Day 47: Texas Last Diet

Today is Labor Day, so there wasn't a lot of work on.  We ended up staying home most all day and cleaning house.  I had my pancake for breakfast, and a big salad with the rest of the kale in it.  I also had a trail mix packet.  I didn't have any extra protein with lunch... and I'm not sure why.  I think I just forgot it.  I just noticed it in my journal right now, and guess I just dropped it somehow.

Dinner was amazing! I did another recipe out of Janeva's Ideal Recipes cookbook.  That's the cookbook that Vikki has for sale at the office that was written by Janeva Caroline Eickhoff.  I'm really glad I got a copy of this book, as after 47 days on the diet, there can be a huge need to get some variety.  The other cool thing is that once I'm off the diet, I will actually have healthy options as part of my repertoire.  So I looked up Janeva's recipe for lasagna.  I am pretty sick of zucchini these days, so I replaced the zucchini with eggplant. I can't believe how good this dish was.  I browned some ground beef, and then made a quick marinara sauce and seasoned it all up like I was making spaghetti.  I sprayed the dish with Olive Oil Pam, and then layered eggplant, the meat and tomato sauce, and eggs and additional egg whites.  I layered that to the top, sprayed on a little more Pam, and threw it in the oven at 375 for about an hour.  It was soooo good, and it made a huge amount of food. I only threw in one pound of meat, so I assumed at first that I would need to eat half the lasagna.  Well no, that didn't happen.  A quarter of the dish was more than enough.  The thing is chock full of eggplant, and in addition to the meat, there are quite a few eggs.  I hate to break this to the "naked burrito" recipe, but this is probably the best dish I've had since on the diet.

I had my Southwest Curls for snack, and didn't feel the need for a 4th Ideal Protein packet.

Very good day.