One Week Old 9/13/11

My very first picture 9/6/2011

Food Rules

I just finished reading this great book. It is short and to the point which I loved. It's all about good, quality eating and not depending on fad diets to loose weight and stay health. Some of the food rules that I am following or plan to follow:

• #2 Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food
• #4 Avoid foods with high fructose corn syrup
• #6 Avoid foods that contain more than 6 ingredients
• #12 Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle
• #13 Eat only foods that will eventually rot
• #20 It's not food if it arrived in the window of your car
• #25 Eat your colors
• #34 Sweeten and salt your food yourself
• #46 Stop eating before you're full
• #40 Eat Slowly

GREAT BOOK!!!! Check it out!!

Lunch at Ruby Tuesdays......

DELISH!!!!!!!

Sorry for the poor quality picture. Restaurant lighting =D

Cheesy Chicken Parmesan

Last night for dinner we had chicken parmesan! Grilled of course =D

To make it. I dredged chicken tenderloins in egg whites, then a mixture of onion powder, garlic powder and italian seasonings. I heated an iron skillet and sprayed it with zero calorie spray. I then cooked the chicken in the skillet until done. I then poured marinara sauce on the chicken (homemade) and topped it with plenty of fat free shredded mozzarella. Put a lid on it and cook until sauce is heated and cheese is melted. YUM! I served it with a side of broccoli and corn on the cob.

For 3 servings:

1 Pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup marinara sauce

3/4 cup shredded fat free mozzarella cheese

Calories per serving : 272

Calories of Olive Garden chicken parmesan: 1090 (per the OG website)

Hummus, Salad & Pita

For lunch today I made myself a plate of salad, pita, and home made hummus. My pita was 100% whole wheat. For lunch this week I made myself a huge bowl of salad to split. My salad consists of tomatoes, cucumbers, hearts of palm, and lemon juice. I also made a big bowl of hummus for this week. To make the hummus I used:

2 cans garbanzo beans (chickpeas)

2 cans artichoke harts

the juice of 3 lemons

2 garlic cloves

3/4 cup EVOO

I put all the ingredients except for the EVOO in a food processor and blended it until smooth. Then I drizzled in the EVOO while blending. You can also add tahini paste or red pepper if you like.

Loaded Waffle-tastic Yogurt

This morning for breakfast I had some loaded yogurt. My bowl included:

2 Nutri-Grain Waffles

1 Banana

1 package strawberry 100 calorie cupcakes

1 6oz Dannon light and fit vanilla yogurt

Great way to start a Monday!!!