Level 1 - Day 43

I'm Still Making Progress With My Mom

While I still can't get my mom to eat a Sexy Forever breakfast, she occasionally eats on the plan for lunch, but is really getting into my dinner preparations.  And, last night was another winner.

And the bonus has been her blood test results each day.  My mom has Type II diabetes and is thrilled with the readings she's been getting since dipping her toe into the Sexy Forever pond.  So, maybe there's hope for the old girl!

Breakfast - Fruit; then exercise.  Followed by Quinoa with non-fat milk and Agave Nectar.  I'm really starting to like this stuff, but it took a little getting used to.

AM Snack - I didn't feel hungry, so I skipped it today.

Lunch - We ate an early lunch because I was taking my mom golfing today.  And, surprise, surprise, we both had leftover Chicken Meatball Soup from yesterday.  I guess my mom did like it after all because she wouldn't have eaten the soup a second time if she didn't care for it.  However, she put lots of pepper on the turkey meatballs.

PM Snack - I know it's not on Suzanne's plan, but we shared an Arizona Iced Tea on the golf course.  When we got home I had a hard boiled egg for my snack.

Dinner - Chopped Vegetable Salad with Roasted Chicken plus Champagne-Mustard Vinaigrette (from SS web site).  This was absolutely delicious and very refreshing on a hot day.  The chicken is seared, then roasted, then coated with vinaigrette, then cooled before slicing.  I think these steps were key to keeping the chicken moist so that all the juices didn't run out.  No dry chicken here!

I've never had Champagne Vinegar before, so I had to hunt for it to make the vinaigrette.  It's kind of pricey, but really made a difference.  It tasted velvety and gourmet-like ... and balanced with the mustard flavor beautifully.  You use the vinaigrette to baste the chicken breasts after they're cooked and you also use it as the salad dressing for the chopped veggies. 

However, to my surprise, the vinaigrette took on a different flavor for each application.  You're supposed to dice the basted chicken into chunks, then put them on the salad.  But, I ate them separately because I was curious about the taste of the champagne vinegar.  The difference between it and regular vinegar is subtle, and I can't quite put my finger on it but to say it's more mellow and smooth.

NOTE:  Just in case you're wondering about my mom, she wouldn't even try the vinaigrette as she doesn't like salad dressing of any kind.  Do you see what I'm up against, as I've never known anyone who prefers a dry salad.  My mom should have been named, Plain Jane.  However, to her credit, she ate everything else and loved, loved, loved the chopped salad combination.  In fact, she was down right giddy about it.