I started out with my typical breakfast sammie on Thomas’ Everything bagel thin. I cannot tell you how much I love these – all the flavor of a bagel, but without all the calories! I had another orange on the side from my $1 bin, but this was more of a juice orange than a navel orange, so it made it a little more difficult to eat, but so juicy!
Lunch was Chili Mac – 3 ways – 1/2 cup cooke penne, 1 cup of my Cincinnati Chili, 1 oz. cheddar cheese and fresh jalapenos! 😀
I also had a side salad – mixed greens, cucumbers, fat free Italian dressing and 1/2 package of the best almonds!
I have Michelle at Lucky Taste Buds to thank for these – I recently won her giveaway! The whole package is only 110 calories – I was going to just use half of the package on my salad, but then ended up eating them all – they were that good!
The only thing I can say about dinner is that I was frazzled! I was making pork chops and I wanted to make potato pancakes. Well, I had to take the deep fryer downstairs, and bring up the food processor. Only problem – I could not find the insert that let me use my shredder!
I looked everywhere, but it was no where to be found. After looking for 15 minutes and going up and down stairs at least half a dozen times, I had to go Old School. I am confident half of my readers have never seen anything like this before!
It sits on top of your bowl and you select the size you want. Oh.my.God. this was a pain in the ass! My arms were so tired just shredding 4 potatoes! And all the while I kept thinking, “if I knew where that part was I could be done in 20 seconds!!”
Luckily Tony took charge of the pork chops – he put lemon pepper seasoning on them and they were cooked to perfection – I cut off 4 ounces for my dinner – they were huge!
I also decided to make stuffed grilled zucchini. I microwaved the zucchini whole, then cut it in half, took out some of the seeds and put in 1.25 ounces of goat cheese. Tony rolled the cheese in his hands to get it to fit – thanks!
These were so good – the goat cheese already had seasoning in it – just called “fine herb” so not exactly sure what is in it, but so flavorful!
Dinner came in at 423 calories, 13.9 carbs, 45 protein, 8.2 fat and 3.2 fiber. And Tony came through – I kept forgetting to replenish my office stock!
Stats for Wednesday: 45 minute walk at lunch with 2 pound weights!
Off to finish making my lunch – more Chicken Tikka Masala!! Have a great Thursday!
ya know, i really got to hand it to you… i don’t know how you manage your household and have time to make all those delicious looking foods from scratch. you are amazing!
OMG ~ I was totally expecting you to pull out a grater or something….never did I think you’d whip out a Dial-o-Matic! Hilarious…but, the way those pancakes look, it was worth it!
I want your lunch too – so good! I have some cashews made by that brand – maybe I should/shouldn’t try them now 🙂
Your lunch looks SOOOO good!! I tried the whole wheat bagel thins and they really upset my stomach for some reason. Not sure why. 😕 Wish they made a NY style version of these; crusty on the outside, soft inside. 🙂
Jenn
The chili mac looks so good!
I love the wheat bagel thins but was kind of scared to try the “everything ones.” You make them look good though, so I think I’ll pick some up on my next trip to the store!
I’ll have to keep an eye out for those bagel thins–don’t think they’ve made it to Wichita yet. I can’t imagine using that shredder! I do my shredding by hand but it’s not an antique so it doesn’t take too long. I give your day an A+!
We just got the bagel thins in our area so it’s probably going to be a little longer before the everything bagel makes it here. I’m loving the whole bagel thing without all the calories though!
And if it were up to me, I’d give you an A+ for your additional potato workout! 🙂