January 15, 2011

Ahhh and it begins! I woke up this morning ready to start anew! I have decided that I will allow myself one day a week to bake (because it's one of my biggest passions) and eat something that I wouldn't normally on a diet. This 'cheat' day will NOT be a binge day, but a day of allowances! So, here goes my day!

Breakfast:
1 cup fat free vanilla yogurt- 110 calories
1/4 granola/almond cereal- 130 calories
6 strawberries- 40 calories

Mid-morning snack
1 Chocolate rice cake-60 calories (and SUPER yummy!)

Lunch
1 Healthy Choice Steamers Microwavable meal- 220 calories

Mid-Afternoon Snack
1 Red Pear minus a few toddler-size bites ;) about 95 calories

Dinner
Pork Fajita Stew over white rice (don't have calorie count)

Dessert
Weight Watchers mock cheesecake (was surprisingly delicious!)


Slow Cooker Fajita Stew
2-1/2 lbs. lean meat (I used pork, chicken or lean beef would be good too!)
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
14 oz. can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 oz. envelope fajita seasoning mix,
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1" pieces
1 green bell pepper, cut into 1" pieces
1/4 cup flour

Trim excess fat from meat and cut into 2" pieces. Combine with onion and garlic in a 4-5 quart slow cooker. Mix together fajita seasoning mix (either purchased or your own homemade) and undrained tomatoes and pour over beef. Place peppers on top. Cover crockpot and cook on low for 7-9 hours until beef is tender.
Combine flour with water in a small bowl and stir well to mix. Add gradually to crockpot and stir well. Cover slow cooker and cook on high for 15-20 minutes until thickened, stirring occasionally. Serve stew with hot cooked rice or hot couscous. 8 servings

The only alteration I did to this recipe was that I used a can of diced tomatoes and green chiles instead of just plain tomatoes. The only real fat in this recipe is in the meat, the rest is pretty much yummy veggies!


Weight Watchers Cheesecake
2 env. plain gelatin
1 lb. low calorie Cottage cheese
1 (number 2) lg. can crushed pineapple (no sugar) with juice
1/2 c. pineapple juice
4 packets sugar substitute (equal to 8 tsp. sugar)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. butter flavoring

Soften gelatin in pineapple juice, bring to boil. Put Cottage cheese, pineapple, sugar substitute, vanilla and flavorings in blender. Blend thoroughly. Add gelatin and juice. Chill. Place in graham cracker crust, top with more fruit.

 

I was so skeptical of this recipe because I DETEST cottage cheese, but it actually came out realllly good! Not quite cheesecake, but close, surprisingly close. Definitely great when you need something!  I used 8 tbs splenda in palce of 4 packets of sugar substitute. I cut it into 8 even slices and ended up eating 2 (oops... I'm a breastfeeding mom, I'll say the other was Koen's k?!). I topped it with some sliced strawberries that I had sprinkled a little bit of splenda on and it was really good! It even got the ok of a firefighter or two!