Idea for Moms!

My kids LOVE couscous, like really, really LOVE it. I HATE to feed it to them because it is so super messy and the clean up is a total, complete pain in the patooty.

So I figured out something that I could do to bind the couscous together to make it just as delicious as it usually is, but also make it easy to eat for the kids and clean up for me.

I start by making a package of couscous. I use Near East, but any kind will do. My kids like all the flavors really, but BB loves the Mediterranean Curry and CC likes the Herbed Chicken.

Then I press the cooked couscous into a bit of a loose patty in the bottom of an omelette pan. I put the pan on a medium/high heat and pour over it a lightly beaten egg that I have mixed with a splash of milk. The egg will surround the couscous patty and also get in between the grains of couscous (this is why you pack the patty loosely). Cook this patty until the egg is firm on bottom, then flip and cook on the other side. It should flip easily once the egg is cooked on the bottom.

Let cool and serve to children in slices. They will love that they have that same couscous taste, and you will love that you dont have to Hoover up a million tiny grains of couscous that little hands with tiny forks and spoons have spilled.

Okay, now its your turn: tell me in a comment your favorite Mom trick to make you life in the kitchen easier!

One last thing-- you could also add things you are trying to 'disguise' into the couscous---cooked carrots, peas, broccoli etc.

Work It Out Wednesday!

Some of you might remember last summer when I posted as my FaceBook status "Friends, when I fall off the wagon and stop eating well and stop running/walking PLEASE remind me how good I feel right this moment as I sweat my ass off on my couch after a fantastic run". Well, for those of you who remember-- SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on you for not reminding me. LOL!

Since the move to Florida life has taken over, and chasing my tail on treadmill at a quick clip turned into chasing babies as a slow crawl, literally. And preparing healthy meals with quinoa and whole grains turned into shoving whatever I can in my mouth and washing it down with Pinot Grigio (the fuel that keeps mothers going). I stopped paying attention to my weight (other than to secretly chastise myself for clothes getting tight) and stopped remembering how good it felt to move and sweat. I made excuses, lots of them.

But those days are done my friends. I have a brand-spanking new pair of running shoes on their way to my door as we speak. I have my groove back for exercising-- and I WILL do it. So let me say it again, dear readers, if I forget, remind me. You wont offend me, you will support me. Once in awhile shoot me a comment asking how my daily exercise was. Ask me what I did, how much I loved it, and what my plans for the next day are.

Hold me accountable to the promise I have made to my health.