My moms friends are completely tearing our family apart, she has changed soo much in the past few years from them, Like seriously for like 2 years now since she started to hang out with this one woman so much that she has ACTUALLY picked up the woman’s accent =| everytime i call her she is out with them at restaurants, shopping, bingo.

and all of her friends are like anorexic thin, my mom has always had the perfect curvy body but because of them she has because sooooooooooooo thin it’s scary.

ever since she got friends shes never home, she goes out drinking every weekend, she doesn’t cook dinner, the whole family has microwavable meals everyday.

she has gave up on us. =|

she is with them soooo much that it’s actually rare for me to get time alone with her.

sometimes when she is in during the day she has her friends over, then she goes and gets my little brother from school and then they come back and go at night and then she goes in the bath and straight to bed

people walk in and out of our house like theres no tomorrow

and my moms friends and their kids come around our house and go through the cupboards and everything.

they know all of our personal life, it’s pretty freaky =\ i feel claustrophobic from this.

she has 2 friends, teresa and tracy who she is basically with 24/7 and they are over with their kids all the time, when they come over i’m locked in my room all day

i mean her friend was on vacation for 10 days and her other friend was ill and they didn’t come over for a while and it felt like HEAVEN.

its come to the point where whenever we go anywhere like even grocvery shopping or looking at colleges they come like we can’t even do that together. and when i plan on making plans with me my sister and mom they always want to just “tag along.”

i feel so trapped.

and one time to talk to my mom i said we should go out for lunch (which i had to BEG her to go with me and she goes with her friends 3 times a week) the whole time she didn’t even eat and was texting her friends.

she puts them first.

my has been to welcoming and they have took it the wrong way.

whats happened to her.
whenever i wake they’re here, whenever i have dinner they are here, whenever i have a shower they’re here.

we have no time alone =\

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Camper Stew
CarbsPerServing:no counts provided
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 can green beans, canned1 packet onion soup mix
1 jar beef gravy

How to Prepare:
Brown and drain ground
beef, add beans, soup mix,
and gravy. Mix until
completely combined.
Simmer on medium/low for
at least 15 minutes. Serve.

A very hearty and delicious
stew that can be made with
any of your favorite
vegetables.

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I have four recipies written down, here they are :

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Sundae Driver = rice, icecream, and . (what is the last ingredient.)
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Hearty Beef Stew
CarbsPerServing:60 carbs total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds beef stew
meat
14 1/2 ounces stewed
tomatoes — (1 can)
14 1/2 ounces beef broth —
(1 can)
1 cube beef bouillon
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1 large rutabaga — (or two
small turnips)
2 medium zucchini

How to Prepare:
Brown stew beef in olive oil
on all sides in medium high
pot. Add
tomatoes, broth, spices and
water to cover beef. Turn
heat down and simmer
for about 1 and 1/2 hours.
Add cubed (about 1 inch)
rutabagas and simmer
for 30 minutes. Add diced
zucchini and simmer for 30
more minutes. Add
more liquid if necessary (to
cover the veggies). Taste for
seasonings.

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Quick Sausage Soup
CarbsPerServing:29 total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 pound ground pork sausage
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic — crushed
1 1/2 tablespoons minced onion1 can beef broth
1 cup heavy cream
1 can green beans — drained
1 cup carrots — cooked
pepper to taste

How to Prepare:
Brown ground pork sausage in skillet.
In saucepan, melt butter. Add garlic and onions and brown in melted
butter.
Add sausage and remaining ingredients. Heat thoroughly. Serve and
enjoy!

Vegetable Soup
CarbsPerServing:18 total
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
leftover roast beef - shredded or cut up
- add au jus and water
1/2 medium onion — cut up
1/2 green pepper — cut up
4 medium mushrooms — cut up
1 clove garlic — chopped fine1/2 head cauliflower — cut in florets
1/2 cup celery — finely chopped
salt and pepper — to taste
cajun seasoning — to taste

How to Prepare:
Simmer all ingred. in soup pot for several hours. Eat Hardy!!!
Serves 6 - 8 generous servings

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Beef Bacon Soup
Serves:9,9
CarbsPerServing:no counts provided
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon garlic
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 jar Hormel Real Bacon Pieces
1/2 pound lean ground beef1 tablespoon dried chives
3 cups beef broth
1 cup heavy whippin cream
tobasco sauce to taste
sharp cheddar to taste

How to Prepare:
Saute the garlic, basil, bacon, and hamburger together until
hamburger is
almost done. Add beef broth and chives, simmer for about 10 minutes
after
boiling. Add heavy cream slowly and stir occasionally while
simmering until
hot. Add tobasco to taste, sprinkle with cheddar and serve.
Cabbage Soup
CarbsPerServing:64 total recipe
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 medium cabbage head — cut into 1/8ths
1 can chicken broth — Campbells or Swanson’s type
1 red onion — chopped
salt and pepper — to taste
1 pound Ekrich smoked sausage — Ekrich or similar, sliced

How to Prepare:
Cover with cabbage with water and cook until tender.
Add one chicken broth, red onion and salt and pepper.
Add the sausage to the soup and simmer until heated through.
Even better the second day.
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
CarbsPerServing:51 total recipe,
excluding artichokes and bacon
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
5 skinless boneless chicken breast — cooked
1 cup onions — chopped
1 cup celery — chopped
Cooked chopped bacon as you like
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon minced garlic
3 cans chicken broth — (3 to 4)
1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seed
1 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 can chopped artichoke hearts
2 tablespoons capers — or more
2 cups kale — cut in half, then sliced

How to Prepare:
This recipe is mostly low carb and can be varied according to your
needs and taste. It is very meaty and rich. Try several different
versions with different meat and vegetables. Adjust the heat as
needed throughout the recipe to keep it simmering but don?
t let it get dry and burnt.

It is best to prepare the meat first so you are ready when the time
is right. I like to grill up several boneless and skinless chicken
breasts and a few green onions for a smoky flavor as the main
ingredient. Start with a large pot. Put in enough olive oi
l and/or butter to cover the bottom and heat. Next add chopped onion
and celery stalks. Let this cook until translucent. Then add
seasonings like dried or fresh rosemary and cilantro, and parsley.
Then add some dried fennel seeds. Amounts as you wish.

Next add about as much chopped up and fried bacon as you desire. I
like to buy the pre-cooked packages at the store. Let is cook over a
medium heat. Add the meat (chicken in this case). Then put in about
a cup of white or red wine. Next add two to four ca
ns of chicken broth and let it simmer some more. Last, you can pour
in a pint of heavy cream and stir it in. I like to chop up some
fresh kale or other greens into bite sized pieces and throw them in
last then turn off the heat. You can use Italian sausag
e instead of chicken and I?ve also tried chopped up lamb or beef
with good results. Again, adjust to your own diet or taste. I?ve
added a small amount of capers and a can of artichoke hearts (chop
the artichoke hearts into big chunks)

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SIRLOIN STEW
Serves:4
CarbsPerServing:13.5g
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
2 pounds sirloin steak — cut
into large bite size pieces
16 ounces fresh
mushrooms — quartered
1 medium onion — chopped
1 clove garlic — minced
2 jalapeno pepper —
minced
14 ounces tomatoes,
canned — diced with juice1 cup celery — chopped
1 jar beef gravy (Heinz —
savory beef)
meat tenderizer
salt and fresh cracked
pepper
6 tablespoons olive oil

How to Prepare:
Shake meat tenderizer and
pepper all over meat, pour
over about 2 T of
olive oil and mix all
together. Set aside in fridge
for at least 2 hours. In
a dutch oven add 2 T olive
oil and saute the celery for
about 5 minutes,
then add in the onion, garlic
and jalapeno saute until
soft. Set aside
veggies and heat remaining
olive oil and pan sear the
beef until tender over a
high heat. Add veggies to
beef mixture, and also add
the mushrooms, tomatoes
w/
juice and the the jar of beef
gravy. Simmer for 15
minutes Salt and pepper to
taste. Serves 4
NOTES : Counts for gravy
not included in totals.

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Garden Beef Stew

CarbsPerServing:2.6
Prep Time:2 1/2 hours
Effort:Average
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 1/2 pd. stew meat
2 tbsp tomato sauce
2 c. water
1 tsp. salt

2 tbsp. chopped onion
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1/4 c. chopped eggplant
1/4 c. zuchinni, cubed
1/2 c. spinach
How to Prepare:
Heat oil in heavy pot.
Brown meat on all sides. Push to side of pot. Add onion, cook 2
minutes. Add water and salt. Simmer 2 hrs.
Add green pepper, eggplant, and zuchinni. Simmer 10 min. Spoon in
tomato sauce and spinach. Cook 7 more min.

Chilled Melon Soup with Mint
Serves:4
CarbsPerServing:11.7
Prep Time:10 minutes
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
One ripe cantaloupe
One cup of water
8 packets of Splenda4 sprigs fresh mint
Juice of 1/2 a lime
1 tsp. fresh lime zest
4 Tbl. heavy cream

How to Prepare:
Add the water, splenda, mint leaves (reserving a few for garnish)
lime juice and lime zest in a small saucepan and boil for ten
minutes until syrupy. While it is reducing, seed the cantaloupe and
scoop the flesh into a blender. Pour the syrup over the cantaloupe
through a sieve to remove the mint leaves and lime zest. Pulse a few
times to blend and then puree for a few seconds. Skim the foam off
the top and then place in the refrigerator until well chilled, at
least two hours. Serve in chilled bowls with a few mint leaves and a
swirl of heavy cream for garnish.

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SUN VALLEY STEW
Serves:3 to 4 depending on size of servings.
CarbsPerServing:???
Prep Time:15 minutes to prepare…20 to 30 minutes to cook.
Effort:Easy

Ingredients:
1/2# Beef Wieners; 3 small or 2 medium zucchini; 3 - 4 ripe
tomatoes; 1/2 Onion;1/2 Green Pepper, (opt);1 to 2 cups
waterSeasonings: 1 tsp. salt;1/4 tsp. black pepper; 1/2 tsp. garlic
powder(l clove garlic); 1/2 to 1 tsp oregano; 1/2 tsp basil; 1/2 tsp
parsley

How to Prepare:
Slightly brown wieners. Add diced veggies and water and seasonings.
Cook until tender. Adjust seasonings to taste…Sometimes I add a
little parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!
Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Serves:4 Servings,10,10,9,10,10
CarbsPerServing:5g Net Carbos Per Serving
Prep Time:20 Minutes
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
2 Cups Fresh Broccoli
1 Pint (8 TBS) Heavy Cream
10 TBS Shredded Cheddar
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup (Campbells is what I use)
1/2 Stick ButterSalt & Pepper to taste

How to Prepare:
Boil Broccoli in a large pot of water until very tender. Drain
reserving 1/2 cup of water that the broccoli was cooked in. Return
broccoli to pot. Add water, butter and soup. Stir well until the
soup is mixed well. Use a hand potato masher and mash contents of
the pot. Add cream and cheddar cheese. Over a medium heat, bring to
a slow rolling boil. Remove from heat, add salt & pepper to taste.

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Italian Soup
Serves:Makes 2 cups/ 1 Serving,10
CarbsPerServing:0 carbs
Prep Time:less than 7 minutes
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
Chicken or Vegetable Bouillon

2 eggs (whites only)Parmesan Cheese

How to Prepare:
Prepare Bouillon as directed on label.While bringing to a boil add 2
egg whites.Serve with a healthy portion on Parmesan cheese on top.

Chili (no tomato)- Quick, Single Serving
Serves:1
CarbsPerServing:11 net
Prep Time:15 minutes
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1/2# hamburger-fried & drained;
1/2 cup Great Value Pinto Beans (Walmart);
TBSP chopped cilantro (optional);2 chopped green onions;
TBSP Chili Powder;
small can mushrooms (including juice);
Salt/pepper to taste.

How to Prepare:
Combine all ingredients into a medium microwave bowl. Heat
thoroughly and enjoy.
Mushroom and Leek soup
Serves:8,8
CarbsPerServing:5.1 (40.86 for whole recipe)
Effort:Easy
Ingredients:
1 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 bunch leeks, white part only, sliced (1 cup)
1 stick butter
1/4 cup whole grain soy flour1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
3 cans chicken broth
1 cup heavy cream

How to Prepare:
1. Saute mushrooms & leeks in butter in large saucepn or dutch oven
until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour, salt, pepper & 2 cans
of chicken broth. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a
boil. Lower heat; cover; simmer 20 minutes.

2. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Pour mixture, a little at a
time, into container of electric blender; cover; puree. Pour into a
large bowl. When all the soupe is pureed, return to saucepan.

3. Add remaining can of chicken broth & the cream; heat until
thoroughly hot.

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