Hannah leaves for Germany today!! Doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that Maxi left us to go back home! You can see the pictures from the farewell dinner here. We have checked the weather and it will be in the 70’s at least the first 10 days of her trip. I am so excited for her – I am taking a half day off.
After we drop her off Tony is taking me to a fabulous Italian restaurant – he’s taken clients there, his son and even his Dad, but I have yet to try it! Check out the menu – what would you order? All I know is that Tony took one client one night, and he went back the following two nights on his own!
I am so happy its berry season – my store had both black berries and raspberries for .99 cents a pint!
On the side I had an egg white “taco” on a flour tortilla – drizzled with my baja fresh salsa! On the bottom is crumbled goat cheese – I bought this at the Marion Street Cheese Market when I went to Oak Park last weekend. It’s called purple haze and it has lavender and fennel in it! I am going to check out this company and see what else they have and if they sell it closer to my house.
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Breakfast comes in at 290 calories, 31 carbs, 17.2 protein, 10.6 fat and 9.2 fiber.
I went to the gym to do the bike machine. I ended up doing 8.8 miles in 39 minutes. While I was riding, an “award” flashed across the screen saying that I was a “marathoner.” What doesn’t make sense is that I’ve ridden 43 miles since I started the machine last week!
Okay, the soup I made is about the easiest soup you could ever make!
Enchilada Soup Recipe (printer friendly version here)
Ingredients
2 | cup corn |
1 | cup black beans |
1 | can fat free refried beans |
8 | cups chicken broth, low sodium |
8 | ounce chicken breast, cooked and shredded |
12 | ounce enchilada sauce |
1 | teaspoon cumin |
1 | pinch of salt |
1 | pinch of pepper |
Directions
Add all ingredients in a big pot and simmer until beans, corn and chicken are warmed – about 15 minutes.
I need to use my MasterCook to figure out the calories on this – caloriecount said 1 1/2 cups was 414 calories and 23 grams of fiber, which just doesn’t seem right to me. I had an ounce of tortilla chips on the side:
Dinner was easy – spaghetti with Italian sausage on our homemade marinara sauce. 😀
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I must have overestimated the amount of carbs in my dinner, because 30 minutes after dinner my blood sugar was 42 🙁 So I ate a small banana nut muffin and that did the trick.
Stats for Day 9 of 101:
- 1420 calories, 196 carbs, 80 protein, 42 at and 38 fiber (which I don’t think is right!)
- 25.5% calories from fat, 21% from protein and 53% from carbs
- 8.8 mile bike ride in 39 minutes
So this will be the longest time Hannah and I have been apart from each other – she’s vacationed with my Mom before for 10 days, but this trip is 3 weeks! I couldn’t be more excited for her though!
How far have you traveled when you were a teenager away from your parents?
Off to do AM yoga – need to burn off some calories before my dinner out tonight! 😀
I always get hungry when I visit your site!
Your “Best Buffalo Chicken Chili” sounds delicious, but what is Frank’s hot sauce? What could I substitute it with?
I hope Hannah has a good time in Europe. She is almost in my neighbourhood. 🙂
It’s a brand of hot sauce that is mostly used when making buffalo wings – any mild (or hot!) sauce would be a good substitute! I made that chili for a work function and it was a big hit!
That soup looks great! Why do you think the counts are wrong? Sad!
Very cool for Hannah! I don’t know…. definitely U.S. (my parents were divorced so it was a lot of shuttle back & forth)??
Remember while Hannah is gone to work your butt off. 3 weeks from now when she comes home she is going to NOTICE how great you are doing. Thank you again for starting the Summer Challenge. It really is a huge help to me!
Thanks BB! Keep up the great work too! 😀
how exciting for hannah! great bike ride today 🙂
Looks like a great soup – will need to try it.
Your berries look so good, we have had lots of blueberries and blackberries but the raspberries haven’t been great.
Hannah will have an amazing time – may not want to come home 🙂
I spent a year in Europe when I finished school and then before getting married did a couple of 6 month stints – I love to travel 🙂
I hope she has a great time while she is there. The spaghetti looks yummy. We went to Italian last night. Actually, Ryan wanted some Monday and we drove there and then found out they were closed Monday’s which I forgot, so we tried again yesterday.
I think my name may look different today since I logged in under my new wordpress account for a side project I am working on. just didn’t want to confuse you too much.
I soon as I saw the name Ryan I knew it was you Melinda! 😀
You love Hannah so much! I love how you talk about her, it’s so clear that you 2 are so incredibly close…reminds me so much of me and my mom 🙂 I was away for my parents for 5 months before when I lived in Italy. It was really hard!
The soup looks sooooooooooooooo good!
I hope Hannah has a great time! I would love to go to Germany!
I’m going to have to try that soup, it’s looks so good.
I learn so much from your blog. Always enlightening and inspiring.
That soups sounds great, right up my alley too-
Found the sea salt post, I have been so busy I am behind on post, am catching up today!
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i can’t wait to hear about hannah’s adventures abroad…she is going to have such a fantastic time!! that goat cheese sounds amazing by the way…i need to find some fancy flavor like that…i LOVE goat cheese!!
Hannah! Have a great time, send me a postcard! I know you will have a great time with Maxi now that you know her!
Beth, I love the soup idea with the enchilada sauce! And that is a lot of fiber!!
Safe travels to Hannah!
I’m going to be on the lookout for that goat cheese, but I’m willing to bet that the new Whole Foods has it! Have you been there yet??? Its AMAZING! Their cheese selection is to die for!
Hey Biz! So happy for Hannah – she will have so much fun!
I studied abroad my first semester of college when I was 18 – four months in Limerick, Ireland and I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
I hope Hannah has a fantastic time!
Between the beans and your berries I’d bet that fiber is right. They both have lots.
Did I ever tell you “Italian” is my favorite food? There are so many good things on that menu. I would probably ask my husband to have the Insalate Caprese so I could order the Pomodori con Cippola e Gorgonzola (which I know you’d hate!). Then for a main course it would be a toss up – Pollo alla Basilico “House Specialty”, Pollo al Vesuvio, Spaghetti alla Carbonara or Stuffed Gnocchi. Too many good things to choose from.
I hope it’s a wonderful “date” for you and Tony!
Yum that restaurant DOES look good! I’d probably get the veal parmigian! Or maybe a dish w/ ricotta since those are my fav types but J can’t have it!
Good luck to Hannah! I was away a lot as a teenager – summers I’d go to camp for a few weeks, I lived w/ my aunt for 2 mos. and grandparents for a few yrs. My mom would visit every couple of months!
Maybe the marathon is at sprint speed? I can’t figure it out either! But good job on the award and 40+ miles!!!
I am going to try that soup and that stationary pike thing is sooo awesome.
Keep up the great work!
The Enchilada soup sounds great, perfect to make on weekdays. Safe travels for Hannah!
Incredible as it may sound, I am doing something similar to you… I am on Day 7 today! Even though it doesn’t have a fixed 101 day cap. Let’s be blog buddies… added you on my blogroll…
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