Hey guys! Today my husband and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. I would like to say that we went out to a fancy steak house and had a wonderful dinner but that was not the case this year. Unfortunately the husband had to work (5:30pm to 6am) so he slept a good deal today and then had to left for work. But we made the best of it. We had a pretty good day. I enjoyed that it was just the two of us at home having a casual loving day. We watched some tv, I made him some beef stew and we enjoyed each other’s company. Lately he has been working a lot…that is just the way the Army works ya know. I do my best not to complain. I know one day when our lives slow down we will have nothing but time together. Hopefully many years from now you will find us with our grey hair sitting on the front porch or back deck talking about the days when we didn’t have time to stop and enjoy life.
Anyways…I slept in a bit today so breakfast was out the picture. I decided to make some ‘Beef’Fried Soba Noodles. It was sooo good. I added some morningstar farm chik’n strips and vegetables to make it a healthy meal. It was a perfect easy lunch.
Dinner tonight was tasty too. I was looking through the fridge trying to decide what I wanted and I released I had all kinds of vegetables that needed to be eaten before they went bad. Since I am the main vegetable eater in our house I will cut what I need from a vegetable and then toss them in the fridge until they are needed again. Well tonight I found baggies of 1/2 used veggies just begging to be used before they expire. So I tried to think of all the ways I could use up the mixture of veggies that needed to be cooked up. I ended up making a vegetable and MSF chik’n strip curry with some coconut milk. It was a huge plate of food that totaled 671 calories when finished. I know that sounds high but I only had two meals…and a dessert that I am about to tell you about.
Dessert tonight is something new that I am testing out. Banana Soft Serve is on the menu for dessert tonight. It seems pretty easy. Freeze 2 bananas and then blend in a food processor for about 5 minutes. I am going to add 2 ml coconut milk and some carob chips. I had the calories left over so I thought I would use them to try to recreate some creamy ice cream. I have to say that I really do miss the rich creaminess of ice cream. The soy version we get here in Germany is just not that good.
I took the day off from working out. I need to pick up some kind of moisture wicking spandex like shorts to wear under my workout pants. FYI…chubby people chafe when we work out. I thought I had a slight irritation on my thigh but it is a full blown blister the size of a half dollar…and it popped on it’s own while I was working out last week. So I am doing my best to let my body rest a few days. I might end up at the gym tomorrow since I know I cannot go Monday night but we will see. It is nice just to have some time to myself on the week. Tomorrow I am meeting a friend at Chili’s for lunch. They have vegetarian options so I am happy. Not to mention some of the options are almost healthy. But a black bean burger and fries do sound really good. I have to stop by the grocery store tomorrow too. I am running low on fresh veggies and soy milk. So I have to stop in and pick up some basic stuff. The husband works most nights this week so I think I am going to cook up a bunch of stuff tomorrow so that I am not cooking every night this week. I am hoping to make some vegetable lasagna, veggie chili and maybe something else. Then I will also be prepared for my lunches. I hate scurrying around at the last minute trying to pack a lunch in the mornings before I leave for work. It makes me late most days. But if I plan then I will have it packed up the night before.
Well I should really get back to relaxing and watching TV. I will post an update regarding the banana soft serve that I am creating tonight. I cannot wait to taste it.












