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Monday, March 21, 2011

Level 1 - Day 21

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Here's my meal plan for the day:

Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs with Feta Cheese and Veggies (found on SS web site) and one turkey sausage link.  This ingredients in this dish (chopped spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and feta cheese) really take plain old scrambled eggs to a new level.  I think it's because of the feta cheese as it adds an extra elegance to the eggs.

AM Snack - one pear.

Lunch - It's the weekend, so I had time to make Basil Chicken with Pesto Sauce (pg. 221) and Stracciatella Soup (from SS web site).

First, I found the idea for the chicken in the notes Suzanne included with the pesto sauce recipe.  She mentioned stuffing it under chicken skin.  And that's what I did because chicken breasts, with the bone, were on sale at our store this week.  Plus, I had enough pesto left over when I made it a week ago.

After stuffing each breast with about 1/2 of a tablespoon of pesto, I salted them and roasted at 375 degrees for one hour.  This pesto is truly awesome, and the flavor it gave to dull chicken was incredible.  In fact, the pesto flavored the chicken right down to the bone.  It was a decadent lunch, fit for a king.  I highly recommend this dish.

I should also mention that the Stracciatella Soup tasted a little like egg drop soup, but with spinach.  It was fast and easy to make with only a few ingredients; chicken broth, fresh spinach, eggs, pepper, and a little bit of Parmesan cheese for garnish.  It didn't disappoint, and I have to admit I wasn't expecting much.  But, it was flavorful and a perfect compliment to our chicken.  Plus, it was fun watching the eggs coagulate in the broth.  Something I've never done before.

PM Snack - Lunch was very filling so we skipped this snack.

Dinner- Turkey Chili (found on SS web site).  Again, this hearty and meaty soup had awesome flavor and really packed a punch.  But, in a good way.

We like our chili to have a little bit of a kick.  And using chili spices, plus canned tomatoes with jalapeno peppers added a different kind of kick.  Which, I think, complimented the turkey spectacularly.  Plus, you add sauteed onions and green bell peppers to the mix.  With a little garnish of shredded cheddar cheese.

If you're leery of trying turkey, instead of ground beef, in your chili, try this recipe.  I think you might agree that you don't miss the beef.




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