A very good thanksgiving!

I feel so blessed to have the people I do in our life; may not have much "family" but I was overfilled with joy to share time with the people who I feel are my family… cherished friendships... children growing up… new editions...looking forward to spending more quality time with each and everyone of them… and then of course there is the food…

I really indulged; 2 days in a row!  And the wknd before! 

And then there are ham and/or turkey sandwiches!  And you cannot waste all different desserts that get packed for you as takeaways on your way home! They were sooo good!

Goal:  Lose 5lbs - Minimum! 

The key for me now; and hence the blog; is to make what I want to eat vs following a “diet”. Never been good at that.  

But I digress; how?  Low Carb/No Bread/No alcohol/No Sugar and most importantly; plan a “Cheat” night once a week.  

And it has to be EASY!

This week’s menu:

Monday:

2 boiled eggs

tin tuna & salad greens

cesear salad, mini meatloaf (from freezer) and serve spaghetti for hubby

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/08/mini-meatloaves-topped-with-sauteed.html

Tuesday:

2 boiled eggs

California wrap-TOSS- Horrible; made for lunches night before and when opened discovered lettuce wraps were sitting in water! Dressing? Lime Juice? Tomato? Not good; disgusting actually. Not worth the cost of product (ham and turkey meat)

Coconut chicken- KEEPER- Very Nice would definitely make again!

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/10/coconut-chicken-sb-phase-1.html

Wednesday:

spinach bake (from freezer)

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/08/spinach-cheese-bake.html

Broccoli Lentil soup (from freezer)

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/08/broccoli-lentil-soup.html

Ginger Chicken with snow pea salad - KEEPER - Nice change from teriyaki

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/10/ginger-chicken-with-snow-pea-salad-sb.html

Thursday:

cheese omelet with salsa

Mexican soup – TOSS – Okay but not something I would rave about. 

Souvlaki Chicken kabobs & SB Phase 1 Greek Salad – KEEPER – Easy & Satisfying!

http://whats4dinnersue.blogspot.ca/2014/10/greek-salad-south-beach-phase-1.html

Fri:  

1 boiled egg

chicken salad w green goddess dressing - KEEPER - Dressing was easy to make and smelled and tasted of pure goodness!  A great weekday/workday lunch.  

Steak au Poivre - DO OVER - Next time; cook tenderloin steaks as I normally would/bacon wrapped.  Preferred Balsamic peppers cooked for hubby’s b-day dinner. Tempted to have a glass of wine while preparing and dining; why is it that a steak dinner & a bottle of red wine go hand in hand?

Sat = Cheat Night:  

chicken broccoli bake/haunted walking tour/wine at pub

Sun:  

Pot Roast, mashed cauliflower and mascarpone cheese, roasted onions & peppers, gravy

And tonight it was: 

Roasted Beet/peeled and sliced

Kale salad – prepackaged with cranberries & sunflower seeds tossed with poppy seed dressing – Yum!  Star: Good cut of steak pan fried on stove!  Thumbs Up!