November 26, 2008

Cold soup?

So while out at lunch buying wine, I didn’t bring a lunch today so I decided to stop by Subway.  They have mini-sub sandwiches that come in around 180 calories.  I get the ham and she literally puts two extremely thin slices on the bun and asks what toppings I want.  I ask “is that all the ham you put on there?” to which she replied:...
November 26, 2008

My Friday!

Yippee!  Hopefully today will go by fast!  Rumor is we are getting let go at 3:00 today, but you never know so I am not going to get my hopes up! Tony did the Sam’s club shopping this morning, so its one last trip to the grocery store tonight and we are all set.  I am going to the liquor store at lunch – they...
November 26, 2008

Comfort food. . .

Tony once was a guest to a home in Texas and the hostess asked “have you ever had chicken fried steak?”  Tony’s reply: “No!” What he received was crispy cube steak smothered in pan gravy with mashed potatoes.  Tonight I tried to reinvent that recipe.  The results?  Um, not as flavorful, not as crispy and the meat wasn’t as moist.  So I am going to try...
November 26, 2008

Another sammie

Having that Potbelly sandwich yesterday and going through the fridge this morning, I realized I had some corned beef I needed to use up.  My sandwich was 1 oz. of french bread, 1.5 ounce corned beef, .5 ounce muenster cheese and pickled jalapenos!  With orange slices and I believe the last of the Taco soup! So Tony and I are going to finalize the Thanksgiving menu...
November 25, 2008

Sunshine snowflake oatmeal

Since almost everyone in food blogosphere has oatmeal for breakfast, I decided to make some too.  It’s so quick with the minute oats.  I usually make it at home and then warm it up at work.  Today’s oatmeal had 2 ounces of sliced banana, 1 tablespoon of Planter’s granola mix and 1 teaspoon of coconut – the coconut actually made this oatmeal!  I had every...
November 25, 2008

Chicken stir fry and wonton soup

I’ve had a craving for wonton soup for a while.  The last one I had was store bought, and had shrimp in it.  I knew I had ground chicken I needed to use up, so I decided to use that as a filling.  But before that, I picked up these garlic rounds at the Fresh Market that are so addicting!  I remembered I had goat...
November 25, 2008

We have turkey!

Tony and I have had problems in the past of chickens and turkeys not thawing all the way through, so we decided to take that part out of the equation this year!  It’s a bit more expensive, but luckily I was able to find an 11 pound turkey!   And I love this grocery store, its the closest thing we have to Whole Foods, and its called...
November 24, 2008

Snow?

I woke up this morning to see a film of snow all over the back yard, but it won’t last – its supposed to be in the 40’s today!  No walk for Ed this morning, its a late start for Hannah and I slept in! Breakfast: 1.25 ounce bread 1 egg 1/2 ounce swiss cheese orange/grapefruit medley! At lunch today I am on the hunt...
November 24, 2008

Fall Follies and Yummy Dinner!

What an enjoyable afternoon we had!  My daughters school musical department is AMAZING!  Out of the 2000 kids that go to high school there, 450 kids are in Fall Follies, the first big musical production of the school year.  My mom always says that when she sees these performances, she said that if she closed her eyes she would think she’s in downtown Chicago.  It...
November 24, 2008

Blueberry Breakfast

I had about 1/4 cup of blueberries leftover and found this recipe on www.recipezaar.com to see what kind of pancake I could come up with.  A couple tweaks later, this is the recipe I made for Hannah: 1/3 cup oats 1/4 blueberries 2 tablespoons skim milk 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon water 1/4 tsp. baking powder sugar free syrup I on the otherhand am happy...
November 23, 2008