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I got eggs on the brain

June 11, 2010 6 Comments

TGIF!

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!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — peppers and beans

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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Veggies–It’s what’s for dinner.

June 10, 2010 1 Comment

Earlier in the week, I came across a recipe for Grilled Black Bean and Rice Stuffed Peppers and decided to try them out for dinner tonight. I omitted the oil and used brown rice, but otherwise followed the recipe and seasoned to taste.

My pepper:

I went with a yellow pepper instead of green. I’ve always thought that green peppers get this weird toxic taste about them when they are cooked. I love raw green peppers but can’t stand em cooked. Odd huh?

You would think the best part of these peppers would be the pepper itself — but you’d be wrong! It’s the cilantro and lime combo! I forgot how much I L-O-V-E that combination (could be because it SCREAMS chipotle). All I needed was a big dollop of gauc on top. Mmmm.

Overall – two thumbs up on the peppers. Next time I think I’ll make some sort of salsa or guac to go along side it.

Stats on my pepper: 296 Calories, 62 Carbs, 3 Fat, 11 Protein, 11 Fiber (that’s a lot of carbs… wonder if they make low-carb beans and rice?)

First attempt at roasting veggies went ok (emphasis on ok). I think I actually overroasted them, but despite that fact they were still super tasty. I’ll have to play around with my roasting methods!

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Hump day crackalacking

June 9, 2010 No Comments

Happy Hump Day! 😀

Seems like the past few days I have been entirely devoted to preparing for the Jewelry Party! Well today’s the day friends! Those of you who know me well know that I L-O-V-E hosting parties. I tend to over dedicate myself to them — but I really enjoy the whole preparation process. Slightly weird, I know, but I’m ok with it.

Since this fervent foodie has to leave work early today to get ready for the ladies to come over for the Jewelry Party tonight, my meals for the day needed to be quick and light.

Breakfast #1

: 3 Egg Whites, 12 Grain Bread with Sunflower Seeds, Broccoli, Squirt o’ ketchup

Breakfast #1 Stats: 173 Calories, 23g Carbs, 2g Fat, 17g Protein, 2g Fiber

Breakfast 2: Oikos Greek Honey Yogurt, Blackberries, and some Bear Naked Maple Pecan Granola

Breakfast #2 Stats: 200 Calories, 32g Carbs, 2g Fat, 16g Protein, 3g Fiber

Lunch: Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wrap! broccoli (meh..) carrots and Trader Joe’s Jalapeno Cilantro Hummus (A-MAY-ZING).

Lunch Stats: 283 Calories, 24g Carbs, 6g Fat, 33g Protein, 8g Fiber

Looking forward to trying out some new recipes tomorrow and this weekend!!!

Countdown til food and Bling: T-minus 6 hours 😀

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B#1, B#2, L

June 8, 2010 2 Comments

I’ve never really tried to make an omelet before, but this morning it sounded like just what my belly was craving! I’m sure there is a technique behind omelet making, but I decided to just throw everything in the pan and see what turned up.

Breakfast #1 Omelet: 1 egg, 3 egg whites, splash skim milk, 1/2 cup broccoli, 1/4 chopped spinach, 1/8 cup salsa, Frank’s Red Hot

Pleasantly surprised by how tasty the omelet was. I was worried the top/inside wouldn’t cook through, so I ended up covering the pan with a lid for most of the cooking time. This worked perfectly–the eggs were fluffy but not underdone. Think I’ll pick up some canadian bacon at the grocery store to throw into my next omelet creation!

Breakfast #1 Stats: 153 calories, 9g carbs, 5g fat, 20g protein, 2g fiber

Dessert Breakfast #2 – I’ve been wanting to try a Luna bar for quite some time. I usually eat breakfast/granola bars as snacks rather than meal replacements, and these bars are kind of high-calorie in my opinion (well they are if you eat the whole thing). Several times over the past couple months I’ve picked up a Luna bar in the store, looked over the package, placed it in the cart, then subsequently put it back on the shelf and walked away as quickly as possible. Yesterday, I happened to see them at a discount store so I grabbed a few. I’m a sucker for a good deal 😀

When I unwrapped the Caramel Nut Brownie Luna Bar I was presently surprised. It looked and smelled like a big fat candy bar.

So today’s dessert breakfast #2 consisted of 1/2 a Caramel Nut Brownie Luna Bar on top of some Dannon vanilla greek yogurt along with some blackberries.

Stats for B#2: 215 calories, 34g carbs, 3g fat, 17g protein, 4g fiber

Lunch

Lunch today is a repeat of yesterday (boring, yet tasty) with some steamed broccoli. Lettuce wrap in action:

I also brought some carrot sticks and Trader Joe’s Jalapeno Cilantro hummus. The hummus is so freaking good! I can’t wait to try out some of the other hummus flavors they sell.

I literally licked the container clean. This is why it is good I sit by myself at work 😀

Trader Joe is my homeboy 🙂

On the agenda this evening:

Mow my crazy overgrown backyard
Finish cleaning for the Jewelry Partayyyy (which is tomorrow evening)
Start Prepping food for party… menu selections to be posted this evening.

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My fight with fish

June 7, 2010 7 Comments

I am the type of person who hates disliking foods, let alone an entire group of foods. As evidenced by this blog, I love food, trying new things, and sharing my experiences with others. There are few foods I truly hate, but throughout most of my life I’ve despised seafood. 🙁

This distaste for seafood has caused me a great deal of sadness over the years, and a while back I made it my personal mission to trick train myself to tollerate enjoy seafood. Once during my teens, my mom actually bet me $20 I wouldn’t eat a piece of sushi. This bet ended with me in tears and a lonely uneaten piece of sushi on my plate. (BTW – my mom still paid me the $20–think she felt bad for envoking tears 🙂 )

Whelp, I must say I’ve come along way since then! At this point, I thoroughly enjoy shrimp, crab, clams, and most other shell fish. I L-O-V-E sushi and calamari. (Insert golf clap here)

Despite these applaudable advances in my palate, I have not been able to find a fish I thoroughly enjoy eating. Every fish that I have tried comes up subpar (well unless it is fried — but fry pretty much anything and it’s tasty).

All day, I’ve been dreading tonight’s dinner. The plan: to eat and thoroughly enjoy a salmon patty sandwich courtesy of my Sunday Trader Joe’s shopping excursion.

When I got home, I noticed I was subconsciously avoiding dinner. I found plenty of things to clean and straighten up even though my stomach was grumbling. Finally I pulled the salmon out of the fridge and stood there staring at it for a few solid minutes. After much contemplation, I decided I needed a sauce for the salmon patty so I whipped one together:

Fish Sauce Recipe (not really sure what else to call this concotion…)

2 tbsp breakstones fat free sour cream
½ tsp horseradish
1/8 tsp minced garlic
¼ tsp lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Frank’s red hottttt

Once the sauce was assembled, I started choppin excessive amounts of onion and lettuce to top the salmon patty.

At this point, there was no more delaying the inevitable, so I threw the patty on the george. 😯

When I finally mustered up the courage to try the sandwich, I realized it wasn’t horrible — but it’s not exactly something I would look forward to eating either. I just don’t enjoy the flaky texture of fish, and I find it pretty bland. I would rather sink my teeth into a hamburger, turkey burger, piece of chicken, steak, etc.

I guess it’s one small step for woman… one giant leap still to come?

Stats on the sammy with 1 tbsp fish sauce recipe (above): 200 calories, 24g carbs, 3g fat, 23g protein, 4g fiber

Since dinner was mediocre, I figured I’d try something else new and throw together a protein shake using one of the samples the BF got me at the Vitamin Shoppe over the weekend.

Here’s what went into my first ever protein shake:

1/2 of a serving IntraPro Double Chocolate Pure Whey Protein
1/4 cup sliced frozen banana
3 ice cubes
8 ounces of water

Topped her off with a dollop of fat free whipped cream! This was actually quite tasty! I could really taste the bananas, but the chocolate was a little too subdued for me. Next time, I may use coffee instead of water (mocha frap baby!) or try adding some different fruits and cocoa powder.

Stats on the protein shake: 130 calories, 13g carbs, 2g fat, 13g protein, 2g fiber