New favorite Small Appliance- Vita Mix

OK so in my life time I have had several blenders, mixers, etc...But this is one is by the far the best!

The Vita-Mix 5200 makes whole food juice, cooks steaming hot soup from scratch, and even makes healthy, homemade ice cream!
Everything is done in just MINUTES with NO ATTACHMENTS! This amazing machine performs over 50 different culinary jobs with ease—and can easily replace 10 kitchen appliances.No matter who you are, you can look better, feel better and have a lot more time to enjoy life! Check out there site they have great demonstrations and recipes.

http://www.vita-mix.com/

Recipe for the week- Stuffed turkey Burgers

Stuffed Turkey burgers:
Ingredients
1 1/4 pounds lean ground turkey breast
1/2 cup chopped roasted red peppers
1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1/4 teaspoons salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Divide turkey into 4 equal sized rounds. Make 2 equal sized patties out of each round so you have 8 patties total. Sprinkle 4 of the patties with 2 tablespoons red peppers and cheese, and top with remaining patties, working the turkey around the edges to seal burgers closed. Season with salt and a few grinds of pepper. Grill or broil until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.

Great web site

A friend recommended this to me when she heard I was trying to get healthy!
http://caloriecount.about.com/
It is great. It keeps track of my goals, my calories and the amount of calories I burn! Love it!! And I am sure it does a lot more too!

Bought a scale today!

Guess what I bought today? OK got a new scale for just $29.99. It is a weight watchers model by Conair. It has 5 weight memory recall. And the best part it actually came with batteries. The worse part. I need to loose 14.8 lbs! This sucks. I should have never bought a scale. No seriously I needed to know how bad it was......

WW11D is the model-Portable scale lets you manage your weight anywhere at any time
Fitness and nutrition scale is precise and includes 5-weight memory for one user
Electronic technology in the perfect bathroom scale

Toy of the Week- Mini Automoblox

Automoblox is an award winning line of high quality, modular wooden vehicles that encourage young minds to build cars and trucks of their own design. With sleek designs and unparalleled quality, Automoblox push the limits of imagination and creativity. Test drive our most popular cars for yourself. It is a legacy toy line consisting of modular wooden vehicles that encourages young minds to build cars and trucks of their own design. These cars are constructed of high-quality materials and eye-catching colorful parts durable enough to withstand the rough and tumble play of adventurous young designers.

I love these cars! They are part car, and part building blocks. My boys put all the pieces together of there many minis and build one car! They have a blast coming up with new designs! At only $10.00 a piece they are a great wooden toy!

Recipe for the week- Southwest Salsa

I got tangled in an email recipe exchange and this one was sent to me.
SOUTHWEST SALSA
2 cans drained black beans1 can drained whole-kernel corn
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
juice of 6 fresh limes (bottled lime juice just isn't as good)
6 T. olive oil
1/4 cup minced red onion
1/4 cup minced green onion
ground cumin to taste
chopped tomatoes, or diced pineapple optional
Mix first 8 ingredients in large bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until cold. Can be stored this way for several days, but the punch of the lime and cilantro is best on the first day. This is great on grilled chicken or fish. And off course with your favorite chips!

Word of the week- Coup D'etat

coup d'é·tat
n., pl. coups d'état (kū') or coup d'états (dā-täz').
The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority.
[French : coup, blow, stroke + de, of + état, state.]

I love languages and words. Where do they all come from?