From Monday On, My Cares Are Gone...

Monday, November 17, 2008

Doesn't it just feel fabulous to be done with a Monday? We're THAT much closer to Friday night! :-)

Breakfast this morning was eaten while hurrying to finish up my article; I definitely have senioritis right now... 3 more weeks left!!! I ate a strawberry Luna Sunrise Bar while churning out a 1200-word personal experience article in 2 hours. If there's one thing I can do, it's write under pressure.


Lunch was definitely the star meal of the day. I made crunchy lettuce wraps out of big hearts of romaine lettuce leaves. I filled two leaves with turkey, chickpeas, alfalfa sprouts, feta cheese and honey mustard dressing. I had a big bunch of grapes on the side. PERFECT lunch.



After work and class (in which we got our last articles back and I got a 50 out of 50!) I debated on going to the gym... I've really been slacking lately and I hate it! I didn't work out ALL weekend and I'm starting to feel like icky. But I was absolutely starving, and I hadn't brought anything with me to eat. I'm short on money right now, and I didn't want to spend any on a snack. So I bargained with myself- I'd go home and make supper tonight, but tomorrow when I get off work I am heading STRAIGHT to the gym. Tuesdays are normally rest days, but this week is going to be switched up. I'm sure I will feel much better after a good work out tomorrow.

Dinner tonight was an interesting concoction. As I mentioned earlier, we are pretty low on groceries but neither of us have had time (or the money) to go! So I scrounged around for random ingredients to fill my other deep dish frozen pie crust. It ended up being quite delicious!

Black Bean and Broccoli Pie

The filling consisted of black beans, fresh broccoli, a can of cream of mushroom soup, plain chobani yogurt, fresh salsa, hot sauce and spices (chili powder, cumin, mexican oregano & black pepper). I poured it into the pie and baked at 425 for 30 minutes, then topped it with cheese and baked it for 3 minutes longer. My "pie" didn't exactly hold its' shape, and the bottom crust was kind of soggy. If I made it again I would maybe add some eggs into it and bake it longer, at a lower temp. Trial and error!

Had a simple side salad with it: lettuce, feta cheese and light honey mustard dressing. (I found this dressing in the dollar section at my local grocery store and I LOVE it!)

I felt the need for dessert tonight. I had blueberries & cream fozen yogurt, topped with microwaved berries, sugar free cool whip and granola. MMMMMMMMM.

Well, I am off to bed! It's 10:07 right now and TOO late for my to be up! Oh how I wish there were more hours in the day. Goodnight all!

Florentine Salmon Pinwheels

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

I had a very nice, relaxing day off today. I probably should have gotten in a workout... but oh well. Tomorrow's another day.

Around 4pm I had a snack. It was a little 'dessertish' but at least I got some fruit in me today! I had a small bowl of Wild Blueberries & Sweet Cream Frozen Yogurt topped with berries that I thawed out in the microwave. It hit the spot.


I have a TON of fresh vegetables in the fridge right now, so I knew I wanted to incorporate some into dinner. But for my main entree, I decided to make Florentine Salmon Pinwheels. They are basically salmon fillets stuffed with lowfat ricotta cheese, spinach and tomatoes. I baked them at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.



On the side, I had steamed garlic broccoli, cauliflower and mushrooms. And for some reason I was in the mood for bread & butter. I had a slice of 12-grain bread spread with some Brummel & Brown.

I am stuffed right now! Kris and I are watching The Real Housewives of Atlanta. These women crack me up! :-)

Cheese and Chili

Sunday, October 26, 2008

I've been working all evening on my article for my Magazine Article Writing class. It's a How-To article and the topic is.... Food Blogging! I have to tell you, I'm learning alot about food blogging that I didn't know!

I took a break around 8pm to finally make Kris and I supper. I knew that I wanted some of mom's buffalo chili that she sent home with me, but I knew that I should try to get some more veggies into my body today. So I decided to do a Sandwich and Chili combo.

Grilled Veggie and Cheese Sandwich with Buffalo Chili

I was inspired by Tina's broccoli and cheese sandwich today, so I decided to try something similar. I steamed some frozen veggies (carrots, squash, onions, asparagus, green beans). Meawhile, I lightly toasted some whole wheat bread, then spread one side with roasted red pepper hummus and put a slice of Chipotle Cheddar Cheese on the other side. I filled the sandwiches the steamed veggies, along with fresh tomato slices and spinach. Then I sprayed both sides of the sandwich with olive oil spread, sprinkled on some parmesan cheese and garlic salt, then "grilled" them in large pan, covering them to melt the cheese.

I think I might have added a tad too much garlic salt, but otherwise these sandwiches were delicious. The pre-toasting is key to making the sandwich stay together during grilling. Just make sure you don't grill them at too high of heat (I kept mine on medium-low) or you'll burn the outside of the bread before the insides are heated and the cheese is melted.

I topped the chili with some lowfat mozzarella.

Delicious chili, thanks mom!

For dessert I had a small cup of blueberry frozen yogurt.

Exactly what I needed.

Ok, time for bed. How 'bout them Phillies?! 10-2 right now. Insane.