Stuffed Peppers | A Recipe

As some of you know by know, I'm on a mission to help my Husband lose some weight. He's not over weight by any means, but then again he hardly has time to make it to the gym and has a bad habit of eating cards and other "fun" foods...including beer! But hey, who doesn't love carbs and beer?

So I've incorporated the 30 Day Shred and a new daily menu - did you expect anything less? I'm totally OCD.

So for the past two weeks, I've done a lot of research based on the caloric intake set for my Husband and I'm choosing healthy low calories breakfast, lunch and dinner items.

Dinners have been the "hardest" - something that is filling enough where he won't need a snack, but healthy enough where he stays within his caloric goal. But I did find a fabulous website, Dashing Dish. This is one of the recipes that I thought we'd love...and we did.

Last night as I started prepping dinner - I decide to photograph this recipe and share it with you all.

Italian Style Stuffed Red Peppers 

What You'll Need: 

1 lb	Lean ground turkey
2	Red bell peppers
2 cups	Organic low salt Spaghetti sauce
1 tsp	Basil/oregano seasoning (or any blend of italian herbs)
1 tsp	Minced garlic
1/2 tsp	Salt and pepper
1/2 cup	Fresh chopped spinach
2 tbs	Grated parmesan cheese + 4 tbs to garnish over the top of each pepper

Breakdown:

170	Calories Per 1/2 Pepper
8 g	Fat
10 g	Carbohydrate
3 g	Fiber
2 g	Sugar
19 g	Protein

Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Wash red peppers, and cut around the stem to remove.

Cut peppers in half length-wise, and remove the seeds and ribs inside the peppers. Set peppers on baking pan.

Meanwhile, cook ground turkey in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Stir and break up the turkey while it’s cooking. When turkey is almost completely cooked through, add the sauce and seasonings to the pan. Stir and continue to cook until the turkey is completely cooked. Add the spinach.

Scoop 1/2 cup of the turkey mixture into each pepper.

Sprinkle 1 tbs parmesan over each pepper.

Bake for 20 minutes or until a golden brown. 

Let cool and enjoy! 

What I'm Loving...

Happy Friday, Friends.

I'm loving a lot lately - the temps are getting slightly cooler here in New England, which means that Fall is just around the corner. I'm a total Summer girl, but Fall is my all time favorite season here in NE.

Here is what I'm loving for Fall:

AE Chambray button-down

Black Burlap: Last season I loved burlap, I even incorporated it into IV's first birthday party, but this season - I'm loving Black Burlap and just picked up a small roll at Michaels. 

{these are from Etsy}

Ann Kelle Fabric: How cute are these fabric designs? hint hint, Mom!

Mini Statement Necklace: I may have just order the "Coral" mini. How can you not for a deal like $9.99?!

Tory Burch Revas: I recently received a 20% coupon from TB due to some issues I was having with a pair of sandals I ordered. This coupon expires soon - so I think it's time these adorable flats go in my shopping cart. 

Just Dandy: I just love Danielle and her fashion blog. Her online boutique opens toady at 10am! 

Essie Fall nail polish: I'm a huge fan of a good shellac mani, but I'm also a fan of changing my nail color more than every two weeks. 

And finally, I'm loving the 30 day shred: My sweet Husband is on a mission to loose a few pounds and I'm on a mission to make that happen. Which means, I'm doing the 30 day shred as well. Not to lose weight, but to help support him. It's always easier when you have a support buddy. I have adjusted our meals to meet his caloric intake recommendation and every night after IV goes to bed...we shred. Stew has already lost weight after just 10 days! If I can talk him into it - I'll write a post about his 30 day journey on the shred...and share before and after pictures. Yes, I took before pictures! 

Ok, Friends. There you have my Fall (ish) Favorites! Enjoy your weekend. 

P.S. You didn't really think I'd post and not share a picture of my sweet 16 month old did you? 

Happy 16 Months, Love Bug! 

61/41

Yesterday my Mom celebrate her 61st birthday. I don't think there is any shame in posting her age. She looks fabulous.

My parents also celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary - and that is just plan awesome.

My Mom took yesterday (and Monday) off to spend the days with IV and I.

Here is a little something I set up yesterday for her special day.

Birthday Flowers

Birthday Wine

The Birthday Lady and IV

Not pictured: Her jumbo shrimp cocktail for lunch and some framed pictures of IV. Here are the pictures I framed for her. 

Getting him to sit still is a challenge, but he did great. 

And this? This is IV wearing a shirt I made for my Mom's birthday last year - a little small this year, but still adorable .

We had a great two days with "Ba" Babcia (Grandmother in Polish) and we'll miss not having her here today as she's back to work. 

Love you, Mom. 

Blueberry Picking

Oh you know, just had to get out of the house - so we drove 1/2 a mile down the road to this...

IV's first Blueberry picking experience:

(all photos taken with my phone)

Butterflies everywhere

He loved helping.

Of course we had to get out of the car to check out the tractors.

And he's all smiles b/c the owner didn't even charge him (us)

Wal-Mart Fab Find

Every day I like to get out of the house with IV...I needed to pick up cheese for our dinner and when we started heading toward our local Wal-Mart, I said why not. It's a nice change of pace from our usual Target run.

I'm going to be honest. I hate Wal-Mart. I think it's gross. Seriously...ours has recently been re-done and it's a Super Wal-Mart, but still...I just don't like it.

So we quickly ran in, wiped down the cart real quick and we were off to grab some cheese.

I made my way past the Women's section when a huge sign jumped out at me $9....oh, the $9 sign and a really, really cute maxi.

In my cart it went.

I'm sort of in love with it. Fits perfect, comfy and I love the pattern. 

This will be be hung in my closet until March, then it will go in my suitcase and brought to ARUBA! 

Happy Tuesday, Friends.

Dancing in the Rain and Moscato

Stew and I had a great weekend - minus an very whinny IV. But that happens, I guess. I saw that his top molar is cutting through, so I'm sure that didn't help his mood.

We started with a Mexican themed party on Friday night. No, no, no. Don't be fooled - we aren't that cool. I made a cheesy Mexican dip for when Stew got home from work - and it turned into a me whipping up a cute sign and added some Mardi Gras beads.

Phone pics:

Saturday, we went and picked up some stuff to make a cocktail I saw on Pinterest:

I called it Summer Peach. If you like Moscato, you'll love this:

On Sunday, Stew and I dropped IV off at my parents yesterday and snuck out for a quick bit to eat at one of our favorite local restaurants. It was a much need and very nice break.

All time favorite soup - French Onion.

The day was humid and pretty cloudy all day, around 5 the sky opened up and it began to downpour - but it was close to 90 degrees. Stew took IV into the garage to show him...and go figure, he wanted to run out in the rain. But hey - isn't that what everyone wishes they could do? Dance in the rain.

An adorable picture from my phone.

My boys.

Oh! and after all this - we made plans to go to PA and visit our friends, Matt & Kerry...for an ADULT weekend. 

Happy Monday, Friends. 

Our Summer Trip - Indiana

I've been missing for a while now, but I have a good excuse - we are just back from a Summer Family trip to Indiana to see Stew's Grandfather.

Overall it was a great trip! We got to see Stew's family that live there along with his sister and parents who live in Florida.

IV was a rockstar on the flight down and even more content on the three hour drive to the Lake house where we stayed. The trip home was a whole different day though - he was over it at 7:30am when we buckled him in the carseat for the drive to the airport. We tried it all, but it was just an off day for him - but we survived.

Cousins

My Husbands Parents, Grandfather, Great Aunt and Uncle, Sister, BIL and Nephew. 

A great trip, but now it's time to enjoy the rest of our Summer and look forward to the Fall season.

Happy Thursday, friends.