[FreeSpirit]

Woo hoo planning!

Breakfast: 1 banana, 1 cup of strawberries, 1 small bunch of grapes, 1/2 cup of lowfat granola.

Lunch: Tuna sandwhich on wheat bread with mustard and lettuce. Grapes. Diet Coke.

S: Carrots and lowfat ranch.

D: Dunno yet... whatever lovely MIL cooks. She cooks fairly healthy meals though, so I should be okay.

Water: Goal - 102 oz.

[sotypical]

Today has changed a bit:

I didn't have anything before I left for work so I just had my coffee and an energy bar when I got here.

The smoked salmon got put in the freezer so I am having tuna sandwitch today and will have smoked salmong tomorrow.

Snack will still be grapes.

Dinner will be left overs from last night - pasta!

[Stephanie Osborne]

Thursdays Plan of Attack: (and I do mean attack)

Coffee in the Morning
B: Cereal w/1%
S: Banana
L: Whole Wheat French Toast
S: Shrimp
D: Grilled LF Cheese on Whole Wheat Bread with Tom Soup (made with 1%)
De: Cadbury Choc 2 sq.

8 glasses of water

Exercise: Mile Run, Dancing

[Rosario]

Okay here goes:

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds ground chicken breast, available in the packaged meats case
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 (14-oz) can stewed tomatoes or fire-roasted chopped tomatoes
1 cup medium heat taco sauce
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained
1 cup frozen corn kernels
Salt
8 (8 inch) spinach flour tortillas, available on dairy aisle of market
2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar or shredded pepper jack
2 scallions, finely chopped

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil – twice around the pan. Add chicken and season with chili powder, cumin, and red onion. Brown the meat, 5 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes or fire-roasted chopped tomatoes and taco sauce. Add black beans and corn. Heat the mixture through, 2 to 3 minutes then season with salt, to your taste.

Coat a shallow baking dish with remaining extra-virgin olive oil, about 1 tablespoon oil. Cut the tortillas in half or quarters to make them easy to layer with. Build lasagna in layers of meat and beans, then tortillas, then cheese. Repeat: meat, tortilla, cheese again. Bake lasagna 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is brown and bubbly.

*you can use salsa instead of the taco sauce. that's what I use and it comes out yu-mmy!!

[Rosario]

Originally Posted by 2frustrated

Lunch
jacket potato with cottage cheese

Do you mind telling me what a jacket potato is??

Courtnie-the baked potato with salsa was freaking yum!!! I'm going to be having that again!!

[Glory87]

That's just how our Euro friends say "baked potato." The jacket is the skin.

[Rosario]

ohhh...thanks!

[sotypical]

Rosario - that sounds sooo yummy! I think I might have to try that! Probably the most complicated thing I have ever made but it sounds good! Any idea on calories, etc? I am glad you liked the potatoe

[Rosario]

courtnie-sorry I don't have any info on the calories. rachel ray is not known for posting all that info. First off, I don't use all those ingredients. I just enter what I use for the entire recipe in Fitday and then I get a total number of calories, fat, etc. Then I just divide by 4 (that's how many servings I get out of mine).

[sotypical]

Okay thanks! I will try it out, maybe on the weekend if I go get all the stuff I need. My boyfriend and I are trying to cut back on the food shopping for now, trying not to spend so much money, haha

[joyofsix]

B-2 egg spanish omelet, 1 very small cube homemade coffee cake (1"sq)
L-mixed baby greens, 3oz turkey ham, 1oz cheddar, 5 baby carrots, 1 apple, 9 wheat thins
S-strawaberries
D-1C spaghetti, 1/2 C sauce, broccoli, salad
S-1 Lindor ball, maybe popcorn too