Now on the diet...ugh!

So we are starting to watch our calorie intake here at the Garrett household. It's been quite trying as some days we don't eat enough calories, some too many calories and some empty calories. But at least our caloric intake is now on the radar screen.

Our goal is to eat everything in the correct portion size. You would be amazed at how many times we eat two or three servings of something and don't even know it. So we have started this week with measuring out portion sizes for us to eat and it has been quite eye opening.

1/2 cup of strawberries is a serving (4 med to large strawberries)
15 grapes is a serving
1 cup of soy milk is a serving
15 pretzels is a serving
12 Triscuits is a serving (not gluten free)
13 potato chips is a serving

We have found if you eat serving sizes you are more apt to want to eat 6 times a day as the portions don't keep you filled for the entire day. However, our goal is to get it to the point of servings size is the norm.

So this morning we had loaded scrambled eggs

2 egg whites
2 large eggs
1/2 small onion
1 small potato
1 jalapeno pepper
2 tbls butter
1 tbls olive oil

cut the potato, pepper and onion into small pieces and saute in 1 tbls of butter
I added the 1 tbls olive oil because everything started sticking to the pan

scramble the whites and eggs together

add 1 tbls of butter to the saute mixture then pour the eggs over it

mix it up and serve up!!!

250 calories per serving (mainly from the butter and oil)

when I add in my coffee and creamer (decadent creamer, but i love it) my morning is 500 calories and gluten free!!!

Gotta love Amy

This isn't a recipe from scratch but my husband says it's the best...A few weeks ago roasts were on sale, buy one get one, so I did. Into the crockpot it went and he had roast. Now mind you the roast was over 3 lbs for one person so most of it was frozen. I pulled some apart and thought it would make great bbq. I froze it and went on the search for gluten free BBQ sauce. Lo and behold Amy has come through with a BBQ sauce that my husband couldn't believe was gluten and dairy free. I had to go check the bottle again to ensure I read it correctly because he raved about it so.

All I did was empty the bottle onto the pulled roast, put the burner on 1 for 90 minutes and the flavor seeped into the roast meat. You want the BBQ sauce to cover all portions of the meat with a little extra so it doesn't dry out.

Add the homemade fries and you are good to go with a great recipe for lunch.

I had the Boca Veggie Burger and we had a wonderful spring picnic lunch today!!!

Bon Appetit...