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Back to the normal routine

September 22, 2010 3 Comments

Even with the big tax deadline behind me, my schedule is crazy hectic. What’s up with that??? Wednesday for instance is a VERY busy day for me because I go straight from the office to the university for the class I teach. This requires ample food-planning on Tuesday nights because I have to pack 6 meals. 6 meals?!? Yes 6. Take today for instance, here’s what I packed last night for the day ahead:

B#1: Scrambled eggs & roasted broccoli
B#2: Overnight oats + chopped strawberries + blueberries
Lunch: Big ole Salad + Jennie O’ Turkey Sausage
Snack: Granny smith apple
Dinner: Chicken & hummus wrap + cucumber salad
Snack: 1/2 of an 18 Rabbits granola bar

I like to travel with food apparently 🙂

One thing I’ve been craving the past few weeks is getting back to my normal foods routine!

You know what that means:

EGGS for breakfast #1!

Last night, I cooked up a batch of my scrambled eggs:

I also roasted up some broccoli which I enjoyed at 8am at my desk with a dollop o’ heaven Ketchup:

Of course, this was followed up 2 hours later by none other than my overnight oats for B#2:

Yesssssssss.

My lunch salad consisted of romaine lettuce, 1/2 a large cucumber, 1 baby roma tomato, some red onion, banana pepper and Ken’s steakhouse Lite Italian Romano dressing:

I also had a Jennie O’ turkey sausage on the side…

Is it just me, or does that sausage look really sad?! … A sausage with no bun is like a bird with no wings eggs with no ketchup! Luckily I had a monster Italian sausage sandwich over the weekend 😀

After the 2PM doldrums pass, it’s time for a snack! My usual afternoon snack is a granny smith apple:

Usually my snacks go unpictured. But today, I’m snapping everything that goes into my mouth 🙂 Uh oh.

Fun fact about me and apples: I REFUSE to buy an apple unless the stem is still attached. An apple sans stem is a clear indicator that a worm has crawled inside…. I’m pretty sure my sister told me that as a child, and it has stuck with me through the years. I may look funny in the produce aisle as I pick up one apple after another to find one that still has the stem attached, but guess who WON’T be looking funny when they bite into a worm? It won’t be me, that’s for darn sure! 😉

For dinner, I packed some cucumber salad:

And also a La Tortilla low-carb wrap consisting of 2 ounces grilled chicken, onion, and 1 tbsp Trader Joe’s original hummus:

Come to think of it, I probably should have avoided so many onions right before class… Oh well, they don’t call me the Onion Lady for nothin’.

Last my not least, I packed 1/2 of an 18 Rabbits granola bar (thanks Dorry!) for my late-night snack:

Whew! That’s a lot of food!

Happy Eating and Happy Hump Day!

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Easy Chicken Pot Pie

September 13, 2010 9 Comments

Holy comfort food!!!!

Ever since we stopped at Bob Evans last week for breakfast, I’ve been craving a pot pie with a vengeance. We’ve got a BIG deadline at work this week, so I’ve been working my little hiney off and have had zero time to cook. Tonight however I made time because I knew my body NEEDED a lil pot pie. I’ve never made a pot pie before, so I did a little googlin’ and found this recipe for Impossibly Easy Chicken Pot Pie. Sounded like a good place for me to start learning the art of potpiedom!

This recipe was incredibly simple to throw together, which made it all the more comforting and delicious. First up, I gathered the mixins.

And quickly threw a chicken breast seasoned with salt and pepper on the George.

Meanwhile, I threw the following items into a bowl:

1 bag frozen stew vegetables (pearl onions, potatoes, carrots, celery)
2 cups chopped broccoli … because I love broccoli and broccoli loves me!
1 can Campbell’s Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Black pepper

Once the chicken breast was cooked through, I roughly chopped it into cubes, and added to the mix.

Yes… this is what I called a “cube” 😉

I gave everything a good mix and poured into a pie dish that I had sprayed with some cooking spray.

Next up, I mixed the following in a little bowl:

1 cup bisquick
1 large egg
1/2 cup almond breeze

If you are smarty pants, you may have noticed Bisquick is NOT the baking mix pictured in my ingredients pic… I had full intentions of using my Bob’s Red Mill Low-carb baking mix… but last minute I got a little nervous thinking the pot pie might be a pot-flop, and I wasn’t about to waste my last bit of low-carb baking mix on that. So I decided to use Bisquick instead and save the Bob’s Red Mill for pot pie round #2. (I foresee many pot pies in my future)

Once the batter was all mixed up, I dumped it on top of veggies.

Now, I can assure you that even though this looks like I just poured some paper-mache goopy gop concoction on my delicious veggies it did not taste like any sort of glue… Well at least not any glue I’ve ever tasted. I popped this pie into a 400 degree oven with apprehension, and let it hang out for 40 minutes until the top was nice and browned.

Voila! Pot Pie!

The pot pie was everything I had hoped for! Creamy, comforting, and oh-so delicious!

Not to mention this made four servings so now I have food for the rest of the week. Hooray!

Just a few more days to go folks, then life can return to its “normal” state.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie Ingredients List (makes 4 servings)

1 bag frozen stew vegetables
2 cups chopped broccoli
1 can Campbell’s Healthy Request Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Black pepper
1 large grilled chicken breast (mine was approx 7 ounces)
1 cup Bisquick
1 large egg
1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Breeze Vanilla Almond Milk

Myfitnesspal stats on 1 serving of Easy Chicken Pot Pie: 315 calories, 41g carbs, 7g fat, 19g protein, 4g fiber

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The weekend in food

September 6, 2010 7 Comments

Friday night started off with a glass of:

Good way to start the weekend right? 🙂 The picture is not blurry due to the wine consumption, I promise! I can only find this Promisqous wine at Target (and it runs about $10 a bottle).

For dinner, the BF and I slapped together a quick pasta dinner. We used some Barilla Plus pasta with Classico Fire Roasted Tomato and Garlic Pasta sauce along with some roasted broccoli and blackened chicken:

Delicious, and only took 15 minutes from start to finish! Cannot complain! I also mixed up a side salad with random leftover veggies we had in the fridge:

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to head to Columbus for a wedding. I LOVE weddings! Good food, drinks, dancing… it’s the perfect fun night out!

For breakfast, I had the new Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Larabar:

WOW. I intended on only eating half of this sucker, but it was so good I was physically incapable of stopping. Even though it was slightly dry/crumbly, it tasted AWESOME!

While enroute to Columbus, we got stuck in traffic for a solid hour. So by the time we got to Easton, we were ready to down some serious food.

Enter giant martini glass full of bruschetta:

Are you kidding? Jarrod got this last time he was at Bar Louie in Columbus and was SUPER excited to order it again. I can see why!

For our main dish, we split a buffalo chicken sandwich:

Neither of us realized the sandwich was fried, which was kind of a bummer. But I guess the delicious melty blue cheese made up for it!

After Bar Louie it was time to head to the wedding! But first a pit-stop and Cheryl & Co. to pick up a cookie!

I love that everyone has their pumpkin flavors out!!! I’m obsessed! This cookie was delish, though it was pretty sugary. I’m pumped to make my special pumpkin cookies in the very near future! Keep an eye out for the recipe 🙂

On to the wedding:

The wedding was at the Four Seasons just outside of Columbus and it was so beautiful! Not only was the scenery and ambiance great, but the wait staff were super attentive and friendly!

Lake view:

After the ceremony, we headed inside the Four Seasons for some grub. I went with some cheese, fruit, spinach pie, and an unpictured shrimp wrapped in bacon (which was definitely the STAR of the show!):

Fall is in the air! Hooray!

Next up was the ceaser salad (BF’s favorite)

Then some photo ops:

Heehee!

Now for the serious “prom-picture”

This is more like it!

Tracy & Eric

You might not find this interesting, but this roll was dabomb.com. I love bread. Love I say!

Two options for dinner: Chicken and steak. Both with mashed potatoes….

I think I could have ate my weight in the mashed potatoes. Just sayin.

CAKE time! I think the cake cutting is one of my favorite parts of the wedding reception 🙂

Dancing newlyweds:

Annnddd back to the cake! It was a layered cake with chocolate and vanilla, and a chocolatey cherry goodness layer in the middle:

What a fun night! Congrats to Ashley and Eric!!!

Sunday, we woke up and headed to Bob Evans. Why Bob Evans you ask?

‘Nuff said. Coupon queen strikes again. BTW – if you sign up for BE mail, you too can have a BOGO Bob Evans coupon!

Get in mah belly:

Of course we ordered two decadent breakfasts to share:

Glorious.

After breakfast, we headed to Polaris to get our shop on. While there, I snagged my first Pumpkin Latte of the season from Starbucks:

Jeallouuussssss? 😀

For lunch we headed to Mellow Mushroom.

Remember when we went to Mellow Mushroom for the first time on our vacation to Charleston? We pretty much adored the restaurant, not only for the funky atmosphere but more importantly because the food is so downright delicious.

Since we tried their pizza last time, this time we went with the Spinach Artichoke Dip:

And then split a small chicken parmesan sub:

The dip and sub did not disappoint. I literally licked my spoon clean!

After lunch, we headed back to NE Ohio. Got caught up on a ton of work/errands, sold a car… you know, the usual Sunday evening type stuff.

By the time dinner rolled around, I had my heart set on one thing and one thing alone:

Ok make that two things. Wine and cereal! Sounds like a disgusting combo, but it’s one of the weird random things I crave late at night!

A few short hours later, Monday morning arrived and I was up and at ‘em. On the breakfast agenda today was some HOT oatmeal with brown sugar and 12 grain bread.

For some reason, oatmeal and brown sugar takes me back to my youth. Especially when I get overly excited and burn my mouth on the oatmeal. Oh life. 🙂

On that note… here are the winners of the Bruegger’s Bagel Giveaway!!!

#9 Katie @ Healthy Heddleston

#6 Leashieloo

#1 Liz Runs DC

#18 Poiseinparma

#22 Jessie

Send you mailing addresses to: ferventfoodie@gmail.com !

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Hallelujah it’s Friday!

September 3, 2010 3 Comments

With September here already (where the heck did August go, by the way?), I’ve already got my head in “fall mode”. My favorite time of the year is BY FAR the last quarter – October, November, and December. I love the weather, the excessive parties and family activities, and I also love how things just seem to slow down from the fast pace of summer. Speaking of fast-paced summers, it saddens me that I haven’t been doing much cooking lately. The good news is I’ll have plenty of time to cook… in two more weeks!

Breakfast #1

Ever since last weekend’s awesome breakfast fit for vacation, I’ve been craving the spinach and tomato breakfast burrito. (Let’s be honest, I’ve been craving the potatoes and pancakes too) … So last night instead of doing my usual batch-scrambled eggs, I made a double serving of the spinach and tomato scrambled eggs.

First up, I chopped up:

2 tbsp red onion (I used white onion last time, but didn’t have any on hand)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chiffonade spinach
1/2 a roma tomato, diced

I sprayed a skillet down with some cooking spray, and once it was hot I tossed in the garlic and onions.

While these guys were cooking I whisked together the following in a bowl:

2 whole eggs
6 egg whites
Splash of water

Once the onions were soft, I poured the egg mixture on top and seasoned everything up with S&P and red pepper flakes. I let the eggs start to cook up, and when they were about 1/2 way done I added the tomato and spinach:

Look how delicious:

While the eggs were getting their groove on, I also roasted up some broccoli that was seasoned with black pepper and garlic salt:

Is it just me, or does that broccoli look really happy to be here?

2 happy campers:

One of which I brought to work with me today to introduce to my friend Heinz:

Stats on B#1: 205 calories, 15g carbs, 5g fat, 23g protein, 2g fiber

B#2 = OO 😀

OVERNIGHT OATSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! What a great way to end the workweek!

Doesn’t that just bring a smile to your face??? 😀

YUM.

Stats on B#2: 233 calories, 44g carbs, 5g fat, 6g protein, 7g fiber

Lunch

What better way to end the Bruegger’s Bagels giveaway, then to have Bruegger’s for lunch, of course!

Today I went with the Spinach & Lentil soup, and a half sandwich with turkey and lots and lots of veggies. I can’t believe this is the HALF sandwich. It was HUGE!

The Bruegger’s Giveaway ends tonight at midnight (eastern time), so get your posts in!

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Hallelujah it’s Friday!

September 3, 2010 3 Comments

Breakfast #1

First up, I chopped up:

2 tbsp red onion (I used white onion last time, but didn’t have any on hand)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chiffonade spinach
1/2 a roma tomato, diced

I sprayed a skillet down with some cooking spray, and once it was hot I tossed in the garlic and onions.

While these guys were cooking I whisked together the following in a bowl:

2 whole eggs
6 egg whites
Splash of water

Look how delicious:

While the eggs were getting their groove on, I also roasted up some broccoli that was seasoned with black pepper and garlic salt:

Is it just me, or does that broccoli look really happy to be here?

2 happy campers:

One of which I brought to work with me today to introduce to my friend Heinz:

Stats on B#1: 205 calories, 15g carbs, 5g fat, 23g protein, 2g fiber

B#2 = OO 😀

OVERNIGHT OATSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! What a great way to end the workweek!

Doesn’t that just bring a smile to your face??? 😀

YUM.

Stats on B#2: 233 calories, 44g carbs, 5g fat, 6g protein, 7g fiber

Lunch

What better way to end the Bruegger’s Bagels giveaway, then to have Bruegger’s for lunch, of course!

Today I went with the Spinach & Lentil soup, and a half sandwich with turkey and lots and lots of veggies. I can’t believe this is the HALF sandwich. It was HUGE!

The Bruegger’s Giveaway ends tonight at midnight (eastern time), so get your posts in!

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