Ah King George

May 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I love George Straight.  I watched this thing on TV tonight where he got artist of the century or something like that.  It was pretty cool.  He’s a really cool guy and he’s a fellow Texan!!

Anyhoo…

Today for breakfast I had an oldie but a goodie.  The breakfast sammy!

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  • whole wheat english muffin
  • morningstar farm veggie sausage
  • pepperjack
  • egg white

Me and Emeril hung out this morning- his son was on the show.  What a cute cute cutie!!!

For lunch I wanted a smoothie, so I tried to make one.  It wasn’t so great.  I tried adding spinach to it because, you know, it’s really good for you.  It didn’t sit very well in my tummy though. 🙁

I don’t think I’ll be trying that again any time soon.

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For a snack a little later I had a mini clif bar.  I LOVE these things!  Only 100 calories- a perfect little snack.  And organic too!

Peanut butter is my favorite!

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Oh there is only 1 and 1/2 day of school left!  I have almost all of my stuff cleared out- woohoo!

When I got home from school and errand running I worked on our little office a bit.  It was scary looking when we brought all of Justins things in from the storage building.  It’s much beter now!

For dinner I made some spaghetti.  This is my favorite way to make it!  You should try it, it’s insanely healthy.  Check out all the super foods it’s got in it!  Here’s how I make it…

In the pan goes a little spray of EVOO from my Misto, a zucchini, and some onion.  Sautee…

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Then I add a little garlic and a few handfuls of spinach.  Sautee some more…

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Then I add some organic pasta sauce (or you can do homemade if you like.  I like this kind though, so that’s what I use)…

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Then I let it simmer away while the noodles (whole wheat of course)  finish cooking.

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Then before I serve I toss in a little of this beautiful homegrown basil in with the sauce.  Look how pretty!

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And a little sprinkle of parm goes on top.  Here’s the finished beauty…

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And a salad too!

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In my salad…

  • spinach
  • romaine
  • baby carrots
  • baby cucumber
  • radish (I love the crunch of a radish!)
  • light Italian dressing

Well, that’s all I got tonight.

Nighty night!

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Happy Memorial Day

May 26, 2009 by 2 Comments

I’ve taken two days off of calorie counting and even really thinking about food. I tried not to worry too much about it. My mind just needed a break I think. But I’m back on track today, hit my calorie target, and feeling good.

Today we decided to clean out our rented storage unit. There’s no reason why we haven’t done it yet (just lazy-ness I suppose) and it is costing us $64/month. That’s money that we should be putting toward paying stuff off! It’s completely cleaned out, which means that the hubby is completely officially moved in to the house (we’ve almost been married for a whole year!) yay, lol! So needless to say I burned a ton of calories today moving stuff around!

This was my favorite thing that we brought in today. Justin’s grandfather made this for him from wood from an old barn I think and I love it! It didn’t fit in our living room, but we wanted to use it so we put it in the kitchen.  On top are  the microwave and a wine rack and inside are all of my cookbooks, our lunchboxes, napkins, placemats, and napkin rings.   There’s lots more room in it, so I’ll have to go through the kitchen and do a little re-organizing.

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Onto some food!

Breakfast was a little sandwich.  English muffin, egg white, half a slice of pepperjack and a veggie sausage.  This is quickly becoming my fav breakfast because it is so increadibly filling!

Close up of my sammy…

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With my morning coffee…

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Then I watched a litle TV and waited for the lazy bum husband to get up for the day.  About three hours later he decided to grace the day with his presence.  Then we headed out to the storage building.  Three trips later we had everything out.  We were soooo ready for lunch!

I made a bigass salad with…

  • romaine and spinach
  • baby carrots
  • a baby cucumber
  • cherry tomatoes
  • light Greek vinaigrette

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And a babybel cheese (I LOVE THESE!!)

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Alltogether…

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I also had 1/2 cup Fage Greek yogurt with blueberries, 1/2 tablespoon agave nectar and a sprinkle of granola.

Look at this giganto tub of Fage that I picked up at Costco!

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Dessert…

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Then we unpacked a crapload of Justin’s stuff and moved stuff around in the house.

Then when we were so tired we couldn’t do anything else we had some dinner.  We kept it simple- Amy’s Texan burgers with a slice of cheese on whole wheat buns, baked chips, and a yummy slice of banana bread for dessert.

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Whew I’m exhausted!  I think I’m going to bed early tonight.  I have to go to work tomorrow 🙁

Only 3 and 1/2 days left!!!!!

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