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Random Dinner

First I started the morning off with a large bowl of banana oats.  Topped with a few chunks of a granola bar and almond butter.  Filled me up!

Planned dinner for last night was Tofu Pad Thai.  However, I realized I was missing some key sauce ingredients and had to ditch the plan.  I ended up just throwing together some random foods.

First,

Fried Okra (this was pre-breaded and frozen).  Although I don’t usually eat a lot of fried food this was fun and reminded me of home! (My mom makes some good fresh fried okra)

I also had about half a small roasted butternut squash!  Butternut squash is nature’s candy I swear.

And I made both the hubby and small side salads.

Turned out to be a fun and tasty dinner.

Hopefully pad thai tonight.

Giveaway News

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Lunch and the DVR

For lunch I decided to cook up one of Boca Burgers I bought.  I have never tried this flavor before.  It was okay, but the Black bean are still my favorite!

Topped with lettuce, apple, salsa, Laughing Cow, and spicy mustard.

And a sliced apple on the side!

So far today I have had two cups of hot chocolate (diet version)!  This chilly weather is giving me warm drink cravings

Rodeo!!!

Houston Rodeo has just announced its concert lineup!  I must decide which days I want to go…is everyday an option?!?!

Banana Oats and Diet Plan Review

Breakfast was oats with banana, almond butter, and a little bit of Clif Bar crumbled on top.  I apologize this picture uploaded sideways 3 times and I gave up!

Put that mix together…

Yum!!!

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Sunday Recap

After a lazy breakfast in bed we ran some errands and then took Trooper to the park!

My dog like to mark his territory everywhere!

 

It was only about 35 degrees when we went yesterday so the park was pretty dead

Peaceful.  It was really a beautiful day!

View up from the dog run. (I love those new condos)

They were setting up the Sunday market.

No other doggies for Trooper to play with today…

So we walked him around the park

Now onto food for the day…

Snack choice of the day.  Multiple handfuls were eaten.

Lunch:

 Variety of goodies from Whole Foods bar

and

Carrot sticks, grape salad (from Central Market) and then piece of toast spread with 1 Laughing Cow wedge.

Big lunch, I ate all except half the bread that Trooper enjoyed.

 

Afternoon snack/dessert was our cookies!  So good!

Dinner:

 

My favorite salad from Central Market.  I topped the pita bread with hummus, salad mix, and sauce.  I ate the topped bread and was too full to eat most of the salad.

Dessert was “baked apples”.  (I had some apples on their last lives).

Dice one apple

Cover and heat in small sauce pan with sugar, cinnamon, 2 Tbsp water

Once reach desired level of tenderness pour into dessert cup

I always add a layer of crunchiness and then top with whipped cream!

Lazy Breakfast

This morning I had a bowl of Kashi with banana and a piece of toast.

It is only about 25 degrees here this morning so I am going to wait a bit before running.

Must come up with something to do today:  Whole Foods, Sams, Mall, Discovery Green?  Must decide.

Sweet Potato Goodness

Dinner was a sweet potato stuffed with apple chunks and topped with yogurt and cinnamon.

Here is my concoction all mixed up!

I cooked my sweet potato in the microwave.

Stuffed it with microwaved apple chunks, cinnamon, and sugar.

I then wrapped in tin foil and let it sit in oven while my hubby’s dinner was in there cooking.

 

Dessert was fro-yo with chocolate (more than pictured here).

Box Lunches

Today was my last day of class and I now have my certificate to mediate family law disputes.  I am pretty excited about this!

I have been eating boxed lunches all week in class, so I am excited to do some lunch planning next week, but here is a look at the last two days:

Friday was a Chick Fil A box.  I was not too excited about the sandwich.  It was breaded and greasy.  On the plus side it came with lots of lettuce and tomato toppings.

The box included my a fruit cup, brownie, and my favorite chips again!  The sandwich was so BIG that I only ate the fruit cup.  I saved the chips and took the brownie to my hubby.

Dinner last night was more stuffed acorn squash-see below.

This morning we got up before the sun and ran 5.5 miles with a 15 degree windchill.  (Yes I am in still in Houston and yes it is crazy!)

Being proud of myself for running this morning I treated myself to a donut for breakfast:

My donut looked like this with walnuts on top.  I forgot to take a picture. (Picture by americanbagelcomapny.com)

Saturday was pizza.  I had a this slice of veggie pizza (plus 1/2 another) and a side salad.

I dug into the Baked Lays from yesterday as a snack.