A Cuppa Kim

Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Pintertest Kitchen for Skinny Dippers

Oh yes.
You read that right.
This month's Pintertest Kitchen is in fact, a Skinny Dip.

Originally found here.

Three ingredients. Zero baking.

Two Cups Light Cool Whip
Two Cups Nonfat Plain Yogurt (not greek)
One Box Brownie Mix

Combine, and mix.

Also, the mixing part was definitely the hardest. My large pyrex bowl was put to the test, as brownie mix puffed over the sides.

Thankfully, it all blended together well, and even better it tastes really good.

Original recipe recommends Nilla Wafers, Teddy Grahams, and Graham Crackers, I'm going to throw it out there and suggest strawberries too.
Trust me on this one.
Skinny chocolate dipped strawberries.
To. Die. For.

And like the original poster said, eating this dip won't make you skinny, it's just a skinny version of those not-so-skinny dips. I love that you don't feel like you just ate a block of cream cheese. And as tough as it may be, keep all things in moderation.

Except chocolate chips....go crazy with those.
Just kidding.
Restrain yourself.

And maybe if you do, you'll end up actually skinny dipping this summer.
Not that I'd condone that.

Linking up with Jessica over here!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Life on the Daily.

Aside from yesterday's post, I haven't really posted in 2 weeks! The adventuring has been at a minimum, but don't worry. Summer Vacations are around the corner and there are gonna be some adventures to share.

So for now, here is a bit of life on the reg:

A lot of front lawn time with Smiles. She loves it. I love it. The neighbors...well...

I graduated from the 30 Day Shred.

That is 30 days. In a row. The shred itself is fine. The hard part was the commitment, getting up early if I knew I wouldn't have time to shred later in the day. I've moved onto Ripped in 30. Jillian really is trying to ruin my life with that one. Thankfully, I'm not doing it every day. But then again, maybe I should be.

I also graduated the C25k program for the first time. I am a two time drop out over the last 3 years. And finally, FINALLY, I pushed through to the 8th week. I can run for 30 minutes non-stop. Which isn't exactly 3.1 miles (yet) but we're getting there.

I don't exactly love it. And I hate it while doing it. But the smile below is brought to you by endorphins. Right?

There has been a good amount of healthy eating going on too. Results are minimal. (Because, you know, unhealthy eating sometimes creeps in).But really, summertime produce is the best.

Summertime also means long days. And heading downtown in the evenings means I'm usually greeted to views like this:

And this:

With warm days here, the pool in my building has been turned on. The kids usually claim it all weekend long. But I managed to sneak an hour in on a Sunday afternoon while things were quiet. There may have been two very olllld men there with me, but they didn't splash, so I was content.

My mom ended her 35ish year career as an ICU nurse. Probably the most badass RN you'll meet. And to celebrate we took her on a family day to Sausalito.

It was gorgeous at home and gorgeous there, but slightly foggy along the way. Just slightly.