Pre-Cooking, Scampi, 4 Miles, Intense Book!

Thanks you guys!! We’re loving our new grill friend, and I appreciate the links/ideas for more grilled yumminess. Monday we had hoped to make it over to Crystal and Jason’s to visit/grill out/etc. but my tummy started feeling a bit funky again, and I got the inspiration to cook so I decided it was best to stay home. I cooked for two hours (while watching Blindside... again), and made the following!

• 6 servings of Taco Soup
• 4 servings of Pepperoni & Tomato Pizza
• 6 servings of Brunch Pizza squares
• 8 snack-size servings of Big Pigs in a Blanket
• 4 servings of Orzo and garlic veggies & chicken

I also divided the leftover pasta into 3 snack-size tupperwares for the week, and defrosted, chopped and weighed chicken so it's ready for my Easy Thai Curry!

Yum!

Hard not to eat the pizza right away!

Everything fit into the drawer - yay!

After cooking, I started reading Koontz's Intensity. Whoa - intense is not a strong enough word - what a crazy book! I got through about 160 pages, 100 of which I read on the treadmill! I headed over for 4 miles of cardio and read the whole time! When I got back from the gym I sautéed the last two servings of marinated shrimp! I added angel hair (sautéed in chicken stock, minced garlic and parmesan) then ate it up - SO good!

I hadn't had angel hair in SO long! I've found that the shorter noodles (farfalle, penne, rotini, etc.) reheat better, whereas the longer ones (and thinner ones) tend to go limp and taste funky. But because I made this "fresh" it was so nice to have! After dinner we watched the Flashforward finale, a comedy special and called it a night. I ended up at 1,804 calories, 248 carbs, 43 fat grams and 94 protein grams. Here's what I ate.

Today was pretty good, especially because the day after a holiday can be rough! I just worked, and then had lunch with Mel, Stacy and new girl Kami at P.F. Chang's (we split the wonton soup and I had chicken lettuce wraps for my entrée). Fun to get away during the day and talk to the girls - they've inspired me to start some new TV seasons this summer (The Goodwife, Madmen, Fringe and Life Unexpected). Then I just worked more, raced home, read 100 pages of Intensity, went to the gym and walked 3.5 miles while reading 70 pages, then home! Next was pepperoni & tomato pizza with a side of law & order - great dinner! Now i'm winding down, hoping to finish Intensity tonight!

Any TV shows you plan to start watching this summer? I'm excited to start these from the beginning and hopefully find some more shows me and Austin can watch together!

What's your favorite pasta shape? Mine is probably farfalle - those little bow ties are SO cute, as are the wheels - adorable!

Tomorrow i'm going to do my assessment for May. I had another kind of rough month. I don't know if i'm losing motivation or what? Hmmm.