May 28, 2009

I was flipping through my new magazine, Taste of Home Healty Cooking, when I flipped the page and immediately knew I was going to make this for breakfast, except using what I had on hand. I separately cooked the eggs to be assembled when I got to work. My co-worker has been wanting to try the Artisan Bread in 5 minutes at home, so I...

Usually my family knows when I have substituted whole grain or whole wheat products – but not tonight!  The whole grain bread crumbs I used actually made the chicken crispier!  Just a dip in egg whites and whole grain bread crumbs seasoned with cracked black pepper and Italian seasoning – I figured each piece of chicken has about 1 tablespoon of bread crumbs. My dinner:...

I had to use Tony’s laptop last night because of the storms.  Our home computer has my MasterCook software on it, so I used calorieking.com to figure out my lasagna calories: QUINOA LASAGNA ACTIONS   Cals Fat Carb   10 oz Vegetables, Fresh: Squash, winter, spaghetti, boiled or baked, no salt added 77 0.7 18   2 serving, 1/2 cup (4.4 oz)Del Monte: Pasta Sauces: Spaghetti,...

I used 2 ounces of last night’s steak and added it to my egg white spinach sammie – so good!   Of course, I had to add 1/2 ounce sharp cheddar and splashes of Tabasco! Today is our Jillian work out day.  I haven’t done that since LAST Wednesday!   It will be interesting to see my 60 day stats on Saturday without doing Jillian’s 30 day...

I stopped by the grocery store that’s on my way home from work – their 50% meat mark down section was empty!  On to Plan B – I started looking around, and the meat prices were awful!  I ended up finding this, at $7.04: A 4 ounce serving comes in at 170 calories, 8 fat, 1 carb, 0 fiber and 21 grams of protein – it...

I hardly used calorieking.com at all  over the weekend, although did  a great job at “guessing” on carbs and my blood sugar, although a tad on the high side (average 130) is not too bad for not micro-managing it like I normally do. But I forgot my glucose meter on the kitchen counter – luckily I had this one mailed to me and I keep...

Today is my niece Rachel’s 13th birthday!  Since my brother Charlie moved his family to Texas, we don’t see them as often as when they lived in Iowa – all our kids are growing up too fast! I did not want to get up today!  After three days of sleeping in, it was so hard to get up and get going.   I had my usual...

Since it was chilly outside, and sprinkling on and off, we decided to eat inside and not have traditional hot dogs, burgers and potato salad – the weather wasn’t right for it!  My mom joined us for the day – THANKS FOR COMING OVER MOM!   Hope you had fun! She brought me beautiful flowers from her garden and arranged them in a vase I had.  They...

When trying to figure out what to get at the store for dinner last night, Tony and I decided to grab a beer at Buffalo Wild Wings and get take out to bring home.  I ended up getting the naked tenders with my new favorite sauce – SPICY GARLIC!  OMG, this one is amazing – the perfect balance of heat and flavor. Tony and I...

I love this weather!!  Not too hot, not too cold, just enough breeze and not too many bugs! Since I knew we were going out to lunch, I had my usual 1/2 bagel sammie – this time with colby jack cheese – and some of the best canteloupe I’ve had so far this year. Then Joe came over – so good to see you Joe!...