April 12

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Steel-cut oats made overnight in the rice cooker, strawberries, sliced almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna & cheese broiled on Ezekiel bread English muffin, sauteed zucchini & mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, nutritional yeast; spinach with apples & strawberries; grapes

Breakfast - steel-cut oats, milk, strawberries, almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna melt, spinach salad, sauteed mushrooms & zucchini

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 5

Lemon Water
Breakfast - egg, sweet potato pancakes, "mush" (maltomeal - I make it with milk and no salt), strawberries
Lunch - brown rice & lentils, roasted caulifower with turmeric, carrots, edamame
Dinner - small bowl of ham bone soup

Breakfast - sweet potato pancakes, egg, mush

Link to: Ham Bone Chowder

April 4

Lemon Water

Breakfast - 2 toasts, pero/postum

Bike Ride / Zumba / Bike ride

Protein shake with banana and almonds
Lunch - smoked chicken, roasted veggies, carrots, avocado
Dinner - sweet potato pancakes, chia strawberry "jam," bacon, 3 sausage links, milk

Breakfast - Avocado toast and PB & Chia Jam toast

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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 30

Lemon Water

Breakfast - peanut butter and strawberry chia "Jam" on toast.  I mashed strawberries and mixed them with chia seeds and a little water to make me a jar of jam.

Lunch - Another breakfast. :)   Sweet potato pancakes, roasted potatoes, greek yogurt, strawberries

Dinner - turkey burger with ezekiel bread bun, lettuce, tomato, onion; roasted and fresh veggies

Breakfast - peanut butter and chia jam toast

Lunch - sweet potato pancakes, roasted potatoes, yogurt, granola, strawberries

Dinner - turkey burger on an ezekiel bread bun, roasted veggies, bell pepper

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 21

March 21

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs with cheese, toast, avocado, bell pepper

Lunch - chicken, roasted carrot and cauliflower (with turmeric), spinach, bell peppers, yogurt, granola, strawberries (on sale - yay!).

Snack - sugarfree chocolate almonds from my sweetest visiting teaching partner.  The wrapped ones (Dove chocolate) will be Easter treats for the kids.

Dinner - chicken, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic; strawberries on the side

Link to Dinner recipe:  Chicken with Garlic Potatoes and Asparagus

March 17

March 17

Dave's breakfast - yogurt, strawberries, grapes, peanut butter, chia, hemp; pero/postum

Chicken, roasted onions, cucumbers, avocado, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, fruit

Toast & milk & sweet potato chips for a light dinner

Sweet potato chips fail.  I ate all the good ones.

March 16

March 16

Granola & Strawberries, pero/postum

Yakisoba minus the ramen noodles & sauce plus zoodles.  So good.

Village Inn pot roast dinner was way good.  Lots better than I expected.
 I also had a side salad and diet pepsi.