So it's Friday and that usually means that we'd order pizza at our house but guess what? We're not. No way in H E double hockey stix. Why? Because I'm all out of Flex Points for the week (in fact with a couple extra "IOU's" in there too :-P), so I'm being a good little WWer and sticking to my daily allowance for the rest of the weekend!
Why am I over FP you ask? Well because it's never accurate to count when eating out and as Jaime pointed out already, most of the Halibloggers (sans Lynn and Tasha (who btw will be BACK SOON from her trip around Europe and with a fun new blog!) got together for some top secret Haliblogger talks at Jack Astor's the other night.
I had the grilled Mediterranean Chicken Foccocia (which was to DIE for (I typed DIET! lol):
With a garden salad - I LOVE beets and especially shaved on a salad :-) (dressing on the side)
It was absolutely delicious and such a TREAT. I love sammies on bread like that YUM.
And last night Jaime, Lynn, Lex and I attended a launch party for the Fall products coming out for The Pampered Chef. I am hosting a PC party in September and I had never actually been to one before so it was a nice introduction to the company and their products. It was actually a really good time!
The consultants were so fun and energetic and there were lots of prizes through random ticket draws and they showed us the new products "fashion show" style which was really entertaining. They also had a few of the PC recipes prepared to munch on and boy was I glad I didn't eat supper before I went (aside from a few Guiltless Gourmet Chipotle tortilla chips and about a tbsp of hummus) because I definitely exceeded my daily allowance on the munchies. It was those damn mint chocolate chip triangle brownie things that Jaime posted about because we later found out they were like 500 calories!
So my questions for you lovelies are: Have you ever been to a Pampered Chef party? What are your favourite products and/or what should I put on my "must have" list? Oh and are there any recipe requests I should put into my consultant for the show?
Thanks guys, as always, I value your input, opinions and comments :-)
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I am ADDICTED to pampered chef and have a kitchen full of their stuff. Must haves for me are the glass bowl with the measurements printed on the side. It comes with a lid so you can make a muffin recipe and keep it in the fridge. Also, you can put it in the oven so its great for cakes. I love all of the stoneware as well so you should treat yourself to a piece of that. Another favorite is the cheese grater...I could go on and on!
Karen M
Love the following:
Stoneware
Rice Cooker
Peeler (works better than any peeler I've ever used)
also really like the tsp and tbsp measuring spoons because you us one spoon for all the tsp measures (1/8, 1/4 etc.) and one for all TBSP measures. Saves cleanup!
Love the meat thermometer and the bamboo spoons.
Their garlic press is the best EVER. I've had mine for about 8 years!
I really enjoy reading your blog. The pictures of food are really good!! I, too, love Pampered Chef products. The dish towels, prep towels, stones, paring knives, large mix-n-pour, and white serving bowls/platters are a few of my favorite things. My husband says I'm trying to buy one of everything in the catalog!
Thanks for sharing your journey. I joined WW in 2000 and successfully lost 40 lbs. and for the most part have kept it off all these years. However, I've recently put on a few pounds and need to lose them. I'm having trouble getting focused and dedicated enough to the program to do it though.
Any tips?
Thanks!
The cookie scoop thingies in all available sizes! I use that thing for EVERYTHING! I also love their spatulas. They're very resilant & I love the way they bend. You can't go wrong with PC stuff.
MmmMmMmmm your sandwich looked soooooooo good!!
Thanks for taking me to the party - it was great!!! It could definitely be dangerous though at your party ... eek!!!
I haven't gone to a PC party before but a couple gifts I have received that I would always love more of would be their paring knives, and I didn't see it on their website but my mom gets us these little square brown hard plastic things that have three round edges and one pointed and they are to use for washing dishes, scraping stuff off and it works AMAZING. Don't know what I'd do without it!!!
Angie,
Well this comes as a late post as I wait until the end of my day to catch up on my blogging.. I just wanted to say that I love the way you have re incoperated ww back into your routine. I too was considering whether or not to soley focus on health or continue my ww journey.. You have inspired me..
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I can't wait for the PC Party, it's going to be fun. I went through the catalogue picking out a few things :)
Hey girl, I have never gone to a PC party but my sister is in to cake decorating - anything related to that would be fun for her birthday. hope you're not reading this sister!
oh, let me start my list...
and i haven't even seen the new products.
I was thrown a Pampered Chef bridal shower, and it was amazing!
I have the stainless mixing bowls, 2 sizes of the mix'n'pour, the apple slicer, the prep bowls, the garlic press, 3 different spatulas, 5 or 6 pieces of stone wear, mixing spoons, measure all cup, etc.
psst. i need to "borrow" catalogue!
= )
Angie - OK - I'm a complete addict. Have basically 2 sets of PC products - home and cottage.
Can't live without - garlic press, bar pan stone, measure-all cup(s).
Have fun and be careful... It's dangerous once you get started. :)
Top secret hey??? Me = curious!!
I LOVE Pampered chef!!! I agree on the cookie/muffin scoops, the measure-all cups, the stoneware and I don't know what they are called, but the measuring cup and spoon that you can just change the amount on...LOVE IT!
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