SNACK

I missed my Sunday cookfest this week due to the long weekend (no complaints here), so my meals are a little helter skelter this week.  Today’s mid morning snack came in the form of some delightfully cheery mixed fruit.

LUNCH

Today, I had a lunch meeting with the speaker programming committee of Akron’s Knowledgeable Network of Women, for which I serve as the chair-elect for 2010.  We discussed a lot of great ideas for future luncheons including a presentation on the green initiative in Akron and also a hands-on workshop where we’ll sit down with a nutritionist and learn how to eat healthy when dining out (right up my alley!).

I ordered a salad with grilled buffalo chicken (hold the cheese please) and fat free ranch.  So I believe I did pretty good for this lunch meeting.  I was not able to muster the courage to take a picture of my food, however.  I guess I’m just not ready for too many people to learn about this lovely blog.  In time, that may change.

SNACK

Little piece of heaven courtesy of my friend Jessie who was kind enough to be the guinea pig for a recipe I recently saw for chocolate covered peanut butter pretzelly goodness:   http://peanutbutterfingers.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/foodie-friday/ 

I was craving some dippy eggs this morning, so I decided to test out whipping egg whites in my new blender.

I make 1 dippy egg and three scrambled egg whites.  That way I get the yumminess of the gooey yolk but still keep it on the healthy side.

Paired up with a slice of 12 grain bread with sunflower seeds.  Goooood morning 😀

Nutritionals for this tasty breakfast:  230 Calories, 21g Carbs, 7g Fat, 22g Protein, 1g Fiber

I’m so pumped that my wolfgang puck immersion blender arrived today!  WOOO HOO!  I can’t wait to try this baby out.  I’m hitting up the grocery store later tonight so I’ll get lots of goodies for my blender to play with.

Dinner this evening was a very tasty Spicy Black Bean Gardenburger which I sandwiched between a Joseph’s Flax Wheat and Bran pita and topped with tomato, onion, banana peppers, and half of a light swiss Laughing Cow Wedge.  I steamed some broccoli and tossed the other half of the cheese wedge on top of that.  Melty and delicious!

Here’s the nutritionals for this dinner:  295 Calories, 49 g Carbs, 7g Fat, 20g Protein, 15g Fiber.   

While I love the Gardenburgers, I’m hoping to try making my own veggie burgers sometime soon.  Maybe my new blender can assist with that 🙂  The spicy black bean burgers would also be great with an avocado salsa on top.  Note to self!

Here’s a shot of my garden in progress.  So far, I have cherry and plum tomatoes, jalapenos and banana peppers, thyme, rosemary, basil, and chives.  I’ve got room for a couple more plants, but still trying to decide…  Maybe cucumbers.  Wish onions didn’t grow underground… I’m just not ready for that sort of craziness.

I blame my lack of posting over the weekend on my hatred for my camera.  I hate my camera so much, that I actually use my iphone camera to take my pics (i.e., no zoom, no flash).  Horrid. 

Friday night I had the luxury of enjoying what has become a post-workweek ritual:  pizza and hot sauce… mmmmmmm… 

Of course we had to top this off with a second course  which consisted of even more cheese, more hot sauce, and more deliciousness in the form of BUFFALO CHICKEN DIP.  MMMMM!  

Lunch on saturday = mary’s mock up italian sub in wrap formation: 

This Italian wrap usually consists of deli turkey and ham, onions, tomatoes, banana peppers, a few sprinkles of fat free Italian dressing, and some hottttttt sauce (cue the Frank’s or leftover gionino’s hot sauce goodness).  I like the light Italian Flat-Out wraps because they are more substantial that regular tortillas and quite tasty. 

Made some 7 layer bars for the fam picnic (just used the Ghiradelli recipe) 

I also consumed nearly half of the aforementioned cinnamon toast crunch and lots of other goodies that were unfortunately not captured due to my crappy camera situation.  Do I buy a new point and shoot camera, or do I hold off til I can buy a digital SLR camera?  Hmmmm…