I had every intention of making another breakfast parfait yesterday. But I woke up HANGRY. So I ate half of one of my copycat Nature Valley granola bars while I was blogging and getting ready for work. I ended up eating the other half on my way to work with a cup of coffee. I was busy right off the bat at work, and before I knew it, it was 11:00 and guess what? I wasn’t hungry! So I just skipped the yogurt and fruit.
I contemplated swimming at lunch with my toe, thinking the chlorine would actually help it. My boss thought it was a bad idea – she thought with an open wound, not knowing what could be in the water, that it was a bad idea. So I opted for a slow walk on the treadmill for 25 minutes and then 15 minutes of upper body.
Karli, I am still loving these shirts – BE(ef) SIMPLY GREAT! Um, check out the amazeballs table Karli’s Mom made for her birthday! I wish I was that talented!
I went into the kitchen to reheat my leftover soup from the weekend and I saw this package – I need to find out who brought this because I love the individual packs – each 2 ounce container was only 90 calories I think.
I ended up adding bean sprouts and a whole zucchini to my leftovers – and I still have one more serving for lunch today! The noodles soaked up a lot of the broth, so it was more of a noodle dish than a soup, but still delish.
So since Tony and I have been watching his sodium intake, um, let’s just say that sodium is everywhere! I mentioned 500 mg in just two small pieces of breakfast sausage. Ranch dressing is no different – check out our normal ranch dressing stats: 200 mg of sodium for two tablespoons.
I thought “I can make a lower sodium ranch!” I looked at dozens of recipes, and took what I liked out of all of them and came up with this one:
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Now this was a pretty thin sauce, although I did read some recipes that said the longer it sat in your fridge, it would thicken up. I ended up cooking up 3 ounces of steak for my Cobb salad – Tony went sans meat and had a hard boiled egg for his protein.
This was delicious – perfect summer salad if you ask me, even if it was only 65 and overcast when we ate it. And considering I tried to stay off my feet as much as possible yesterday, I didn’t do too bad on my steps!
I got an appointment with a diabetic foot doctor this morning at 9:15 for him to check out my foot. Tony is going to go with me – it’s kind of a role reversal because I am usually going with him to his doctor appointments! Hopefully it won’t hurt too much.
Off to shower and make breakfast before we go – make it a great day!
Hope the doctor’s visit wasn’t too bad for you.
Sodium is in everything processed. Best is to make it yourself like you did. I don’t really watch my sodium intake but I do try to avoid processed foods as much as possible.
Salt and sugar – it’s everywhere! Good call making your own dressing. Bet it tasted wonderful even with low sodium! Glad you went to get your foot looked at – hopefully you’re on the mend now.
I love that salad photo!!! Thanks for the shout out with the shirt. I am so happy that you’re getting use out of it. 🙂
I hope that toe gets better! And i love this dressing! Pinning for the world to see!
Saw that salad on Instagram – YUMMMM! And what the heck with the sodium????? I guess that’s why it’s always best to make your own stuff right?
Hope everything goes well at the doc! Keep us posted!
I am so glad you went to the doctor today, bad toes and being a diabetic is not a good combination at all! Your salad looks delish, minus the YUCKY ranch dressing. 😉
Sodium is in everything…and is so scary when I read the labels of stuff and see the sodium and sugar content….and that probably does not include hidden sodium. I was just reading “Experts now recommend limiting sodium intake to 1,500 mg = 2/3 teasps per day”….that is an interesting fact. I always wondered what 1,500 equaled, now I know.
I hope it is nothing serious with your toe. That salad sure looks delish and I must try the dressing real soon. Have a great day!
It’s amazing how many things have super high sodium content – crazy when you think about how many people really need to limit it.
Glad you are getting that toe checked out!
I usually make my own salad dressing for my salads but Hubby and Daughter still want the bottled stuff. lol
I take meds for hypertension and don’t add extra salt to anything but I actually don’t check labels for sodium content. Guess I need to start!
Hope the Doc gets your toe all fixed up! 🙂
good luck with the doc! Ingrown toenails are a beeyotch!
I hope the doctor gets that toe taken care of and it isn’t too painful. It is no fun to squish a sore toe into shoes.
Your recent quest for having things low sodium has migrated its way into my house. I personally don’t use a salt shaker on anything except when baking. My husband on the other hand is a salt-a-holic. I replaced his salt years ago with salt sense ( a low sodium alternative). He saw me refilling the shaker one day and asked what it was. He never tasted the difference, I told him he had been using it for years 🙂 Anyway, he eats way too much salt, fat, & red meat so I too am watching the content of sodium in products.
Good luck at the doc! The dressing sounds good.
Hoping the doctor is going well!!! I love little individualized dips- guacamole, hummus whatever! Its so easy to get out of control with dip. The salad looks restaurant quality Biz. Have a good one
I made homemade ranch for the first time last month. I really liked it!
Good luck at the doctor – I’m glad to hear you’re going!
Yummy! I’ve only made my own ranch dressing once. I buy the big container of Marie’s (not too many weird ingredients). I have boys and we live in CA, so it’s ranch on chicken, on salad, and on pizza. Though I usually eat my salads with homemade vinaigrette.
I’m glad you’re going to the doctor – it’s so important for you to take care of your feet, especially as a diabetic.
I think homemade ranch is almost better than store bought and you can add blue cheese to that to make a lovely blue cheese dressing although for Tony it might be too much sodium.