You can aldo cook potatos in the dishwasher. The hot water scrubs them clean and just wrap them in foil when taking them out and they will be wonderful! Do this a lot for church dinners.

and PR...you can have salads out and meat and veggies out...a lot of places offer low carb options or at least they used to


or buffalo wings and celery

you have to get creative!

Jalapeño Poppers

1 dozen large jalapeño peppers
1 package cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 clove garlic
¼ cup chopped cilantro
½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
1 pound bacon

Wash jalapeños. Fill sink half full of water. While wearing rubber/latex gloves, submerge jalapeño under water and make a slit on one side; squeeze ends to open slit and remove seed and scrape out ribs. Repeat until all peppers are seeded. [Note: performing this under water minimizes the jalapeño spray in the air that can cause choking.] Depending on your tastes, leaving more of the ribs in the pepper will produce a spicier popper. However, most pepper harvests vary slightly and could produce a spicier pepper even with all the seed and ribs removed.

In a medium bowl combine the cheeses, garlic, cilantro and black pepper. Using a spoon, fill each pepper. It helps to keep the gloves on for this. Wrap each pepper with bacon, covering first the slit then wrapping around the pepper, and secure with a toothpick. Preheat oven to 425. Over medium-high heat, fry the peppers to begin cooking and crisping bacon. Transfer to a rack on a baking sheet; bake for 10-15 minutes, or until bacon is cooked and the cheeses begin to bubble.

Cool slightly and enjoy!

omg, dooby, that's enough creme brulee for an army!!! I usually make it in MUCH smaller batches.

Now, lest you think we haven't done the recipe thing before, you can either go to the BOL Home page and scroll down the blue bar on the left to FUN. There you'll find BOL recipes. Or, you can click here and enjoy! We dug up some of our favorites from Fraud Pup's famous cheesy hash browns to my flourless chocolate cake with raspberry sauce.

You can also go here and order a copy of Natalie Bear's Nummies. It's the cookbook that MomofPrincessNatalieBear compiled last year with lots of recipes from BOLers in it. Not only will you get fabulous recipes geared towards 'normal' cooks, but you'll help fund Natalie's ongoing quest to get well and live a long and happy life. They make great gifts too. I gave them to all the females over 18 in my family last Christmas. Everyone is still thanking me for it and turning me on to their favorites.

i'm looking for a recipe for homemade salsa - preferably easy.

anyone?

I did a low carb diet one time and it was great...lost like 20 pounds...but found that it was too hard to integrate those eating habits into a normal eating pattern, and then gained 30 back....not a fan of low carb.

I confess: I joined Weight Watchers online program.....I found that eating less junk, more fruits and veggies, normal portions, more water, less boozing (which I do not practice!), and more movement...I have lost those 30 pounds plus 10 more and have kept it off, and I feel and look better than ever.

i'm looking for a recipe for homemade salsa - preferably easy.

anyone?

Another fresh salsa recipe:

Diced fresh tomatoes
Diced onions
Diced jalapenos
Cilantro
Salt
Lime juice
Fresh garlic

No idea of the portions, make it up as I go along (to taste). Stir in a bowl (no food processor!).