Friday, April 23, 2010

New Recipe, C25K Step Back, Rompers???

Thanks you guys! We're SUPER excited about the trips! Yes, that baybay Emma is a DOLL, NY should be awesome (and I will be buggin you NY girls for some tips!) and the Dominican trip should be just what me and Austin need - a b. r. e. a. k.!! We all have lots to look forward to, huh? Love it!

So I get the Hungry Girl email every morning. It's a fave. Yesterday morning a recipe caught my eye. I thought it would be perfect for snacks and was SO excited to make it. I had all the ingredients on hand so here goes the recipe for SEVEN snacks – Big Pigs in a Blanket:

1 package reduced fat crescent rolls (will not use 1 triangle)
7 Hebrew National 97% fat free hot dogs
2 wedges laughing cow cheese
7 dashes garlic powder
3 strips turkey bacon

Excuse the bad photo - my camera was dead and the cord was at work!


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray and set aside. Cook bacon in microwave and dice into small bits. Put bacon bits on a plate. Slightly stretch out one of the triangle-shaped portions of dough. Evenly spread with 1/3 a wedge of cheese, and then sprinkle with a dash of garlic powder. Place hot dog along the base roll it up. Squeeze dough gently to ensure it’s secure around the hot dog. Press dough-wrapped dog into bacon on one side, then set on pan. Repeat 7 times. Press any leftover bacon into tough. Bake for 15 minutes until dough is browned and crispy.

Nutritional information per snack: 153 calories, 12 carbs, 7 fat grams and 3 protein grams.

Review: YUM! Super flavorful and fabulous! I’m a fan. Honestly, I might remove the cheese next time – it was flavorful enough without it.

On to the day – pretty much worked, had honey nut cheerios, worked, and had leftover Mexican with Austin (1 tortilla, chicken, guac, a bit of Spanish rice and 3 chips/cheese dip) for lunch. Then I had a Big Pig in a Blanket, 2 hershey kisses and then it was gym time – time for 28 minutes! It didn’t go as planned. I walked for 3, and then was only able to run for 22 minutes. I walked it out to get 3 miles in 32 minutes burning 197 calories. Then I did abs, then hopped on for 1 more mile taking me to a total of 1 hour and 3 minutes burning 312 calories –not bad!

After the gym, I showered, had two Big Pigs in a Blanket for dinner (hehe love them!) then headed to 5 Seasons Brewery for a drink with Austin and Chris. We had a couple of drinks, hung out, and then headed home and called it a night! I ended up a little high, at 2,041 calories, 194 carbs, 55 fat grams and 79 protein grams. Here’s what I ate.

I leave you with this… a picture of a little get up I grabbed at Forever 21 in their Heritage shop for a mere $10. Now, at the time I thought great! Perfect for over swimsuit, etc., but now I see rompers are in!




They’re like everywhere now (see exhibits A, B and C below). So question of the day: Rompers – yay or nay?

Exhibit A: J. Crew
Exhibit B: Macy's (BCBG)

Exhibit C: Anthro