Session 2 of my Monday video fest. I have one more I think. I’m a little all over the place this week!
Topics in this video include…
- Advice on Calculating Points for Recipes
- Point discrepancy at restaurants
- How to start running
- Do my friends know I’m online
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Finally my first Farro idea! I have to say, I love this stuff! It's chewy and yummy and, well, fun! I tossed it with what I could find in my pantry and it made a wonderfully satisfying lunch. Filling but not heavy, tasty and quite nutrient dense. According to NutritionData.com this [...] -
I've seen it mentioned in a few of my clean eating and healthy cook books but honestly, I never even thought of Farro as an option for me. I refuse to shop at specialty stores and I try to use only common products that I can keep in stock and purchase from a typical grocery [...] -
I've never had a tuna melt. Is that weird? I guess that's what happens when you grow up not liking mayonnaise. I never ate tuna salad or egg salad or chicken salad. Honestly, they always kind of grossed me out. Then I realized.. hey.. why does tuna salad have [...] -
I have no idea where this idea came from. I was hungry. It was lunch. I had Brussels Sprouts. That was all the catalyst I needed.:) I decided to use a slice of real bacon to add flavor and little fat that would help sauté the sprouts. I'm trying [...] -
WOW was this good. I mean seriously good. It's not vegetarian so don't start throwing stones. I'm calling it a Garden Vegetable Burger because I use the new Laughing Cow Smooth Sensations Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread. It was this recipe on Allrecipes.com that inspired [...] -
I drink water 99.9% of the time but every so often it just doesn't cut it. I want something else. Something more. Something slightly sweet. Today was one of those days. I decided to make a refreshing drink based on the famous Arnold Palmer, half lemonade and half iced [...] -
The other day I made a whole chicken on the grill in pieces. It was delicious! Just a little BBQ sauce and an open flame is all I need to make The Husband happy in the dinner department. I also picked up a few ears of corn from the grocery store. They aren't in season [...] -
Let me explain so you don't think I'm making a chili recipe and just put it on pizza. I'm calling this vegetarian Chili Pizza because chili is what inspired flavors. I think I told you. Little Bean is really into, well, BEANS! We go through a can about every 2 days. Yesterday [...] -
I've confessed my inability to follow recipes here on GreenLiteBites many, many times. I don't know why it's so hard for me. I can barely follow some of my own and I wrote the darn things! I think most of my problem stems from not having all the ingredients listed and, [...] -
Leftover brown rice and leftover sauce meet in this quick lunch idea inspired by my favorite food of all time: Pizza. I swear I can turn anything into a pizza concoction. Have you seen all my pizza ideas? I've used everything from pumpkin to zucchini, polenta to wontons. Nothing is off [...] -
This isn't a recipe just an idea I had to share. I can't believe how good it was! I've never had grilled pineapple. Can you believe it? I just never really had the desire to grill it before. When you love something raw sometimes it doesn't occur to you to cook it. [...] -
I whipped this up for lunch on a whim today because, well, I have a baby who's obsessed with three things… Cheese, Beans, and Avocado. No, really. Look... It's my go to meal for him so I find myself with beans and avocado readily available. [...] -
You know that tradition 7 Layer Mexican Dip? The one with the cream cheese, guacamole, salsa, lettuce, cheese, green onion and olives? Yea. That's the one. Well I had a craving for it the other day. Well, not exactly for it as I can never make anything the way it's suppose [...] -
If you go through the archives of GreenLiteBites I have about 5 total beef recipes. Five. Compare that to the 80+ I have tagged with chicken/turkey there's a clear winner in the meat department on my blog and in my home. I don't have a beef with beef (omg The Husband [...] -
I'm a kitchen sink smoothie maker. Whatever I have on hand goes in the blender and viola! A quick breakfast or a healthy snack. Last year I posted an "Elastic Approach" to how I make smoothies but I still like to share specific combinations that worked really well. This was one [...] -
The other night it was just the kids and I home for dinner and I decided to make what I wanted to make no holds barred. Without The Husband home it's much easier for some reason. Hmmm wonder why? Ok, not here to husband bash.. really.. I'm not! I'm here [...] -
*sigh* I was really hoping to share an awesome turkey burger idea. I had grand plans for my leftover ground turkey. The results was alright but they could have been so much better. I added diced pineapple, red pepper, green pepper, oats and soy sauce to the meat and formed 2 patties. In hindsight I [...] -
I made this on a total whim yesterday having no idea if it would work. To my surprise it did AND the husband actually said he liked it... UNSOLICITED! Here's the story. I had only 4 tilapia fillets defrosted for dinner. I knew it wasn't going to be enough for us [...] -
This is a slight reboot of a recipe I posted last year simply called Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili. Staying true to my use-what-I-have-on-hand roots I, well, used what I had on hand and made a similar dish with a spicy twist. Topping the result with avocado added a cool creaminess that [...] -
Did you hear? The Laughing Cow recently launched Smooth Sensations a line of 5 cream cheese spreads. There's Classic Cream, Classic Cream Light, Strawberries & Cream, Garden Vegetable and my favorite… Cinnamon. It's a sweet wedge of creamy goodness! Today I decided to use my new favorite flavor [...] -
Confession time, I recorded a 30 minute video making this with both kids (partally) 2 nights ago. I miss videos. I really do but they seem so much more difficult with 2 children. I'm also having technical difficulties with my video recording and audio syncing making it VERY time consuming to edit. [...] -
A couple of years ago I shared a modified version of Sloppy Joe's I made for a party. Everyone loved it but I've been wanting to try to make something similar for the family on a smaller scale and without the pre-made canned Manwich sauce. I don't particularly have any issues [...] -
Yesterday I was dreaming about a salad. Not just any salad, but a chickpea filled, cucumber, and red onion salad with a fun, tangy dressing. Unfortunately, I had no cucumber or red onion. Well, that's a lie. I had a half of cucumber but it was a mushy mess and [...] -
Dinner meals are getting harder and harder for me to share lately. I've gone back to just whipping things up without really measuring anything (this meal was going to be one of those until I realized I still had enough light to take some photos.) I've also instituted a few brainless meal nights [...] -
Three years ago I posted a video called "Makin' Hard Boiled Eggs" where I shared my system for, well... making hard boiled eggs. Genius name, I know. I'm smart like that. Anyway, since then I've gotten tons of feedback and comments thanking me but all the information is locked in a long winded 10 minute [...]
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I love love love your videos. I put them on while I am getting ready in the morning or organizing my room before bed. Even if the questions don’t apply to me, you have such a lovely presence!
Thanks for the Couch to 5K link — timely! I just decided that one of the things I want to accomplish is a triathlon — but I need to start slow and a 5k will be my first race. One of my to-do items for today was to develop a training plan. And there you gave me the link — done! :-)
It’s funny that you covered questions about calculating points for recipes, because I spent several minutes last night trying to explain to my husband the difference I’m seeing in the recipe building tool on WW’s site versus the way I used to calculate the points for recipes.
I used to do it one of the ways you mentioned, by adding the values for each individual ingredient, getting a total, and splitting it into portions. Now I use the WW recipe building tool, and it seems to take the nutritional information for each thing, totalling all the ingredients (giving me a point total for the recipe), and then asks me how many servings it is. Then, as much as I can understand about their explanation, they must divide the nutrition (not total pts) by the servings and calculate the values for each portion.
It’s rarely a clear-cut 24 pts/4 servings = 6 pts. or whatever. It’s usually not an exact division, which leads me to believe that it goes back to the bare nutritional values and then divides (especially if you’ve got 0 point items that have calories). I’m just glad it works the way it does, so I don’t have to fill sheets of notebooks with my calculations. :)
I’m starting the C25K on Monday and I’m happy to hear you say pretty much the same things I’ve been reading about how to get started. Have a great day and thanks for all the yummy recipes, too!
Roni I love your videos. I get so excited when a new one appears. People ask the best questions and you always have really great answers…you can tell that you think about the answer and share from your heart and your experience with different things. I can not wait to see the next one.
Roni you are too cute. I am a Roni fan:)
I am definately a Roni fan!!! My 75 y.o. mother likes you too!
Roni I love your videos! I wait for each new session as if it’s my favorite TV series :)
I’m with Inny! When I see a new one coming, I get so excited. Your happiness and true zest for life is contagious :)
Roni I love your site. I have an ipod touch and have newswire on there and sync all my fave blogs that I’ve got saved through newsgator. So,I can keep up with your happenings even if I’m nowhere around internet acess, Thanks for talking about running. I’m trying to get started running and I’ve been doing c25k fyi: couch to 5k for about 2 weeks now. I love that I can still listen to you via my ipod touch. So glad that I can listen to the podcasts when I’ve got time on my hands whether thats in my jeep on the way to get groceries or if I have nothing to do at work -P
Roni,
Love your site and your videos!
As for starting out running, interval training is a great way to go! I talk about it in my blog for those interested. Pick version: interval running is a combo of running and walking in which you slowly change up the amount of running and lessen the amount of walking as you built up your endurance and abilities.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the question markers in the video. Thank you for doing things to make it convenient for your readers/listeners.
Hi Roni!
Thanks for the information about where to input recipes to get nutritional information! I also like to cook and come up with new recipes, but it is frustrating to not know just how much damage I’m doing to my points total! Is a site like Nutrition Data free to register and use? I went to sign up but I couldn’t tell, so I didn’t click yes.
Thanks so much!
Jennifer – Yup it’s free!
And thanks everyone for the kind words! YOU inspire me to keep recording! :~)
Roni,
I love your videos thanks for doing them! They are a piece to the puzzle that is needed..not only to see your photos and read your blog but to see you and actually hear you talking makes it show how real your amazing story is…so thanks for all the inspiration!
Also you do have fans..I am one of them..I can’t go a day without reading the site..its the first thing I do…I’ll even get home from work and talk to bf about what recipes I see or new food finds..your just a part of our life :)
Thanks for all your information and motivation!!!
thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU for verbalizing your view on WW points! I have felt the same way for a long time. They are really just a guideline or frame of reference allowing us to become more aware of what we put into our mouth over the course of a day and form new, healthy habits. The obsessiveness over points, down to point fractions would make me insane! I stay very general with my point values, and it allows me the freedom to not “sweat” the journey I am on to a healthier me. I don’t think I could stay OP if I obsessed about it like that.
But that’s just me.
Hmmmm I smell a great post idea out of this one! :~)
Thanks everyone AGAIN!