Cadbury Egg Muffins

Holy Snikes did I miss out on the best looking Easter treat ever!




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quick post!

Hey all!

Just wanted to say I got my butt up before work today and walked a mile! WOOT!

and while making breakfast this morning I saw this on the news.

Zoo Animals on Weight Watchers

ok well im running behind!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

I am a huge fan of BBQ Chicken Pizza. The BBQ Sauce, the onions, the cheese...what's not to love? However it's not the healthiest thing when you are trying to eat better. So here was my healthier at home version. This is more of a concept than a recipe. If you have everything already cooked (the chicken and onions) it makes a super quick dinner.

Instead of regular pizza crust I used a quick and easy Rollup. I found them at CostCo and they are HUGE for their 2 points (110/3/7). Very similar to Flatouts without the really chewy consistency.

Next for the sauce. Using just straight BBQ Sauce makes it really sweet. Mat discovered if you take a few TBSP of regular tomato sauce (or spaghetti sauce) and mix it with the BBQ Sauce it makes a less sweet yummy sauce. (I usually do about 3 to 1 ratio)

Next up onions! You all know how much I love my cooked onions. I used about 1/2 cup of cooked onions for this dish. I often have some caramelized onions in the fridge we love them so much.

If you don't know how to make them it's super simple. Just slice several large onions in half moons, put about 2 teaspoons olive oil in a medium heat pan, add a pinch of salt and pepper and then let slowly cook, stirring occasionally until they are brown, soft and sweet. It will take about 20 minutes. YUM.

(My current lunch obsession this week has been roast beef and cheese sandwiches with dijonaise and onions.)

Chicken Breast - I often try to keep cooked chicken in the fridge for quick and easy meals, I can talk myself out of cooking something if I have to wait for it to thaw. I used about 3 oz on this pizza.

Cheese - I used 1 serving (1oz) of Kraft sharp 2% cheese. A tip I got from Roni is that if you use the fancy shredded cheese you feel like you get more bang for your buck. 2 points

Then just put in a 350 oven for about 10 minutes until the crust is crisp and the cheese is melty.

Rollup - 2 points
2 TBSP Sauce - .5 points
1/2 cup cooked onions - 1 point
3 oz cooked chicken breast - 3 points
Kraft 2% cheddar - 2 points

Total points - 8.5 for a massive pizza. Easily could be cut in half and shared. I served mine with my lasted side dish obsession Broccoli Slaw!

Coooooooool Whip! (or is that Hwhip?)

I came across this article tonight on cool whip. Not that I am really surprised but it kinda makes me not want to eat it anymore. (Notice I only said "kinda") I do believe it was the Polysorbate 60 and Sorbitan Monostearate that did it for me.

Next thing they are going to tell me the Hostess 100 calorie packs are full of beef fat and hydrogenated oils!

Oh how we all love our chemical filled food.

Anyone got a diet coke?

Yowza!

Woah. Today was not a good food day for me. It wasn't even a planned bad day. It was a bad day because I didn't plan. I wasn't going to post about it but since I am not going to meeting I felt like I needed to talk about it somewhere.

I had a doctors appointment this morning. So I started off well with some life cereal and a cup of milk. My doctors appointment took longer than expected so it is now 11ish and I am supposed to be at another appointment at noon and the drive is over an hour away. I wish I had had the foresight to pack a sandwich or something but no my super ravished stomach (and brain) decided to stop and wendys for not 1 but 2 junior cheese burgers. To top all that off I had a diet coke float. Ack! Stop the insanity.

I promptly came home and looked up all the point info: 23

Glad I came to my senses at dinner time.

6:45am

Yes I woke up at 6:45. I have no idea why but I wasn't even remotely tired anymore so I decided to go ahead and get up. This actually gave me plenty of time to plan out some healthy meals for the week and to get my grocery list ready.

I am only planning 3 dinners. Mat works some nights so usually 3 together is about what we manage. After I cook them I will let you know how they turn out.

Meal 1:
This is a Rachel Ray recipe I saw on tv.
Grilled Chicken Cutlet Parmigiana served with spinach and romaine salad and some whole wheat garlic bread

Meal 2:
Chili Mac from Cooking Light with some fruit
I already ran the recipe through the recipe builder and it estimates 6 points per serving if you have 6 servings. The points do not include extras such as cheese.

If you would like me to email you the PDF version from the recipe builder just let me know! According to the recipe builder this is also a Core recipe if that pertains to anyone.


Meal 3: Chicken Scarpiella
I found this recipe in my Family Circle this month. If you use the Al Fresco brand sausages this comes to 7 points per serving (4 servings total)

Picture from parents.com

I can't wait to try these out this week!

eating out

We all know how hard it is to eat out well. I had a HOA meeting tonight at McAlisters. Before I went I checked out the nutrition info on their website. My usual fav, the club sandwich, is a whopping 1200 calories and 69 grams of fat. (29 points!) Just hard to imagine a sandwich packing so much! So needless to say I found another dinner option tonight.

I found this week I am really having to make myself fill in my points tracker at night. After dinner I kept telling myself, "oh im sure I ate within my points" and I think we all know where that leads.

I really hope next week to get back with meal planning and picture taking. Mat and I haven't been to the store in a while and our fridge currently houses beer, diet coke, yogurt and cheese.

“He who fails to plan, plans to fail”