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.

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!

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

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!!

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!!

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

ohhh...thanks!

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

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).

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

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