Lunch Part 1,

Bubba Burger over spinach and spring mix with a little shredded mozzarella and homemade italian dressing

7-18 food

Here's my lunch and then snack, yes they are pretty much identical b/c I'm lazy lol.  Grilled chicken with half a sweet potato and string beans with a little organic butter.

Then for dinner I had a cheeseburger with no bun.  Again, not ideal, but I got home from work 2 hours late and that's what I got - a cold burger.  fun times.

More Chipless Nachos For Lunch

 

• 4 oz ground beef
• 1/4 cup refried beans
• 1/4 cup avocado
• 1 tbsp sliced black olives
• 1/2 tbsp sour cream
• 1/2 oz sharp cheddar
• totals: 383 calories, 30 grams protein, 23 grams fat, 12 carbohydrates.

This has to be one of my absolute favorite lower carb meals!   YUM

Dinner

Breadless meatballs, I wound up having 2 more than the picture.

This Morning's Good and Bad

I had intended on getting up early to get in some cardio, but when my daughter woke me up at 4:20am, I felt like death, and skipped my 5am workout to sleep in until 6am.  Yes, that right 6am is sleeping in for me lol.  I feel much better now, my body really needed the sleep after a very long work day yesterday and what will be a late work day today.  Its an excuse but sleep is important too!

On a more positive note, my size 4 work pants are loose on me today!  And, I'm starting to be able to see my lower abs underneath my lovely mom skin. :)

Breakfast was same as yesterday: 3 omega 3 eggs with spinach, green peppers & onions and sundried tomatoes with a little organic cheese. 

And I'm super boring and my lunch and snack will be my homemade chilli again. 

Dinner

Veal cutlet cooked with olive oil and salt + pepper and topped with a mushroom, organic butter, garlic, parsley, and white wine sauce. I also had a glass of cabernet. It was a LOOONG day today.

Starting off the Day With VEGGIES!

I had a cup of awake tea with a little cream. 

Added a little organic butter to the frying pan and onions, green bell peppers, spinach, portabella mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes.  Then I added in 3 omega 3 eggs and made an omelet with a small amount of organic sharp cheddar cheese in the middle.  YUM.

Today's lunch & snack will be some of my homemade chilli (beef, onions, dark & light kidney beans, whole tomatoes (from my garden), tomato paste, diced green bell pepper, a little beer for flavor, and lots of various hot peppers (from my garden & super spicy).

Breadless Meatballs & Sauce

This was my first attempt at making pasta sauce and breadless meatballs.  And, it came out AMAZING!

First, add about 1/4 a cup of extra virgin olive oil to a large pot and then add about 3/4 - 1 cup of chopped onion and 5 TBSP garlic (we LOVE garlic so you can add less if you want).  Simmer.

Then I added 2 jars of tomatoes, one was plum tomatoes and one a regular jar (you could use 2 cans of whole tomatoes), about 2 tsp of salt, 1 tsp organic honey, a bay leaf.  and cook for 1/2 to 2 hours on low heat.

Then begin preparing the meatballs.  I began the same way by adding about 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to a frying pan and adding in about 1/4 cup of onions and about 2-3 tbsp garlic. 

I added 2 omega 3 eggs, and 1 cup of grated cheese (like you put on pasta) to a bowl.

Then I added the contents of the frying pan and about 2 pounds of extra lean ground beef.  I also added salt, basil and oregano. 

Then I mixed it all up to a uniform consistency and formed balls.

Then I again added about 1 TBSP to the frying pan and fried the meatballs on all sides.

Then back to the sauce:  I added a can of tomato paste, dried basil (this was also from my garden), oregano, & pepper.  I also dumped in all the meatballs.

I then cooked on very low heat for several hours.  It needs at least 30 minutes, but the longer the better,  just keep the heat really low and keep stirring to not burn the bottom. 

Lunch

My original plans for fish didn't work out bc lunch was late (at 1:30) so I cooked up some ground beef with chopped onions, some great northern beans cooked with some olive oil, garlic, a bay leaf, and a little white cooking wine (these tasted awesome! The kids thought so too), and some steamed asparagus, corn, and carrots. I didn't eat the carrots though the kids stole them.

Today's Breakfast, Lunch, & Snack

For breakfast I had my "green eggs" without the green lol.  I had the veggies and egg whites and O3 egg without the spinach b/c I didn't have time to break out the blender.  

For lunch I brought to work a cup of leftover chilli and for a snack I brought a cup of leftover beef stew.

My carbs are a bit high today, but I did get in a decent workout and theyre coming from beans and veggies so it should be ok. 

Chili

2 lbs ground beef - I use 93% lean
2 medium onions or 1 large onion sliced
1 28 oz. can of Italian peeled tomatoes
6 oz. can of tomato paste
1 cup of dark beer
splash of beef broth
2 16 oz. cans of dark and light kidney beans

A diced green pepper
3 tbsp minced garlic
salt, oregano, chili powder, crushed red pepper, Tabasco sauce, & other peppers to taste

 Brown the meat with the onions

 Dice a green pepper

 Dump the rest of the ingredients in a crokpot and cook on high for 5 hours - can cook longer.

Eat

MyFitnessPal says my cup of chilli is 333 calories, 32 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat, 29 grams of carbs with 7 of those fiber.