What's for dinner tonight?

[big brown horse]

Me too Okie! What are you serving along side it? Oh I think you said carrots and you snuck in a few potatoes...

Lets see, I think we will also have a nice big salad full of fresh lettuces, raw broccoli, carrots and red bell peppers. I also have carrots and big hunks of onion in with the roast.

For lunch today I am making a biggy salad full of the same things mentioned above, a dollop of full fat cottage cheese and a nice, creamy parm dressing. I also baked some chicken breasts (skin on).

The other day at a local diner they had a russet potato the size of a person's head on display!!! Everyone took photos with their phones! (Not me b/c my phone is dumb.)

 

[okiegirl1]

".... my phone is dumb....." that's funny!

my lunch was pretty today.
(Gosh, I hope I'm doing this right...)
I had a sliced tomato, a sliced avacado, a dollop of cream cheese, a bunch of celery, some natural peanut butter, a chunk of cheddar and two slices of smoked turkey.

I know, it was this and that, nothing matched, but it was yummy!

 

[big brown horse]

".... my phone is dumb....." that's funny!

my lunch was pretty today.
(Gosh, I hope I'm doing this right...)
I had a sliced tomato, a sliced avacado, a dollop of cream cheese, a bunch of celery, some natural peanut butter, a chunk of cheddar and two slices of smoked turkey.

I know, it was this and that, nothing matched, but it was yummy!

Cant takd credit for that line, Dace got me addicted to saying things are "dumb"...it is a perfect word isn't it?!

Sounds yummy to me!

My daughter has an old box of "goldfish" and did you know that 55 goldfish = 20g carbs? Dont ask. But I got as close as grabbing a handfull to begin counting....put them back and instead I reached for some salted nuts. Close call!

 

[okiegirl1]

so I THOUGHT I was doing good yesterday, I grabbed a yogurt for breakfast. not thinkin, just ate it and went about my day. Just 'cause I was curious, I looked at the carbs. 31 CARBS!!!!! I about died! especially since I ate two whole grain tortillas for lunch. (at 19 each by the way) needless to say, yesterday wansn't so good.

but oh well, yesterdays gone. I just keep trying to get better every day.

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I hate that one time you just grab a product & start eating it, THEN read the label, there is always something that you would prefer not to eat. It's mostly a habit now, but I still slip up. Like the gum I bought today: Medium Chain Triglycerides, soy lecithin, modified food starch, ASPERTAME!!!
Yeah, it's in the trash now.

 

[keljonma]

We had pancakes and real maple syrup.

 

[Dace]

I am going to indulge my patient meat eaters tonight since the last several nights have been meat free

Beef fajitas with citrus marinade and lots of bell pepper, onion and mushrooms with home canned pinto beans......I'll be skipping the tortillas.

 

[freemotion]

We had pancakes and real maple syrup.

Oh, shut UP! Don't you know I am pms'ing and it is COLD here???

 

[GardenWeasel]

Dace, I would love to elaborate on my pumpkin soup. Roasted 1/2 of a medium $1 after Halloween pumpkin, we bought for the chickens but I had to see if it was too stringy for us, not. Sauted 3 cloves of garlic with probably 3 jalapenos, 3 or 4 serrano peppers and some under developed Big Jim peppers in coconut oil. Added 2 cans of full fat coconut milk and one pint of my own homemade chicken broth. Thought about curry and chickened out. Seasoned with salt, pepper, extra garlic powder and a pinch of paprika and tumeric. Added a tablespoon of my pickled hot peppers. The perfect touch was that added acid. I had a bumper crop of peppers this year. They are still going. Did you ever make the Captain Morgan?

 

[Dace]

Dace, I would love to elaborate on my pumpkin soup. Roasted 1/2 of a medium $1 after Halloween pumpkin, we bought for the chickens but I had to see if it was too stringy for us, not. Sauted 3 cloves of garlic with probably 3 jalapenos, 3 or 4 serrano peppers and some under developed Big Jim peppers in coconut oil. Added 2 cans of full fat coconut milk and one pint of my own homemade chicken broth. Thought about curry and chickened out. Seasoned with salt, pepper, extra garlic powder and a pinch of paprika and tumeric. Added a tablespoon of my pickled hot peppers. The perfect touch was that added acid. I had a bumper crop of peppers this year. They are still going. Did you ever make the Captain Morgan?

yummmmm that sounds great....I have a pumpkin sitting here waiting for me to do something with it. The chickens had no interest in the raw pumpkin that I gave them so I am thinking of cooking this one up for them. Maybe I will keep some for soup.

I have not made the CM yet, but really want to! I will post results hen we do get to it. I also want to make some Bailieys for the ladies in the family...we all love it.