me curled up in my office with my 3-year-old’s juice box or if you happened to see me dousing my wrists with lemon and peppermint essential oils or posting random photos of casseroles, grits, and anything that has to do with a white potato — then you probably already guessed that I might be pregnant. YOU, my friend, would be correct! Just got the news yesterday that I’m officially 13 weeks and we…

Categories: Family, Pregnancy, Recipes, Southern