Sunday Lunch and Dinner

Lunch I ended up having leftovers 'cause I was planning on making the baked beans and squash for lunch, but baked beans takes 3 hours, and I didn't have three hours between church and lunch, so I just had leftovers. Dinner I followed as planned. For 608 Calories I'm FULL!!! Apple Pie, roast and rolls. I didn't even have seconds and I could POP! Everything turned out great except for the rools. they are a little dense, I think I killed the yeast. On an up note I made a successful pie!!! I'm always scared of pies...now I just have to find space for leftovers in my refrigerator....I'm working on drinking some cherry juice (ew) to help me sleep. I'm also working on the FlyLady plan. One of the women at my church blogged about this. I always feel overwhelmed by cleaning. I didn't grow up in a spotless house or anything, so it's hard to get in the habit. Wish me luck!

Breakfast Sunday

I don't know what happened! I was so excited to wake up witht some good, creamy oatmeal and a piece of coffee cake...the coffee cake was dry and the oatmeal was....without oats? I had to stir some quick oats into my oatmeal to thicken it up! I guess that will give me a couple more servings of oatmeal. I'm going to need to stop by the dollar store today after church to get some sort of container to store ALL the excess oatmeal in, and cleaning out my refrigerator is quickly becoming a weekly chore.

Saturday

Brunch: Ended up going to brunch with a new friend. Yay for making friends! I finally somewhat am starting to feel settled in Kansas City. I had Artichoke spread on Wheat toast with an egg that was cooked to look like a balloon or something. I've never had an egg like that before.
Dinner: Didn't get home from grocery shopping until near four so I didn't have time to make the baked beans....will have leftovers from last night.
Grocery shopping today did NOT save me ANY money. I've already gone over budget for the MONTH...by 3 dollars...but still. I hope I can ration most of these ingredients over the next 4 weeks. This sucks. I hate being poor. :(

The 50's Plan with Healthy alternatives Sept 19th

Trying to stay under 1600 calories every day.

Saturday:
Breakfast-(Switch with Monday's Breakfast) http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/peanut-butter-stuffed-french-toast.aspx, Milk and Cup of Coffee 406
LUNCH-Skip the pasta http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/scrambled-eggs-with-pasta-and-cherry-tomatoes.aspx ,http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/homestyle-hash-browns.aspx, carrots and celery sticks and a glass of sassy water 425
Dinner-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/honey-slow-baked-beans.aspx,http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/squash-and-corn-delight.aspx glass of Water 323
Snack-3 http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/healthy-whole-wheat-chocolate-chip-cookies.aspx 248
Total Cal: 1402
Sunday:
Breakfast-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/basic-coffee-cake.aspx , http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/slow-cooker-ultimate-oatmeal.aspx , Coffee 382
Lunch-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/power-packed-pbj.aspx , Banana, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Glass of Sassy Water 608
Dinner- http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/all-american-pot-roast.aspx , http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/caramel-apple-pie.aspx , http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/buttermilk-dinner-rolls.aspx, Glass of Water
604

Total Cal: 1594

Monday:
Breakfast- NOT stewed prunes! EW. Kashi Cereal w/ milk and a cup of coffee 300
Lunch-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/slow-cooker-chili.aspx, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/sweet-corn-bread-with-honey-butter.aspx 469
Dinner-Beef from last night, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/hearty-red-scalloped-potatoes.aspx, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/corn-and-tomato-salad.aspx, Coffee Cake, Glass of Water
896
Total Cal: 1665

Tuesday:
Breakfast- http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/autumn-oatmeal-muffins.aspx, Coffee 223
Lunch-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/glorified-hash.aspx (Use beef from Sunday), http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/garlicky-green-beans.aspx, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/dark-chocolate-pudding.aspx, Water 438
Dinner- http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/chicago-style-hot-dog.aspx, Coffee Cake from Sunday
548
Total Cal:1209

Wednesday:
Breakfast- Muffins from Tuesday, Kashi Cereal w/ milk, Coffee 500
Lunch- http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/four-cheese-macaroni-bake.aspx, Green Beans From Yesterday, Chocolate Chip Cookies 600
Dinner- http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/pork-chops-with-sauerkraut-and-potatoes.aspx, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/BerriesinaCloud.aspx, 637
Total Cal: 1737

Thursday
Breakfast-Kashi cereal w/ Milk and Coffee 300
Lunch-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/low-fat-corn-chowder.aspx, Canned Peaches, Cookies 611
Dinner-http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/spaghetti-squash-casserole.aspx, http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipe/garlic-bread-with-asiago-cheese.aspx, Pudding from Tuesday 378

Total Cal 1289

Friday
Breakfast- Muffins From Tuesday, Coffee
Lunch-Microwave Meal or Leftovers from the week
Dinner-Leftovers from the Week

Avg Caloric Intake 1482 Cal.

Taking the Edge Off

Thus far I have lost 6lbs!
I'm in a particularly bad mood. Both my work life and my personal life have been totally crazy and my mind has been turned upside down, so I determined that it was time for some baking therapy.
 I've been wanting to make these raspberry muffins. I bought some raspberries, I hate buying fresh fruit simply because if you don't buy organic, it tastes like you're being fumigated, if you DO buy organic you have to eat them like it's the second coming. So anyway, I bought these raspberries and in two days, they went bad. So I ended up using frozen raspberries. I was just about to make these muffins, when I realized that the recipe called for buttermilk, but I didn't have buttermilk, I only had milks. I looked for a substitution for buttermilk. Tip: Sub for buttermilk 1tbsp white wine vinegar with 3/4 cup milk.
Magnificently RICH and moist muffins! 6 of them, each one 260 cal. You can eat a muffin and have some yogurt for breakfast and your still under 400 calories!!!

My crisp wasn't very crispy

I am trying to live a healthy lifestyle. Eating less fats, cooking more of my own meals....eating 1600 calories a day. Going for hour long walks, training for a 5k in October...
I've lost over 3lbs now (Whoot! Go me!)
So today I was going to clean my house, and make meals for the rest of the week...I succeeded in cleaning my dinning room and my kitchen, two loads of laundry, almond covered chicken tenders and peach and blueberry crisp. The chicken tenders were YUMMY! Still waiting to eat the crisp...but it didin't come out crispy?!!? I was running back and forth between my computer and the kitchen to get the recipe (instead of printing it off like a smart person would do) so i might have put too much butter into the topping is all I can think of..I DID learn that to peal a peach you need to drop the peach in boiling water for 30 seconds then run it over cold water, THEN you peal it with a pearing knife...it's pretty slick!!
Addendum Sept 7th: I realized I didn't put the oatmeal in my topping that's why my crisp didn't come out crispy