Cucumber Dip - great, light summer snack

Yet another great recipe I learned about at one of my scrapbooking weekends.  This Cucumber dip is super simple, fairly healthy and a great snack!

All you need:
Cucumbers
Cream Cheese
Garlic Salt

Directions:
Peel and cube the cucumbers and try to get most of the juice out of them by using paper towels, napkins, etc.  Mix the cucumbers with softened cream cheese and add a little garlic salt to taste and you are done! 

I eat it with pretzels and have also tried it with wheat thins, both are great!  The cucumber to cream cheese ratio is up to you. If you want it creamier, I would use one package of cream cheese to 2 or 3 cucumbers.  I tend to use 2 or 3 cucumbers to 1/2 a package of the light cream cheese and it still turns out great and has amazing flavor.  When you use the light cream cheese though, the dip does get a little more runny.

ENJOY!

Oriental Chicken Salad

Homemade oriental chicken salad is one of my favorite lunches to make for myself.  It is easy, refreshing and pretty healthy!

This is what you need:
Lettuce
Chicken breast
Almonds
Mandarian oranges
Chow Mein Noodles
Light Asian Toasted Sesame dressing

I usually grill a chicken breast and then cut it into pieces.  Add the chicken to the lettuce.  I chop up almonds into little pieces and add them to the salad.  Top with the oranges and chow mein noodles and lastly add the dressing.  It is filling and light at the same time.

According to The Daily Plate, it calculates to 303 calories, 14g of fat, 2g fiber and 23g of protein.  If you want to add more fiber you could add some chick peas too.

Pizza for Breakfast?

Well, not exactly.  Egg pizza though.  The girls have been loving eggs lately but it gets so messy and they can't seem keep it on their fork or spoon.  So, this morning as I was going to make myself an egg wrap, I decided to forgo the tortilla and just keep it as an egg patty (kind of).  Once I had it on the plate, I decided to cut it up. I cut it into triangles like a pizza and it worked wonderfully.  Izzie and Olivia could eat it as finger food now.  No more falling off the fork, no more eggs on my floor.  It was a win/win for all of us.  I now have a new breakfast favorite for me and for them!

This is how I made it:

• 2 eggs mixed together in a bowl with salt and pepper
• Fry in a small pan (spray pan with Pam or something so it doesn't stick)
• When the eggs are almost done I topped them with bacon bits and cheese
• Slide onto a plate, cut and serve

**You could also add onions, green peppers, tomatoes, etc.

I have attached some pictures of the girls' haircuts last week, 2 pony tail day (which we had today and they made mom participate in) and Ethan playing hockey.

Izzie getting her cute new bob!

Olivia getting her hair cut - she didn't like it too much

Me and the girls today with our 2 ponies - they thought it was such a great idea!

Ethan is # 26