Homemade Meatballs

This is another recipe from my Mother-in-law.

 Ingredients:

2 lbs hamburger meat 

1 medium onion. 

2-4 cloves of garlic  

salt 

pepper 

1egg  

parsley   

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 

1/2 cup bread crumbs. 

All ingredients are estimates as I just put it in I really don't measure so feel free to adjust amounts to taste. 

Sometimes I use celery and green pepper chopped up in it as well.

Mix well. Roll in 1.5 inch balls and place on baking sheet. 

Bake at 350 for 15-20. Make sure center of meatballs are over 160 degrees. 

Enjoy. :) 

Crockpot chicken taco soup

This recipe has many variations that I have seen from pinterest.

Chicken taco soup

1 onion diced
1 can chili beans
1 can black beans
1 can corn, drained
1 can tomato sauce
1 small can of chicken broth
2 cans of rotel
1 pkg of reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 pound of skinless boneless chicken tenders or breast

Toppings:
Shredded cheese - cheddar
Sour cream

Tortilla chips

Place chicken in crockpot. Add all other ingredients.

Put on low for 6-8 hours depending on crockpot.

When soup is finishing up use a fork and smash/shred chicken. It should fall apart fairly easily.

Serve in bowl with cheese and sour cream on top and scoop with tortilla chips. Enjoy!

21 Day Fix Results and Starting Round 2

Well I finished my first round of 21 day fix and I lost 8 pounds but then gained 5 pounds back but I did lose 9.8 inches in 3 weeks.

Starting tomorrow I am going be doing round 2 of 21 day fix along with a plank challenge, squat challenge, and abs challenge.

The plank challenge is the following: 
Day 1 - 20 seconds
Day 2 - 20 seconds
Day 3 - 30 seconds
Day 4 - 30 seconds
Day 5 - 40 seconds
Day 6 - rest
Day 7 - 45 seconds
Day 8 - 45 seconds
Day 9 - 60 seconds
Day 10 - 60 seconds
Day 11 - 60 seconds
Day 12 - 90 seconds
Day 13 - rest
Day 14 - 90 seconds
Day 15 - 90 seconds
Day 16 - 120 seconds
Day 17 - 120 seconds
Day 18 - 150 seconds
Day 19 - rest
Day 20 - 150 seconds
Day 21 - 150 seconds
Day 22 - 180 seconds
Day 23 - 180 seconds
Day 24 - 210 seconds
Day 25 - 210 seconds
Day 26 - rest
Day 27 - 240 seconds
Day 28 - 240 seconds
Day 29 - 270 seconds
Day 30 - as long as can

Squat challenge
Day 1- 50
Day 2 - 55
Day 3 - 60
Day 4 - rest
Day 5 - 70
Day 6 - 75
Day 7 - 80
Day 8 - rest
Day 9 - 100
Day 10 - 105
Day 11 - 110
Day 12 - rest
Day 13 - 130
Day 14 - 135
Day 15 - 140
Day 16 - rest
Day 17 - 150
Day 18 - 155
Day 19 - 160
Day 20 - rest
Day 21 - 180
Day 22 - 185
Day 23 - 190
Day 24 - rest
Day 25 - 220
Day 26 - 225
Day 27 - 230
Day 28 - rest
Day 29 - 240
Day 30 - 250

Abs challenge crunches
Day 1 - 20
Day 2 - 25
Day 3 - 30
Day 4 - rest
Day 5 - 40
Day 6 - 45
Day 7 - 50
Day 8 - rest
Day 9 - 60
Day 10 - 65
Day 11 - 70
Day 12 - rest
Day 13 - 80
Day 14 - 90
Day 15 - 95
Day 16 - rest
Day 17 - 100
Day 18 - 105
Day 19 - 110
Day 20 - rest
Day 21 - 115
Day 22 - 120
Day 23 - 125
Day 24 - rest
Day 25 - 130
Day 26 - 135
Day 27 - 140
Day 28 - rest
Day 29 - 145
Day 30 - 150

I will be doing measurements and hopefully photos in the beginning and at the end. Here is to being at the beach in 55 days. :)

Communion bread recipe

I currently make the communion bread at my church and this is an excellent recipe that my mom gave me. It is the best tasting communion bread you will ever have. I get so many compliments on it.

1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup melted butter
1 cup half and half
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups of flour to make soft dough
1 teaspoon salt

Mix together in order and put in 9x13. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until lightly brown. This makes one pan. Double the recipe as needed.

6 Days in 21 Day Fix

Today marks 6 days I have been doing the 21 day fix and retraining eating habits. This is very hard for me to say I started at 208 pounds and 220 inches that was Monday. Today, I am weighing in at 202 pounds and 216 inches. The workouts are semi hard but you get what you put into it. The eating I find more difficult. Trying to come up with food that you get 5 cups of veggies, 3 cups of fruit, 5 portions of protein, 3 of starch, 1 dairy/nut, 1 healthy fat, and 5 tsp of oils is not easy in any way. That is my current amount I am supposed to eat every day. Once I reach 195 the amount will go down thankfully. I also am loving the Shakeology but haven't decided about reordering. I will update in a few days. :)

The stairs project done

Well after a few months they are finally done.

Stairs project continued.

Well some weeks have gone by. We had the railing on our stair case cut out as it was loose and not up to code in any way and had a carpenter build from scratch as it was actually cheaper then to buy the pre made items from Lowes. All the steps are painted and coated with poly I have also painted the railing and put poly on it. I still have a lot of trim work to do though. We also decided to put breadboard in as risers to cover up some of the not so nice spots and gaps. Here are the pictures. I am looking forward to this all being done.