I finished out the week of veggies with a couple of great dishes and some not so great. I never did make the carrot soup...I'm going to get to that today hopefully and I have an entirely new bunch of carrots to add to it from the box this past Friday.
On Tuesday I had to use those mustard greens that we attempted to eat as a salad the night before. I have to say...they weren't my favorite things ever. I mixed in the greens from the beets and added some red wine vinegar which helped but they were just meh. That night I roasted a turkey tenderloin which was a new addition to my normal repertoire. I'm a fan! This meat is so low in calories and fat that I could eat 8 ounces of it for under 5 Weight Watchers points - that same amount of chicken breast is 8 points! I have no idea how it is so much leaner than chicken breast but I'm going to go along with it and use it more often. The leftovers made great sandwiches mixed up like chicken salad. That same night I cooked brown rice and put in some diced up carrots and...BACON! Yum. It was only 1 slice but gave the rice a great flavor.
Wednesday and Thursday we went out for dinner but made up for it on Friday with a blowout vegetable and shrimp stir fry. We make this a lot and it's always a hit. I used up the brocolli, some carrots, spinach, leftover brown rice and we threw in some shelled edamame and shrimp as well. And LOOK - Max and I finally learned how to use our mandolin slicer to make perfect stir fry carrots. Very exciting, I know.
After all of the things I cooked last week, how much I indulged AND the fact that I did not exercise even once, I still lost 2 ounces. I know that might not seem like a lot but I had at least 3 HUGE and ridiculously calorie heavy meals out this week so if it wasn't for my healthy cooking during the week the situation would be much worse. :)
I have to get the pictures together of the treats I made for my dad...some turned out great and others not so much. Stay tuned if you have a sweet tooth!
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