Marathon Cooking, New Appetizer Recipe, Drop Dead Diva

Thanks you guys! I was really happy with how the book club food came out! And yeah... I LOVE Emily Giffin and would normally shy away from a book about infidelity, but her spin on everything is so refreshing and relatable that it doesn't bother me! Thrillers (not to be confused with Mysteries) apparently REALLY bother me though! hehe :) Backing up, y

esterday turned out as expected, chilled with Austin & Reuben and did my marathon cooking! I made the following:

• 4 servings of chicken fried rice
• 4 servings of chicken picatta
• 4 servings of chicken alfredo
• 4 servings of beef taco pasta
• 4 servings of easy Thai curry
• 4 servings of bacon/egg/cheese muffins (Austin helped with these!)

The inside of our egg/bacon packs - then I just pack a cut-in-half muffin with and 1/2 slice of fat-free cheese

The taco pasta came out well - I did it a bit different this time with diced tomatoes instead of tomato sauce

Here is the recipe I used or the Texas Tortilla Twisters. I found it at Recipe Girl and modified it a good bit for smaller servings, fewer ingredients and RF or FF products:

3 oz Trader Joe’s Organic whipped cream cheese, softened
3 oz fat-free sour cream
2 whole green onions, chopped (green and white parts)
½ 4 oz can chopped green chilies, drained
1 Tbs chopped black olives
4 burrito-size flour tortillas
3 oz jar picante sauce or salsa

cilantro, for garnish

In a food processor, combine cream cheese, sour cream, green onions, chilies and olives; process until smooth. Spread mixture on tortillas. Roll up each tortilla tightly and place in an airtight plastic box; refrigerate until ready to serve. When ready to serve, remove tortillas slice each rolled tortilla crosswise into 1-inch pieces (pinwheels). Place a toothpick in each pinwheel (if necessary), and serve with a bowl of picante sauce or salsa on the side for dipping.

Review: We really liked them! And they were easy and fun to make! But next time, I may add black beans or spicy turkey breast to make it a bit fatter. I may also serve them with the salsa on top like little red berets! Me and the girls thought they looked cute that way. Lastly, I would have preferred to have fresh cilantro for garnish rather than dried - but I went with what I have on hand!

After cooking I settled in to Drop Dead Diva and Army Wives - oh good stuff. Austin is not a fan but had a bit of work to do so it all worked out. I'm SO GLAD Drop Dead Diva is back for its second season! Anywho, I ended the day at 1,653 calories, 223 carbs, 51 fat grams and 82 protein grams. Here's what I ate.

Today went pretty well - just worked, walked 4 miles during lunch, worked more, then walked 2 miles and did upper body ST after work. So glad to have my workout buddy Stacy! Then I headed home for a somewhat new recipe, Chicken Alfredo - i'll post it tomorrow!

What's your favorite appetizer? These pinwheels were super fun, and there's SO much stuff you could put in them to make them different. I'll definitely try them again!

Any other Dropdead Diva watchers out there? The first season is on demand, I watched it a good bit yesterday while doing other things. SO cute and just feel-good.