Tummy.So.Full

It was a HUGE food day in my world today.  I’m sitting here feeling the after-effects from a rich, delicious dinner that I didn’t have to prepare.  Yum!

Started the day by meeting a couple of the Halibloggers (Angie, Farm Girl, Tasha) plus a couple of hubbies and our friend Sarah for breakfast at Cora’s.  We love ourselves some Cora’s.

I used to always choose the fruit loaded waffle, but once I discovered Theo’s veggie omelette I’ve had trouble passing it up.  Started with coffee of course…then the omelette and a side of bacon.  The meal comes with pan fries, a bit of fruit, and toast.  I ate more toast than usual, but did save about 1/3 of my omelette and 1/2 my potatoes to bring home. 

 

I figured this was going to be my main meal today so wasn’t overly concerned how big it was…um, until FH offered to make dinner.  His dinners are delicious, but his forte is rich and dreamy Italian food.  Look out tummy, it’s a comin!  :)

He calls these his stuffed shells.  The filling is a spinach & ricotta mixture, then he adds his own homemade tomato sauce, and finishes the dish with alfredo.  He brought me my plate before I had a chance to sneak into the kitchen and photograph the meal out of the oven…so instead my plate photos are a bit blurry.  Too bad because the presentation was really nice!

With a glass of red wine of course.  Just a small glass for me…hit the spot just perfectly.

After dinner FH mentioned he had considered buying ice cream for dessert but didn’t.  I was totally fine with that since ice cream and I need to take a little break.  But about an hour later I was still craving dessert and remembered this little treat hiding in the cupboard…

Yes, OREO Jell-O pudding!  FH loves Oreo ice cream so when I saw this at the store a while back I picked it up as a surprise for him, then totally forgot about it.  Tonight I whipped up some chocolate whip cream to go on top too.  Pretty yummy treat for something I made in under 5 minutes!  :)

Now I’m sitting here in another food coma.  This storm had better pass by tonight because there’s an hour of cardio on my workout schedule for tomorrow!

In between brunch and dinner I also had a Starbucks stop (double tall vanilla non-fat latte), a bowl of cherries (deeeeelish), and made a batch of yummy no-cook granola bars (recipe tomorrow) (I only ate two today, thank God!).

 

Now I must go lay like broccoli (that will make sense to any Pretty Woman fans) and try to stay awake for at least an hour so I can sleep like a normal person tonight.  zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Friday Food Porn

I have a whole lotta food porn from yesterday so I’ll get right to it.

Breakfast:  quick and easy…the last of the Lemon Liberte sprinkled with hulled hemp seeds…served with a chopped up white nectarine…juicy and deeelish.  The only decent nectarine I’ve had all Summer!

Lunch: completely random salad.  Romaine, yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes, leftover roasted veggies, leftover rice.  Ranch dressing and salsa.  Plus leftover guacamole and tortilla strip salad toppers.

Cookie Friday:  thanks to Tina and her Tweets about “cookie Friday” I couldn’t resist the two last chocolate chip/pecan/raisin cookies sitting on my counter.  nom nom.

Dinner:  surf and turf! 

A while back I put together a bunch of scallops & bacon and froze them…so I popped a few in the oven last night and let me just say…deeeeeelish!!

FH cooked us up a couple of sirloin steaks on the BBQ, and I made a basic spinach salad to go with.  Spinach, mushrooms, red onion, cherry tomatoes, shredded cheddar, and balsamic vinaigrette.

  

There was yet another trip to DQ after dinner too.  Yes, that’s two nights in a row!  I’m a machine apparently.  Thankfully I had my noon workout! 

At the gym: 20 minute treadmill run + upper body + mini abs.

I proceeded to go into an ice cream coma and fell asleep about 20 minutes into the movie we were watching.  I was exhausted…but of course when we went to bed I couldn’t sleep.  After 45 minutes of staring at my pillow I got up and read for an hour…then slept but kept waking up every half hour after 6am.  Not exactly how I like to start my Saturday!!

Holy Guacamole!

Ha, you just knew I was gonna have to use that title eventually (hmmmm…maybe I already have…I’m not going back to look!).  :)

But before the guac, I have to show you the yummiest snack ever.  I picked up some fresh dates at Pete’s Frootique the other day.  Today I decided to try something I saw on a blog ages ago…stuffing them with peanut butter.  OMG!!  Soooo good.  I’d like to think that mine were extra good because I used the Cinnamon Raisin PB.  Deeeee-freaking-lish.  Do this!!

I worked a little late…til around 630ish…I tend to get caught up sometimes and not notice what time it is.  Ooops.  So I was pretty hungry by the time I headed downstairs.

Thanks to my meal plan I already knew what I was going to have!  I pulled some of my black bean turkey burgers out of the freezer last night so they were ready for cooking…I just had to whip up the guacamole and roast some veggies.

In the guac: avocado, chopped tomato, fresh jalepeno, red onion, lots of lime, fresh cracked sea salt, and cumin (I didn’t bother buying fresh cilantro for such a small batch).

For the veggies:  cauliflower, carrots, and zucchini tossed with a smidge of EVOO, cumin and chili powder.  Roasted on a foil lined sheet at 450 for 15 minutes.  Sprinkled with salt as soon as I pulled them out of the oven.

The burger patty was just cooked up in a teaspoon of veggie oil in a non stick pan.  Topped with some shredded cheddar.

All together. Yummy in my tummy!

After dinner I ran to Zellers for kitty litter and Band-Aids (how exciting!).  I trolled the candy aisle and was quite proud with I left with nothing…but then might have made my way through the DQ drive-thru AGAIN.

What’s with me and DQ the last couple of weeks?  Oh well, that’s what 6 gym days in one week are for!  Right?!

I hope that dirty little Kevin doesn’t backstab Jeff on Big Brother!!! (yes, random reality TV rant…)