I should have known my work day was going to be busy when my boss called me on a Sunday to see if I could come in early on Monday.  No problem!  My only problem was that I really didn’t think it through and had a breakfast that took a little bit of time to put together.  Luckily I grabbed a handful of granola and ate that in the car with a cup of coffee.  I didn’t end up putting my breakfast nachos together until nearly 9:30!

Our store sells blue corn tortillas – 3 dozen of them for only $1.99.  I cut them in quarters and deep fry them, then sprinkle with a bit of garlic salt when the come out.  Since our deep fryer holds the right temp, and I have really fresh oil, these are not oily or greasy at all.  So crispy good.  I just cooked 1/2 a cup of egg whites in a skillet with the lid on.  When I got to work, I cut the egg whites into 8 pieces, then topped the chips with the egg whites, then Cabot extra sharp cheddar, and put that under the toaster oven under broil for 5 minutes.  Then finished it off with chopped red cabbage, diced tomato and cilantro.  Oh, and hot sauce.  Duh.  This plate comes in at 313 calories and 23 grams of protein!

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Yesterday began Week 5 of 12 of my weight training!  I am seeing some improvements.  A few weeks ago I wasn’t able to do the assisted dips at all – my shoulders were just too tight and I couldn’t do it.  Yesterday I did though – 15 reps and 3 sets – bam!  Finished off with a 1.75 run.

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So this weekend was Operation Clean Out Fridge/Pantry/Freezer.   We have two refrigerators, and sometimes things get lost in the downstairs fridge.  I found a bag of two big heads of broccoli.  In my pantry I found one lone sweet potato.  I had a can of light coconut milk.  Hmmm.   I haven’t figured out the calories yet, but I’ll update that shortly.  This is 4 generous servings (1.5 cups).  Each serving:  201 calories, 10 fat, 22 carbs, 6.0 fiber and 7.6 protein – a whopping 213% of your daily Vitamin C and 191% of your daily Vitamin A!

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That was the picture I put on Instagram.

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I had leftover cilantro from my breakfast nachos, and really liked the addition of it to the soup – I gave one of my co-workers a taste of this soup and he basically said it was amazeballs.  Well, not in so many words, but he said it was fricken awesome.  I just like the word amazeballs.  But seriously, this soup packed some serious flavor.

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On the way back from the gym I picked up lunch for my boss, so I picked up a salad for me on her dime – she buys I fly!  I was glad because I wasn’t sure that soup alone was going to be filling enough all by itself.

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A couple weeks ago I got a care package from Red Gold Tomatoes – and how you can incorporate tomatoes into your grilling season.  You know I loves me some pizza, so I decided to make an Italian sausage pizza sauce to go on top of my burger.  I’ll post that recipe later this week because I am also using that sauce in stuffed zucchini boats and a grilled pizza.  And I am kind of running out of time this morning because it was too hot to bake last night, so I baked blueberry scones this morning – omg, if you follow me on Instagram (mybizzykitchen) you’ll see a picture of them soon – they look so good!

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I used the basil, garlic and oregano tomatoes as the base of my sauce.

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Not only did I get to work early, but I worked late too.  I didn’t get home until 6:30, hung out with Tony outside until 7, so there were no sides to dinner at all – but this burger was super filling!  The fresh mozzarella cheese on top was a winner too.

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I never even put my fitbit on again after I changed clothes last night – so not too shabby on the mileage!  Alright, time to get my stuff together – hopefully today will be a little less hectic at work!  Make it a great day!