New Years marks the beginning of a new year... of course! Many of you might have a certain thing you do every New Year's Eve or New Year's Day (maybe that's recovering from last night's activities!). Maybe it's that black eyed pea dish so many make. For my family, as do so many Greek families, we have a New Years Tradition: Vasiloplita. Vasilopita can either be a sweet bread or coffee cake type of cake that is made every … [Read more...]
In the Kitchen: Protein Filler Diet Soup
I'm kicking of the week with a recipe I made up, because as you've heard me talk before about how my mom kinda cooks... we just throw things together and it happens. And of course she taught me. So I took my background of being a Weight Watchers leader (which this time of year, I'm sure SO many are enrolling in every weight loss plan out there!), combined with flavors I love, combined with just what I know about food to come up with this … [Read more...]
5 Things to Help You Keep Your Resolutions
It's been a few weeks since I've been here sharing all kinds of things, but as we all know, the holidays just passed us by, and as many do this with their "jobs", I chose to take a mini break from this... even though I don't consider it a job at all! It's a pleasure doing what I do here. But I had to just unplug a bit, from this, from social media some, and just take a break. So here we are back together again, and it's a new year. And what … [Read more...]