Breakfast this morning

I've been making pancakes for me and the girls for breakfast lately.  I say "me and the girls" because Q leaves too early (okay, only 7:30) but honestly he would rather have the whole shebang with eggs, biscuits, gravy, sausage, and you get the point.  Who can blame him? And maybe just one day I'll be a really good housewife and wake up early every morning and make these things for him... Oh, I KNOW, maybe in the next year when I'm up early with our newborn baby! ha!  Who am I kidding?

  So, this morning I decided to mix things  up a little and add chocolate chips to the pancake mix.  Journey was still asleep.  Q was about to walk out the door for work.  I was mixing the pancake mix and Deci was sitting on the counter reading me bible stories.  Here is how our conversation goes.

Deci:  "Moma, do you know how to make doughnuts?"

Me:  "Nope."

Deci: "Well, maybe when me and Journey grow up you can get a grown-up job and learn how to make doughnuts for me and Journey."

Me: "Why do you want me to make doughnuts?"

Deci:  "Because they are good and if me and Journey are grownups then you can leave us here and go to work to make doughnuts and then bring us back some after work."

And I thought I was being the cool Mom by adding chocolate chips to the pancake mix!  That settles it then, when I go back to work, I'll work at a doughnut shop and everyone will be happy! :)

Weight Watchers: Microwave Potato Nachos

I've recently found 2 Weight Watchers cookbooks at a thrift store and this recipe looked SO good in the book.

SEE!  (And it's so easy to make.)

So I decided to make them and I thought I would share the recipe with you guys.

What you need:

1 Large baking potato, scrubbed

1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

1/3 cup bottled chunky salsa

1/2 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained

1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese

1 scallion, sliced

First, cut the potato into 3/8-inch-thick slices; arrange in a single layer in a microwavable dish.  Sprinkle the potatoes with the cumin, salt, and pepper.

  

Cover with plastic wrap, then prick a few holes in the plastic to vent.  Microwave on high until tender, 6 minutes.

Spoon the salsa over the potatoes; sprinkle with beans and cheese.  Microwave, uncovered, on Medium until the cheese is melted, 1 1/2 - 2
 minutes.  Sprinkle wit the scallion and serve at once.

This is what mine looked like:

Not as pretty...but very yummy!

PER SERVING (3 nachos): 95 Cal, 1 g Fat, 0 g Sat Fat, 0 g Trans Fat, 2 mg Chol, 416 mg Sod, 17 g Carb, 3 g Fib, 5 g Prot, 104 mg Calc. 

POINTS value: 1.

This is how we make PIZZA around here...

First off Momma and Deci do the hard work.  Rolling down the pizza dough, putting on the pizza sauce and cheese.  Then little munchkin comes in and this is what happens.  Keep and eye on Journey.

 Big sister shows Journey what to do... take the peperoni...

 humm.....

 first one in the mouth!

 Yummy!

One for the pizza...

 not too sure she's happy about that decision...

 humm... lookin' good, lookin' good...

 one for Journey...

 One for the pizza...

 ooooh, I'm caught!

 CHEESE!

Haha! Sweet girls!

 I love when we make homemade pizza! I love making these special memories with my girls.

(Sorry for the unedited pictures.  As much as I love to edit, and love the way they look, It does take so much time...time that I'm fighting for at the moment. *sigh) ;)