June 27, 2009

The garage sale was HUGE!  Every room was different, one room was all clothes, one room was all furniture – so many people too! We ended up parking two blocks away – they had an outdoor area with sporting goods and they had a tent selling hot dogs and brats.  We went into one side of the church first: Then we went across the street...

Tony loves me, he really loves me! This weighed in at 4.3 ounces, so I decided to make it a half egg sammie – 1/2 bagel, 1 fried egg, 1/2 ounce swiss cheese Breakfast comes in at 310 calories, 15 fat and 23 fiber. I have to get going – Hannah and I have some garage saling (sp?) to do before she has to work,...

Tony was the bbq chef tonight – the grill was already started by the time I got home from work – we unfortunately watched the last two innings of the Sox/Cubs game – Pods was robbed in the bottom of the ninth – it was so a ball! Anyway, he brined pork chops and marinated cauliflower – the cauliflower was so good!  I made a...

I basically used some of the leftovers for my lunch today – the base is 2 cups chopped romaine, then sprinkled over the top: 2 ounces taco meat 3 ounces chopped carrot 1 ounce pickled jalapenos 1 ounce Mexican cheese 1 ounce tortilla chips for dipping! But then my co-worker reminded me that she brought me some light jalapeno ranch dressing and so a put...

Normally I do my giveaways on the 1st of the month – but given that I just clicked over 100,000 pageviews yesterday, I figured it was a good occassion to do a giveaway! One thing that helps me keep on track, not only with portion control but controlling my diabetes, is a food scale – I weigh everything out so I can figure out how...

Hannah and I could literally have Mexican food every day and never get sick of it!  I decided to bake some taco bowls for tonights dinner – the bowls turned out perfectly – just baked at 350 for 15 minutes.  However, I decided to use the low carb, high fiber ones and while they held their shape, they weren’t crispy, just kind of chewy –...

I bought these cute Ann Taylor shoes at Goodwill – still had the tags on them!  But after standing at the copier for 3+ hours today, my feet hurt! My foot looks kind of weird in this picture!  Oh well – today’s lunch is reheated red quinoa lasagne from yesterday – I am glad this was a quick warm up because I could feel my...

All the credit goes to Tony for finding these potatoes – they are so cute and VERY purple! I boiled them last night until tender, then diced and Pam fried them this morning.  I added 2 ounces of New York strip left over from last night, 1/2 cup egg whites and 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese. Busy work day, but it will go by fast –...

I had the idea of making my avocado salsa to go over our grilled steak tonight, but my store didn’t have any tomatillos!  So simple grilled steak it is! Since Hannah doesn’t like red meat, I made her homemade mac n cheese with broccoli.  I love mac n cheese! 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups skim milk 1 cup cheese of choice salt...

I used www.calorieking.com to figure out the calories for this recipe: Dinner Spinach, Zucchini, Quinoa Lasagna Cals Fat Carb 4 3 sheetsWhole Wheat Egg Lasagna Noodles 680 6 132 15 ozCottage Cheese: Creamy, 4% Milk Fat (Breakstone’s) 425 18 21 3 serving (1 oz)Cheese: Mozzarella, part skim milk 216 14 2 1 serving, 1 1/2 cups (3 oz)Dole: Salads: Fresh Organics, Baby Spinach 35 –...