TGIT

Hola :)

Well yesterday was a very busy day, I had work, gym then a class at night for work. I got home around 9ish and relaxed for a bit. I'll do a quick recap of the foodage for ya ;)

breakfast was oatmeal (usual) I also brought hot chocolate since it was snowy and freezing!!! Lunch was Yoplait yogurt and an apple (my belly was miserable something is just not right with it!!) I snacked on a bunch of pretzels to try to settle it before the gym but no such luck! I did 2.25 miles on the treadmill and came home to shower and eat before class. I had some grapes and chex mix while toasting my bread for dinner. I had a cinnamon raisin PB and Jelly sammy on ww. I also had a few pita chips on the side, These Stacy's multi grain ones are GREAT! Then right next to the building where my class was was a Dunkin Donuts so I got a medium decaf hazelnut with skim milk and splenda. MMM Class was on Asthma in the classroom I need 8 CEU's a year. I've got 4 so far ;) When I got home I had to choc chip peanut butter cookies and pretty much passed out.

Onto today, After a great night of sleep I felt well rested but my stomach HATES ME!!! I had a bowl of Kashi Oat Flakes & Wild Blueberry Clusters with a banana, cinnamon and Silk Light Original. I also brought my mug o' coffee with me :)

Lunch was an apple with cottage cheese. I was feeling pretty crappy at lunch so I held off and ate at nap time. I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the treadmill and some weights. I came home relaxed and got to make some 3 cheese tortellini and had the mediteranean pasta sauce my dad had made.. MMM I also had a salad on the side with some creamy italian dressing. After dinner and doing a few things I made Adam one of those microwave cakes that I make all the time. I tried to make it a bit healthier though and used 3 tbsp of applesauce instead of oil. Adam said he thought it tasted better than with the oil!! WOOOHOO I of course ate a few bites (maybe more than a few) haha and now I'm checking out some flower girl dresses online since we are going to Adam's brothers house Saturday to watch a car race and get haircuts! I will be trying out wedding hairstyles while the boys watch the race. I'm excited!!! Well I hope you all had a great Thursday and have an awesome Friday!!!

Some Relaxing And Some Cooking...

I ended up being lazy this afternoon and looking up wedding dresses online :-D I then got bored and made some chickpea cutlets from Vcon. I then layed down and watched more Married With Children until Adam got home from work. After he got out of the shower I got everything out to make these yummy burgers:

Apple Maple Turkey Burgers with Maple-Dijon Sauce

4 servings

For Maple-Dijon Sauce:

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons real maple syrup

For Burgers:

1 1/4 pounds ground turkey breast

1/4 cup real bacon bits

1/2 cup chunky applesauce

1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

2 tablespoons real maple syrup

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Hamburger Buns

Hamburger condiments
Set up grill for direct cooking over medium heat. Oil grate when ready to start cooking.

For Maple-Dijon Sauce:

in a small bowl, stir to combine mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and 2 tablespoons maple syrup; set aside.
For Turkey Burgers: In a medium bowl, mix together all ingredients for burgers. Wet hands to prevent sticking and shape into 4 patties.
Place burgers on hot oiled grill for 5 to 6 minutes per side or until done.
Serve on buns with traditional burger condiments and a dollop of maple-Dijon sauce.
Note - Indoor: Prepare burgers as directed. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat. When oil is hot add burgers and cook 5 to 7 minutes per side or until done.

I used chicken instead of turkey and left out the maple Dijon sauce, and the bacon bits on ours. I also had half a sweet potato and a couple of Adam's fries on the side. While cooking Adam and I split a Blue Moon Harvest Moon. YUM! YUM! This dinner totally hit the spot! After dinner we cleaned up and ran out to get some cake decorating frosting for Joe's cake tomorrow. We stopped by my parents house also to pick up the cake holder.When we got home Adam tried my cookies I made and of course I had a couple more. I need to get these out of the house, I'm glad it made a big batch or I would be baking more for NYE!!! HAHAH I'm going to watch some more tv and hope I can stay up as late as possible so I'm not up too early tomorrow, 8 was perfect this morning. I plan on a nice long walk on the treadmill tomorrow since its gonna be a birthday cake kinda night :-D

Relax On My Day Off?!?!? NOPE!

I was up at 8 this morning and checked my email and brewed up some coffee. I decided on a bowl of oats with cinnamon, banana and some soynog. YUM! I then got to baking for NYE, I decided on a very easy recipe from Bisquick:

Quick Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookie baking with Bisquick® mix eliminates the additional measuring that comes with scratch baking.
Prep Time:1 hr 20 min
Start to Finish:1 hr 20 min
Makes:About 4 1/2 dozen cookies

1/2
cup butter or margarine, softened
1
cup packed brown sugar
2
teaspoons vanilla
1
egg
2 3/4
cups Original Bisquick® mix
1
cup semisweet chocolate chips (6 oz)
1/2
cup chopped nuts, if desired
1.
Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, mix butter, brown sugar, vanilla and egg. Stir in Bisquick mix, chocolate chips and nuts.
2.
Onto ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart; flatten slightly.
3.
Bake about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 400°F.
Nutrition Information
1 Serving: Calories 70 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 10g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 6g); Protein 0g

I left out the nuts and used m&ms instead of chocolate chips since I had an evil bag of them taunting me ;)

I scrubbed the shower and got my tiny hiney off to the gym :-p I watched Rachel Ray and switched over to Married With Children (I love this show!!) during commericals. I did about 2.5 miles and then did some weights. I came home and putzed around then got in the shower, I love being able to have no time constraints! I tried to figure out what I wanted for lunch and decided on tuna with some mayo and celery on a ww English muffin with a pickle. My favorite lunch ever!! I then had to try out my cookies.. to make sure no one gets sick on NYE of course ;) I had 2 and then was in the mode of eating crap so I had 5 chocolate covered peanuts. I have now "shut" the kitchen until much much later!! I'm now catching up on some blogs and watching Made on MTV. I know I'm going to start to go stir crazy soon, something else will be getting cleaned in the near future :-P

Hope you having a wonderful Monday, see you tonight for dinner.

One More Day To Go!

Hiya All!

I hope you all had a great Monday! Mine wasn't too bad at all :-D For breakfast I had a bowl of oats with a banana, cinnamon, and some lf vanilla soy milk. I brought a mug of hot chocolate with me to work on this FREEZING day in Jersey! It was about 13 degrees, its just nuts!

On my lunch break I ran over to the insurance company to get everything settled and thank goodness that is DONE! I came back and inhaled my Dannon Light and Fit with 1/4 cup cheerios and some pineapple. I also had a chocolate covered pretzel at snack time with the kiddies.

After work I went and picked up my dad to go to Joe's bowling match, he kicked butt! I left a tad early and come home to have an almond butter and jelly sandwich on an Arnold Sandwich Thin, I also had a half of a sweet potato that I made in the microwave. When I was toasting my bread and cooking the potato I had about a cup of grapes. I then had one of the Double Chocolate Explosion Cookie Vive Le Vegan. YUM!! I'm now relaxing and catching up on my blogs.

So is everyone set for Christmas? I'm almost done! Just one more giftcard to go :-D

I hope everyone has a great night! See you tomorrow :-D

MMM Applebees

Ok since I had a yucky day, Adam decided to take me to Applebees after we went and looked at some Christmas lights :) I got a Blue Moon and the Smothered Grilled Chicken which is A grilled chicken breast smothered with sautéed mushrooms, peppers, onions, and melted Monterey Jack & cheddar cheeses. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. I got mine thought without the cheese since my tummy is not a fan. I ate about half of the chicken all of the most of the veggies and a few bites of the potatoes. I also had 2 of Adam's shrimp that he got with his steak and some of his salad. We then got coffee, I got a decaf so I can sleep and Adam got dessert which was the Chocolate Mousse
Decadent Oreo® chunks, chocolate mousse and whipped cream make this a rich and creamy treat. I also had 2 bites of this.. YUM!! We came home and I needed to bake, since I had the urge since this afternoon. I went to my Vive Le Vegan Cookbook and made up a batch of Double Chocolate Almond Explosion Cookies without the almonds. I used peanut butter and chocolate chips in it. Adam just tried one and he is in love with them! He can't believe they're vegan except for the chocolate chips! I'm so happy when people enjoy what I make :-D Totally made my night! I'm off to relax and go to bed so I can be up early to get my arse to the gym! After all my eating today I really need it ;) Have a wonderful night!!

Hiya

Well I had another busy one today! Those kids are amped up I think the Halloween candy is seeping into their veins even though they haven't gotten it yet!

For breakfast this morning it was the usual wegmans oats and honey with strawberries cereal, fiber one, banana, cinnamon and skim milk. I also brought m travel mug of coffee with me :)

Lunch was a HUGE apple with cottage cheese and 2 chocolate chip cookies. MMM!

I walked home after work and had some walnuts before the gym. I did about 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights and came home.

I had leftver salmon and veggies with a few fries for dinner (I ate some of the salmon before I took the picture.. I was hungry), I also had a few bites of some vcon baked beans that I made a LONG TIME AGO that we defrosted. They were still awesome! (Adam had them with his dinner) We then were off to Old Navy where I got a Halloween shirt and a new sweater :-D We then went to Barnes and Nobles for our "Date" night, I had a diet rootbeer and a few bites of Adam's Peanutbutter cup cookie. We read some magazines and ended up buying the new Weird New Jersey. I love these magazines, its so much fun since I know where alot of the places are in it. It was then off to Walmart to pick up a few things and now we are home relaxing and watching tv. I had some of my apple crumble because I needed something sweet. (ok I really just wanted it!!) I'm hoping it doesn't rain tomorrow because my brother has a football game at 2 and Adam and are planned to go for a nice walk in the am.. but we will see.. If not I'll be going to the gym and doing laundry, and maybe some cleaning around the apt.

I hope everyone had a great Friday! See you tomorrow morning :-D
I'm having trouble uploading the pictures.. so I'll just leave you with my ramblings :-P

Another Fun Filled Day of Crazy!

Hi all!

Hope you all had a quick day like I did! These days are flying by! I didn't sleep well last night and was up an hour before my alarm :( I finally got out of bed around 7:15 and started my day. I had my bowl of Wegmans Cereal, Oats & Honey, With Strawberries. I also added in some Fiber One and of course a banana, cinnamon and unsweetened vanilla almond breeze. I brought my travel mug of coffee with me too.

Lunch was alittle disappointing, we got an antipasto from a pizza/wrap place. It was great last time but this time it was very oily, I should've stopped eating it but was too busy talking to another teacher to want to stop and get up to get my yogurt out of the fridge. I also had an apple with my oily greens, cheese, and olives. I walked home before eating lunch just to get out and move since I drove to work today. At snacktime I had a chocolate chip cookie, I can't wait for these to be out of the school. They are the DEVIL!!!

I then was off to the gym after work, I did about 2.10 miles on the treadmill and some weights and came home since we were taking Adam's mom out to dinner. I came home showered and got ready to go. I snacked on a few nuts before leaving because I was starving...

We went to a place in Brielle called Simkos, I got the blacked salmon, fries and veggies it also came with a salad, which I had with honey mustard dressing. I also had a Blue Moon with dinner. I was so bad today and didn't take pictures of anything except breakfast!! BAD BLOGGER!! I'm so full now and feeling yucky! I know its a mixture of hormones and just eating too much. Atleast tomorrow is another day! Hope ya'll had a good one!

Thank Goodness Its Almost Friday :-D

Here's my recap run down, breakfast was the usual Special K Vanilla Almond with a banana, cinnamon and LF Vanilla soymilk. I brought my big old travel mug of coffee since I was FREEZING today! I walked to work and the wind was blowing pretty good, I was pretty chilly with just a long sleeve shirt and a sweatshirt on. For lunch I had some Dannon Light and Fit and cantaloupe and a few pretzels since I wanted CRUNCHIENESS! I was going to go to the gym since Adam had to be up early and did not want to go to his nephews football game tonight, then I heard there was a beached whale on a beach near my house so we went up to the boardwalk. Before we left I snacked on some walnuts since I was feeling munchie. There was no Whale there, but we had a nice little walk. Nothing long at all, it was breezy up there but it was nice to go up there during the day.

We stopped by the health food store that I used to work at so Adam could pick up some veggies, so I just had to get one of my favorite sandwiches from when I used to work there. Its a vegetarian chicken salad sammy on sprouted bread, it had carrots and celery mixed in too. I also had some pickles and a honey wheat pretzel to go with it. It really fills me up, but not enough to not want to bake. My parents had some Bisquick at home that needed to be used up so they called me to bake them some coffee cake. Here's the recipe I use http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeID=35943&Source=SearchResultPage it is my dad's favorite so I couldn't say no ;)

I also had to retry baking Dreena's Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies from Vive Le Vegan since I had no idea what I did wrong last time, and this time they came out perfect! Thank goodness!! :)

Adam wanted me to tell everyone Hello :)

I hope everyone had a great Thursday! One more day until the weekend!!

Sunday Funday

Ok it was another busy busy day today!! I was awake at 6:30 which gets on my nerves! I wake up at 7:30 during the week but on the weekends I somehow can't sleep past 6:30. What is the deal?!?!? I got up around 7:30 and read some blogs and just sat in the quietness :-D When Adam woke up around 8:30 I was definitely ready for some breakfast. I had a cup of Irish Cream Coffee (we got this at Wegmans and its awesome!) I also had 2 low fat Aunt Jamima waffles with some margarine and sf syrup, I also had about half a banana on the side. The pic is only showing part of it. I was hungry and ate some of it before I pulled out the camera ;)

We were then off to the mall to do some registering at Macy's. By the time we were done it was around 1 and we were both starving! I got a ff Chocolate Banana Vivanno from Starbucks, at ate more than a few bites of some yummy pizza Adam got from Sbarro (I love their pizza!)

We were then off to get our haircut at Adam's brothers' house. His wife cuts our hair so while Adam was getting his done I watched his nephew play wii. Then it was my turn, I just got a trim since I want it nice and long for the wedding. We then went over to my Aunt's house since it was sort of on our way home and I haven't seen them in awhile. We hung out there and munched on a few chips and talked. I started to get a headache around 5:30 and realized I need FOOD!!! So we came home and I had leftover Annie's Mac and Cheese with a half can of tuna and some red peppers on the side. OOPPS I realized that I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture! I started to feel better, it was definitely a "hi I need food headache" We then went to my parent's and Adam's moms to drop off leftovers from last night for both of them to try. I was finally home for good around 6:45 after going since 10:30 this morning and was ready to relax. I lit a new candle I got from Yankee Candle (Autumn Leaves) and am eating a chocolate chip cookie and drinking some water. Gotta rest up for another work week!

I hope everyone had a nice Sunday! See you tomorrow night :-D