Thursday, February 12, 2009

Creative in the Kitchen

by Meghann on February 12, 2009

You know those nights when you start out with one idea for dinner and it kind of keeps evolving until you end up with something amazing? Tonight was definitely one of those nights!

I started out with the idea of Stir Fry. I bought a stir fry veggie mix on Sunday and wanted to break into it tonight. Then I received this in the mail and decided I had to incorporate it in to my stir fry.

The nice people at Country Bobs sent me a couple of samples of they’re all purpose sauce. I have seen various reviews around the blog world and knew this stuff was going to be good.

To make my special stir fry cause I combined

Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce
Soy Sauce
Honey Mustard
Vinegar
Sesame Oil
Ground Ginger
Garlic Power
Pepper

I can’t give exact measurements because I kept adding different amounts until I got a taste I enjoyed, but trust me it came out good.

While I was making the sauce I pressed some Tofu and let it marinade in the sauce for 10 minutes. I then baked it at 420 for 15 minutes, flipped it and baked another 20 minutes.

Mmmmm…… baked tofu. Yum!

I started stir frying the veggies with some of the left over sauce, when I realized I meant to have some brown rice to put the stir fry over. Knowing brown rice would take WAY to long to cook now I dug in my cabinet and discovered some No-Yolk Whole Grain Egg Noodles and knew that would be the perfect replacement.

I mixed the Noodles, Veggies, Tofu and Sauce then topped it with Sesame Seeds and Pecans. It was different then my original dinner, but oh so good. I enjoyed this creative creations and would happily make it again.

Yum!

With all the creativity from dinner I had to let it rub off into my dessert too!

I had 1/2 of a Kit Kat Blondie, a dollop of Fat Free Cool Whip, and 4 Strawberries. This dessert was perfect! Absolutely perfect!

I almost for got, this afternoon I had a snack of 100 Calorie Pack of Kettle Corn.

I was about to skip the afternoon snack when my stomach started growling at 4:30 and I knew dinner would still be a couple of hours off. This is a big step from where I would just eat a snack a 3:00 just because it was there. I waited, felt the hunger and then ate.

Now I’m going to enjoy another special treat I received in the mail.

I believe I had both Kath and Sarah to thank for this one. Kath decided to share her BSI winnings with the whole gang so Sarah sent packets of Sleigh Ride Sugar Cookie Tea to the group. I LOVE this tea and am sooo sad its now out of season. Thank you Kath and Sarah!

I’m off to pack for the weekend. Good night Blog World!

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Where’s Friday?

by Meghann on February 12, 2009

?Is it almost the weekend yet?… because I am beyond ready for it!

I have some great plans ahead of me this weekend. I was actually just expecting to stay in this Valentines Day and have a pity party for myself that would involve lots of Ice Cream and Lifetime Movies, but instead a good friend of mine invited me to his neck of the woods for the weekend. He promised me good ‘anti-runners’ chocolate (haha his words, not mine) and flowers so how could I say no? Chocolate here I come!

What are the rest of my single ladies doing this weekend in honor or ‘single awareness day?’ Will there be Ice Cream and Lifetime movies involved? Or Are you going to say the hell with the day and go out celebrating being single?

I had a late mid morning snack today of the free Chocolate Drizzled Quaker Mini Delights sample I received in the mail a couple of weeks ago.

Honestly, I wasn’t exactly thrilled at trying this, its funny how just by reading an ingredients list now a days I actually find myself disgusted by products.

But I figured it was one little bag and gave it a shot.

It was ok. Nothing that would make me overlook those ingredients and actually buy a bad. It was airy, light and only 90 calories. Honestly I felt like I was eating chocolate covered air. It did nothing to fill any void of hunger and simply was not for me.

Lunch on the other hand was fantabulous and actually tasted like real filling food!

I had a leftover bowl..err plastic container… of Apple Butternut Squash Soup. It was still so creamy and good with the perfect tinge of sweetness. This was the last of it in my freezer, I will have to make again sometime.

I also had a piece of the Publix 9 Grain Bread I had to cut in half to fit in the toaster.

And the last of my fresh Pineapple I topped with a tablespoon of TJ’s Praline Pecan Granola…mmmmm….

It was a wonderful, filling, satisfying lunch that I would be more then happy to repeat at this very moment again and again.

Later Gators, I’m off to inventory the new pens for my office. Joy!

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And the Winner is….

February 12, 2009

Lindsey, on February 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm Said: Edit Comment The twins would LOVE a new sports bra!! Out of 396 entries I used Random.org and got the number 167 which was Lindsey! Congrats! Lindsey please e-mail your address and sports bra size to me at graduatemeghann@gmail.com and I will pass it along to more »

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