WOW! Caught up finally!! A day to get caught back up. We had a birthday party in the afternoon and our neigbors over for dinner (they brought buns for the sandwiches) but it still seemed slow in comparison to the last few days. Got the cars unloaded and adequate naps due to the HORRIBLE night's sleep obtained by the kids. They got to play with their toys and watch some TV. It was much needed down time!! And on to week 4 of the challenge too!!!!
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Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, english muffins with cheese or butter/jam, grapes, milk and juice (and some muuuuuuuch needed coffee LOL). I had my eggs with spinach instead to get rid of some of the FAT still on my lips from the reception. Most Hors d'ourves are not low fat items...
Snacks: Ritz crackers with cream cheese, pineapples, juice. Crackers and cheddar cheese and grapes for Hunter.
Lunch: Kids: PB&J baby. Edible high calorie goodness LOL The kids also had buttered noodles with peas (wacky mac, buttered and stirred with frozen peas). The adults had turkey sandwiches instead.
Snack for Ryanne and mom: Ice cream at the party. Okay, still on fat overload but who can resist a sundae bar?!?! I just stuck with ice cream, lite Hershey syrup and a couple of marshmallows. Ryanne went all out of course AND had a cupcake.
Dinner: Crockpot BBQ chicken sandwiches, Wacky Mac pasta salad, green salad and milk, lemonade and 1 beer per adult (except me who had to go to work!!).
Crockpot BBQ chicken:
2 # chicken breast or chicken breast strips
2 bottles BBQ sauce
I pre-broiled the chicken so I could shred it before putting it in the crock pot. You can put it in whole, even frozen if you like and cook in the sauce and shred after cooking, it was just easier for me to do it ahead of time and cook for less time. I broiled until cooked through and then fork shredded. Put in both bottles of BBQ sauce and rinsed with about 1/4 cup of water per bottle to get it all out. Served on buns with optional cheddar cheese slices.
Green salad:
Used the Sargento Salad finisher I have a rebate coming for. Added a package of Healthy One's ham (sliced), 3/4 cucumber (chunked), some extra Kraft cheddar cheese shreds and Marie Callendar's croutons to a bag of lettuce. Choice of dressing for everyone.
Wacky Mac salad:
Really, just add any veggie you can to an al dente cooked package and toss with italian dressing or Ranch. I used:
4 slices of bacon, pre-cooked in microwave and towelled off, then chopped.
1 zucchini, some cooking spray and 3 cloves of garlic. Added the bacon pieces and sauteed lightly.
1/4 cucumber, chunked
The only 3 tiny tomatoes to survive the hail, damaged areas chopped off & tomato chunked
5 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
4 ounces chopped baby carrots
6T Lowfat italian dressing
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Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, english muffins with cheese or butter/jam, grapes, milk and juice (and some muuuuuuuch needed coffee LOL). I had my eggs with spinach instead to get rid of some of the FAT still on my lips from the reception. Most Hors d'ourves are not low fat items...
Snacks: Ritz crackers with cream cheese, pineapples, juice. Crackers and cheddar cheese and grapes for Hunter.
Lunch: Kids: PB&J baby. Edible high calorie goodness LOL The kids also had buttered noodles with peas (wacky mac, buttered and stirred with frozen peas). The adults had turkey sandwiches instead.
Snack for Ryanne and mom: Ice cream at the party. Okay, still on fat overload but who can resist a sundae bar?!?! I just stuck with ice cream, lite Hershey syrup and a couple of marshmallows. Ryanne went all out of course AND had a cupcake.
Dinner: Crockpot BBQ chicken sandwiches, Wacky Mac pasta salad, green salad and milk, lemonade and 1 beer per adult (except me who had to go to work!!).
Crockpot BBQ chicken:
2 # chicken breast or chicken breast strips
2 bottles BBQ sauce
I pre-broiled the chicken so I could shred it before putting it in the crock pot. You can put it in whole, even frozen if you like and cook in the sauce and shred after cooking, it was just easier for me to do it ahead of time and cook for less time. I broiled until cooked through and then fork shredded. Put in both bottles of BBQ sauce and rinsed with about 1/4 cup of water per bottle to get it all out. Served on buns with optional cheddar cheese slices.
Green salad:
Used the Sargento Salad finisher I have a rebate coming for. Added a package of Healthy One's ham (sliced), 3/4 cucumber (chunked), some extra Kraft cheddar cheese shreds and Marie Callendar's croutons to a bag of lettuce. Choice of dressing for everyone.
Wacky Mac salad:
Really, just add any veggie you can to an al dente cooked package and toss with italian dressing or Ranch. I used:
4 slices of bacon, pre-cooked in microwave and towelled off, then chopped.
1 zucchini, some cooking spray and 3 cloves of garlic. Added the bacon pieces and sauteed lightly.
1/4 cucumber, chunked
The only 3 tiny tomatoes to survive the hail, damaged areas chopped off & tomato chunked
5 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
4 ounces chopped baby carrots
6T Lowfat italian dressing
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