Fish tacos

Grilled fish tacos on corn tortillas with shredded cabbage, radish, tomato & light sour cream. Served with cantaloupe. 6 pp for the plate.

Spinach and turkey omelet

Egg beaters omelet with extra lean ground turkey, spinach, zucchini & Mediterranean feta cheese. Paired with frozen hash browns with additional peppers, onions & zucchini. 5 pp for the whole plate! 

Mushroom ravioli

Mushroom & cheese ravioli (Monterrey brand, 8 pp per serving) topped with baby bella mushroom & spinach sauce (made from stock, 0 points!) & a grilled portobello mushroom. Total 9 pp for the dish (added 1 pp for the little bit of cheese and a light brushing of olive oil on the portobello). I also enjoyed a nice glass of cab with my meal for 4 pp

Apples & steel cut oatmeal

Steel cut oatmeal cooked in apple cinnamon tea, topped with cinnamon apples (also cooked in cinnamon apple tea & extra cinnamon) and a little skim milk. Served with melon. 5 pp total.

Fiesta turkey burger

Black bean, jalapeno & turkey burger (4 pp) topped with peppers, onions & black beans and some queso fresco (2 pp). Served with a side of tomato-avocado salad (4 pp) and homemade sweet potato fries (2 pp).

Smoked salmon & asparagus crepes

And the weekend is off to a great start! Smoked salmon-cream cheese & asparagus crepes topped with hollandaise (dry mix & used far less butter than called for but used chicken broth vs water for flavor) and a dollop of caviar, potatoes O'Brien and a few blackberries. 8 pp for the plate.

Surf & turf

Surf and turf for dinner tonight. All of this for 9 points plus! Filet (4 oz = 4 pp) with mushrooms & onions, 4 oz lobster tail (3 pp) cooked with a couple squirts of spray "butter," lemon zest and Penzey's fish seasoning; mashed cauliflower (1 pp for the light cream cheese I used) and a caprese salad (1 pp for the lowfat mozz). 

Spinach & chicken summer salad

Spinach summer salad with Tyson's Grilled & Ready chicken (3 pp), feta cheese (2 pp), almonds (2 pp), strawberries, blueberries & a Tbsp of Balsamic vinaigrette (1 pp). 8 pp total

Happy Friday!! Starting my day with an egg white omelet filled with turkey ham, peppers & onions. I also added some of the peppers & onions to my hash browns (Ore Ida O'Brien style, 1 pp). 5 pp for the meal with great protein and I even got some carbs too! 

Mushroom risotto (arborio rice, a little olvie oil, baby bellas, onion, beef broth, garlic, rosemary, light cream cheese), panko crusted baked pork chop & roasted squash. About 10 pp for the meal based on using the recipe builder tool on Weight Watchers.

Egg beaters plus an egg white omelet with Boca Burger crumbles, mushrooms, spinach and low fat mozz cheese. Served with sliced tomatoes & berries. Only 4 pp for the whole meal if you are following Weight Watchers!

This is an egg beaters omelet (I had stopped using them for a while but with ww, they are lower in points than real eggs for omelets) with a serving of frozen hash browns (1 pp) and shredded zucchini with tomato on top. The turkey ham is 3 oz of lean protein for 3 pp. A very filling breakfast for 5 pp. I've got some fruit on my desk to eat mid morning--too full after the omelet!

Shrimp & zucchini lemon pasta with asparagus. 9 pp for the plate. It's Trader Joe's Lemon Pepper Pappardelle Pasta (5 pp for a cup). I used chicken broth, garlic, salt & lemon pepper to season and sprinkled a little bit of lemon infused olive oil over the top before adding a pinch of romano cheese.

Tilapia vera cruz (onions, peppers, tomatoes, green olives) over a serving of hash browns o'brien. Only 4 pp for the whole meal! Saving up some points for pasta tonight!! — at Good Food for Every Mood Test Kitchen.

Open faced egg sandwich

Everything bagel thin spread with some artichoke bruschetta and topped with an egg, low fat cheddar and turkey ham.  Paired with a pear, I'm ready to tackle the airports today!

Mother's Day Breakfast

I'm starting my day off right with lots of fruits and veggies!  The beverage is red grapes, pineapple, cantaloupe and a few ice cubes blended in my Vitamix.  Along with the center cut bacon, I made a grilled portobello mushroom cap and topped it with eggs that were scrambled with onion, spinach, peppers & a little low-fat cheddar cheese.

It's a wrap!

Center cut bacon, spinach, tomato, avocado and smoked salmon.  Yum!  Accompanied by some fresh fruit.

Chicken cutlets and harvest grain & pasta medley (plus spinach)

Lunch is ready! Chicken breast (I split it in half to make 2 thin cutlets...makes it look like more food!) that I coated in ground Special K crackers and a 7 seed herb blend then cooked in a non stick pan with a teaspoon of avocado oil. Served with a pasta grain blend from World Market that I simmered in chicken broth and added spinach near the end of the cooking time.

Denver Omelet

Denver Omelet with turkey ham, green pepper, onions and low fat cheddar. Served with tomatoes & melon.

Portobello mushroom ravioli with Marsala sauce

Semi homemade tonight.  I used store bought mushroom ravioli and started the sauce with a mushroom gravy mix (I know, big cheater) but added fresh sauteed mushrooms and used marsala wine & beef broth instead of the water and also added some half & half to make it creamy.

Good food from a dude (my son)

So, my son came over today for lunch to show his "mad food skills." He cooked the fish (on the grill, with Boston Bay & Lemon Pepper), I made the sides -- roasted green beans and tomatoes & corn on the cob with chile lime rub & queso fresco. He opted for garlic bread in lieu of the beans. It's nice to see your kids grow up and eat things they never used to, like fish that isn't coated in batter and fried! One proud mama here! He said I could call it Good Food from a Dude. Love it! 

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Steel cut oatmeal "pumped up" with a scoop of vanilla whey protein and cooked with light almond milk. Topped with cinnamon raisin apples and toasted walnuts.