Daktari's Diner

Blame Charles Barkley. I'm back on Weight Watchers.  They have revamped their program.  I've decided to give this new, revamped prog...

Cornbread.  It's so simple really.  Just cornmeal, flour, eggs, fat and a splash of buttermilk.  But the secret to great cornbread is la...

My new year’s resolutions are a little different this year.  Before, I was focused on graduation or losing weight, but I feel like I’ve got...

I love moussaka and when eggplant is as cheap as it's been the past few weeks at the farmer's market (50 cents each for very large e...

This is adapted from a Weight Watchers recipe.  Believe it or not, if you scour their recipe site, you can find some winners.  This is one...

Here is a recipe I had been dying to try for weeks. It turned out so good!! I will post the recipe in its original form, but I made several ...

Ahem.  I know.  I have neglected this blog in the worst way.  But really, I have an excuse.  I moved.  I got a new job.  I moved.  If I surv...

I planted a garden this year.  It looks like this.  This is the tame side anyway where the rambling squash vines are hidden.  But this is m...

This one is so easy and delicious, it's sinful. Ingredients 1/4 to 1/2 cup yellow popcorn Butter flavored non-stick spray 1 T Splen...

I spent the major part of my weekend going through boxes of mementos from my school days and books and culling and clearing out crap stuf...

I'm a fan of The Pioneer Woman blog .  Over the years, I've gotten so many ideas for meals from that site that I could honestly be t...

Today being Easter and all, I thought I'd do something traditional and eat eggs. But I wasn't much in the mood for the whole dying t...

I'm the first to be straight up with you.  I'm not a fan of salt.  Sure, I'll shake a little on popcorn.  Maybe on fried chicken...

One day back toward the middle of February, a package arrived at Bek's house. It contained three dozen chicks. Two were destined for t...

Sorry I haven't been posting.  Believe it or not, I've been eating out of my freezer for weeks now due to high work demands.  Oh w...

Ok, so I know I'm a novice at meal planning and I've not yet mastered the plan that uses leftovers of one meal for new meals in the ...

I've had a craving for pasta lately. I found this recipe at Food Network and added chicken to it. I thought I'd share it here. Usual...

I found some shrimp in the freezer.  Two pounds of it that I refuse to let go bad.  I decided to make perhaps my favorite shrimp dish: sea...

Well for those who have been watching my weight loss progress, I wanted to provide an update, since there have been some changes lately.  Un...

So I wanted to check back in on the meal planning and offer some thoughts.  I really got a little militant about the whole deal and did some...

Here is a recipe I tried this weekend. We used it to make soft tacos. Please see the notes at the bottom of the recipe. It can really be tai...

I have raved before about The Schamle's Favorites hummus recipe .  I love it.  Love it, love it, love it!  But it makes a mess o' hu...

Ok.  Made this recipe today from Mel's Kitchen Cafe with some modifications, so I'll reprint here and go through it.  I'm going ...

I have been trying to do some better meal planning.  When I started thawing a turkey last week, I thought that I would be ready to tackle tu...

Following up on my earlier post , I was true to my word and bought and prepared brussel sprouts .  I followed the recipe suggested by Mama B...