I got eggs on the brain

TGIF!  :mrgreen:        

It’s Friday, and I’ve got eggs on the brain!  I think my body was upset with me for not taking the time to make eggs yesterday–so I decided to have them for breakfast AND lunch to make it up to myself!        

This morning, I took a look in the fridge to see what I could throw into an omelet.  I decided to go with 1 egg, 3 egg whites, splash o’ skim milk, chopped up red and yellow peppers, black beans, salsa, and spinach.  Kind of an odd combo… but throw some hott sauce on there and you’ve got a Mexicomelet!        

peppers and beans

 

mexicomolet

 

  This was very yummy and very filling.  I should have topped it off with salsa, green onion, and a small dollop of sour cream (duh!) but that didnt dawn on me until I was half through devouring it.  Next time!        

B#1 Stats:  206 calories, 20g carbs, 6g fat, 23g protein, 9g fiber        

         

For breakfast #2 I SLAMMED a Dannon Blueberry Greek Yogurt with some blackberries and 1/2 a 100 cal pack of  Emerald’s cocoa roast almonds crushed on top.        

        

        

     

 Greek yogurt is just amazing.  How did I live without it??  This was my first time trying the cocoa roast almonds–and I’m a big fan.  Went perfectly in the yogurt.        

B#1 Stats:  175 calories, 17g carbs, 4g fat, 18g protein, 3g fiber        

         

Today’s lunch menu:  EGGS.        

When I was young, my mom used to take me to a restaurant called the Sandwich Board.  Their egg salad sandwich had about 13 eggs and 2 pounds of bean sprouts on it, and I absolutely loved it!  So today for lunch I decided to make my own egg salad sandwich.          

I had light mayo in the fridge, but I really wasn’t feeling it.  So, I decided to try and make a healthified egg salad consisting of 1 egg, 3 egg whites, 1 tbsp fat free sour cream, 1 tbsp mustard, green onion, salt, pepper, and dill weed served up with sprouts, tomato, and red onion in 1/2 a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita.         

        

         

This was a quite tasty first stab at healthy egg salad.  Note for next time:  double up on the seasonings, less sour cream, more mustard (as if it wasn’t yellow enough already).        

Egg Salad Pita Stats:  225 calories, 20g carbs, 6g fat, 23g protein, 5g fiber        

On the side I had a dill pickle spear and some cucumber salad (cucumber, red onion, dill weed, and white vinegar).        

On the agenda this weekend are the following:        

  • Give the elliptical a go (and hope my knee holds up)
  • Flat bread pizza using Joseph’s lavash bread
  • Make a breakfast cookie (been dying to try these — it’s like a food blogger phenomena)
  • Make a lightbox
  • Post a bunch of clothes I don’t wear on ebay and hope for high bidders 😉
  • Make a barley breakfast bowl
  • Finish watching season #1 of Will & Grace, start on season #2 😀
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Shrimp, and sex, and the city ;)

Tonight I am craving SHRIMP.  Last weekend, I ordered the Applebees low cal Shrimp and Island Rice  and it was DIVINE.  I felt like I was indulging!  (Side note – I also tried the skinny marg, which was nothing to write home about… though apparently it was worthy enough to blog about… haha)

Since then, I’ve been craving some shrimpies so that’s what is on the agenda this evening.

I found a new blog that I’m really enjoying that is all about healthy recipes called Skinny Taste

On the blog, I saw a delicious recipe for shrimp quesadillas.  I don’t have time to run to the store to buy all the ingredients before sex and the city 😀 😀 😀 — so I’m mixing it up a little bit based on what I have on hand.

  • 9 Large Shrimp
  • 1/2 tsp minced garlic, cayenne pepper, paprika, black pepper, lemon juice, water
  • 1/4 tsp salt

 

Shrimpies pre-George
Shrimpies post-George
  • 1 Joseph’s Low Carb pita with Flax
  • 1/4 bag Calabacita blend veggies (leftovers from last night)
  • 1 slice pepper jack cheese goodness
  • Tomato, onion, banana peppers
  • 1 dollop of daisy fat free breakstones 😉
Quesadilla pre-George
Quesadilla was devoured about 13 seconds after this photo

Stats:  320 calories, 29g carbs, 9g fat, 27g protein, 6g fiber

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