Menu Plan Monday 5/16

I know that I have not been very consistent with my posting...Sorry. My husband and I are trying to eat healthier so I feel like our meals are not too desirable. As I searched for more healthy recipes this week I realized that there was a lack of them on blogs. So I am going to make an effort to share some of them with you.

Monday- Healthy French Toast

Ingredients

• 8 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup skim milk
• 4 slices whole-wheat bread
• Cooking spray
• Sugar-free syrup

Preparation

Whisk egg whites, vanilla, nutmeg and milk together. Dip each slice of whole-wheat bread in the egg mixture and brown on each side in a nonstick pan sprayed with cooking spray. Top with a little sugar-free syrup and serve with turkey sausage or scrambled eggs.

Tuesday: Salmon, Roasted Asparagus and Baked Potatoes

Wednesday: Grilled Rosemary Chicken, Salad and Sweet Potato Fries

Thursday: Turkey Burgers (Costco Premade), Roasted Black Bean and Corn Salad

Friday: Healthy Egg White Omlets

Saturday: Free-day...Eat out or whatever is around the house.

Sunday: Whole Wheat BBQ Chicken Pizza

I will try and take pictures this week and include some recipes that I have planned. Have a wonderful week.

My Favorite Banana Bread

Over the years I have tried many banana bread recipes. I received one from my sister in law a couple of years ago that I have been using and have tweaked along the way.

So without further adieu here it is...

Tamber's Moist Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter (Or 1/2 cup blended light colored beans*)
1 cup Sugar
2 eggs (beaten)
4 bananas, finely crushed
1 3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup crushed walnuts or mini chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:
1.) Cream sugar and butter together.
2.) Add eggs,crushed bananas and vanilla.
3.) Combine well.
4.) In a seperate bowl sift (or wisk) flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture.
5.) Pour into greased pans.
6.) Bake at 350 degrees. For mini loaves 20-25 minutes, full loaves 60 minutes.

Ruffle Bum Onsie.

Here is the Ruffle Bum Onsie in use.

A simple headband.

I wanted to make a quick headband for my daughter.

I started with a 30" strip of fabric.

I cut the ends thinner so that they can tie behind her head.

Make sure both ends are the same by lining them up and cutting them together.

Then I hemmed each edge about 1/4" all the way across. You could just use that as your headband, but I found a few scraps that I made a flower and two peddles with. Just sew them right on and you are done.

ps... are you sick of the black polka dot fabric yet? I have been using it on all of my projects lately.

Monogram Onsie

I wanted to add a monogram on the front of my ruffle onsie so that it would add a little color and fun in the front as well.

Here is how I did it.

First I cut out a pink circle and the letter 'L'. Then I pinned the 'L' onto the center of the circle.

Then I sewed the two together around the edges of the L.

Next I pinned the circle into the center of the onsie. Then sew the circle onto the onsie.


And here is the final result...

I love it....'L' is for Lilly. Hopefully she makes her debut in the next couple of days.

Ruffle Onsie Tutorial

I am in pure nesting mode lately.

One baby project that I have been wanting to make is a ruffle bum onsie.

If you want to know how I did it, here are the steps that I took:

Step 1: Mark 3 lines of where you want the ruffles to be placed. It is hard to see in this picture, but i just marked 3 lines...the middle one being at the top of the bum flap.

Step 2: Cut 3 strips of your choice of fabric out. I cut them a little longer than double the width of the onsie. They also need to be 2.5 to 3 inches wide. I wish that I had don't 3 inches, but I did 2.5 inches.

Example..I was using a 0-3 month onsie which was about 7 inches wide. My 3 strips were 16 inches in length.

Step 3: Fold each side of the strip 1/4 " and hem. One of the sides you will fold again 1/4 " and hem a second time.

Step 4: Here are my 3 strips hemmed are ready to ruffle.

Step 5: Pin your strip right at the top line that you already marked. As you pin it across the line, fold back to create a ruffle over and over again (as seen below). You will sew the right side down and the double hem up facing the top of the onsie.

Step 6: Single stitch the ruffle onto your top line.

Step 7: Fold over the the ruffle and stitch the ruffle so again so that it folds down into the correct position.

Step 8: You will repeat steps 5-7 again for the other 2 ruffles.

Step 9: On the edges of the ruffles the last thing that I did was sew the width of the ruffles down along the edges. This will help the ruffles stay down.

Step 10: Enjoy your finished project!

Bustle Skirt.

I have been wanting to make the girls matching skirts for springtime.

I say this bustle skirt on studio 5's $5 craft challenge (it cost me more because I chose a more expensive fabric).

Let me remind you that I have never, I mean NEVER, sewn a piece of clothing before in my life.

But this week, as I was on bed rest, I wanted a challenge.

This is what I ended up with...

Emma sure loves it.

I finished the baby one too, but I don't have my baby yet to show it off, so in the next week or two when baby makes her way to earth I will show you all how they both look together.