Detox - Day 26

I'm All About Saving Time

On Thursdays, I make time to plan our meals for the whole week.  My game plan is to make enough servings for 3-4 meals, depending upon the meal.  That way, I have leftovers throughout the week.  And, that means, I eliminate some prep work each day.  This is especially important, for me, when preparing lunch.

Like most of you, I don't have time in the morning to prepare a full meal to pack for our lunches.  And, a person can only eat so many salads before they get sick of them, and in turn, sick of the diet/lifestyle plan.

But, there is a method to my madness.  When I choose meals, I take into consideration how they taste when they're re-heated.  And, how well they last in the fridge, before they become re-heated.  I have found that all soups, and meats, like chicken and patties, do very well. 

Recipes that don't reheat well, I reserve for a one night offering for dinner.  However, I'm lucky because my husband will eat just about anything.  So, if we happen to have a leftover from a recipe I don't like when it's reheated, he'll eat it.  That's because he hates wasting food more than I do!

Breakfast - Leftover quinoa from Day 24.  I don't know why, but it seems to taste better when re-heated.  I'd love to hear comments about your experience with quinoa from some of my followers.

AM Snack - Organic apple.

Lunch - Today was a refrigerator clean out day.  My husband has been sick, and as a result he missed a meal one day (choosing broth instead), and didn't eat all of his 8 oz. protein servings each day.  So, we ended up with leftovers for two meals.  He had the leftover fennel soup with chicken and I had leftover Caesar salad (yum) and Chipolte Pork.

PM Snack -  My metabolism must be kicking in, because I've been hungry for both snacks these past few days.  I had some string cheese today.

Dinner - Something new today.  We had a delicious salad (pg. 174) with baby green lettuce, chicken tenders that I sauteed tonight, sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese and homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing (pg. 227).

Beverages:  Fell short today; six 8-oz. glasses of water and a cup of tea.