Happy Monday! I so enjoyed checking out your fabulous Halloween weekends! Looks like while some of us indulged a bit (some more then others.... like me!), we all had great times and are ready to get back to it! Love it! So, backing up, yesterday I was a bit of a bottomless pit – nonstop hungry and nothing could fill me up! Blah! I ended up at 1,806 calories, 211 carbs, 56 fat grams and 98 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.
10 oz. Jimmy Dean Light Sausage
1 tube (8 oz.) reduced fat refrigerated crescent rolls
4 eggs
2 tbsp fat-free milk
1 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Unroll crescent dough into a lightly greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Press dough ½ inch up the sides and seal the seams between triangles by pressing down. Sprinkle with sausage. In a bowl, beat the eggs and milk. Add salt and pepper and pour over sausage. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, covered, at 400 for 10 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted (may need to cook for another 3-5 minutes). Nutritional Information: 325 calories, 20 carbs, 18 fat grams and 20 protein grams. So yes, pretty high in fat, but having it on days when I have lower-fat meals planned for lunch and dinner will balance it out. We both REALLY liked it - great size serving and very filling. Also - YUMMY! And inexpensive - the crescents were $1 and the sausage was $2.20 - throw in eggs and some cheese and you're looking at like $.75 a serving - love it!
Another shot - I swear even though the FF cheese doesn't melt it's yummy! haha
I also chose my next books! For reading (while on Treadmill), I'm starting Stephanie Meyer's The Host tomorrow!
Now i'm semi-excited about going to work tomorrow! haha I decided no library yet. Not until I finish what's in my house and I have LOTS of audio books/printed books to read!
So I ended up having a totally chill day. I didn’t even leave! Just read books, watched TV, read blogs, did laundry, hung out with Reuben, etc. I also cooked LOTS of stuff and reworked the weekly meal plan based on some yummy recipes/blogs I found. In fact, I made a new recipe for dinner. Instead of doing plain jane pepperoni pizzas – I made a new pizza from Favorite Family Recipes – Tomato Pesto Pizza! Here is the recipe I used for ONE mini pizza:
4 oz. Trader Joe’s Pizza Dough
½ tsp dried basil
½ tbsp reduced fat parmesan cheese
25 grams Trader Joe’s pesto
30 grams Trader Joe’s Fresh Mozzarella
6 Cherry tomatoes, sliced
Salt to taste
Preheat oven to 400. Spread out dough. Spread pesto on dough, and top with mozzarella. Add tomatoes, parmesan and basil. Sprinkle with salt if you would like. Bake for 12-14 minutes until cheese is melted. Nutritional Information: 488 calories, 55 carbs, 22 fat grams and 16 protein grams. It was SO good – almost tasted like flat bread since I made them super thin! Love, love loved it – will be making again. Next time I hope to have a large tomato so I can do big slices!!
Now it’s about 8 p.m. and I’m definitely done eating – so here are today’s stats: 1,724 calories, 201 carbs, 64 fat grams and 83 protein grams. Here’s what I ate. I haven’t done cardio – just wasn’t feeling it! I do plan to do abs tonight! I hope you all had great Mondays!! A couple of questions:
1. What is your favorite pizza?! I'm trying another later this week - 4-cheese pepperoni!
2. What is your favorite breakfast "bread"? I think I'd have to say English muffins.... they're just so versatile!
