Morning friends! We are finally moved in to our NEW! house and I couldn’t be more excited about it! I apologize for the lack of blogging last week but we just got our internet set up yesterday morning! Not like I would have gotten a lot of blogging done anyway because, as you can guess, it had been a busy week. By Sunday night we were exhausted!
I know a lot of people have been asking me to post pictures of the house, so here’s a few glimpses of what the inside looks like! I know there are only a couple photos but as more boxes get put away, more photos can be shown. 
We bought a bi-level, this is part of the living room in the upper half.
Part of the kitchen.
Back deck/back yard.
Okay, so now I’d like to share one of my old favorite breakfasts. When I was trying to lose weight in high school, I found a book by Denise Austin called How to Lose Those Last 10 Pounds. It was a book that literally changed my life and made me want to pursue a career in a health field. Denise showed me how to eat balanced meals and snacks and still lose weight. The following is a breakfast that I frequently ate while following her program; pineapple and cottage cheese toast.
Although some of you may be skeptical of cottage cheese because of the high sodium content, I still think it makes an excellent protein rich addition to meals and snacks. And the best part is that most stores now carry organic versions (which is super important to me)!
Pineapple is really a no-brainer when it comes to health; super high in vitamin C and the trace mineral manganese, it’s great for helping to boost your immune system! Oh, and with a few sprinkles of cinnamon on top, you are helping to lower your LDL cholesterol and regulate your blood sugar! Sounds like an excellent morning meal or snack to me!
Pineapple and Cottage Cheese Toast
- 2 slices of whole grain bread or English muffin
- 1/2 c. low-fat cottage cheese (organic)
- 1/2 c. diced, fresh pineapple
- cinnamon
Directions:
Toast your bread, spread an ample amount of cottage cheese, press the diced pineapple in to the cottage cheese, and sprinkle with a few dashes of cinnamon. Tasty and satisfying! My kind of meal!
Nutritional profile (per 1 serving made with 1% cottage cheese and Thomas’ whole wheat English muffins): 242 calories, 2.5 g fat (0.7 g sat), 37 g carbohydrate, 4.6 g fiber, 20 g protein, 680 mg sodium, 190 mg potassium, 10 g sugars
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LOVE the pics! It looks so cozy. I want MORE! I hope to see it in person soon, but until then…stop being a tease and show us MORE! haha.
Congrats on the new house! I love pineapple and cottage cheese. I’ve never heard of putting it on toast. Hmm….I’ll give it a try!
Love it! Your new home is beautiful!!!! I love that photo above the sofa too!!! You have great taste!
I LOVE your new home! The cabinets look fantastic. Nick and I both decided that wood cabinets are the way to go, and we wasted our time painting ours….oh well.
Great combination on the toast. I just bought some pineapple yesterday. I’ll have to try this!
Your house looks great!! Good luck with the rest of the unpacking
When I was a child, we used to be able to buy cottage cheese with pineapple in it. There was also a gherkin one. I really loved the pineapple mix, and used to put it on baked potatoes at dinner. I’ve not seen it for years but you’ve reminded me that I really could just make my own
You house looks beautiful!! Can’t wait to see more pics.
Ahh your house is too cute! I can’t believe you moved in in all of that snow! What a trooper! I have to admit the texture of cottage cheese still freaks me out. I really need to get over this but it’s so hard!
Your home is absolutely GORGEOUS!
Your house is beautiful!! I love the white couch, but I’d have it so dirty! Anyways, I’ve never commented and I just wanted to say I enjoy reading your blog. Todays pineapple and cottage cheese is one of my ffavorites! I’ve never thought of putting it on toast, but I will now!
Your new house is darling!! I can’t wait to see more pictures.
I love cottage cheese. Pineapple pairs so well with it too!! YUM!
Your house is beautiful and the backyard amazing!
Breakfast looks delicious too, unfortunaltely I have to drive to WF to get the organic cottage cheese and that is a bit of a hike. I’ll have to remember to pick some up next time I am there.
What a beautiful, bright new kitchen! Perfect for food photography! Looking forward to all the delicious treats like this!
Mmm, I lov pineapple and cottage cheese together! Congrats on your house! It looks gorgeous! It took us a looong time to finish putting our house together– we still have a few things to do! It seems like it’s been forever since we’ve chatted. I hope you know I’ve been thinking about you and hope things are going well. xoxo
Whoo Hoo for your new house! AWESOME. I love the couch…
The only thing that grosses me out more than feta is cottage cheese. Sorry charlie. 
xoxo from Trinidad
Your house is beautiful! Cannot wait to see more pictures! I do something similar to the cottage cheese on toast but I use part skim ricotta! I am going to have to try cottage cheese now!
I LOVE your white couch/red accents with that picture above. The colours look awesome together!
That pineapple cottage cheese toast is a perfect lunch for the office! I love fruit in cottage cheese, but never would have thought to put it on an english muffin!
What a lovely house!
I love pineapple and cottage cheese, so I bet it would be great on toast!