This week I made two recipes from the Dinner Survival cookbook as well as one from SkinnyTaste.com.
First up is the Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili from Skinny Taste. Someone else on the thread made it not too long ago and it sounded and looked so good that I decided to give it a try. Here it is...
It made 10 servings so I only made half the recipe and divided it into 4 servings at 7pts each. The rice counted at two pts as did the cheddar. The cheddar was an excellent addition to this dish. It was so good after it melted. Dh and I both liked it -- ds wouldn't eat it but then again he doesn't eat anything. There are 11 points on the plate (7+2+2).
Next is the Beefsteak Sandwich and BLT Salad (minus the T because I dont like raw tomatoes).
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This was an excellent sandwich!! DH's is made with cheddar, mine is made with Laughing Cow cheese. Both sides of mine are spread with cheese and sprinkled with garlic powder and parsley, DH is butter, garlic powder and parsley on one side and just cheddar on the other. Both are topped with onions. The bread with the cheese is placed in a preheated oven and then the heat if turned off until we are ready to eat. It makes the bread nice an crusty. It is served with a romaine lettuce salad with parm cheese, turkey bacon and tomatoes. DH had tomatoes from his Dad's garden on his salad. It was all really really good!
Steak 5pts, bun 6 pts, LCow cheese 1pt, salad 4pts. There are 16 pts my the plate. Dh's was more because of the cheddar which I didn't count.
This was supper tonight! Also a great meal. It was called Sesame Snap Chicken with Snap Peas. It was supposed to be made with chicken thighs but I forgot to buy them. I used chicken breasts instead.
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The chicken is cooked in a mixture of Soy sauce, garlic powder and ginger powder and topped with sesame snaps. They made the chicken crunchy. The snap peas were tossed in sesame oil and the pasta was coated in a mixture of chicken broth, curry and liquid honey. It was amazing. There are leftovers for tomorrow! There are 11 pts on the plate. Chicken 3pts, pasta 5pts, peas/sesame oil 3pts. Ds of course had to scrape every bit of non chicken particles off his chicken and had plain pasta with butter on it.
Do you still want me to keep doing this review??
. You are a real inspiration. My regular meeting is full of about 5-8 members at goal. It's so nice to have them there ... so encouraging. Now you can be there for your meeting 
.. But you guys new what I meant.
. Hope you feel better, back issues are no fun.
, 2 weeks into starting WW. Second photo is today. Wow, what a difference if I do say so myself. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
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