Cheat Meal | leanKitchen

May 29th 10

A fun, delicious drink, full of fruit.

White Wine Sangria

Yup, I’m doing it- In “Spirit” (no pun intended) of Memorial Day, I’m posting a fun, delicious drink, full of fruit. Definitely not calling it a Supportive beverage in any way, but it bears sharing Sangria is typically red wine and fruit and other stuff that varies from recipe to recipe. As you know, I can’t ever do anything food-wise by the book, so I used white...

Feb 7th 10

Herbed cheese balls for the Superbowl party

Supportive Superbowl Snacks

According to Gallup and his polls, a majority of us will be watching the big game tomorrow-Superbowl XLIV. And, I’m one of ‘em! The party that I’m going to is the “bring an appetizer to share” type, so here’s what I’m bringing: Herbed Supportive Cheese balls I LOVE cheese balls. My Mom used to always serve Port wine cheese balls in nuts (the store...

Jan 14th 10

Crime scene at the leanKitchen!!!!!

An Open Letter to my Partner-in-Warp-Speed

I came home to a crime scene tonight!!!!!! There was a kidnapping here, and there was a ransom note left!! Here’s what I found when I got home and opened my freezer: Ransom Note!!! OH MY! I was shocked to find that the ice cream being saved for post-warp-speed cheat meals had come up missing!!! The tempting, creamy, chocolatey, butterfingery, melt-in-your-mouth, tantalizing, titillating,...

Jan 8th 10

My bout with Cravings during the Warp Speed Fat Loss Program

Oreo's, M&M's, and the Vermonster

So between the co-workers heating up pieces of pizza and making their cinammon-raisin bread toast, and my volunteering at the animal shelter (sounds weird, but hear me out!), I’m havin’ some serious issues with cravings. I don’t even understand it. Tell me I can’t have something, and I can’t stop thinking about it!! I can go MONTHS without BREAD for cryin’...

Jan 4th 10

In memorial of my mom, Lori; her favorite food, pizza.

The Pizza and Fried Rice Conversation

So I’ve been very obviously “off the grid” for a while the past couple of weeks. My mom passed away this past Wednesday, Dec. 30th after a battle with cancer. She was only 47. While I can’t even begin to describe what this experience has been like (nor is it an appropriate forum to do so here), it has made me realize clearly one thing; I want to do everything in my power...

Dec 22nd 09

Part of what I do in order to have a successful maintenance of a healthy weight (and maintenence of my leanness) is the cheat meal. Yep, I eat junk or miss a meal ten percent of the time. How does that help me keep a healthy weight? Well, if you eat nothing but lean proteins and fibrous [...]

12 Days of Christmas- The Cheat Meal

Part of what I do in order to have a successful maintenance of a healthy weight (and maintenence of my leanness) is the cheat meal. Yep, I eat junk or miss a meal ten percent of the time. How does that help me keep a healthy weight? Well, if you eat nothing but lean proteins and fibrous carbohydrates all the time, you’re going to get BORED. You’re also going to feel cheated, and...