Dinner/ Food List

Hope you all had a nice day. I started my day with a mantra recommended by Heather of Hangry Pants- “today will be a good day” and I think it really helped kick things off right! I got plenty of sleep last night and I woke up feeling refreshed! Work went well. I came home and walked the dog and then walked to the gym. I decided to just do some cardio on my own. I did about 30 minutes running on the treadmill and 30 minutes on the elliptical.

For dinner tonight, I made Meghann's Pear BSI entry! This recipe looked sooooo good (it was def in my top three recipes from the Pear BSI) so I decided to make it for dinner.

Ingredients:

chicken breast
1 small pear, sliced
1/4 of a small onion, chopped
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/8 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
handful of crushed pecans

Directions:

1. Cook the chicken breast on the stove top until the chicken is cooked through


2. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside


3. Add the onions to the hot pan until soft then add the sliced pear


4. In a separate bowl mix together the broth, balsamic vinegar, sugar and whole wheat four until well blended


5. Pour the sauce mix into the pan and bring to a boil


6. Once boiling reduce temp and return the chicken to the pan


7. Cover the pan and let simmer until the sauce thickens to your liking, between 5 and 10 minutes


8. Once plated top with the crushed pecans (I forgot to do this whoops!)

I pretty much doubled all the ingredients above and served it with the Kashi Rice Pilaf (could this stuff be any better???) Thanks Meghann for a great recipe!

Here is my food list from this week. Hope you're having a good one chickies!

Produce
bananas
Pear
Eggplant (for last weeks BSI!!!!)
Onion
Spaghetti squash
Stiry fry vegis (tons!)


Packaged/Canned Items
Flat our wraps
Chicken broth
Balsamic vinegar
Pecans
Spaghetti sauce
Pizza sauce
Stir fry sauce
Herbed stuffing mix
Flour
Brown Sugar
Bars for Josh’s lunch
Snacks for Josh’s lunch

Meat
Chicken
Ground Turkey
Lunch meat (for Josh’s lunches)

Dairy
Mozzarella cheese
Yogurt (1 large, multiple smalls for lunch)
1% milk
Eggs

Miscellaneous
Diet Soda (for Josh’s lunches)
Water
Gum

For Dinners:
Flat out wrap pizzas
Egg roll-ups
Spaghetti Squash w/sauce +turkey
Stir fry with turkey and tons of vegis
Chicken with balsamic pear sauce w/ rice pilaf
Crispy Chicken, w/vegis and stuffing
Eggplant mini “meat” loaves