April 6 - Ham Bone Chowder

Lemon water

Breakfast - leftover brown rice heated up with milk, peanut butter, pears, cinnamon, strawberries

Walk outside

Lunch - few sips of coconut water, santa fe salad (romaine, chicken, cheese, corn), ham bone soup

Dinner - Mongolian Barbecue - too many vegetables to name, chicken, pork, tiny bit of rice noodles, low-sugar curry sauce, garlic, sesame oil, ginger; diet pepsi

Link to: Ham Bone Chowder

Mongolian BBQ.  Loads of veggies and a low-sugar curry sauce!

Observation: noticed weight coming off my gut.  Finally. 150

April 2

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Dave's breakfast - greek yogurt, hempseed, peanut butter, mixed nuts, strawberries & chia soaked in coconut water, apples

Lunch - baked sweet potato, zucchini, mashed potatoes, smoked chicken; salad with mixed greens, feta cheese, tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumbers; milk

Dinner - Taco salad - greens, ground turkey, green onions, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, tiny bit of southwest dressing for flavor.  Probably has sugar in it.; milk

Dave's Breakfast

Lunch - chicken, sauteed zucchini and yellow squash, mashed potatoes, sweet potato, salad

Dinner - Tacos - minus the tortilla plus a bunch of greens and mushrooms

April 1 Conference Crepes!

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Made Crepes for everyone but I ate sweet potato pancakes instead, with all the berries and bananas and raw cashews.  YUM; milk

Lunch - Avocado toast, hard boiled egg, baked sweet potato, salad with edamame, feta, and tomato

Easter Dinner - smoked chicken, broccoli salad (this must have sugar in the dressing - so sweet), corn, mashed potatoes, cheese slices, smoked deviled eggs.

Breakfast - Sweet potato pancakes

Lunch - Baked sweet potato, hard boiled egg, avocado toast, salad

Smoked chicken, mashed potatoes, cheese, corn, broccoli salad, deviled eggs

March 31 - General Conference!

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Egg scramble with bell pepper, chicken sausage, onion, cheese, tomatoes

Lunch - pan-fried salmon, roasted cauliflower, zoodle salad with bell pepper and chicken sausage, avocado, tomatoes.  So delish while watching General Conference.

Dinner - turkey burgers, egg, roasted caulifower and brussels, greens, baked sweet potato

Breakfast - egg scramble

Lunch - pan fried salmon, zoodles, avocado, roasted veggies, tomatoes

Dinner - turkey burgers, egg, baked sweet potato, roasted veggies,greens

March 29

Lemon Water

Breakfast - chia soaked in coconut water, yogurt, hemp, strawberries, apples, mixed nuts, 60% cacao chips

Snack - peanut butter toast, dates, milk

Lunch - zoodle salad with chicken sausage (recipe below), mixed greens with onion & apple

Dinner - chicken salad, salad, another salad... carrots, grapes.  Pretty sure I came home and ate more -- baked sweet potato and something else.

Dave's breakfast minus the peanut butter - chia, yogurt, hemp, fruit, nuts

Stirred together, it isn't nearly as pretty. :-)  Just as delicious, though!

Snack - peanut butter toast and dates; milk

Lunch - Zoodle sausage salad (recipe below), mixed greens salad

Dinner - Relief Society dinner.
I didn't eat the croissant, but I ate the chicken salad inside it.

Mealthy: Zucchini Noodles with Chicken Sausage, Tomato, and Basil

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed
• 4 chicken sausage links, sliced
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• 4 zucchinis, spiralized using the 3mm blade and trimmed
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage in hot oil until heated through, about 5 minutes; remove sausage with a slotted spoon to a plate.
2. Fry garlic in oil remaining in skillet until fragrant, about 30 seconds; add tomatoes and stir while cooking for 1 minute.
3. Toss zucchini with the tomato mixture and cook until softened, about 3 minutes; season with basil, salt, and pepper.
4. Remove skillet from heat. Divide zucchini noodle mixture between four bowls; top with sausage, red pepper flakes, and grated Parmesan cheese.

March 27

Breakfast - repeat of the other morning.  Just so good.

Tuna on toast, Roasted onions and sweet potatoes, green salad

This looks so gross, but the lighting was bad.  We ate dinner on the back porch.
Zoodles with onions & ground turkey topped with cheese, corn, veggies

March 19

March 19

Lemon Water

Grapefruit Juice

Carrots & Hummus

Zoodle salad, smoked chicken, mashed potatoes

Veggies, hummus, sweet potatoes

Carrot Sticks & Homemade Hummus

Zoodle salad, smoked chicken, mashed potatoes

Veggies & Hummus

Curly fry sweet potatoes

Day 19

March 10

Breakfast - avocado toast, fried egg, raw veggies, milk
Lunch - Turkey/vegetable soup, steamed broccoli and caulifower, roasted carrot, sweet potato pancakes, hard boiled egg
Dinner - zoodles with feta, sweet potato pancakes, salmon, salad (Costco Southwest salad with chicken - minus tortilla strips), milk

Breakfast - avocado toast, fried egg, raw veggies

Lunch (partially eaten before I remembered to take a picture - oops)
Turkey/vegetable soup, steamed veggies, sweet potato pancakes, hard boiled egg

Dinner - zoodles with feta, sweet potato pancakes, salmon, salad

Day 18

March 9

Breakfast - Greek yogurt, plain mixed nuts, peanut butter, apple, grapes, hempseed, chia seeds, stevia.  Thanks, Mom!

Lunch - Salad from Mangos restaurant - chicken, lettuce, cheese, tomato, avocado.  Chicken was gross and the salad was generally flavorless.  Won't try that again.  I didn't eat the taco bowl.

Dinner - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Super Satisfying breakfast invented by Dave, made by Mom.
Usually sweetened with honey but I threw a little stevia in there instead.

Mangos salad from Mangos restaurant Mesa.  Just no.

Dinner - more like a nighttime snack really - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Day 16

March 7

7:00 lemon water

8:30 oat groats, milk, berries, stevia

Walk around the neighborhood with Mom

12:45 Lunch - chili lime chicken, roasted potatoes, butternut squash, brussels sprouts, tomatoes, grapes

6:30 Dinner - hamburger vegetable soup (my favorite soup - recipe below); caprese salad - fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil, salt, pepper, balsamic glaze;  milk

I had a few clementines sprinkled throughout the day... They're so good right now.

Hamburger Vegetable Soup

(Mom Anderson)

1/2 pound ground hamburger or turkey (I always use turkey)

Brown, drain, set aside

2 Carrots

3 Celery stalks

2 large Potatoes

2 small Onions

2 small Zucchini (I usually use one plus a yellow squash)

4 cups water, 4 tsp beef or chicken bouillon

Salt, Pepper, Italian seasoning (about 2 tsp is probably good), Garlic powder

Bring veg, bouillon, & seasonings to a boil, reduce heat, cover, simmer for 15 min.

Add:

hamburger or turkey,

1 small Napa cabbage

Large can (2 regular cans) crushed or diced tomatoes

2 cans of beans with hamburger & cabbage -- pinto, black, kidney, etc.

Bring to boil, simmer for 5-10 min until tender

156.0

Day 1 Sweet Potato pancakes!

February 20

(I'll write the basics of what I eat, but I'm not going to include every time I have a glass of water.  I drink water in between every meal.)

Breakfast: Carnation (made with sugar - gotta change this morning habit)

Lunch: 1/2 Avocado on toast, Sweet potato pancakes with a little butter

Hungry before dinner ,- ate some black olives

Dinner: Kale salad, Diet Coke - w/Kirsten at Liberty Market

Passed up candy at Jr high openhouse, hot chocolate at home, yay me

2-Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes

Author: Sinful Nutrition

Recipe type: Breakfast

Serves: 3-4 pancakes

 

Ingredients

• 1 small sweet potato
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract*
• ½ tsp cinnamon*
• *optional

Instructions

1. Rinse and pierce sweet potato with a fork.
2. Microwave on high for 3 minutes, or until tender.
3. Let cool, and peel off skin.
4. Add flesh of sweet potato to blender.
5. Add eggs, and optional ingredients if using, and blend until smooth.
6. Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat.
7. Coat with non-stick spray.
8. Pour batter into 2-inch diameter circles in skillet.
9. Let cook 2-3 minutes, or until brown, flip, and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
10. Top with butter, maple syrup, and cinnamon if desired.

160.4