Dinner Time Tuesday 8/13: Ribs (again)

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Yesterday, I told you that Scott and I need to go grocery shopping.  We had just a few things left, and these ribs were one of them.  So it was ribs, mashed potatoes, and corn for us.

Anything good in your kitchen this week?

Dinner Time Tuesday 4/9

I've been kind of MIA.  I just wasn't feeling the blogging thing this weekend.  AND since I wasn't, I didn't get anything planned for Monday.  So before I share Dinner Time Tuesday, I have to tell you about how we semi-sort of failed at our new diet plan.

Last week, I shared our weekly plan on Menu Planning Monday with Elizabeth & Jane.  The Insanity program gives you meals you can incorporate to eat 5 times a day.  For starters, even though the meals are small (P.S. I also totally failed at taking and posting pictures of the meals to Instagram.  I captured a few, though), we often weren't able to eat all five.  For me, this just has to do with my work schedule.  I can't just stop teaching to go down the hall and warm up Meal 2 or 4.  To me, the more sensible idea here is that I have three main, small meals with actual snacks (i.e. a piece of fruit, some raw veggies, etc.).  We also didn't get everything made when we cooked on Sunday.  This is due to the fact that we spent hours in the kitchen and had barely gotten through Tuesday.  We also kind of jumped all over the place with the menu, and we often didn't eat the scheduled items on the planned days.  There were also a lot of things I didn't like.  :-/  I am nowhere NEAR as picky as I was when I was a kid.  But it was incredibly difficult to force myself to eat fruits and veggies that I don't like. 

Here's what I DID like, though: Whole wheat bagel w/ cream cheese, protein pizza muffin, steak with broccoli (I cheated and had a small baked potato here.  I just CAN'T eat steak without some kind of potato), cereal bowl w/ banana (I LOVE this Kashi Go Lean cereal we got!), Turkey BLT, Peanut Butter 1/2 sandwich w/ banana, pasta w/ seafood marinara, Berry Protein Smoothie, chicken meatballs, whole wheat pasta w/ mixed veggies & feta cheese, turkey burger, and chicken stir fry. 

That sounds like a lot, but if you look back at how much food was on that list, you'll find that it isn't.  BUT also, don't forget there's a lot we didn't even try.

SO now that I've summed that up for you, here's what's for Dinner this Tuesday:

This is a porkchop with corn and mashed potatoes (of course).  Scott put some olive oil in a frying pan and added some garlic & onion powder, salt & pepper, and basil.  Then he fried both sides for about 5 minutes.  It was SO good.  :)  I don't think I've ever liked a porkchop that wasn't baked with Shake 'n' Bake.  So this was a big step for me.  haha

What did you have this week?

Dinner Time Tuesday 3/26: BBQ Chicken

 

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Today's dinner was Barbeque Chicken Legs with corn and mashed potatoes.

 

 

Here's how I made the chicken:

 

1. Preheat the oven to 400*. 

2. Place chicken in a 9 x 13" baking dish. 

3. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

4. Bake at 400* for 30 minutes.

5. Turn heat down to 375*.

6. Take chicken out and brush both sides with the BBQ Sauce of your choice.

7.  Cook for 15 minutes.

8.  Take chicken out again, and brush both sides with BBQ Sauce.

9.  Put back in the oven for another 10 minutes.

 

Anything good in your kitchen today? :)

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