Cooking Fun

After JC and I cleaned the apartment (doesn't feel right to call it a house) & washed the dogs I wanted to make something GREAT for dinner. Before me, plenty of fresh items from the recent shopping trip. So I pulled out pork, prepackaged stir fry vegetables, mushrooms, onions (sauteed them Friday), green beans, zucchini and the yellow squash. Great cooking fun was straight ahead!

My first task was the stir fry and pork. After seasoning the meat up and cooking it in a little bit of oil, I tossed in the veggies and covered it so it could simmer down. Next I cut up the squash, poured egg beater over them, hit them with salt & pepper then tossed them in large portions in a bread crumbs.  After oiling the foil lined pan I baked them in the oven for 20-25 min. After they were done I sprinkled some Italian cheese on them (Mmmm nothing beats the smell of melting cheese) then set them aside for later. I turned back to the pork, removed it from the pan into a container, it smelled so delicious and I couldn't wait to taste the yummy! Next up: the beans.

These would be easy: cut off the ends, toss in the wok-pan with oil, add mushrooms (cut up) and the sauteed onions. Cook on medium heat until it all starts to sizzle. I added low sodium soy sauce, stirred once more, covered and removed from heat. Couldn't wait to get all of this on my plate!

As I was cooking I snacked on Surimi, a taste of crab salad (yes, only three crackers of it) and a few Scoop chips with bean/guacamole/cheese dip. It was like a Super Bowl party, without any football being on my T.V. (from the kitchen I can't see it anyway).

I felt great about the points too. The stir fry meal was three points, the squash five, and green beans zero. Even my snacking was a mere six points. It made me feel good to monitor my eating habits as I cooked a meal and scurried around the kitchen. I made sure that I drank lots of water today too. After last night and the alcohol I didn't want to chance getting dehydrated.

After a nice day watching Initial D movies with my son he was kind enough to go get some Menchies frozen yogurt. Now, I'm just waiting for my turn to use the T.V. and do  my Wii exercises before I call it a night (yes, I know it's 00:46 on Monday morning, but my life is always lived upside down).Oh, as for the frozen yogurt, I waited until midnight to add it to my anytime points!! Smart move huh.