Daily Food - 5/30

Breakfast: I always make crepes when my little sister comes to visit. I even have a handy dandy crepe maker. It doesn't look very appetizing here, but fill it with some cream cheese and strawberry jelly and it's delicious. Or nutella! I had three of these.



Lunch: Went to Chili's after a fun afternoon at the science center. This looks unhealthier than it is. There was broccoli on the plate, and I had a side salad before that, too. And I didn't eat any of the fries because we decided they smelled like cows. Don't ask. But the meat here is chipotle-honey chicken fingers.

Snack: Had a little bit of sub that my mom left in the fridge, but I threw a good chunk out. I just can't eat that much lunch meat at a time anymore. It makes me feel sick.




Dinner: Dave made some burgers, with bacon, onions, mushrooms all on the grill, and then I added mayo, ketchup, and pickles. It was falling all over the place but it was really juicy and delicious.

The Good: no dessert! Burgers were homemade. hmm...

The Bad: Not a particularly great day. Got sucked into girls' weekend. Breakfast was a treat, so was lunch, and really so was dinner. Too many treats in one day.

Daily Food - 5/29

Breakfast: Steak and Egg Bagel, hash browns, and a coffee, from the evil place. I don't even know what prompted that decision.

Lunch: Skipped it. Started cleaning up the house and by the time I finished my family was here and they had already eaten and it was later so we just decided to go for dinner.



Dinner: Started with a salad - that's my mommy's hand there. Everything tastes better when you mom makes it. It was fun making dinner together in my new house. Anyway, salad had fresh leaf lettuce - my favorite, with grated carrots and radishes. I had a little French dressing.


Then we had some stir fry. All kinds of stuff in here - broccoli, squash, 4 colors of peppers, onion, and chicken. We just threw in some seasoning and a little soy sauce. And I purposely overcooked the veg because my teeth still hurt and my mom likes them that way.

Dessert: We bought some cake at the grocery store but it was only ok, so we decided to go to Twin Kiss for ice cream. I had a Cherry Coke float with vanilla ice cream.

The Good: I was so excited that we made the stir fry and salad, because usually when my family comes to visit, it's an excuse to go out to eat a lot. But cooking in was fun.

The Bad: Breakfast, period. And the ice cream. Skipping lunch was bad, but I really didn't feel it. I rarely skip meals, so I will let that go.

Daily Food - 5/28

Breakfast: Made an ambrosial smoothie from yogurt, milk, frozen strawberries, pineapple, and peaches, and a little stevia. Also had some toast with a little farmer's market butter and jam that was divine.

Lunch: Had leftovers from last night - chicken and zucchini from the grill. Very palatable.

Snack: Had a few pretzels at school. Grabbed a grilled chicken sandwich and an iced coffee on the way home. (I am reading a new book that says you should eat every four hours - carbs and protein. So I am going to try it out. That means "snack" is really just a second lunch.)

Dinner: We had some veggie pizza with Dave's mom.

Dessert: A succulent Rita's orange water ice. I think it is my new favorite.

The Good: Lunch and the smoothie for breakfast. The grilled chicken was ok, veggie only on the pizza was a good choice, although that was Dave's choice.

The Bad: I didn't really need the toast for breakfast. I bread with the grilled chicken probably wasn't the best choice and I didn't need the iced coffee. I told Dave as we were going to his mom's that I should have grabbed the salad stuff we have here to go with the pizza. I could have made a homemade smoothie instead of the water ice when we got home.

Another note: Dave says I use the word "yummy" too much on here and I agree. It makes me sound like an idiot but usually by the time I write this in the evening my brain is fried. So I am trying out some new words. Personally, I like ambrosial the best so far. :-)

Daily Food 5/27

Breakfast: Another turkey and cheese wrap. So yummy, and portable for the car!

Lunch: PBJ and yogurt. I also had 2 cokes before and after lunch. It was hot! They were cold!


Snack: Should look a lot like breakfast, except I added some asparagus. Also had a couple squares of white chocolate.


Dinner: Grilled chicken and zucchini, and a couple of margaritas. mmmm

The Good: Chicken and veg for dinner was good. Breakfast and snack are getting me some protein.

The Bad: Again, the white flour wraps aren't the best. Could probably do better with a homemade margarita instead of the mix. Jelly on the PB and the cokes. Ahhh, the cokes. But really, it is 90 degrees in my classroom. I was dying!

Daily Food - 5/26

I totally suck at blogging this week. It could be the 90 degree weather or the end of the school year frying my brain. Anyway, I didn't forget about Wednesday's blog, I just went upstairs to lay down in the AC for awhile and never came down. Anyway, it broke down like this...


Breakfast: Took some turkey and cheese in a wrap and nuked it for a few seconds. mmm


Lunch: I had leftover fajitas without the wrap - just the meat and peppers and onions and a little guac and sour cream. Also some yummy cherries from the farmer's market.



Snack: Strawberries with homemade whipped cream.

Dinner: We went to Hibachi and I was all excited to take pictures and then Dave and I realized we forgot when we finished our food. Bummer. I shared a sushi roll, and then had the standard soup and salad, mushrooms and veg, the steak, chicken, and shrimp combo with fried rice. mmm.

The Good: Hibachi was so fun and mostly healthy. We have been pounding the fruit this week. I am NOT a fruit eater, but I can't lay off the strawberries and cherries. Leftovers were good, and breakfast wasn't bad.

The Bad: Need to get some whole wheat wraps, I think I already said that. Could have skipped the sushi roll and laid off the sour cream for lunch.

Tuesday - Farmer's Market Loot!

Love this! At a stand selling plants. Those are definitely the kind of plants I need.


Was going to get a whoopie pie, but I decided on these instead. So pretty. Much better choice to treat myself.


Farmer's Market Loot! We have, from top to bottom...

1. Peach Jam
2. Strawberries
3. Cherries
4. Tomato Basil homemade pasta
5. Artichokes
6. Tomatoes
7. Mushrooms
8. Steak - Tbone for me and Strip for Dave
9. Ground beef
10. Italian sausage
11. Turkey and cheese
12. Spinach
13. Red and Green Leaf Lettuce
14. Zucchini
15. Onions
16. Red peppers.

Should be a good week! We also picked up some shrimp and catfish this week.

Daily Food 5/25

I sucked at taking pictures today. Just a warning.

Breakfast: I ate in the car. I made a turkey and cheese wrap and nuked it for a couple seconds and it got nice and warm and melty. It was really good.

Lunch: Had a half of a leftover porkchop with the zucchini and cauliflower.

Snack: Had a garlic pretzel dog at the farmer's market, with a coke.


Dinner: We cooked a sirloin steak on the grill with some peppers and onions...

And made it into fajitas. This was very tasty.

Dessert: I will probably be having some strawberries or cherries later.

The good: The fajita filling was great. Same with breakfast. Lunch was a good meal.

The bad: Should probably look for whole wheat fajitas. Didn't really need the hot dog or coke this afternoon.