Seems just like yesterday I was teaching her the wonderful world of Tabasco!
And today she started her first day of Senior Year!
She always has the same smile! 😀
Hope you have a great senior year Hannah! I am so proud of you!
Breakfast: Egg white scrambled eggs with chocolate zucchini muffin.
- 351 calories, 12.5 fat, 28 protein, 23 carbs, 3.2 fiber
Lunch: Macaroni and Cheese with Carrot Puree and Spinach Salad
- 377 calories, 9.8 fat, 1.3 protein, 59 carbs, 1.0 fiber. Here’s how it looked right out of the oven.
This was so simple and so good!
- 9 ounces dry whole wheat elbow macaroni
- 12 ounces carrots
- 3 ounces cheese of choice
- Italian seasoning to taste
Cook elbow macaroni according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup of the starchy water before draining. Cook carrots until tender (about 20 minutes on my stovetop). Add the 1 cup reserved pasta liquid and cooked carrots to blender and puree. Mix with the cooked macaroni and 2 ounces of cheese and seasoning. Put in casserole dish and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, or until cheese browns.
Makes Four Servings: 320 calories, 7.75 fat and 55 carbs
Dinner: Bean Burgers with Spicy Guacamole thanks to Eating Well Magazine!
with my chips: 532 calories, 17 fat, 16 protein, 81 carbs 16 grams of fiber!! 😀
I cheated though! I didn’t cook my beans from scratch – I used a mixture of pinto beans and canelli beans to total the 2 1/2 cups beans.
I made guacamole – I love avocado!
If you leave the pit in the guacamole and put saran wrap to keep out the air, it will stay green!
I pan fried the burgers in a touch of olive oil and Pam.
My plate with a light whole wheat bun and 1/2 serving jalapeno chips.
Truth be told, I liked these burgers, but they needed to be WAY SPICIER! I added Tabasco to each bit which helped! I think next time I might add chili powder.
Stats for the Day:
- 1260 calories
- 39 fat
- 46 protein
- 164 carbs
- 20 fiber (thanks to my fiber rich dinner!)
- no exercise :(
Speaking of Eating Well, my friend Jen is giving away the Eating Well diet cook – chock full of tons of healthy recipes!
Tony is out with Joe seeing that Brad Pitt movie – I really had no interest in seeing it, so while Hannah does her homework, I am going to go through the DVR to see what I can watch! Hope everyone had a great Monday – see you tomorrow! 😀
Your bean patties look amazing! I’ll take any excuse to eat guacamole 🙂
aw hannah looks so pretty off for her first day of senior year! man, time FLIES!!!!!! i love your lunch…doesnt pasta at lunchtime always seem so decadent? it does to me for some reason!
your little girl is so cute, i’m already seeing how fast time flies!
the food looks amazing, as always!
School starts already there? Why so soon? School doesn’t start here until the day after Labour day, regardless of whether it’s elementary school or university.
Your burgers look great, especially with all that guacamole on them. Mmmm, guacamole.
Good thing I just ate dinner, because your food puts my dinner to shame! The macaroni looks so good, just like my mom used to make it (of course, she didn’t put carrots in it! That’s awesome!). The chocolate zucchini muffins look great too.
Congrats to Hannah! I love the picture of her as a baby. She actually kind of looks like me because I had HUGE brown eyes too!
Hannah looks adorable and she does have the same smile throughout the years. Best of luck to her!!!
I heard that Brad Pitt movie was gory X( not good for me, haha!
The carrot puree in the macaroni sounds like a great addition! Especially sneaky for kids who don’t eat their veggies.
Yes, you are correct – VERY GORY MOVIE! I don’t like those kind of movies, but they both LOVED it!
Your daughter is lovely! You must be so proud of her!
My best to Hannah in her upcoming sr. yr. Your post brought a tear to my eye. As a mother, I know how it feels to watch your children grow up and wonder where the time went.
Oh man that macaroni looks awesome!!
Best wishes to Hannah for a wonderful senior year of high school! (She is so darn cute, then and now!)