Taco Pizza

My husband had made me so many wonderful meals that he adapted to be meat free. When he was in school he worked at a pizza shop that had a taco pizza on the menu. Last night he decided to make a meat-free taco pizza, and it was out of this world good!

He placed a bag of Morningstar crumbles in a pan with some water and a package of vegetarian taco seasoning from Whole Foods and cooked it until the seasonings were absorbed. He then took a whole grain pizza crust from Trader Joe's and put a layer of vegetarian cheese on the crust then the seasoned crumbles, followed by another small layer of cheese. He then baked it in the oven until the crust was crispy and the cheese melted. After he took the pizza from the oven, he topped it with shredded lettuce and tomatoes.

Here is my piece with some Fage mixed with salsa on the side.

Another close up...

This was really a great meal that I never would have thought of. I'm so happy Steve is a wonderful and creative cook!

Sophie went to the groomers yesterday and they shaved her :( She was not amused and I miss her cocker spaniel ears (she is a cockapoo).

HAPPY FRIDAY!! I'm enjoying today and resting up for my 1/2 marathon in the morning, see you tomorrow.

I wish I weren't a grown up!!

I can't tell you all how happy I am that it is Thursday night! Yesterday I put in over 12 hours for work and today wasn't much better. I wish I would have know really how much I would miss being a kid or a student or in college or in law school...So for those readers still in school, you may wish you could fast forward to graduation, don't!

Okay so, no exercise yesterday because I couldn't even take a lunch break. Today I managed a 4.7 mile walk with Steve and Sophie at North Park. I hate days that I am super stressed and can't get any exercise, because exercise is a huge stress reliever for me.

On to the food for yesterday and today.


Wednesday

I ate 0% Fage mixed with strawberries and 1 serving of Udi's granola. Here is a picture before it was mixed.
Luckily this had a ton of staying power because I was seeing a client outside of the office in another county and didn't get back to the office until 2:30pm to eat lunch.


Lunch was an individual serving pack of Annie's Mac & Cheese, which is made in the microwave I guess like easy mac, but I've never tried that because it is not natural like Annie's. I added about 1/4 cup Morningstar Crumbles and a chopped up tomato. I also added some of the 0% Fage that I left from my breakfast. I also had a Chocolate Cherry LaraBar. This LaraBar seemed good, but I ate it straight from the fridge, so it was cold and hard and maybe not as good as if it had been kept out of the fridge.



Around 4:30pm I ate a Maple Nut Clif Bar. This was the first time I had this kind and while I might buy it again, I wouldn't list it as a favorite.



For dinner I ate some Kashi crackers, nuts from Hawaii, and a whole wheat wrap with a Morningstar Veggie Burger with guacamole and some veggies.


A little later I had some Edy's Cookie Dough Ice Cream (sorry no picture).

Thursday

Because of the great staying power of breakfast yesterday, today I also had 0% Fage with peaches, strawberries, and 1 serving of Udi's Granola.



Iced Skim Latte around 10:30ish:

For lunch I had a Kashi Pocket Sandwich and a Salad. I also had two pieces of chocolate that were in my desk drawer, that I don't like much but I need to finish (only a few more piece left).

At 3pm I want to a office birthday celebration for an other attorney a couple floors up at my firm (my firm occupies about 15 floors of an office building). I had a piece of chocolate cake from Cost Co that was so good. I originally had planned on stopping to say Happy Birthday and not have cake, but I succumbed.

Dinner was a Mexican Impossible Pie that my wonderful husband made for me. I emailed him the recipe at work.

Impossible Vegetarian Taco Pie

1 1/2 cups Morningstar Crumbles

1 medium onion, chopped (we used 1/2 large onion)

1 envelope taco seasoning mix (I found a Vegetarian Taco Mix at Whole Foods)

1 1/4 cups skim milk

2 egg whites and 1 whole egg

3/4 cup Bisquick Heart Healthy Baking Mix

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 cup mushrooms, chopped

Cheese if desired

Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch pie plate.Cook and stir Morningstar Crumbles and onion in 10-inch skillet until crumbles are brown. Stir in dry taco seasoning mix. Spread in plate; add mushrooms and tomatoes. Beat milk, eggs and baking mix until smooth, 15 seconds in blender on high or 1 minute with hand beater. Pour into plate. Bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes longer. Cool 5 minutes. Serve with sour cream, chopped tomatoes and shredded lettuce if desired. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Here is my first piece, I had a second piece that I didn't take a picture of.

I also snacked on a mixture of things from my pantry, that 1) I didn't photograph and 2) was clearly out of stress, exhaustion, etc.

And like I said at the start of the post, I got it a walk of almost 5 miles right after dinner.

I'm tired! Good Night!!!!

Celebration Sunday!

I was pretty busy last night getting ready for the week, so here is Sunday:

I enjoyed Saturday's breakfast so much that I had it again Sunday. Today I ate it out on our deck, so a little change of scenery:)

I had an iced coffee and 2 pieces of chocolate for a little snack.

For lunch I mixed a bunch of leftovers together for a burrito. I had a few spoonfuls of corn, pinto beans, salsa, morningstar crumbles, guacamole and lettuce. This was so tasty and really filling.

Here is a better close-up:

For dinner we went to my younger brother's house. Although, my mom brought all the food and cooked for him and his girlfriend made some of the appetizers, so he got off easy. My other brother and sister-in-law came with my 5 month old nephew. My mom, younger brother, and sister-in-law all have August birthdays so we were celebrating all at once.

I had a baked potato with salsa, broccoli, tostitos, and some tomato.

I didn't take a picture, but I also had some of the birthday cake that Steve and I brought from Sam's Club.

Okay off to the dentist and then work. Have a great Monday!!!

Fage Friday

I didn't get around to posting about Friday last night, so here it is...

Before I left the house I had an iced coffee with some Hershey's Lite Chocolate Syrup and light chocolate soy milk.

At work I made oatmeal, with 3 ounces of Fage and peaches and raspberries. The peaches and raspberries were so good together.

Around 11am I broke out the colorful grapes that I packed for a snack. All of these were meant for 2 snacks, but I ate them all at once.


At 12:30 I decided to eat my lunch, even though I had planned to go to the gym before lunch. I packed 1 cup of vegetarian chili from last night and some brown rice.


After lunch I needed something sweet, so I went into the chocolate stash hiding in my desk drawer. A few weeks ago I was craving chocolate so I went to Rite Aid and bought this Cookies & Creme Fully Loaded mini chocolate bars. I had never tried them but at the time they looked good. I don't like them much and won't buy them again. I had two mini bars.



At 2:30 pm I decided to take a gym break, and I even wore my Nike + with my ipod to learn how far of a walk my gym is from my office. I was thinking it was 1/2 mile round trip. But it turns out it is 1/3 mile there so it is 2/3 mile round trip. At the gym I was feeling really stressed and worried I would miss a call from a partner while I was on the machine, so I only was able to do 20 minutes on the stair climber and 5 minutes on the elliptical and a small bit of stretching. In total: 25 min at the gym and then 10 min of walking to and from the gym. I figure on a busy day 35 minutes is better than nothing.


Around 4pm I had a Kashi Cherry Dark Chocolate granola bar to hold me over until dinner.



I got home around 6pm and had no idea what to make for dinner. Around 6:30 I ventured into the kitchen and snacked on some Kashi crackers while deciding what to make. We decided to just make the Annie's Mac and Cheese with peas and Boca Crumbles. We use 1/2 cup Fage instead of milk to make the sauce. We shared a sliced tomato on the side.




After dinner I had another iced coffee. We then went to run some errands.



Around 9pm, when we got home, I had a weight watchers ice cream sandwich, a vita-muffin brownie, with cool whip and Hershey's lite chocolate syrup. This dessert total had about 250 calories. I figure I opted not to have a Friday glass or two of wine, so 250 calories was not too bad for dessert.


I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!!!

Great Products = Lots of Pictures!

I woke up this morning and started getting hungry so I ate the last blueberry oat bar. I need to make these again this weekend.


On the way to work I munched on 1/4 cup of Udi's Granola, that I measured out into a snack bag. Yesterday I just received a package in the mail with a bunch of different flavors of Udi's Granola, and today I had the Cranberry. This actually filled me up pretty well. Until I had a sample from my grocery store a week ago, I had never heard of Udi's. Apparently it is also a restaurant and bakery in Denver, Colorado. The ingredients in the Cranberry are: Thick-Cut Rolled Oats, Wildflower Honey, Dried Cranberries, Canola Oil, and Walnuts. I've never made homemade granola, but my guess is that this is much closer to tasting homemade than other granola on the market. Also included in my package was a recipe for Udi's Granola Chocolate Chip Cookies, which I may try to make in the next couple of days.

At work I ate the berries that I was going to eat with my granola, but instead ate in the car. Overall this wasn't a big enough breakfast (oat bar only had 100 calories, granola 120 calories, 1 cup of berries about 50 calories). Normally my breakfast is about 350 calories. So I think my smaller than usually breakfast is the reason I am still hungry while I type this.


I was in meetings all morning and ate lunch at 12:40. I packed hummus, tomato, and romaine lettuce on a Ezekiel english muffin. I had too much lettuce and tomato so I ate the extra on the side with a little salt.

While eating my sandwich I was reading the post on Jenn's blog and saw her Starbucks trip and instantly craved it, so about 10 minutes after my sandwich was done and I made sure I was still hungry I walked to Starbucks and got the Grande Mocha Light Frap.

Around 4:15pm I started getting hungry so I ate the three Back to Nature Classic Creme cookies that were tucked away in my desk drawer. These tasted so good, but didn't do much to curb my hunger.

I got home about 6:20pm and while my husband and I got dinner ready I snacked on a handful of baked tostitos.

For dinner we had a pack of Rising Moon Creamy Artichoke & Olive Ravioli which was Vegan. The packet has two servings at 240 calories each. I really have loved all of Rising Moon's Raviolis that I have tried. My husband loves them too and would have no idea that they are Vegan. I am really sad though because I think my Whole Foods has stopped carrying these, so now I need to find them someplace else!

We covered the Ravioli in Newman's Own Sauce (we added fresh mushrooms and Morningstar Crumbles to the sauce). We add Morningstar Crumbles to so many of our dishes, but it has never let us down! On the side we had a salad.

After dinner I had one of these for dessert (it jumped into my cart at Target). I loved it, because 1) it was portioned controlled and 2) I love Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

After dinner and my dessert I went to my hour Pilates class, and I could really feel my abs working hard. Pilates ended at 9pm and then I had to stop and pick up a card for my brother in law's graduation from his Nursing Program. Steve and I are attending a lunch tomorrow at his University. I am just sneaking out of work from 11am - 1pm. Hopefully they have something healthy and vegetarian. When I finally got home around 9:40pm, I started to get hungry again, so I had a bowl of grapes.

Wow that was a lot of pictures for one day!! Now it is way past my bed time!