Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Week 2- Monday


What you will need:
Non-stick cooking spray
1 C chopped onion
3 C torn spinach- We didn't use spinach
4 low-fat flour tortillas (8-inch size)
1 C canned black beans
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
Mango peach salsa


Direction
1. Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium­ high heat until hot. Add onion; saute 4 minutes. Add spinach; saute 1 minute or until spinach is wilted. Remove from pan. Wipe pan with a paper towel.-We skipped this step
2. Coat pan with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Place one tortilla in pan. Cook 1 minute or until bottom of tortilla is golden. Sprinkle spinach mixture, beans, and cheese over one side of tortilla. Fold tortilla in half. - We used two tortillas and cut them into 1/4 pieces
3. Cook tortilla 1 minute on each side or until golden and cheese melts. Repeat procedure with remaining tortillas, spinach mixture, beans, and cheese.
ENJOY!
 

Rice
What you will need:
Rice-We used a Steamer bag of whole wheat rice
2/3 cup cilantro, loosely packed
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped scalions
1 jalapeno (or to taste)
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp olive oil

Directions
Cook rice per directions
Puree the above in a blender, add to the cooked rice, stir well.

Dressing for the rice

The meal

Stars
Jessie: 4.5 out of 5
Jason: 4.75 out of 5

Thoughts:
It took us about 30 minutes from start to ready to serve.  Jason said he gave this meal a 4.75 because the rice wasn't cooked like he liked it. He said he loved the rest of the meal just didn't like the rice because it was undercooked. I enjoyed this meal except for the rice but I don 't like rice to begin with so I should have probably gave it a 5 and forgot the rice. I didn't think I liked black beans but you couldn't even taste them so that was great! I also added sour cream and 100 calorie wholly guacamole and those two mixed with the Mango Peach Salsa was AMAZING! Overall a very easy meal and very filling.

2012 Summer Transformation
Weight: Since I didn't weigh in yesterday I'm not sure about gain/loss from yesterday but Monday is my official weigh in day so last week I lost 2.5 pounds! Yeah! Only 17.5 more until my tattoo!
Water: 120 finally back on track! 
Breakfast: 2 pieces sandwich thin whole wheat bread with peanut butter and a banana
Lunch: Left over Turkey Loaf with all the sides
Snack: am-Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Granola Bar
           pm-Cherry Diet Coke and a slice of banana chocolate chip bread
Dinner: Black Bean, Spinach & Cheese Quesadillas with Cilantro Rice
Exercise: 50 minutes of Hydro-fit
Sleep: I went to bed a bit late last night since we didn't get home from playing volleyball until after 10:30 so it was probably like 11:00 before I got into bed however I didn't get up until a little after 7:00am so I still got 8 hours of sleep.

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