CuteKittyPunk

Two days ago - and a long time ago - my grandfather William Marion York was born. He passed away more than 10 years ago but I shall never forget him. Every year on his birthday I try to make one of his favorite meals. Well, I recreate one of his favorite meals and make it my own. This year I learned that one of his favorite desserts was Lemon Meringue Pie. We have vlaai in the Netherlands and I didn't see how I could order any in the Lemon Meringue variety this time of year so I set out to make my own. After a quick Google search I decided to make Lemon Meringue bars - and I came across a nice looking recipe from Martha Stewart. But the amount of butter had me changing the recipe in no time at all. I recently baked some Lemon-poppy seed crackle cookies from one of my favorite vegan cook books - Eat, Drink and Be Vegan... and decided to make that batter minus the poppy seeds for the bottom of the tart. Then I just reduced sugar through out for the rest of the recipe. Here ...

Well, I had this big goal to give up sugar in 2008... but you know what - that's crazy! Why give up that evil sugar - when I can still eat it in smaller quantities and still lose weight - thanks to Weightwatchers online! I started it just over two weeks ago - and at my first weigh in on Feb 14 - I lost 4.5 pounds! I was totally thrilled with those results. It was enough to keep me going and not blowing it all on Valentine's chocolates. I only ate 3 chocolates that day. And besides that I got a ice cream maker for Christmas and I'm going to make lots and lots of ice cream this year. I've already made many different flavors. My favorite is coffee with white chocolate chunks. But luckily the banana ice cream I make is only 2 POINTS per serving. So I can have a serving of banana ice every night - I can still eat my treats and lose weight - as long as I stick to the POINTS system (flex points) and eat all my vegetables and drink all my water. I'm really quite excited ...