I am the firm believer if you have eggs or egg white with any type of protein, it can be considered breakfast food. Case in point – leftover pulled pork. Even though it was 8:30 in the morning, it looked so good so I decided to scramble some egg whites, toss in 3 ounces of the pork to heat up, then Pam fry some breakfast tacos. Lordy, this was delicious. The pork was 3 points, the two white corn tortillas were 3 points, and surprisingly I did not add any cheese, so this plate of food was only 6 points.
I had a memorial to go to yesterday afternoon for dear friends who’s Mom passed away. I didn’t know if I was going to be going out to dinner, or how late I’d be, so I told the kadults they would be on their own for dinner. When thinking about what to make for lunch, that pulled pork was staring me in the face, and I suddenly realized I could make posole for lunch, leaving the rest for them to have for dinner if they wanted. I adapted a recipe from Budget Bytes.
This was crazy delicious. The salsa verde I used was hot, so this was such a flavorful spicy soup. I originally made this 6 servings, of a heaping cup which ended up being only 4 smart points when I put it in the WW recipe builder. I ended up going back for seconds, or eating 1/4 of the entire pot, and it was still only 6 smart points. So sad though, because now I am all out of pork!
I ended up not going out to dinner after the Memorial, but got home around 7:45 and I was really hungry by then. As I was driving home I was thinking about what I could make for dinner, and realizing I had 18 points going into dinner, pizza was the clear choice. The pizza dough had been in the fridge since Friday – I actually prefer my pizza dough a few days old. The yeast does all sorts of magic when it sits that long. Dietz & Watson makes a delicious stick pepperoni, and it’s perfect on this pizza. I used a combination of Cabot New York cheddar and goat cheese with the pepperoni.
Yep, awful florescent lighting since it was now nearly 8:30 by the time I ate this. I didn’t measure anything out, just calling dinner 18 points and moving on.
Since I was in Oak Park Monday and out most of the afternoon and evening yesterday, today is a computer day for me. It’s sunny and in the 50s so I’ll get my walk in and I HAVE TO HIT THE GYM today. Yes, that is me screaming at myself to go. I haven’t been to the gym since last Thursday. Crazy!
I keep getting updates on the National Restaurant Association trade show this weekend, and I am so excited. I was going to be catering a dinner buffet for 20 people on Saturday, but it got postponed, so I’ll be attending the show all three days. Lots of cooking demonstrations, famous chefs – I am working on my business cards today too, because you never know when a connection will turn into something.
Make it a great day!
UM that pizza looks DELISH. drooling.
Yes, I’m with Roz. A cookbook would be fantastic!
I’ve been craving pizza lately. That photo has me drooling!
Thanks Lisa! Your son is so adorable – I am so happy for you!
My posole soup recipe takes about three days!!!!! I will be bookmarking this!
Best,
Bonnie
I have made a soup like that before, but I have to tell you, if I did a side by side taste test, not sure I would tell the difference! 😀
ooooo!!! A flavorful, spicy posole! The last one I had wasn’t. Which was just this past weekend!
It was really good! Sorry yours wasn’t spicy 😛
For the record, I think you should write a cookbook!!!! Just sayin…..
You are so sweet – hugs to you Roz!
That restaurant show sounds fun! Way back in the day when I was thinking of opening a coffee shop, I attending the coffee show in Chicago. It was so fun and lots of people hepped up on caffeine LOL. Samples and samples.
I’ve been to a coffee fest with Hannah for her work – so much caffeine! It was a lot of fun though. My goal is to get as many selfies with celebrity chefs as I can! 😛
I love how you are living out this new life! Your optimism and just-go-with it attitude is so inspiring! I am in the midst of an extremely difficult divorce with many abrupt life changes and reading the blog (love that you are back 5 days a week!) reminds me that life goes on! Thank you for the hope!
Aw – thanks so much for this comment! It’s funny because I was cleaning off my office desk that is in the basement – out of sight so it just gets stuff piled on that “I’ll get to later.” I came across some child support stuff that we were going through with my step-son – we had to pay $1800 a month in child support for 5 years – and I thought that was tough, but until today, I had already forgotten about it. Life does go on – and you are strong – hugs!