Fantastic Recipe!!

It's not every day that I try a new recipe and the BF LOVES it. Normally he likes them...but I made one last night and he actually said he wanted it added to the weekly rotation! CRAZY!! I found it from the newest blog I stalk http://www.danicasdaily.com/. Danica is a fellow WW and she always has great recipes! This particular one was made with meatless crumbles...so in that regard I'm surprised the BF raved about it as much as he did. In fact, I don't think he would have been able to tell had I not let him in on the little secret! Are you ready for the recipe??


5 Ingredient Enchilada Skillet


INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup onion, chopped
12 oz Morningstar Farms® Veggie Frozen Burger Style Recipe Crumbles
8 corn tortillas, cut into 1 inch squares
8 oz low-fat cheddar or colby cheese
16 oz Enchilada Sauce


INSTRUCTIONS
1. Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Brown onion for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add veggie crumbles, sauce, tortillas and half the cheese. Heat to a boil. Cover and cook for 5 more minutes.
3. Remove from heat and top with cheese.
Makes six 1 cup servings, 5 points+ each


I kind of had to start over this Monday because this weekend wasn't exactly WW friendly.  It's so hard when you have no willpower, and the person you live with isn't on a diet...or interested in being on a diet.  Don't get me wrong.  He WILL eat what I cook...but he doesn't watch what he eats outside of that...so Friday when he said "do you want Mexican"...the no willpower thing go the best of me and I said yes.  Oh well...starting fresh as of yesterday. 
One of my dear friends is having surgery on Thursday and has asked me if I would come check on her and make sure she's still alive.  So of course I said yes.  I asked her what she'd like me to bring her to eat...and she said Long John Silvers.  I quickly let her know that I must love her because I would never go to LJS while dieting.  I LOVE LJS.  But, being the good WW that I am, I quickly researched the NI so I too could eat LJS!!  I think for one piece of fish and one chicken plank it would be 12 points...so I mine as well just spring for 2 pieces of fish for 14.  Of course that only leaves me 15 points for the rest of the day...and with my newest coffee addiction there goes 3...so now I'm at 12.  Good thing I haven't used up all my extra points.  I'm still waiting for them to come out with the skinny pill.  You know...one that's safe and actually works. 


I was reading in First Magazine that Whey is the way to go.  Ha ha... Apparently whey helps with weight loss.  Not sure how reliable that is...but I did find it funny that they did a study and showed that people that drank two meal replacement shakes a day lost more weight than those that didn't.  Well no kidding.  Of course they lost more weight...they are essentially only eating one meal.  That's super for people that don't like food...but then again if you are a person that doesn't like food I doubt you have a weight problem. 
Well that's all for now.  I get to have my fantastic leftovers for lunch in 15 minutes.  Yay!

Just in time...

So Spring has sprung...and so have I.  Into action that is.  I am officially about the heaviest I have ever been and I am NOT enjoying it.  Therefore, I am going to change my lifestyle.  Notice I didn't say the dreaded "d" word.  It's about eating healthy.  I learned over the last three or four days that the key to surviving is:
1.  Don't buy things that are low fat that you know you won't limit.
2.  Find food and recipes that you will actually enjoy eating.  So far I have found several.

See, number one is key because I bought ww ice cream sandwiches...and I had popsicles.  However if you eat 8 popsicles (oh that's nothing for me) in one evening then the fact that they have low calories doesn't exactly count...because when you're eating 8 that adds up.  I have since decided that when this box of ice cream sandwiches...in all their delicious glory, is gone I won't get anymore.  I will just have to find something else to eat...that I may not gorge myself on. 

For dinner last night we had quesadillas.  I got the idea from here only I used white instead of whole wheat.  So basically it's one tortilla (I used the medium size - bigger than taco, smaller than quesadilla), cut up a red pepper (free on ww p+ now), cut up an onion (also free I believe), spinach leaves, ham (I bought the small ham pieces already cut up (it was 4 servings and it was 1.5 grams of fat per serving...so not bad), and the most amazing (seriously...I am SOOOO in love) Babybel Bonbel cheese.  Perfectly portioned incredibleness!!!  So you cut up the onion and cook until "scorched", then add the ham, and red pepper.  Cook about 3 minutes and then put on a plate.  Put a tortilla in the pan and put a little of the cheese (the creator of the recipe shredded hers...I just pulled mine apart) on half and top with the spinach (next time I have to figure out a way to wilt my spinach a little so I can add more), then top with the ham and veggie goodness followed by the rest of the cheese.  Fold the half that isn't covered over and press down.  Then after a couple minutes flip it.  Casey loved it.  I loved it.  I ate it without sour cream...which is a huge deal because I eat a condiment with practically everything.  I'm a dipper!!!  It was awesome!!  Tasted restaurant quality and all low fat.  I am LOVING Laughing Cow and all their cheeses. 

For lunch today...I have a new favorite sandwich that I got from the same website.  She calls it a Poor Mans Egg Sandwich.  All you do is take a hard boiled egg and slice it (I really need to get an egg slicer), then take your bread (I used the new sandwich thins...which are great) and put a thin coat of lite mayo.  I also put a little mustard...then top with your sliced egg and put salt  on it...then put the other piece of bread on top.  I hate pepper but most people would want to put salt and pepper on it.  It was SO tasty and really not that bad for you.  I shall have another tomorrow.

Well that's all for now.  Tonight I have to take my dreaded "before" pictures...WORST!!!  Oh well...I need motivation!! 

Chicken Enchiladas...YUMMO!!!

Fantabulous Chicken Enchiladas

Okay, so I found this amazing recipe for Chicken Enchiladas. I would say everyone should give it a whirl…although I did change it every so slightly…so I’ll give you my version.

• Three cans ( I used Old El Paso) of mild green enchilada sauce
• One 12.5 oz can of canned CHICKEN…which might be my new favorite thing.
• A 8 oz bag of monteray jack/Colby mix and a 8 oz back of pepperjack cheese.
• Corn or flour tortillas (fajita size)

• Mix about ½ of both cheese with half a can of the enchilada sauce and the can of chicken.
• Pour the other ½ can of (just one of the cans of sauce) the sauce on the bottom of your pan. I think I used an 8x8 pan. It was square...that’s all I know.
• Warm your tortillas (I used corn) in the microwave for about 15 seconds – until warm.
• Take some of your mixture and put it in the tortilla and roll it like you would an enchilada and place in the plan. Continue to do so until you fill your pan.
• Cover with remaining two cans of sauce and remaining cheese. (I only covered with 1 ½ cans of the sauce since my pan was smaller than what the original recipe called for but left the cheese the same.
• Heat in oven on 325 for 20-25 minutes. At the end of cooking I turned my heat up a little to brown the cheese then I turned the broiler on to brown the top…that is just a personal preference.

I also served with Sour Cream. It was delicious and super duper easy!!!!! I would say it was AS good as I have had in restaurants!