AnnMarie and Anne: sharing simple ideas for family, home and food
I love breakfast food. Before following the Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle I particularly loved breakfast casseroles. You know the ones: loaded with bacon or sausage, potatoes, eggs, and cheese all poured over stale bread. Total carb and fat overloads. Or breakfast burritos. This recipe is my attempt to combine the two in a low carb […] Read more…
Discovering Vietnamese Noodle Bowls When we lived in northern Virginia, my husband and I loved going out to a local Vietnamese restaurant. We thought we were being so adventurous! The first time we went we ordered an item called Bun Thit Ga (Vietnamese Noodle Bowls) which are vermicelli noodles with chicken. It is so light and […] Read more…
The Kale Salad at Fresh Chef restaurant is one of my favorite things. I usually order it with grilled salmon on top since I’m the only one in my family who likes salmon. AnnMarie usually orders hers with blackened chicken. I seriously crave this superfood salad so I decided to figure out how to make […] Read more…
My family’s favorites when we order Chinese takeout are Mongolian Beef, Eggrolls, General Tso’s Chicken, and Moo Shu Pork. When I started following the Trim Healthy Mama (THM) way of eating, I realized that ordering these options would not be “on plan” because they contain high quantities of sugar and corn starch. We’ve also been […] Read more…