Just A Little Treat.......................

                                                                         
Coming in at about 66 calories and 4 grams of fat and 8 grams of sugar and 9 carbs, this little lightweight is a once- in- awhile treat.  It's the limited edition Ghirardelli dark chocolate and strawberry squares.  Honestly, it tastes like a chocolate covered strawberry.  They give the stats for a serving which is 3, but I am telling you, one will satisfy your sweet tooth.  Give one a try; I bought mine at CVS.

Pizza and Pineapple Coconut Dessert

I sliced the pineapple, sprinkled some Rum extract and coconut sugar on it (less calories than regular sugar).  Then I sprinkled with unsweetened coconut and drizzled with a little Agave Syrup and baked it in the oven at 400 for 15 minutes. It was delicious  warm with a little whipped cream. Check out my sister's new cooking blog http://creativecookeryhealthfullyso.blogspot.com/  I think she made this tonight also to go with her barbecued chicken pizza.  The chef  here made veggie pizza tonight with a little pesto spread on the crust. We added a little basil (frozen from summer) and some fresh Rosemary from the plant in the garage.  All in all a great dinner tonight.

Agave syrup

Pineapple coconut dessert...will have to think of a catchy name for it. 

Add a little whipped cream; Voila!!!

                                                              

Back On Track

Four days.....four pounds.  Four days of swimming....and I'm back down to my "fighting" weight.  You had to be either highly disciplined or crazy to go swimming this morning when the temperature was four degrees; bitter cold!!  Especially since Donaldo has had a cold all week and I had to go MYSELF :( 
We just had a coffee break with our new snack; two dates stuffed with peanut butter.  Donaldo's mom used to make these and then dipped them in powdered sugar.  I skipped the powdered sugar.  Tonight for dessert, I am going to bake some pineapple with coconut which will toast the coconut quite nicely.  I might add a tad of rum for taste :)

Healthy Steamer

A steamer is a hot frothy milk usually with flavoring such as caramel or hazelnut and others.  I have been making one with turmeric which is a spice used in cooking but it also has immune properties.  I haven't had a cold in 2 years since I started taking it.  You can take turmeric in pill form, but this week I have been putting an 1/8th. of a tsp in my steamers.  I add a couple of shots of Divinci's sugar-free cinnamon flavoring-whip it up and add some real cinnamon on top; surprisingly good.  I even got the chef to drink some today. He agreed.

YUMMO!!!

On the cruise one night we had pork medallions which were delicious.  We guessed that they might be slices from a pork tenderloin.  We were right, as I found this recipe reading a magazine at the airport on Sunday. Give it a try and see what you think.

                            

Four Pounds

Four pounds goes on easier than four pounds coming off believe me.  Ad day of no sugar and no wheat should help, but it's hard cutting back after a week of feasting.  I exercised for an hour this morning at the pool; not because I forced myself, but because I was also exercising my mouth and forgot about the time.  The chef bought some pears to make baked pears with this week, so I have that treat to look forward to. 
We ate a lot of fruit on the cruise, but I know that fruit has sugar in it and as a pre-diabetic I shouldn't have too much of it.  It's just so hard when it's all so.....available.  So I will stop obsessing about my weight and just eat healthy. 

If You Eat A Pizza......

If you are going to eat pizza....make surer it is thin crust with lots of veggies and chicken.  Also make sure you have a salad with it.  The salad will help make you feel fuller faster and you won't eat as much pizza.  I, unfortunately did not have salad tonight with the left-over pizza from last night and I ate more pizza.  I know, I know, wheat 2 nights in a row, but sometimes you just gotta.....you know what I mean?
 Try to diet on a cruise-I bet it can't be done.  Lots of exercise would be in order here.