I planned to meet up with my friend to swim this morning, but its raining outside. As soon as I finish this I’ll have to see what is on exercise on demand 😀
On my way to the pool yesterday, I had 2 ounces of my banana bread, took 6 units of insulin, and when I got done swimming for 30 minutes, my blood sugar was 95 – nice! 😀
Yesterday was one of my favorites for breakfast – pita pizza! And while that may look like a lot of cheese, its mostly liquid egg whites on the top – the crust got really crunchy and the top was tender and chewy – this baked for 12 minutes at 400 degrees.
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At lunch I decided to do a different bike ride, it was on the moderate section and only 5.8 miles, so I thought it would be easy. Wrong! It was a steady hill climb, and at the end there was a 1/4 mile section that was at 44% incline! So while Tony is disappointed I don’t have a picture of my sweaty shirt, I did sweat! 😀
Lunch was a turkey wrap with spinach and green pepper, with veggies dipped in 2 tablespoon tzatziki sauce and cherries for dessert. This took me a long time to eat! And not that I am an expert or anything, but if I know my meal is going to take a while to eat, I take half my insulin up front, then half way through take the rest. Sure enough, 2 hours after I ate my blood sugar was 110 – perfect!
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Now dinner . . . that’s a different story. I happened upon In Praise of Leftovers potato and green bean salad with fresh herbs. It looked like the perfect side dish to the chicken wings I was grilling. I had two fatal flaws. First of all, I used basil, thyme and sage as my herbs. Well the sage was just way too much and completely overpowered the dish. Secondly, I used baked potatoes, and while I tried not to overcook them when I boiled them, after tossing with the dressing, they just completely fell apart.
In fact, when I set the dish on the table, Tony was like “what is this?” I was like “its a side dish – it might not look good but it tastes good.” Well the bite I had in the kitchen tasted good, but the sage just ruined the dish.
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When chicken wings and chicken thighs are .79 cents a pound, I just can’t pass that price up. While I would have liked to use the Weber, it was kinda sprinkling outside, so I used the gas grill. These took a long time to cook, I had flare-ups – they probably took a good 45 minutes to cook.
But sadly, not enough for me. I like almost falling off the bone wings with a crunchy skin like you get out of a fryer. I just couldn’t achieve that on the gas grill. But I will share my buffalo chicken sauce – its Frank’s hot sauce with two tablespoons I can’t believe its not butter (only 5 calories a serving!). You get the buttery flavor without all the fat of real butter.
When you toss the hot wings from the grill, the butter melts.
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I maybe had 1/2 of one wing. I was so disappointed! Mostly because I was starving to death, my blood sugar was on the low side, and after grilling for 45 minutes and spending 20 minutes cleaning up the kitchen, this was what I had for dinner:
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Tony was a trooper though – he knows I get upset if what I cook doesn’t turn out – he said he like his chicken! But as I am cleaning the kitchen, I was thinking about the show on t.v. inedible to incredible. I was like, “I am that home cook who thinks her food is good, and it really isn’t!” I had visions of Chef Besh walking in my back door at any moment!
So I had a pity party for one for a while (as I was thinking about how nice a glass of wine would be) , I mopped my kitchen floor, then I got over it. But looking back on the day, I didn’t come close to my 1800 calorie goal. Even with my banana bread snack before the swim and 8 ounces of watermelon before working out at lunch.
Stats for Monday
- 1327 calories, 188 carbs, 74 protein, 32 fat and 24 fiber
- 30 minute swim
- 5 minute chase warm up on the exercise bike
- 25 minute uphill climb on the bike
- 5 minute cool down
- 5 minutes abs on the ball
- no alcohol 😀
So here’s to another day . . . I am making Clean Eating’s Bolognese Pasta for dinner tonight. . . fingers crossed it comes out better than last nights dinner! 😀
Update: I forgot to mention BSI this week! Debbi from Debbi Does Dinners Healthy is the hostess this week – she picked ground turkey 😀
oh boo – I get super upset when recipes don’t work out – it makes me sad!!
The pita breakfast pizza looks amazing – what all is on there?!
You have to be the best blogger cook I know, your food pics always make me soooo hungry!!!
Too bad on dinner. The best layed plans…
At least breakfast looked delicious!
although the butter doesnt look as appetizing in the bowl i can just imagine how delicious it would be melting over the meat and getting all sticky with the hot sauce haha <3
boo that ur side dish ended up in the trash 🙁 from the pic, it doesnt look bad, but i know ive added too much of a certain spice sometimes and it ends up tasting way too strong.
xoxo
I get super bummed out when a dish doesn’t turn out how I like it. It seriously ruins my mood. I know the feeling!
That pizza looks delicious! And I’m not a huge cheese fan so that would be GREAT for me if that’s mostly egg whites!
Sorry about the dinner fail. (Looks pretty darn tasty to me! And to think, all this time I’ve been melting the butter first, when the hotness of the wings would do it!) It’s probably extra discouraging, because it happens so infrequently!
Nice workout, too! I skipped Pilates today in favor of a jog + swim (not to mention a little extra sleep).
That pizza looks amazing! Also, wings. AWESOME!
I’m always surprised when my meal is edible. I made hot wings last night too but since we’re in the city I had to use my oven and they just don’t taste the same as the open flame. Everything tastes better when you “Spank it with Franks.” I put that sh*t on everything 😉 (I love those commercials).
I’ve never seen that commercial! Turns out I spank a lot of things with Frank’s! 😀
Hey – I mailed your salsa today – Tony tried it and while it has a kick, I hope it isn’t too much 😀 The only thing is since its canned, be sure to mix it well before eating – once opened each jar should last about a week, unopened, up to a year.
Oh, this made me *laugh!*
I too get totally bummed if what I makes doesn’t turn out how I had hoped/planned. And usually Dennis eats happily, not understanding why I’m upset. It has to meet MY standards! 🙂 Sorry it didn’t turn out but actually I’m kind of glad to see that you’re human. I swear, everything you make turns out perfect and delicious and I think that is only true for me maybe half the time. You needed a blip! Good for you on steering clear of the alcohol.
Sorry about the side dish Biz!!
I can’t wait to see what the Clean Eating Bolognese is, that’s my favorite kind of sauce!
I bet the percentage of what you cook that comes out GREAT as opposed to MEH is so high…you just didn’t eat enough today before dinner which is most likely why you were so down on yourself. Come stay with me for a week…your cooking skills will SHINE next to mine, lol!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Hey, how ’bout the rain today! It was pouring out my me in the southwest subs! Thunder! The works!
Sorry your meal didn’t turn out exactly right. I guess no one’s perfect! I can’t wait to hear about today’s meal though! Yum!
I think you got the worst of the weather – it stormed for all of about 1/2 an hour then it stopped 😀
Well, that’s not entirely fair! lol. We got at least 3 inches of rain, maybe more. Will have to check the whether tonight.
Those wings look good (as your food normally does) – I will have to try that hot sauce.
I love that you grill so much and wish I would get the inclination to grill more – Aubrey does the grilling in our house and mostly I’m not impressed LOL.
I need to start making pita pizzas for breakfast. They look awesome!
I smoke my wings then finish them up by direct grilling. Smoking can dry out chicken so a brine is usually in order.
aw, sorry for the dinner fail! you are always SO impressive in the kitchen, you are bound to have one bad night a year. i bet the pasta tonight will be amazing!!
I’m not sure why I never thought of making pizza this way before because it looks delicious.
I hate it when something I’ve planned and looked forward to making comes out tasting like crap! Sooooo frustrating, especially when you’ve spent so much time on it. Today is another day and I bet Tony would back me up and say 99.9% of the time your cooking is right on!
Good job on the bike ride. I bet it will be no time until you’ve conquered that too.
I get bummed when a dish doesn’t turn out, too. Hey, we can’t win ’em all, right? Everything you cook always looks amazing to me!!!
And sage is a tough herb – I find it to be too overpowering in general, so I don’t use it often.