Yeah, that’s right. My sweater won most disturbing in our office ugly sweater contest! What would be even more disturbing is if I were 42, living in my Mom’s basement with lots of cats 😀
And the valuable prize I won was I appetizer tray with a knife that lights up:
I had an idea about breakfast that I wasn’t sure would work or not. I took a leftover serving of my broccoli gratin and put it in an oven safe 4 inch round ramekin. I then poured 1/2 cup of egg beaters on top, then sprinkled with parsley and crushed red pepper and baked it for 20 minutes at 350.
This was so good! It almost tasted like a cheese souffle!
On the side I had one of the grapefruits my MIL sent me. I put 1/2 teaspoon of honey on top of each cut grapefruit and then put it under the broiler for 5 minutes. The heat releases the juices and the honey melts into the grapefruit – kicks it up for 1 extra point. Breakfast Total: 7 PointsPlus.
I was really sore from my on Demand exercises I did on Sunday and didn’t think my legs were ready to run. I decided, just get on the treadmill, if it doesn’t work out, just do the elliptical. I did my customary warm-up, and instead of doing my run/walk, I told myself “see how long you can run without stopping.” I made it about 10 minutes before I needed to stretch my calf muscles, but only rested and stretched for 30 seconds. Once I started back running, my mantra was “I can do this!” Guess what my 5k time was????? 36:25! A new PR! It amazes me that I can run that time at 170 pounds 😀
I forgot to reset the clock after my warm-up, so my total time was 41:25, and then I ended up walking the rest for 45 minutes total. Boy was I hungry though when I got back to work! On the menu: 1 serving of my pasta fagioli (6 points), a Rachel sandwich which was 3 ounces of leftover turkey breast, 1/2 cup sauerkraut, 1/2 ounce of Gruyere cheese, a 1.3 ounce whole wheat dinner roll with jalapeno mustard (7 points). I also had two clementines on the side. Lunch total: 13 PointsPlus.
Our cookie exchange went well – I plan on dividing these up for our neighbors treat bags.
Earlier in the day I talked to Tony. Since I did my grocery shopping on the fly, I had “ideas” of meal plans, but wanted to know if he had a preference.
Biz: “So I was going to run some ideas about dinner tonight.”
Tony: “How can I possibly think of dinner when I haven’t even had lunch yet.” Go ahead and make whatever you want.”
Taco Fiesta! My next favorite meal to make right after pizza. I got home, started to brown the ground beef and Tony walked into the kitchen, looked at the pan and said “Fiesta?” Yep!
My plate: 2 corn tortillas, 3 ounces of 15% lean taco meat, 1 ounce avocado, 1 tablespoons light sour cream, 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese, romaine lettuce and diced cucumber – with Taco Bell hot sauce. Dinner is 11 PointsPlus.
Since the Bears game was on last night, I spent some time in the kitchen finishing up my gifts for the women at my office. I scored on some really cute crate and barrel glass snowman mugs at a garage sale over the summer – I got a box of 8 for $5! My plan was to make homemade Hot Cocoa Mix. I have to give credit to Brown Eyed Baker for this recipe – it is hands down the best cocoa mix I’ve ever made!
| Course: main meals PointsPlus™ Value: 4 Servings: 20 Preparation Time: 5 min |
Ingredients
| 3 cup(s) nonfat dry milk | |
| 2 cup(s) powdered sugar | |
| 1 1/2 cup(s) Hershey’s Cocoa | |
| 1 cup(s) white chocolate chips | |
Instructions (she added 1/2 teaspoon of salt which I omitted, but feel free to add it)
Mix dry ingredients until combined in food processor. Add chocolate chips and pulse until they are finely chopped.
Use between 1/4 to 1/3 cup cocoa mix to 8 ounces of hot milk.
The 4 points is based on 1/4 cup mix.
I measured out 2/3 cup of cocoa mix in a baggie, then topped it with mini marshmallows. Here’s how it looks all wrapped up – I also added a scratch off lottery ticket to each one 😀
Stats for Monday:
- 31 PointsPlus (+ 5 points for wine = 36 points)
- 35 Flex Points remaining for the week
- New PR 5k – 36:25
- average blood sugar: 124
Today is my Friday already! Hope it goes by fast today. We got about 4 inches of snow last night and more on the way in the next few days. Pretty sure we’ll be having a White Christmas!
Make it a great day! 😀
OK that sweater has to be the funniest thing. It does remind me of what a cat lady would wear! Loved your little light up knife, too cool!
Darn, my comment didn’t take! That sweater was well-awarded; those cats look psychotic! You would have been a serious contender in my areas’ newspaper’s “Ugly Holiday Sweater Jubilee.” (I tried posting the link, but it didn’t work…it’s on sfgate.com on “The Poop” parenting blog pages.)
Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the sweater! LOL! It puts my ugly xmas sweaters to shame! 🙂 And super congrats on the running PR! That is great news! 🙂
You know what I like best about the sweater picture? It’s evidence that it is not in a box on the way to my house for Christmas.
My brother commented!! Hey Charlie, did you get a peanut butter and jelly t-shirt in the mail? It was from me! 😀
Congrats on your week 1 loss, Biz!! I just found out yesterday that my company reimburses 100% for WW and I want to know all about the new program, so I’m going to WW once my vouchers come in the mail 🙂 Hopefully next week BEFORE the NY crowd! But I wanted to say congrats!!
And that sweater, haha! It deserved a win 😉
The cocoa looks fabulous…saving that recipe!!
Your prize is really cute!!
I tried a new grapefruit treat the other day that is my new favorite! Cut in half, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake in the the oven at 400 for about 20 minutes. SO good!!!
Jen
How much worse was the ugliest sweater? I wonder if it’s too late to ask my mom to make tacoes for my birthday Thursday…sounds good right now!
It’s never too late for tacos!
That sweater is redonk!
I would like to know who designed the sweater. The bells are over the top!
I’m now visitng my family for the Holidays. My parents ordered me to package fifteen boxes of chocolate while they watched TV. Now I’m really tired. 😉
I wish Bizzy Kitchen Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in case I’m too busy to blog during the Holidays!
Thank you so much Satu – hey – do you watch Conan O’Brien in Finland? We just saw on t.v. last night that he no longer airs there – just curious!
haha, this is what i get when i’m telling my kids to put their jammies on while blog surfing. what i MEANT to say was i LOVE the sweater! hilarious, i especially love the bells.
Thank you for the clarification – I was like “what is Teresa talking about Jammies for?!”
i freaking LOVE the jammies!
Hahahaha!!! Is that a prize to be coveted in your workplace? Tee hee hee. Luckily, instead of cats, you have a loving hubby and daughter. 😉
ahhaha- that is one SWEET sweater. I want to meet people who actually buy these sweaters because they love them. Great breakfast- glad the experiment turned out well and I SO want some grapefruit. We had tacos/taco salads Friday night and I’m already craving Mexican again. Its my friday too!
the bears D helped me get a fantasy football win to the next round of the playoffs 🙂 Congrats on your 5k PR, that is awesome!!! love that breakfast idea too, way to be resourceful!