Day 313: Two New Recipes, More Saturday Pics and a General Day of Slack

Even Reuben was sacked out! This pretty much described our day!

So yeah... I was pretty much a waste of space. Grrrr – I hate not getting my full 8 hours! Here's more pics of what I was doing instead of sleeping!

Taking shots... guh

Celebrating with these lovlies! (Mary, Shana, Me & Mon)

All for this guys' big 'three o' - yes - he had a blast!!


So back to Sunday. Blah. My allergies/sinuses were also acting up. Lame. We got up at Andy/Mon’s, got ready and had a yummy slice of bread with butter before heading back home, eating a FiberOne bar and getting in bed – fabulous! I pretty much watched TV (Gilmore Girls, Weeds, Veronica Mars, etc.) and hung out with Austin and Reuben. I did make 2 new recipes… first up, lunch, Portobello Tetrazzini from Cooking Light (altered a bit for what I had on hand, for 2 servings, etc.):

8 oz. chicken

4 oz. uncooked spaghetti

Cooking spray

12 oz. sliced Portobello mushrooms, coarsely chopped

3/4 cup condensed reduced fat, reduced sodium cream of mushroom soup

½ cup fat-free milk

3 tbsp sherry

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

1 tbsp parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper to season

1 tsp olive oil

Cook spaghetti according to package; drain and set aside. Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over high heat. Add 1 tsp olive oil, then cook chicken seasoned with salt and pepper. Remove from heat, then add mushrooms and sauté 4 minutes or until tender. Add soup and next 4 ingredients; reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 minutes or until thickened. Add spaghetti, chicken and parmesan. Stir for 1-2 minutes then serve. Nutritional Information: 513 calories, 57 carbs, 9 fat grams and 45 protein grams. Talk about comfort food my friends – loved it. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon (i.e. I would never eat this if I thought for 2 seconds I had to go anywhere else that day!)

After more TV and a cat nap, I found myself hungry for a little sandwich. I went down to the kitchen and started messing around with what I had on hand and came up with what I call a Tomato and Mozzarella Press – here’s the recipe for one sandwich:

1 Arnold Sandwich Thin

½ tsp fat-free mayonnaise

1 tsp Trader Joe’s pesto

8 grams Fat-Free Feta Cheese

8 grams Fat-Free Mozzarella, shredded

4 grape tomatoes, diced

8 spinach leaves, halved

4 basil leaves, finely diced

Spread mayo and pesto on both sides, and top one side with cheeses, tomatoes, spinach and then basil. Put top on and drop it on the George Foreman for 3-4 minutes. Enjoy. Nutritional Information: 182 calories, 30 carbs, 4 fat grams and 12 protein grams. I was a huge fan of this little guy! Austin was jealous so about an hour later I went down and made 2 more (I had another half – Austin had the other one and a half!). He loved it too! They’re just simple, yummy and quick – I’ll def be making these again! Then the day just folded into snacks (strawberries; pretzels) and dinner (easy red curry + rice).

Around 8 I still wasn’t feeling better so I decided to take a rest day (i.e. vacation from work – I’d only taken 4.5 days this year – time to take one!). I ended the day at 1,764 calories, 257 carbs, 34 fat grams and 103 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.