Tuesday, April 1, 2008
week of 3/31 countdown to vacation!
Sunday we had the Neely's lasagna - I was missing an ingredient - tomato sauce! I thought I had it so I didn't purchase it at the store. Alas, I didn't have it, so I substituted ketchup (shh!). It still turned out really good. David REALLY likes it!Monday we had tomato/polenta soup and grilled chicken caesar salad. It wasn't as good as I had hoped this time. I used the Safeway tomato bisque soup, and it was actually kind of spicy. Also, I did not crumble the polenta, I cut it in cubes, and decided I like it better with crumbled polenta. Today is Tuesday and tonight we are going to have Chicken/Rice Bake. At lunch time I went home and got the casserole all ready, and left instructions for Cody to turn on the oven and put it in at 5 PM so that it is done about 6 PM. I even set up the rice cooker with plain white rice for Cody to turn on at that time as well.I have menus in place for the rest of the days between now and Saturday night. Cody and I leave for Spokane on Sunday, and David and Tyler leave on Monday. Really looking forward to some different food while in Spokane.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
the week so far
OK here we go:Sunday: Dinner at the Johnsons - pizza on the grill.... excellent recipe Lynne learned from Ramekins cooking school in California (and too much wine).Monday: Steak (that had been marinating since Saturday nite.... too tired then to make it, then forgot about going to the Johnson's on Sunday, but was REALLY good) grilled outside, baked potatoes and fresh asparagus steamed in the microTuesday: Salmon (caught fresh, vacuum-sealed & frozen right away last summer), my own special rice (with peppers and onions, cooked in chicken broth), and fresh broccoli steamed in the microWednesday: Tonight we are having pork chops (not sure how to prepare yet), corn on the cob, and something else (to be determined). Maybe some bread, too.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
dinner after car shop frustration
This is what dinner looks like when you're mad at the service dept:
deli roasted chicken from Safeway (warm and ready to go)
Country Crock macaroni & cheese (5 min in the microwave)
broccoli (steamed in the microwave)
Just me and Cody so far... David got called into work and Tyler is supposed to be home soon.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
regroup
It's Saturday and I have spent the last 2 days being very naughty. I can't recall what the trigger was but I really blew it nutritionally and diet-wise the last 2 days. The things I couldn't stop eating:
Chips and Salsa - once you start you can't stop
McFlurry with M&M's - even the small one is too much
In fact, I was so bad, that was my meal yesterday for dinner. Pathetic. Oh well. I weighed myself this morning and really only gained back 2 pounds, so this is a manageable setback. I decided that perhaps I was being a little bit too stringent with my diet and the way I was thinking about food. I am following Weight Watchers Flex Plan and the basic idea is that I have 21 points each day, with 35 points to use as I see fit throughout the week. That is totally do-able. I think what I need to do, though, is really try to save my extra points for the weekend.
Anyhow... Dinner tonight is frozen pizza, but we always add things to our frozen pizzas:
Pepperoni Pizza with black olives added
Cheese pizza for Cody
Canadian bacon pizza with pineapple added
and I also bought a California Pizza Kitchen BBQ pizza, but I probably won't make that one tonight
Tomorrow I may try a really cool recipe I found on the Internet for Guinness Stout Beef Stew. I will be traveling all day on St. Patrick's Day, so this will be our early celebration.
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Monday, March 3, 2008
pasta night
Still on the plan, going good. Monday is always pasta night in our house. Here's the menu tonight:
Mama Neely's Lasagna - I usually make my homemade lasagna with jarred spaghetti sauce, sometimes enhanced with italian sausage. Today I tried a new recipe from one of my new favorite shows Down Home with the Neelys on Food Network. I linked the recipe title to the website.
Bag o' Salad with tomatoes and cucumber
garlic bread
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Sunday - back on the plan
pulled out my menus with WW points. Here's what we had tonight:
Marinated broiled pork chops - I went on the internet to look for a marinade and foudn this one that was excellent: http://www.mccormick.com/recipedetail.cfm?id=10840
Couscous - made with chicken broth, shredded zucchini, carrots and yellow squash
Sauteed veggies - Zucchini, carrots, yellow squash
It was really good.
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Lost catch up night!
We made Red Baron frozen pizzas - pepperoni and black olives, cheese, and hawaiian.Easy peasy.
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