I think I overestimated how much food I had in fridge for this week. It’s only Tuesday and I feel like I am already at bare bones. I have plenty of fruit, yogurt, & spinach, but not much else. Time to get creative.
With not much to work with I was quite proud of the meal I managed to put together for dinner tonight.
The meal required use of a lot of the last bit of ingredients I had. Including my final sweet potato onion which I roasted along with a zucchini and apple for 20 minutes at 415 degrees.
I topped the roasted veggies with the last of a can of chickpeas, the final scrapings from a jar of marinara sauce and the final shreds of the last bit of jalapeno cheese.
With 1/2 of an Italian Pita torn around the edge, this meal was perfect! Marinara sauce is and will forever be my no fail favorite meal to make. Yum!
For some reason I still had two large zucchinis at the bottom of my vegetable drawer. I took inspiration from Bobbi’s recent Zucchini Bread adventure and made a batch of Zucchini Muffins from this recipe on Cooking Light.
I followed the recipe exactly, but added crushed walnuts and chopped dates to the mix. They ended up very moist and flavorful. Yum!
I had 2 of the mini muffins fresh out of the oven for dessert. Perfect.
I wanted to say a big Thank You for all of your wonderful comments about my past cruise photos. It’s so strange I never think I look that different until I start looking through old pictures and see the change. I still feel like the same Meghann, just a healthier happier version. 🙂
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Tomato sauce is the no fail tying ingredient!
Those muffins look so yummy and moist!
Those muffins look great!
num those muffins sound good!!
Your muffins look awesome! Thanks for the info on cruising earlier, I’m so excited. I can’t wait to hear all about your cruise this weekend, I bet Derek is going to have a wonderful first cruise!
Looks like you will be heading to the store this week!
Marinara sauce never fails!! You totally need to try my Grandma’s homemade marinara sauce. Maybe I can convince her to cook for 135+ people for the blog summit?
maybe :/
Your dinner looks fantastic. And, yes, you really did look different in your cruise pics. You’re gorgeous either way. In fact, I think you have a very unique beauty. Your zucc muffins are fab. I think I’m making strawberry muffins this week. YUM-O
Those muffins look delish! Bobbi inspired me to make zucchini bread last night too. I have had it at um, two meals today.
Those muffins look great! I just made zucchini ones a few days ago too!
those muffins look so yummy. i love zucchini baked goods.
i really think those thrown together, scraping the back of the fridge meals can sometimes be the best. they get those creative juices flowing! 🙂
“Happier” is the key component, I think. I think it’s great that your family is so supportive of your healthy habits and that you really seem to enjoy your healthy foods. I’m used to be that way…then I was introduced to greasy Mexican food…but I’m trying to remind myself how much better I feel when I eat healthy, and delicious, foods 🙂
oooo I think that those are amazing looking! Might have to make mufins next time for sure 🙂 Night Dear!
dude, that is an awesome dinner.
sorry i never got back to you when i was leaving FL. Brad and I got swamped and had to drive super fast to get to TX for his family reunion on Saturday…it was a bit of a nightmare of driving. I miss you and caitlin already though!!!!
have fun on your cruise! you’re going to have an absolute blast!!
Those muffins look amazing! Your dinner looks so good too! I don’t even like sweet potatoes! I may have to try them again!
Two things (1) I liked the old cruise pictures a lot because I think they show that you were confident even when you weighed a little more. I know you feel healthier and happier now, but you seemed happy there as well and I think that’s important. (2) You always say you’re not a baker, but those muffins look so good!
ohh i love zucchini bread, I really should make some too!
Yummo! Mini muffers, I’m in love :]
-Courtney
http://peacelovehealthiness.wordpress.com
Those Zucchini muffins look great. And so does dinner! I love getting creative with that I have left in the fridge, it always makes me think of different and more exciting meals.
That dinner looks so delicious! Yum! And those muffins too! 😀
You do such a good job making delicious looking meals when you are running out of food! I hope that your last two days of work before the break are fabulous
It’s so awesome to hear you say you just feel like a “healthier happier” version of your previous self – because I don’t want to change who I am as a person by getting healthier, just get rid of bad habits. I’ve changed my eating before but always felt obsessive/mentally unhealthier as a result. Thanks for the inspiration!