Day Two hundred and sixty

Dinner: Chicken marsala (McCormick recipe, adapted for the crockpot) over egg noodles, steamed zucchini and broccoli over romaine lettuce, and watermelon.  A perfect dinner to come home to after an afternoon at the pool!

Day Two hundred and forty-five

Dinner: Big Salad.  Steamed carrots and broccoli, fresh zucchini and red peppers, sliced hard-boiled eggs, baby spinach and romaine lettuce, homemade croutons (from ciabatta rolls), and fresh berries.

Day One hundred and fifty-four

Dinner: Big Salad (steamed broccoli and carrots, romaine lettuce, baby spinach, cucumbers, red pepper, chickpeas, crunchy noodles, hard boiled eggs, grape tomatoes, and strawberries.

Day One hundred and twenty-three

Dinner: Chicken or beef burgers (chicken for the girls and I; beef for my husband) on whole grain sandwich thins with romaine lettuce and tomato, egg noodles in a light cream sauce, vegetable medley, and orange slices. Eating vegetable medley is getting really old, but good vegetable options are so much more limited in the winter, and I feel better knowing we are at least getting variety. I vow to find something more interesting the next time I'm at the store!

Day One hundred and fifteen

Lunch: Scrambled eggs with shredded low fat cheese, carrot sticks, and sliced apple. I wasn't actually intending to make this for lunch, but when three eggs accidentally cracked as we took them out to boil for dinner, I decided eggs it was!


Veggies in the steamer-- two lbs. of organic baby carrots, two heads of broccoli, and two heads of cauliflower. Some of this ended up being...

Purees for the freezer: Cauliflower



Purees for the freezer: Carrot



And the rest of the steamed veggies ended up being...
Dinner: Big Salad (steamed broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots; romaine lettuce and baby spinach, garbanzo beans, crunchy noodles, and sliced hard-boiled eggs, with light ranch.


Fruit salad with "fairy dust" (aka cinnamon)

Day One hundred and fourteen

Dinner: Turkey and black bean tacos (with pureed sweet potato), romaine lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, light sour cream, and avocado; and a side of frozen blueberries. This is one of those meals where I could just kiss myself for thinking ahead. Last week when I made turkey nachos, I froze two extra batches of taco meat. When my afternoon went awry today and I had to abandon my original dinner plan, I quickly thawed a batch of taco meat, prepped the sides, and bam, dinner. I will also thank my husband for investing in the chest freezer, allowing us to have space to store said taco meat. ;)

Day One hundred and twelve

Lunch: Chicken tortilla soup (Recipe: modified from Rachel Ray). This is one of the quickest lunches, and was perfect since my daughter was home sick from school and needed something steamy.

Breakfast: Pineapple orange smoothie.

Dinner: Chicken patties on whole wheat buns with romaine lettuce, mozzarella sticks, and leftover asparagus. My daughter had seen chicken patties at school, and never having had them before, begged to have them one night for dinner. My husband was so kind as to indulge her, and she loved them.