Blogger's change

So I think I'm going to change the blog up a bit...I think I want to make it an easy recipe site for working moms (or non working moms). A site where they can have fun go to recipes. Some kid friendly, and some probably not. Stuff I make up and stuff I just love! I'm not generally very crafty or creative but I have an insane passion for cooking! I always share my favorite recipes with my friends because they always ask...LOL

For my first recipe:

Jamie's jalapeno popper burgers

These can be made with real meat or soy (which is a staple in our house)

Ingredients

5 fresh jalapenos

1 lb ground beef (I used Laura's Lean 4% fat)

fresh shallot

3/4 cup of panko bread crumbs

salt

pepper

1 egg or egg substitute (I used sub)

Worcestershire sauce (to taste)

1 container of cream cheese (I use Weight Watcher's Whipped because it's so yummy!)

Instructions

Dice up jalapenos very small. Dice up shallot to preferred size. Mix jalapeno, shallot, panko, salt, pepper, Worcestershire, and egg in bowl. Add to 1 lb. of beef. Mix up very well. Make your hamburgers and flatten out. Take a teaspoon of cream cheese (a bit more if you want, but not too much or the burger won't bind) and place the cheese in the middle. Seal the burger around the cheese and flatten to nice size. Repeat with remaining 3 burgers. Grill for about 5 minutes on each side or longer if you want them well done.

You can also make mini sliders with this! Super good, and mix up the ingredients. For the kids instead of jalapenos I put any veggie or ingredient they want and instead of cream cheese I put shredded Cheddar in theirs. They are so yummy!!!

Enjoy!

Water!

You know, I'm always telling my kids about drinking 8 glasses of water a day. Brooklynn said to me the other day..."You know Mom, it's not as easy as you think." Thinking that I obviously know more than my 7 year old I told her, in my best mom voice, "Why yes it is!" Then she said, "Then you do it." Well, normally I would get annoyed at her snippity comment, but this time I thought I will. And I'll show you.

Well, phew! Did I show her! This morning I picked up 2 bottles of 33.8 oz. water. I figured that if I had only 2 bottles it wouldn't seem like a tough feat. So I got to work and cracked open the first bottle at about 9:15 (after my coffee). I chugged along rather quickly, not realizing how thirsty I was. At around 11:00 I hadn't realized that I had finished the entire 33.8 oz bottle. Wow, one down. That was too easy. So I cracked open the second one. I figured I would be able to tell Brooklynn just how easy it was that Mommy finished before lunch.

At gulp 3 of the second bottle I took a bathroom break. And that's when the flood gates opened, so to speak. Holy mother of God! This was not a good idea at work! Without going into too much detail. I have excused myself so many times that my boss asked if I was okay. I explained that I had just consumed 67 oz of water and what did she say to that? She chuckled. Well it was louder than a chuckle. She asked if the kids had anything to do with this. Was it that obvious?

Needless to say, I can tell Brooklynn that it is, in fact, possible to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Just not at work.

And look at me! I blogged... ;-P

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