Days 4 & 5 were weekend nights, Friday and Saturday. I feel like we are really in a good routine as far as breakfast and lunches. We are even doing OK as far as snacks. We really don't have any other options in the house so that helps out a lot! Dinners for Friday and Saturday were great...leftovers! You all know by now that I really like leftovers and I am not afraid to eat them up. Thanks to Fresh 20, we had leftovers from the Peanut Butter Pepper Chicken Stew and the Vegetable Casserole. These leftovers fed us on both days. I chose to save our last meal for the week for Sunday. I like to have a nice dinner on Sundays and we were having dinner guests.
Sunday morning I opted to change things up a bit with some whole wheat blueberry pancakes. Our family loves pancakes and I have been making this recipe for about three years now. I don't always add blueberries, but I had some that I just HAD to use and they made a lovely addition.
2 eggs
2 C milk
1/4 C vegetable oil
2 C Whole Wheat Flour
3 Tbsp Agave Nectar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 C unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 C blueberries (optional)
beat the eggs with a whisk until they are fluffy, then beat in the rest of the ingredients until smooth. If you are adding the blueberries, gently fold them in with a wooden spoon. I use an electric griddle on about 325. This recipe makes about 20 pancakes. Make the whole batch...if you have leftovers freeze them, defrost the night before use and pop them in the toaster for a couple of minutes to reheat. These make a great breakfast when you are in a hurry. Serve with pure maple syrup or a dollop of fresh whipping cream~
We had dinner guests on Sunday so I wanted to make it special. We had Greek Stuffed Chicken, salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, brown rice and basil, and whole wheat baguettes with real butter. I am very sad I didn't get any pictures. I had it all laid out buffet style in pretty serving dishes and it was very pleasing to the eye. I was really anticipating our guests reaction to our dinner. I am please to say they really enjoyed it and I got a lot of compliments on the chicken.
As far as today, we were in our normal routine for breakfast and lunch. G and I had leftover pancakes and milk. I had the day off today and I had about a million errands to run do rather than packing myself a lunch I opted to try my first experience with dining out. I chose one of our favorite restaurants...Chipotle. I normally have a big fat burrito bowl. Today I opted for the chicken salad. All the ingredients are good to go except the rice. It is white rice so I choose to leave it out. It was tasty even without the rice and it was a nice treat.
On another note, one of my errands today was grocery shopping. I went to Whole Foods today because I knew I could get the majority of my groceries there so off I went. I know in an earlier post I mentioned I was not too concerned with budget right now, but today I was able to stay within my normal weekly grocery allowance of $150. I even had to stock up on rice and olive oil :) So now I know it can be done. I think I will try a little harder to stick with my budget.
I have been looking forward to this dinner all day so I was excited to get home from the store and get busy. Tonight was grilled rib-eye, sauted carrots, zucchini, and green beans, and whole wheat couscous. Can I just say it was so good. I was so excited to eat I didn't get a picture of mine, but while G was trying to decide if he was going to eat I was able to snap a picture of his plate. Don't mind the pre-cut meat :)
I can officially day we are 7 days down and we are doing really well...If any of you out there are attempting this challenge I hope you are hanging in there. If you are on the fence try it, it is not that bad.
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