It was back to my good ole breakfast sammie, although this time I added cooked red pepper left over from our fish taco fiesta. Breakfast comes in at 380 calories, 45 carbs, 21 protein, 15.3 fat and 10.1 fiber.
With delicious strawberries on the side – these are so sweet!
I planned on running a 5k at lunch yesterday. While I love the bike machine, I thought I needed to switch it around. Well guess what? I hated the run! And I was watching FoodTV while running! After 20 minutes I got off and went to the bike and pounded out a 4 mile uphill bike climb and loved it! See how sweaty I am?
So I decided don’t do what you don’t love. Exercise is exercise, and I love the bike machine so I am sticking with it! 😀
Lunch was leftover pork taco with chili. I know, yet another episode of throw shit in a bag! But after I defrosted the chili, there was like 2 pieces of meat, 3 beans and the rest was just the broth. After one bite of the taco, it fell apart, so I ended up throwing my taco into my chili for taco chili – it was actually really good!
I had a whole chicken in the deep freeze so made a butterflied herbed grilled chicken – I love that I just pick the herbs from the backyard and chop them up! On the side I took red potatoes, hallowed them out and wrapped them in bacon! I only used 2 pieces of bacon for three potato halves! You need to cook the potatoes on a piece of foil to hold the bacon grease, otherwise they will catch on fire!
Our dog Ed just loves laying in the grass when we are outside!
This chicken took about an hour to cook – I had the potatoes on the whole time too.
I took the chicken off to rest, then added the cheese to our potatoes – my side has an ounce of goat cheese, Tony’s is shredded cheddar.
Best side dish ever! The potato was tender, the bacon was nice and crispy with the tang of the goat cheese – yum!
My plate:
Let’s just look at the potato again!
Thanks to everyone who left comments for Brooke and Buffy yesterday. We have such an awesome group of cheerleaders!! For all the 101 Days of Summer Challengers, don’t forget to email me your week four progress by Sunday – email me at bdl319@gmail.com. 😀
The winner of my eCookbook, 25 of my favorite recipes here at BDL, including Chicken Tikka Masala (which was recently a throw down on Bobby Flay’s show!) and Thai Basil Chicken Wonton Cups is . . . Morgan of Kicking My Trash! I’ll get that out to you today!
Okay, yesterday I said I was off to do Jillian’s 30 day shred – only problem is that it was in my gym bag at work! So I did exercise on demand – her 37 minute Yoga meltdown. I have to be honest – it was hard, and there were poses I just was not able to do, so I am only counting it as 20 minutes!
Stats for Thursday:
- 20 minute Jillian yoga meltdown
- 20 minute run on treadmill at 5.5 mph (which sucked ass)
- 20 minute 3.0 hill climb bike ride (awesome!)
- 1,429 calories, 151 carbs, 96 protein, 50 fat and 23 fiber
Hooray for Friday! Hope you have a great day – any big plans for the weekend? We have none which is awesome! 😀
This is one of my favorite ways to cook chicken. I love using fresh rosemary and lemon when I grill it butterflied. Interesting idea with the potatoes. Never thought about wrapping the outside with bacon. I normally sprinkle them in the center with the cheese.
Those bacon wrapped, cheese stuffed potatoes are way too cute. I’m totally with you on the “bacon makes everything better” band wagon.
everything is better with that breakfast sandwich!! WOW 😛
LOVE the sweaty pic!! ur looking strong and fabulous!! <3 <3
Amen to your title! Bacon makes a girl very very happy! And boy, now I’m convinced that’s the ONLY way i ever wanna eat my potatoes!
And Biz! I have been reading from Google Reader so I just realized how clean and lovely your new lay-out is! Congrats! 😀
Hi,
I’ve been reading your food blog and it has inspired me to start eating healthier. I have a question though, when you are counting carbs, calories etc how exactly do you do that?
Hey Danielle! First of all, I weigh almost everything I eat, and then put it in http://www.caloriecount.com. It’s free and you can keep an online food journal. See if you can see this link – it was my calories for yesterday 😀
i look forward to your posts everyday, i have to tell you, you are so creative with your meals, you inspire me..where in the heck did you come up with the potatoe idea, amazing..how come you dont sign up for the food network cooking show???? i would rather read your post and see your diet tips than some of their shows..you are truely an inspiration, hubby is one lucky man, i wished i had the energy to cook for us like that…
You are so nice Connie – thanks! 😀
Good lord those potatoes look awesome! I’ve been cooking up lots of potatoes lately- potato skins, twice baked, etc. I just love adding bacon to anything and everything!
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Let’s look at those potatoes again and again and again!!! I think I can make a whole meal out of those alone! Looks soooo good. Cheese and bacon are my weakness!
Definitely keep doing what you’re doing. If you enjoy the exercise then that’s all that matters! It’s hard enough to get moving as it is, no need to do workouts that you don’t enjoy!
Have a fabulous weekend!
Hey Biz!!! AHhh i’m so happy to catch up with you! Still making amazing dishes as usual 😀 I wanna come eat some of your grilled creations! Hope Ed and the rest of the fam are all doing well 😀
Wow, as always your food looks so good! Those potatoes look awesome. Too bad I don’t have a grill. Don’t think those would work on the George Foreman 😉 I’m with you on the do what you like for exercise. I’ve been opting for intense exercise DVDs more often than the machines at the gym lately.
You are KILLING me with those potatoes. OMG I’m literally drooling!!!!
And Ed looks so sweet…he looks like the kind of dog you’d cuddle up with!
You have to do what you love and if it is the bike than do that =)
Jillian’s yoga dvd IS hard…I always tell people, if you are looking for a relaxing yoga session this dvd is NOT for you lol…but I still love it haha
I’m going to have to attempt to make those potatoes – they look delicious.
Ed looks just like my good dog friend Taco who passed a couple of years ago. I’ll have to find a picture and scan it to show you. They could have been brothers 😉
I’m heading to VT tonight so I wanted to let you know that my challenge update post is up. You can find it at http://finallyfiguringitout.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenges.html
Hope you have a great weekend doing nothing. Those are the best!
Thanks MB! Have a safe trip!
It’s no bacon cupcakes, but those potatoes are spectacular! Great job
Love the tater’s Biz!!!
those potatoes look so delicious! And that goat cheese too! I never know what to do with goat cheese so I don’t buy it! I’m going to have to try these!
Your potato cups are so cute! That chicken looks really cool, butterflied on the grill like that.
On exercise, my motto is “do what you like – it’s hard enough anyway” – so I’m glad you got back on the bike. Very cool how much you love it!
Hope you are having a great Friday, my friend!
yes i love bacon too! and your pups looks so much like our pups! happy friday 🙂
Woohoo! Thanks Biz! I am so excited for some great new recipes.
And thanks for saying that we shouldn’t do what we don’t like – I HATE running, but I keep attempting to love it because so many other people are doing it and I know how great they look because of it, and then I feel badly that I can’t get into it. But you are right – if I hate doing it, why am I torturing myself? I will stick to the things I love.
Amen to the bacon!! And everything else! All look delicious!
Best,
Bonnie
whoa! look at those potatoes! YUMMMMM! 🙂
Loved the sweaty pic- you go girl! 🙂
I don’t know if I can keep reading your blog or not. It makes me sooooo hungry. Just kiddin. Looks good. I’m totally doin those tonight!
Love the title of this post. Bacon (and cheese) makes anything taste better.
Those potatoes look AMAZING!! Wow!
I agree…do what you like when it comes to exercise! If you do what you like, you will enjoy it so much more!
Those taters look GREAT!! What a neat idea!!
And right on Biz, do what you enjoy for exercise!! 🙂
Mmmm. bacon. Bacon is the reason I can’t be vegetarian or Jewish.
You are SO RIGHT about the exercise thing Biz. Do what you like and you’ll keep doing it! Have a great weekend.
I have been making twice baked potatoes (kinda like yours) for awhile now…they are so addicting! In fact, I may make them tonight!
Love the black lab – we have one two who LOVEs to lay in the grass:)
Love the title of your post – it reminds me of Jim Gaffigan! Have you seen his stand up comedy act on Comedy Central? He does this whole thing on bacon…it’s hilarious! And I completely agree with him. 110%.
That sounds like an AWESOME workout! It’s so true – there are just things we love, and things we hate (for me –> swimming), but why do those things we hate? I could not swim for the rest of my life and be perfectly fine with that. 🙂
I just ordered Jillian’s Yoga video and it came this week! I’m anxious to try it out. I have heard it’s hard, though…I’m expecting it to be Jillian-style, which I’m not sure if I’ll like or not. She is a TOUGH cookie.
Enjoy your weekend – I hope it’s very relaxing!
Spatchcocked chicken and bacon wrapped potatoes??? Where do i sign up? That looks amazing!
Sorry, i didn’t realize that we were supposed to send updates. I’ll do it this weekend.
Can I just say home AMAZING those potatoes look?! I am definitely going to have to try those!!!