It was such a gross day out today. Cold, rainy. Neither Ed our I wanted to walk this morning! I decided on spicy oats for breakfast! This time I added 1 ounce of 50% reduced fat cheese into the oats – so creamy! Before I cook the yolk to death, I always think of Brandi and Sophia who LOVE runny eggs – ew!
I actually added more Tabasco at work – not spicy enough!
For lunch I had shrimp stir-fry! I love these noodles, only 150 calories for 5.5 ounces of noodles, which is a ton! They are already fully cooked – just add the stirfry when you add the veggies.
My stir-fry: 4 ounces shrimp, 3 ounces broccoli slaw, 2 ounces bean sprouts, 2 tablespoons korean bbq hot sauce. This took a long time to eat – so good!
Since today was birthday pie celebration today, I made myself a cafe mocha as a snack. 1/2 packet of SF cocoa mix, coffee, 2 tablespoons of whip cream and 1 teaspoon ice cream topping.
Dinner tonight was Chicken Pot Pie. I am not 100% happy with this recipe, and while good, still needs some tweaking. I’ll post the recipe when I get it right! My sauce was just really soupy, and I added flour!
The topping is 1 cup of Bisquick to 6 tablespoons of cold milk. It made four biscuits on top. This baked for 15 minutes at 450 degrees.
My plate: Gotta love the fluorescent lighting!
Stephanie at Cookin Fanatic is this weeks BSI host and she chose blue cheese! While there are obvious choices such as grilling steak and putting blue cheese on top, or making a dip, I thought outside the box and decided to make soup!
Biz’s Pear Blue Cheese Soup with Pancetta and Pesto Bread Crostini
- 1 14.5 can of chicken broth
- 2 ripe pears, peeled and sliced
- 2 ounces blue cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- pinch of paprika
- pinch of crushed red pepper
- 2 slices of pancetta (cooked, cooled and diced)
- 1 ounce of bread (I used my pesto bread) with 1 tablespoon of blue cheese put under the broiler until cheese is melted
Put chicken broth in pot with pears and cook until pears are tender, about 12 minutes. Add blue cheese and seasonings. Then using a stick blender, puree.
Pour soup in bowl, sprinkle each bowl with 1 slice diced pancetta and then put the crostini on top. Seriously, this is such an amazing combination. And surprisingly, not overly sweet. I like the addition of the crushed red pepper which I decided to add last minute.
This makes 2 servings: Soup: 169 calories, 4.5 fat, 26 carbs, 4 fiber, 9 protein Crostini: 101 calories, 3 fat, 14 carbs, 1 fiber, 4 protein
Stats for the Day:
- 1341 calories
- 37 fat
- 176 carbs
- 75 protein
- 17 fiber
- 35 minute jog/sprint on the treadmill
- 5 minute abs
- 20 minute walk with Ed after dinner
- 90 ounces of water!
Anyone who knows me knows I love snowmen! Look what I picked up at the grocery store tonight?? A snowman wine stopper! Now I have two!
I’ve updated my Recipe Page above – check it out if you haven’t in a while!
Top Chef is on tonight! See you tomorrow night!
That stir fry looks awesome! Did I read that there was no pasta in it?!! Love!
i want the pot pie too – you make it look so easy!! I’m looking forward to the perfected recipe!!
Yummy looking soup – did you find it very salty?
I emailed you about Oikos carb levels
Nope! Just savory and slightly sweet!
I hate runny yolks too. J always laughs at me when I make eggs and cook them to death!
Your pot pie looks really good, I’m excited to see your recipe.
The soup looks fantastic!
Love your snowman wine stopper – it’s totally you!
ohh i am not a fan of runny yolks either!! your cafe mocha has stolen my heart
great recipe!
That chicken pot pie looks so comforting!!
So funny that I’d post about my favorite holiday decorations (all things gingerbread) at the same time as you!!
I need to find a gingerbread man wine stopper!!!!!!!! 
I’ll be on the look out, but there is WAY more snowman stuff than gingerbread!
I’ve read you blog for a while now and never commented…I know you like to cook from scratch but the Self Magazine chicken Pot Pie recipe is amazing I loved it and it tasted like it was alot worse for you then it actually was!
Yay! Tabasco!!
The pot pie looks great… actually, no one would know you are on a diet!
That’s my secret!
This soup looks heavenly!! Yummmmmy
You don’t like runny eggs?!!! Scandalous! But…at least you love the cheese!
Oh, and I got the Cabot cheese package today!!! WHEEEE!!!
Finally – hooray! Can’t wait to see what awesome grilled cheese sandwiches you’ll make!
Miss D. eats her eggs so runny that I’m afraid they’re not safe to eat. Yuck.
Love the snowman stopper…I want him!
I have yet to try spicy oats, but I keep seeing them pop up lately! It doesn’t sound like a bad idea :O). What goes in them??
- Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
i am in love with that soup! it looks so good, what a fantastic combo!
That cafe mocha is only 80 calories?? Must make.
I love blue cheese. I should really enter this week, but i just ate up the last of my blue cheese last night (with grapes). It was this awesome raw blue cheese from whole foods. My family kept eating it too
I have not tried the pen. I am not sure it would be covered under my insurance but I will check into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Also thanks for the encouragement. If we can prevent one person from getting it then I consider it mission accomplished.
Your savory oats look so comforting! I haven’t savory oats in a while and now I’m definitely craving it. I love your version of a cafe mocha, especially the toppings
That wine stopper is WAY too cute!!
Did you use pears that were firm, or super ripe??
They were just ripe, not overly ripe.
Oh my goodness, Biz, seriously, are you secretly a gourmet chef? All you dishes sound amazingly good! especially the yaki soba noodles
Oooh, fantastic soup idea!
Love the snowman! He’s so cute!
I love runny yolks too! Mmm! I always dunk stuff in it!
Your drink looks delicious and is probably 1/5th of the calories and fat of Starbucks! hehe
Interesting soup! I’ve made a cauliflower gorgonzola one before, but I like the idea of this tart sweet salty smokey flavors.
Oh and the bisquik biscuits on top of the soup look FABBBBULOUS! One of my favorites!!!