Ok, "Little Miss Recipe" found a great one. I used this on salmon the other day and chicken today. I happen to use honey occasionally and this is great..sure you could sub agave with same effect.

Mix up honey (agave) maybe 1/4 cup with a tablespoon of chili powder and a crushed garlic clove. I used the vitamix, but a blender or wisked would also work. I grilled some chicken on top of the stove using olive oil spray and creole seasoning (anything you like would work) When it was done, I painted it with the honey mixture, flipped it and coated the other side and let it cook in the bubbling stuff for a couple of minutes. OMG. Had a whole grain orzo/greek (cucumber/olive, tomato, feta) cold salad with it and also caprese salad. Happy husband, happy me...

**Dizzy, just saw your post after I completed this. Are you in phase 2 yet?
If so that greekish salad I was talking about would be great with a barbque. (I'll post the recipe if you want it)
If not, then how about marinating some good tomatos and cucumbers with some finely chopped vidalia onions in a balsamic vinegarette? Do it early in the morning or tonight and it will be great and very refreshing in this horrid heat. That is something I try to keep in the fridge all summer long..cooling and great when you want to forage in the fridge at night. Adding avocado to it is also wonderful.

Hi ladies,

TGIF!! I'm so jealous of you all with your heat! It's 11 C here today (that 52F) and there is a "light rain". There has been a "light rain" here forever and I'm so tired of it. On the up side, we did plant some grass seed last week and it's already up (although I would have thought it needed sun to grow but apparently not). Hopefully Sunday will be nice so I can buy my bedding plants and start planting (yep, short season here in Saskatchewan!).

Yesterday I signed up for a "bin service" at a local organic grocery store. Once a week they will prepare a bin of fruits & veggies for me and I just pick it up each Wednesday. I am having them choose all the produce for me so I will get out of my rut of buying the same thing everytime I go to the grocery store - I can't wait to get started.

I had my mom's birthday party last night - 18 people and it was inside 'cause it was raining (of course). I started out so good, just "snacking" on fruits & veggies, but then, I was so busy making sure everyone else was eating, drinking, etc., that my 1 glass of wine turned into a few more and I pretty much ended up drinking dinner instead of eating it. That'll probably show on the scale but I'm hoping on my weigh day on Monday I'm still down at least a pound as so far I'm still at 170 and have been all week.

I hope you all have a great week-end with your lovely weather:flow2:.

Pam