Beef Cobb Salad

I love cooking beef to rare, because then the leftovers don’t get overcooked!  I heated up 3 ounces of the beef from last night, and made a big salad – I used a tablespoon of my cucumber dressing and a tablespoon of Annie’s goddess dressing – great combo!

This was surprisingly filling too!

On the side was a cup of roasted red pepper soup – with lots of dashes of Tabasco!

All together lunch comes in at 411 calories, 20 fat, 35 protein, 20 carbs and 2.4 fiber

No work out today because I have to wait for a client – I’ll probably take the dog on a walk after dinner.

Off to read some of your blogs during the rest of my lunch break – see you for dinner: Creole Fried Fish and Parmesan Zucchini Coins!

Roast

The roast was delicious last night and all I used was Weber brand “Gourmet Burger” blend on the outside.  It cooked on the Weber in indirect heat and took about 90 minutes to get to rare – this roast was almost 6 pounds!

so good!

my plate - 4 ounce meat, green beans, and broccoli slaw with Annie's dressing

Ed just liked being outside – we like to put up his ears and say what??

My pedicure yesterday was so relaxing – and they have a special going on this summer – 15 minutes of Eucalyptus aroma therapy, 60 minute facial AND eye brow wax for $50!!  I have $36 left on my gift card so I plan on doing that in the near future – what a deal!

Here’s one wierd thing about me – my right foot is a size and a half bigger than the other one!

Yikes, my feet look old! 

This morning was a quick ham wrap – 1.5 ounces ham, 1/4 cup egg whites, 1/2 cup egg beaters and 1 ounce of pepper jack.

gotta love the melty cheese!

Oops, forgot to mention the pickled jalapenos in there!

263 calories, 12 fat, 31 protein, 4 carbs and .5 fiber

Busy day today!  Morning break is over – see you at lunch for Beef Cobb Salad with Red Pepper Soup!

Beef, its what’s for dinner

yum!

Joe was over, I lost EVERY game of baggo, but our dinner was really good – I’ll recap tomorrow!

Lunch for One!

I adapted a dressing recipe from EatingWell based on what I had on hand.  It is nothing short of spectacular!

Cucumber Herb Vinaigrette

• 1 small cucumber, peeled and seeded (I used part of an English cucumber so I left the seeds in – mine was 6 ounces)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves
• 1 tablespoon greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 1 packet of Splenda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• Each tablespoon is 28 calories, 3 fat, 1 carb, 0 protein and 0 fiber!

just throw everything into the blender

its so light and refreshing!

The original recipe called for chives and parsley, but I only had cilantro which worked really well.  I Pam fried a 6 ounce portion of chicken breast with spicy seasoning!

this Tuscan blend from McCormick is really spicy - love it!

2 ounce baby romaine, 1 ounce broccoli slaw, .5 ounce goat cheese, 6 ounce chicken breast and 3 tablespoons of the dressing

After I dressed it, I chopped it – love chopped salads!

Lunch comes in at 379 caloires, 19 fat, 42 protein, 11 carbs and 1.3 fiber

The boys went to see an earlier movie so I had the house to myself for a couple hours – that hardly ever happens!  Now I am off for my pedicure then to our ethnic store to pick up a few additional things to round out our menu.  Here are some of the things I am making this week:

Lunches for Me

• taco soup
• thai red curry-coconut soup with shrimp
• leftover beef with chimichurri sauce
• spagettti squash with tofurkey Italian sausage
• chile rellenos bake

Dinners for Us

• Beef Roast on the grill with balsamic green beans with mushrooms
• Grilled fish fillets with broccoli gratin
• Beer can chicken with Yucca chips and salad
• Scallops in Saffron sauce with zucchini pasta
• Dinner at Ruth’s Chris one night for a date night!

See you for dinner!

Simple breakfast

I usually try to make something time consuming on Sunday mornings for breakfast, like a quiche, but I didn’t feel like it this morning, so simple eggs and sausage it is!

383 calories, 31 fat and 3 carbs

One of the grocery stores by me, Dominick’s, just had a whole makeover, and they sent out coupons for their grand re-opening.  I realized that the coupons expired on Friday, so off we went.  Using our discount card and coupons, we spent $67.34 cents but saved $69.63!   I think that’s the best grocery shop of my life – 52% off!

Wow!

I also hit up Trader Joe’s for my yogurt and a few other things – one of the things I picked up was a boneless beef rib, but I realized that the sell by date was June 24!  I called and they said they would refund or exchange it, even without the receipt – so one of my chores is to take care of that.

While the boys see a movie I am getting a pedicure today!  Thanks to my Mother’s Day spa gift card!

I have chicken breasts to cook up, so grilled chicken may be on the menu for lunch, you’ll just have to come back and see!