Hannah had to work last night, so it was an at home date night for me and Tony! We relaxed outside with some wine while the grill got going – but I have to start at the beginning!
Breakfast was my typical egg white sammie – 1.8 ounce multi-grain bread, 1/2 cup egg whites, 1.5 ounces 75% reduced fat Cabot cheese and two pieces of crisp bacon = heaven on a plate! 
So with our leftovers from Thursday nights Chinese food, I took my whole container, put it in a colander and rinsed off all the sauce. I picked out most of the veggies, some of the meat and decided to add my own sauce – it turned out really good! I had to run some errands at lunch and picked up these egg rolls – each one is only 140 calories and it was actually crisp out of the microwave!
So no party pizza Friday! I had some chicken breasts I needed to use up, and Tony suggested I make a cheese sauce to go over them. I didn’t have any milk, so I decided to use chicken broth and it was really good!
Chicken Broth Cheese Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 4 ounces cheese (we used cheese ends so it was a mixture of all different cheeses!)
- pinch of Italian seasoning
- pinch of garlic powder
- cracked pepper
- 755 calories, 62 fat, 14 carbs, 0 fiber, 35 protein
- no salt was necessary because of the salt in the broth and cheese
It was so flavorful, a little went a long way – I guestimated that I had about 115 calories worth on my dish.
And we also thought of adding bacon! Have you ever grilled bacon before? Me either – but we absolutely loved the smokiness the bacon got from the charcoal grill.
We also grilled up two more ears of this delicious corn!
All together: 1 ear of corn, 5.5 ounce chicken breast, 2 pieces of bacon and cheese sauce. It was really good!
Not pictured was the popcorn I made last night
Stats for Friday:
- 1320 calories
- 47.3 fat
- 112.3 carbs
- 114 protein
- 9.1 fiber
- No exercise since I ran errands on my lunch
Not sure what’s in store for our day other than the usual chores – I have a blogger meet up tomorrow – can’t wait! Off to fix breakfast, where I am sure cheese will be involved somehow!
everything looks perfect!
i esp like the egg white sandwich!
Great looking dinner! And that veggie stir fry looks fantastic. I love broccoli and red peppers together, and mushrooms too, such a great combo!
Wow that cheese sauce looks fantastic – I would never think to omit milk and it come out that creamy and yummy! Way to go!
Never have grilled bacon but omgoshhh it looks delish!
Ahhhh it’s finally here! I’m so nervous/excited!
Love how you rescued your so-so Chinese leftovers into something yummy!
Chicken broth is how I make my cheese sauce. It looks super yummy!
Have fun with your meet up this weekend!
I’ve seen those egg rolls at the store but didn’t know if they were worth buying or not. Good to know you liked them!! Enjoy your weekend
Beautiful dinner! Love seeing the cheese sauce; I can almost taste it…
Have a great weekend!
“i’m sure cheese will be involved somehow” LOL I’m the same way – love that stuff! Your meals look SO good as always – grilling bacon? Love it – and that corn looks good too!
I have never seen cheese sauce made with chicken broth, looks yummy!
omg how did you get the bacon to grill and not turn into bacon shaped dust?.. was it like thick cut bacon? or were the coals toward the end of their “life” im mega curious cause when i tried it i got the dust