January 20, 2011

Today was pretty uneventful, just hung around the house all day and cleaned (and dealt with our smoke detector going off for the 3.5 hours that the oven was in self-clean...arghhh!) So I will just get right to the breakdown of what was on the menu today :)

breakfast
2 packets Quaker Reduced Sugar Instant Oatmeal, cinnamon and spice-220 calories
1 red pear-100 calories

breakfast total
320 calories

snack
caramel corn rice cake-50 calories

lunch
Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Lemon & Garlic Chicken & Shrimp-260 calories

snack 2
chocolate rice cake-60 calories

dinner
Herbed Turkey Burgers with Ranch potato wedges! (major YUMMM)

burger patty-208 calories
1.5 servings of potatoes(I just HAD to get a few more! lol)-276 calories
bun-120 calories
1 tbs fat free mayo-30 calories
1 slice 2% cheese-45 calories
we topped them with raw spinach, tomato, and some hamburger dill slices, all free :)

dinner total-  679 calories

today's total-1369 calories

now for some RECIPES!

Herbed Turkey Burgers
1 lb ground turkey
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp basil
salt and pepper to taste

mix everything together and split into 4 patties, cook in skillet until done! I tried to grill these... I now know better. I went to flip them the first time and the whole first layer of my burger stuck tot he grill...so I brought them inside and finished them on a stove top griddle. DELICIOUS. And I usually hate ground turkey :) We topped them with fresh spinach, tomato, pickle, 2% sliced cheese, and some fat free mayo! Each patty is 208 calories, or 430 for the whole burger how I made it.

potatoes, super simple!
4 medium russet potatoes, cut into wedges
1 packet hidden valley ranch salad dressing or seasoning mix
lots of butter flavored cooking spray

toss the potatoes and ranch mix together(I had to add a teeny bit of water to get them well coated)

soak a foil covered baking sheet with cooking spray, lay the potatoes on the baking sheet, then spray the potatoes with a good amount of cooking spray. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, flip them and bake for another 15 minutes. THey got good and crisp and super delicious! This makes 4 servings at 184 calories per serving

Our yummy dinner!(I did end up eating about 4 more potato wedges...) It was perfectly filling and super delicious!