Hello New Decade!!

I did it! I cruised right through the 190's and said goodbye without a tear.  I'm SO excited. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw those pretty numbers on the screen. :D

This weekend was another marathon of cooking and shopping.

I prepped a lot of baked goods for my new Continental Breakfast idea I have for back to school.  I'm planning to have a grain, fruit, nuts, and hard boiled eggs out for the children each morning.  They can make their own in hopes that our mornings will be a little more efficient. 

I found some great recipes to try at this blog.  I made Zucchini bread, Banana muffins, and Orange-Berry muffins.  Most all of those are in the freezer.

I also made up some nutritized Sloppy Lentil Joe's.  I then made some of our applesauce cornbread. I worked on putting some of the lentil mixture in with the cornbread batter to make some sloppy corn muffins for our picnic lunch tomorrow. The first batch didn't come out just right. Then I decided that I would work on it another day since I didn't want to be up until midnight babysitting muffins.

I did, however, stay up until 9 so that I could experiment with my Baked Oatmeal recipe. I am SO glad that I did!! I think it may be the best dish I've made yet.  Everyone was loving it this morning.  I posted the recipe on my Recipes page at the top.

Speaking of that page. I deleted a few recipes that are not Nutritarian.  I also highlighted a couple of the recipes in red to remind myself that I want to work on nutritizing those.  I think they are worth saving. ;)

Today we attended a church potluck.  They grilled chicken and we all brought the sides.  I brought a pot of Indian Spiced Lentils.  Not too many people ate it, but I sure was happy to have a filling and healthy choice for my lunch.  I also brought some raw cut vegetables.  Also a good choice, as the only salads available were covered in dressing.  I will admit that that Caesar salad looked really good and it was very hard not to take a little bite while I was cutting up the chicken for my younger ones today.  But, I was so happy to eat right and know I wasn't going to regret it later. I also packed a few strawberries and walnuts for myself and David to share.  I was surprised to see fresh fruit at the dessert table, so I enjoyed a little indulgence of extra fruit with my meal.

Oh! I also scored more points with our Sunday Munch today. (haha! I just made that name up, but it's cute!)  See, we used to enjoy this yummy dish on some Sunday afternoons. I would layer a pan with cream cheese, then salsa, then shredded cheddar or mozzarella.  Bake and serve with corn chips. Everyone loved it.  Especially David.

Today I wanted to use up some bean dip I made that was in the fridge.  I got the idea to try a variation on that cheese dip. 

I layered the white bean dip in a glass pan. Then I spread a layer of freshly cooked black beans.  Then thin layer or salsa.  I topped half of the pan with vegan "cheese" and the other I sprinkled with "parma". (Parma is finely chopped walnuts mixed with nutri yeast.)  Baked it for about 20-30 minutes.  I served it with some "chips" that I made out of some corn tortillas that I cut, seasoned (with lime juice, chili powder, cumin, onion and garlic powder), and baked in the oven with the dip.  I also served some carrot sticks and bell pepper slices to eat with the dip.

It was great!  I've been mulling names around for my new dish.  Layered Bean Dip, Sunday Bean Dip, but now I'm thinking Sunday Munch Bean Dip is perfect!  I'll work on getting the recipe posted soon. :)

So happy to see the scale go down again.  Man, am I excited to keep pressing on when I see that kind of progress. :D