I love coming home to packages!! Yesterday I got a HUGE package from Wholly Guacamole – thanks to Danica’s giveaway that I won! Look at all the loot – besides the food though, I think my favorite thing is the t-shirt saying – can’t wait to wear this shirt!
We opened the medium salsa for the NIU football game last night – beware – the medium has quite a kick to it! And when Hannah came home from work, she tried the blanco queso (very good – slight spicy kick) and the guacamole – guess what? There are no chunks of onions in the guacamole! That’s usually why Tony and I always make our own because of the onion factor. Thanks Wholly Guacamole! Also – check out their “homegating” site if you are looking for great football food recipe ideas and coupons for their products.
Breakfast was the last of my zucchini crustless quiche, and a side salad. I have to tell you, I am kind of liking having a salad at breakfast!
359 calories, 15.6 carbs, 30 protein, 20 fat and 4.2 fiber
My friend and I were all set to do our 45 minute walk when I checked my blood sugar just before heading out. While it was a perfect 98, that’s too low for me to exercise, so I ended up drinking 8 ounces of 100% apple juice – it has 36 grams of carbs! But it did the trick – just barely – I was able to push through the walk with 4 pound weights – by the time I got back to my desk, my blood sugar was 67 – it was just enough 
This is the first time since doing Phase I on South Beach that my blood sugar has been that low – which I don’t think is bad at all considering we are 10 days in!
I had leftover grilled turkey, and decided to make a Mexican inspired soup. My inspiration came from these dried ancho chilies I had in my pantry.
soak in 2 cups hot water for 20 minutes, then remove the stem and seeds
Ancho Chili Turkey Mexican Soup (printer friendly version here)
Makes 8 servings (1 cup: 104 calorie,s 2.3 fat, 12.2 carbs, 2.7 fiber and 9.0 protein)
Ingredients
| 2 | ancho chili, dried |
| 6 | cups chicken broth |
| 2 | cups hot water (to soak the chilis – don’t throw out, add to soup) |
| 6 | ounces turkey breast, cooked and chopped |
| 2 | cups hominy |
| 28 | ounce canned tomatoes |
| 1 | tablespoon chili powder |
| 1 | tablespoon cumin |
| 2 | tablespoons cilantro, fresh chopped |
Directions
- Put 2 cups of water in a pot and bring to a boil. Put ancho chilis in hot water and soak for 20 minutes.
- Put all ingredients except 1 cup of hominy and turkey in pot.
- Using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Add in remaining cup hominy and turkey breast and simmer for 20 minutes. Garnish with avocado, cilantro, cheese and sour cream.
I had two cups, with 1/4 of diced avocado, 1 ounce jalapeno cheese and fresh cilantro – this is a perfect recipe for a family because it is not spicy at all – the ancho chilis give the soup a smokey flavor – don’t worry, I kicked it up with some Tabasco! Lunch comes in at 379 calories, 29 carbs, 26 protein, 19.2 fat and 8 fiber.
I think my sugar free coffees are going to be a daily event – I like that I get some dairy from the steamed milk – ssshhhh – don’t tell Tony I’ve already started pulling out my snowmen coffee mugs!
Our neighbor is a huge NIU football fan. He came over to watch the game with Tony – he brought dinner too which was nice! First I have to thank Hannah and Tony for straightening up the house – it wasn’t too bad, but the living room needed vacuuming and Hannah cleaned the kitchen.
She also made rice krispie treats:
And Tony made bacon wrapped water chestnuts for an appetizer – I had a couple of those!
The game started at 6:00, so while the boys started watching the game, I did Jillian’s Quick Zone workout on Exercise TV – 25 sweaty minutes
For dinner I ate half of this Italian beef sandwich, and 1/2 a cup of kidney bean salad. I’ve never had this kind of salad, but it was really good – kidney beans, hard boiled egg, diced celery in a mayo cream sauce – I am usually not a mayo fan but this was really good.
5.5 ounces is half a sandwich - and I did eat the bread
567 calories, 31 carbs, 27 protein, 39 fat and 5.8 fiber
Stats for Tuesday:
- 1483 calories, 110 carbs, 85 protein, 80 fat and 20 fiber
- 49% of calories from fat
- 45 minute walk with 4 pound hand weights
- 25 minutes strength training with Jillian’s Quick Trouble Zones
- Average Blood Sugar – 95
I am off to make Canadian Bacon Egg Cups for breakfast – yum!
I love the individual servings of salsa – I would love to put those in the kids’ lunches they would love them. Neat idea.
No offense, but that salad scares me. That is just way too much mayo [not a fan either].
Your soup is gorgeous! I’ve never cooked with whole ancho chiles, but I think I actually have a bag in my spice cupboard, hmmmm maybe when the temp gets to be normal for this time of year I’ll give it a go. Congrats on all the loot and enjoy the last few days of this tremendous weather!
~ Mary
This weather we are having is so amazing! It still feels like summer, but all the leaves have fallen off my trees in the back yard!
I think I drooled a little on my computer screen. Yum! I want that soup.
I never thought of blood sugar issues with walking. Something to think about.
I love Wholly Guacamole products! The 100 cal packs of guac are my favorite – no leftover brown guac to be had!
Looking forward to your Canadian Bacon Cups! YUM!
I love the shirt, too cute!! And the soup, OMG yum!!!
I gotta go make breakfast…I always torture myself by staring at the food pics when I come over here! lol Everything looks YUMMY- as always. That shirt made me LOL.
I LOVE your header with the line up of spices!
The avocado Tshirt is hilarious, and your soup sounds delicious. =)
It must of been a day for cheating yesterday. I had a few spoonfuls of rice and I felt so guilty, but I’m still down another 1. 5lbs total this week. I’m going to cheesecake factory for lunch on Sat, so I fully expect it to level off.
I love Cheesecake Factory – their portions are so huge!
Love the soup idea! I would also put black beans in it too? I wonder if that would go with the hominy, or too much?
I don’t think you could ever have too many beans, but I didn’t have any canned black beans that weren’t laced with jalapenos!
You lucky dog! I love wholly guacamole.
Mmmm… your Italian beef sandwich looks soooo GOOD! YUM
what a great freebie bunch… And love the use of the whole Chiles
great post
J and I love wholly guacamole! I love that the ingredient list is so short. It’s seriously the next best option besides making it yourself!
J’s mom always gets that bean salad at the Polish deli. It’s there every Sunday and holiday. I’m sick of the sight of it. hahaha
Wow, you have a whole menu set! Looks so lovely, I like ancho chili and have made it once, but yours looks lot better! Love the salad and sandwiches too.
I love the soup, it would really keep me warm tonight, I really love the t-shirt…LOL
Bacon wrapped water chesnuts? That sounds interesting.
Grats on the blood sugar – it seems all is going well.
BTW, I love the shirt!
I want that shirt!!! so cute!
I don’t have hominy, but I suppose canned corn would work, too?
Sure would! Sorry I couldn’t have met you at Food Buzz – Amanda said you guys has a great time!
That is some amazing loot to win! Also, bacon wrapped water chestnuts? I have never contemplated such a thing, but it sounds heavenly.
the avacado gift bag looks like so much fun! and i love the look of that sandwich, i want to eat THAT for breakfast!
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Juice is sooo high in carbs!!! But it did the trick…just barely, like you said! I’m glad to hear going lower carb hasn’t caused lows…because of course I worried about that, esp. in phase 1
I bet that soup is SPIIIIICEEE-EEEE! Looks delicious!
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That Wholly Guacamole prize is NICE! And I giggled at the shirt – have you worn it yet?
[...] had the rest of my ancho chili Mexican soup – 2 servings since each serving is only 104 calories! On the side I tried to make chili [...]
Yum, this chili looks delicious!! It’s one of the best things to look forward to during the winter! You should really consider submitting this to Recipe4Living’s Champion Chili Contest It looks delicious!