Or better yet, Saturday?? While the day started out contained, as it progressed to lunch, it just got busier and busier! I should keep my expectations that it is going to be crazy busy, and then consider myself lucky if its calmer! 😀
I tried making a chimichurri sauce, but with all cilantro – maybe I didn’t have enough, but I couldn’t get the right consistency in the food processor, so I am not going to post the recipe until I get it right. Hannah on the other hand, came home from babysitting the neighbors kids and said “what smells so good on the counter!” I explained what it was and she proceeded to dip crackers into it and said it was amazing! Turns out we both LOVE cilantro – its a love/hate with cilantro – I worked with a girl once who said cilantro reminded her of the bottom of a birds cage!
It was very garlicy too! I will try this again though!
I knew Hannah wouldn’t eat the steak and that I had asparagus to use up, so I ended up making a mac n cheese with aspargus on the side. So easy!
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups skim milk
- 2 cups cheese (taco cheese, which Hannah liked!)
Melt butter, stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. S L O W L Y add the milk until its thickened, about 10 minutes. Add cheese and remove from heat. I ended up blanching the asparagus in the microwave and chopping it in at the end.
Creamy goodness! My dinner was a cup of the pasta with 4 ounces of steak (I didn’t eat all of mine!)
Dinner comes in at 406 calories, 17 fat and 23 carbs. I didn’t really eat a lot today, since both my breakfast and lunch were under 400 calories!
Stats for the Day
- 1070 calories (Shelley – you should be telling me to eat more! 😀 )
- 40 fat
- 97 carbs
- 83 protein
- 14 fiber
I think I see an ice cream bar in my near future!
I already know tomorrow is going to be too busy, so I won’t be able to post until tomorrow night – hump day – one more closer to the weekend, right??!!
New Season of Hell’s Kitchen Starts Tonight!
I read somewhere that some people have a taste bud that makes cilantro taste extremely metallic. Some people have it, some don’t. Weird stuff. Personally, I love it so I can’t wait for the recipe 🙂
Also, I found the cheese, yay! I love it! Thanks again!
I do NOT like cilantro. *shudder*. I DO, however, like mac and cheese very much 😀 Good idea to add in the asparagus.
This week is going by too slow!!
I love your asparagus mac and cheese, maybe the boys would eat my home made mac and cheese if the asparagus was in there, they love that!
Biz, I did level 1 of Jillian last night!
That mac and cheese looks incredible – nice and creamy!! Apparently to some people (my mom and cousin are two) cilantro tastes like soap. To me? It tastes delicious!
Yummy creation! It looks great. I love Hell’s Kitchen too, but Nick and I only watched half last night, which left me begging for more!
oh, how i wish the weekend were here!
i absolutely love cilantro, so a cilantro-based chimichurri sounds great to me! so does an ice cream bar…
I’ve never been into Hell’s Kitchen, but I watched both episodes last night and now I’m hooked. Was the 2nd episode crazy or what!! I can’t wait for next week:)
I am shocked!!! What has happened to the Biz who championed eating 1400 calories a day?!? Girl, you are going to waste away to nothing if you don’t start eating more!
That is so true about cilantro – you love it or you hate it! I love it!
I am definitely a cilantro hater – if I even taste a hint of it, I won’t enjoy the dish. And it seems to be popping up everywhere! So annoying!
I have mixed feelings about cilantro too. Sometimes I really like it, and other times I think it tastes like cleaning products. I do love mac n cheese though! No question about that. 🙂
Oooo I can’t wait to see the cilantro recipe. I love cilantro but I’m in such a guac rut that I rarely branch out from using it any other way, except in the occasional salad!
So trying out that mac and cheese sometime. Thanks!!