First off MY Steak, that I had Saturday night, was so very good!
We had a cool front come through yesterday and shower us with some much needed rain. The cool weather made for a very nice morning in the garden. I am fair skinned so I need to get my Vitamin D in the Off peak sun hours. My veggies jumped up from that rain and grew several inches.
I got my guys their breakfast. Had my coffee while watching Monk. Dh calls it my "murder lite" show. lol Promptly after the show I got dressed to exercise. I did 2 sets this morning. yay me. At the end of the first set I skip the cool down and then skip the warm up of set two and continue my aerobic walking. It is about 4 miles. I am not that coordinated so when she does the arms to the half beat and feet to the beat, I just get all Phoebish (Friends) and mess up so I do the arms to the beat along with my feet. It works for me and I think the instructor would be okay with it since she says "she doesn't care which foot I start with or which direction I go just as long as I am exercising. " Well today I tried the half beat! LOL I had the arms going and looked down to realize I was concentrating so much on my arms that my feet quit walking! hahahahahaha So I had to say to my feet "come on feet back to it!" and went back to doing things my way!
I ate my grits this morning. No butter (but that is okay cause I never have been a butter lover. I don't use butter unless it is in a cake or something. Now I use Smart Balance. I don't even like lots of dressings or Mayo! ) I also had a full glass of water. I am bad about drinking my water. I also had a cup of Mulberries fresh off the tree. They have lots of vitamins, some calcium and are on my "heart healthy" side of the diet.
Over the weekend, with the family get together I made some Bruschetta. I added a twist to make it healthier. Here is what i did.
I took Cuban bread and sliced it in half inch slices.
I sliced Roma tomatoes in about quarter thick slices. and placed them on top of the bread.
I took about a cup of whole fresh basil leaves and diced them up with some chives (both from my garden) and added a table spoon of Olive oil( full of Good for you fats and good cholesterol). I scooped that out, less than a tablespoon and put the herbs on the tomato.
Next I added Artichokes( not from my garden but I am growing them) . I steamed them earlier and used a spoon to clean each petal. Then I mashed them with a fork added a squeeze of lemon and salt and pepper and fresh garlic. You can use marinated canned Artichokes or even frozen ones. I put the artichoke mixture on top of the herbs.
Next layer is a quarter tsp of crushed black olives ( the Greek ones- better for you).
Finally, Ultra thin piece of Mozzarella cheese on top.
I threw them in the oven on 350 until the cheese was melted. Well because power went out at my parents house we cooked these in the grill.
We had a cool front come through yesterday and shower us with some much needed rain. The cool weather made for a very nice morning in the garden. I am fair skinned so I need to get my Vitamin D in the Off peak sun hours. My veggies jumped up from that rain and grew several inches.
I got my guys their breakfast. Had my coffee while watching Monk. Dh calls it my "murder lite" show. lol Promptly after the show I got dressed to exercise. I did 2 sets this morning. yay me. At the end of the first set I skip the cool down and then skip the warm up of set two and continue my aerobic walking. It is about 4 miles. I am not that coordinated so when she does the arms to the half beat and feet to the beat, I just get all Phoebish (Friends) and mess up so I do the arms to the beat along with my feet. It works for me and I think the instructor would be okay with it since she says "she doesn't care which foot I start with or which direction I go just as long as I am exercising. " Well today I tried the half beat! LOL I had the arms going and looked down to realize I was concentrating so much on my arms that my feet quit walking! hahahahahaha So I had to say to my feet "come on feet back to it!" and went back to doing things my way!
I ate my grits this morning. No butter (but that is okay cause I never have been a butter lover. I don't use butter unless it is in a cake or something. Now I use Smart Balance. I don't even like lots of dressings or Mayo! ) I also had a full glass of water. I am bad about drinking my water. I also had a cup of Mulberries fresh off the tree. They have lots of vitamins, some calcium and are on my "heart healthy" side of the diet.
Over the weekend, with the family get together I made some Bruschetta. I added a twist to make it healthier. Here is what i did.
I took Cuban bread and sliced it in half inch slices.
I sliced Roma tomatoes in about quarter thick slices. and placed them on top of the bread.
I took about a cup of whole fresh basil leaves and diced them up with some chives (both from my garden) and added a table spoon of Olive oil( full of Good for you fats and good cholesterol). I scooped that out, less than a tablespoon and put the herbs on the tomato.
Next I added Artichokes( not from my garden but I am growing them) . I steamed them earlier and used a spoon to clean each petal. Then I mashed them with a fork added a squeeze of lemon and salt and pepper and fresh garlic. You can use marinated canned Artichokes or even frozen ones. I put the artichoke mixture on top of the herbs.
Next layer is a quarter tsp of crushed black olives ( the Greek ones- better for you).
Finally, Ultra thin piece of Mozzarella cheese on top.
I threw them in the oven on 350 until the cheese was melted. Well because power went out at my parents house we cooked these in the grill.
I had fish on Sunday and successfully avoided the homemade milkshakes and desserts. I did have a few homemade french fries but they were cooked in Canola oil.
Tonight we are having Salmon. dh will be at the "Passion" Play at church all week so dinners will be quick.
Okay I gotta get cleaning house. I have ds's Tennis game to go to this afternoon so I better get busy. My dad also gave me 2 metal cabinets and a tall round shelve thingie so I have to get in the art room and do some rearraging. this stuff will come in very handy when I get my store on Etsy going, to store my items. I need to get creating too! My friend Christine and I got together frequently and web crafted before Christmas and now we are kinda out of our groove. My recent creations are for an ATC swap I am in.
Okay I gotta get cleaning house. I have ds's Tennis game to go to this afternoon so I better get busy. My dad also gave me 2 metal cabinets and a tall round shelve thingie so I have to get in the art room and do some rearraging. this stuff will come in very handy when I get my store on Etsy going, to store my items. I need to get creating too! My friend Christine and I got together frequently and web crafted before Christmas and now we are kinda out of our groove. My recent creations are for an ATC swap I am in.
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