Today was nice and relaxing!  We did things around the house and then went to the pool for a few hours to read and relax!  When we got home we had to get things ready for Brady’s parents and sister to come over for dinner.  We already had the menu planned so it was time for action!

Napkin of the Night:

Seseame Cabbage Salad

I have posted this before known as napa ramen salad.  This salad includes:

• Napa cabbage
• ramen noodle crushed – I used some pretzels tonight too
• cashews
• sesame dressing:homemade

I also placed baked tofu around the salad for the fam to try.  I am working on perfecting the tofu, but it went well with the salad and I think I will get it soon!  I will let you know when I do!

Tasty Turkey Burgers

(This recipe was modeled and changed from Oprah’s favorite turkey burgers)

Sautee:

• 1 granny smith apple chopped fine
• 1 c. celery chopped fine
• pam/water to make it moist
• 1/2 c. arugula chopped
• 1/2 c. cilantro chopped
• salt and pepper
• 2 T. lemon juice
• 2 T. chipotle marinade

Mix all of the above ingredients into the ground turkey.  Add more salt and pepper.  Let the turkey mixture sit in the fridge for at least 2 hours.  Shape into burgers and grill!  Serve with your favorite toppings- mango salsa is wonderful!

Huge Grilled Onions

Slice onions and skewer with a bamboo skewer.  Paint lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic wine seasoning.  Grill them up!

Check out how big this is compared to my cell phone.  This is not a small cell phone either!

We also had fruit salad and baked sweet potato fries!  Way too much food, as usual, but everything we made is great for lunches so you can guess what we are having for lunch.  After dinner we walked to get ice cream!!! I had a dish of pink champagne sherbert and fresh strawberry sherbert.  It was a very pretty pink bowl of delicious ice cream!  I wish I had a pic!

Tomorrow, after going to school to set up my classroom and going to a few meetings, we are making “healthy fettuccine alfredo with grilled shrimp”.  Brady requested it!  I will also get back to posting what I eat – i missed a few things this weekend 🙂 !

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