Another Cleaning Tip....

I'm alittle under the weather so this is going to be a short post....  I have really fallen in love with my blender...  I've been putting together some great protein smoothies.. So good....  But clean up is always tedious...   With the downtime I have, I found this great "blender clean up" tip in my Women's Day magazine and have to share it...

Fill the blender with one quarter full warm water, add 1/4 tsp. of liquid dish soap and 4 ice cubes.  Turn blender on high for one minute.  The ice will clean the blades and force the soapy water into all those hard to reach spots...
See, much easier than trying to shove a dish rag or a cleaning pad down there!!!

New Cleaning Goals....

I think I have come up with an idea for tackling my big cleaning projects.  I've been stressing over getting them all done----when I should be looking at it ONE at a time.  I do this to myself all the time.  I look at the BIG PICTURE and think, "I will never get this done by myself."  I just have to stop doing that!!  The "Big Picture" tends to freak everybody out, I think.. I hope I'm not alone in this---LOL!!!

So, this weeks cleaning challenge is my lower cabinets that contain the countless cooking items that I DO NOT use..  Out they must go!!  I have a few new ones that I'm wanting to buy and simply don't have room for them until I clean out what I have.... I'll let you know by Friday how it's looking....

Motivational Monday

Sunday's Fatih

Three Miles even on a Rainy Day!!!

Do you skip your workout if it's raining?  I used too.  And then the guilt would set in when I looked at my DVD case that houses all my exercise DVD's.  There was no excuse.  It wasn't raining IN my house!  So I pulled out one of my favorites, and I have been feeling great ever since!!  I love my Walk at Home DVD's by Leslie Sansone.  They are so much fun and provide you with a sweat dripping workout---all while moving around your living room!!  She has four basic core moves that she works from and then she also does 1-2 minute "boost" that really intensifies the workout.  Just so much fun.  If you are pushed for time, she also gives you the option to do one, two, or three miles.  Then after the cool down, she does some great toning and abdominal work on the floor.
 I'm not one for the whole gym membership thing so I have always loved my DVD's.  Walmart also sells several of Leslie's DVD's...  If you are looking for a good one----these are it!!!

Friday Thought....

Cooking Review--- Zucchini Tots, Honey Garlic Pork Chops

This past weekend I cooked two of my "recipe's to do" from Pinterest.  The first one, Zucchini Tots, I fixed as a side to the Honey Garlic Pork Chops.  The zucchini tots were AMAZING!!  Very good and so easy to do.  Now I did tweak the recipe a little.  I added about a tablespoon more bread crumbs and I used one regular egg and maybe a tablespoon of my egg beaters.  This helped hold it all together a little better.  the recipe also called for a mini muffin pan.  I just used a six count regular muffin pan and made them a little larger.  I liked that size.  Over all, I will for sure make them again--simple and very tasty!!   Check out the blog Emily Bites for alot more recipe's!!!

For the meat portion of Sunday's dinner, I fixed the Honey Garlic Pork Chops via Pinterest from Spark Recipes.  There again, very easy recipe.  The only thing I think would have made them better, was if I would have been able to grill them.  I baked mine since my grill is out of commission.  They turned out, "all right"...  I'm not sure I would fix them again unless I could do it on the grill.  However, for simplicity the recipe is worth trying, as long as you can grill them!!!