Rainy Sunday

As much as we need the rain, I already miss the sun. I have definitely  taken the sun for granted these past few months. Here in the northeast we have had such a beautiful summer, no matter what week you had for vacation it was perfect!
Didn’t have much on the agenda to do today. Hubby went fishing and I got caught up on all my guilty dvr recordings from the past couple of weeks. For breakfast I had a whole wheat bagel thin, love these!!! Only 110 calories and 3 grams of fiber, not bad! I topped it with some neufchatel cheese and sliced strawberries.

Snacked a lot on some brown rice chips and hummus, so much so that I wasn’t that hungry for lunch! oops!
For dinner I baked some boneless chicken thighs with whole grain brown mustard and maple syrup, made some pesto red potatoes, broiled tomatoes and corn on the cob.

Getting ready to watch the Great Food Truck Race on Food Network with Tyler Florence!  Anyone else watch this?
‘Night

Errands and a Great Find!

This is the first Saturday that hubby has had off in a couple of months and what do we do??? Errands!!!! But if you ask me they were fun errands, BJ’s Wholesale, Trader Joe’s and Christmas Tree Shop (hubby wasn’t very excited about the last one) :D
My husband was all for going to BJ’s because he likes to do all the taste testing from all the little vendors they have around the store. They are probably on a first name basis by now! ;) I had a great find there today, these have probably been out forever but for some reason I just never noticed them until today!!
Multi-Grain Brown Rice Chips (Black Sesame & Sea Salt)

I was in the mood for hummus today so I picked these up thinking they were tortilla-like chips. I was pleasantly surprised at how light and crisp they were! They remind me a lot of Popchips, very light and airy.

Ming Tsai, celebrity chef from the Food Network and PBS has a restaurant, Blue Ginger which is nearby in Wellesley, MA,   partnered with Kellogg’s in creating these chips.

I can handle this, 33 chips – 110 calories and 3g fat….does that mean I can eat the whole bag???!!! Speaking of the bag, this bag is HUGE and it is completely filled to the top with chips not AIR…imagine that! Way to go Ming, I am hooked!! :) Did I mention they went perfectly with hummus!! Mmmmm
By the time we got home from all our sampling errands it was late so I put together a quick dinner, to be honest with you the couch was calling my name and I would have been perfectly happy with a big ol’ bowl of cereal but somehow I knew that wouldn’t satisfy hubby and after all he did take me to the xmas tree shop. (no big finds there, it’s always hit or miss, today was a miss) :(
So for dinner I made a chicken caesar salad with a homemade roasted garlic dressing and some tomato bread to go along with it.
I grilled some boneless chicken on the grill that I had drizzled with olive oil and s&p. And put it on a bed of baby romaine lettuce and some croutons.
For the dressing, I roasted a head of garlic in the oven for 45 minutes…heaven!!! :D I then put it in the food processor along with plain greek yogurt, lemon, white wine vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard, parmesan cheese and s&p and whizzed it up til it was smooth.
The tomato bread is just a whole wheat baguette that I sliced in half, drizzled with olive oil and toasted it under the broiler, then added sliced tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and basil on top, placed it back under to melt the cheese.


Pics and lighting aren’t the best, it was late. :(


Hubby is off fishing tomorrow and I am hoping to get caught up with my dvr and laundry…
‘night

Nature and a New Pizza

TGIF! And what a beautiful Friday it was! I really took some time today to enjoy and soak up the last of the summer..but first of course I worked out and decided to make some blueberry pancakes. The girls slept in late today so I had my to replacement helpers in the kitchen with me…
Miley and Maggie

So with the blueberries I picked up yesterday from the farmers market I decided to put them to good use in some whole wheat pancakes. I made a big batch that should carry hubby and the girls through the weekend.

For lunch I had yogurt and fruit, no surprises there! lol
Today was so beautiful, I spent some time in the gardens with the camera…





For dinner we had pizza to celebrate TGIF. So I thought I’d try a recipe from a new blog that I recently started following,  Eat, Live ,Run. Jenna made Cheesy Zucchini Pizza a few weeks ago, click here  to see her post.  It looked easy and yummy, only had a few ingredients with lots of cheese,  just how I like it! :)  So here goes…
Here are the 2 zucchinis shredded and patted dry with 2 cups of shredded mozzarella…

and the 1 cup of ricotta with 2 garlic cloves minced and s&p

Easy right?!  You betcha!!!
I rolled out the dough into whatever shape it wanted to go,  it’s Friday remember, keeping it casual! lol I’ll call this one semi-rectangle? And of course I added red pepper flakes, lots!

I didn’t want to put my oven on so I heated up the grill and cooked the pizza over indirect heat, 450 for about 12 minutes, just like Jenna said! ;)

And here she is, in all her golden, ooey/gooey/cheesy deliciousness!!

The hardest part about this pizza is waiting for it to cool so you can cut and dive in!!

Thank you, Jenna for sharing your recipe!!! It was delicious, a perfect ending to the week!!! :D
‘night!