Halibut Roasted with Red bell peppers, Onions, and Russet Potatoes

This dish was good and I will make it again with maybe cod or what it actually calls for!  I used flounder with it because thats what I had in the house.  It was delicious but i took a few different steps just because I didn't have the full amount of time to follow the recipe to the "T".

363 calories per serving is great for dinner and will actually allow for a heavier lunch or a TV dessert.

Oh and just a little tip...I know its not the same but I forgot to get parsley at the store so I re-constituted some dried parsley in a tiny bit of water.  

Here is the link to the actual recipe.

FISH RECIPE

Sesame Ginger Pork Chops

So this is another one of my "marinating escapades", lol.  The pork chops I use I get from Aldi's on my weekly trips there.  They are thinly cut and very lean.  In most cases I get 2 chops for a serving.  This week I marinated them in Lawry's Sesame Ginger bottled marinade.  LOVE THIS STUFF!!  It is superb in flavor.  I then paired them with ginger and sake stir fried green beans and garlic steamed white rice.  This dish was a hit for the entire family.

One of my secrets...

So one of the things I like to do is marinate my meats and seafoods, but they never seem to have that blast if flavor I look for. So what I discovered years back (and just started doing again), was to put the marinades in with the meats of my choice, in a ziploc well labeled and freeze it for at least 5 days before cooking.
This meal here is balsamic and herb marinated filets, with the new oreida potato grillers, asparagus, and balsamic herb glazed mushroom skewers. It came in under 400 calories and my kitchen stayed clean cause I put it all on the grill.

I love...

I love that I don't feel "obligated" to wear black and dark colors anymore....
BRING ON THE RAINBOW!!!!

Slow roasted Greekish pork chops...

This was dinner. Last night I prepped eight marinated meats and seafoods and noticed I had two random bags of pork chops. Crock pot! So, this morning I put 6 boneless pork chops, I lg yellow onion, a large can of crushed tomatoes, 1 container knorr beef broth concentrate, 3/4 cup water, 1tbs of minced garlic, 1tbs (ish) fresh rosemary and salt and pepper into the crock pot. Started on high for a couple hours then turned to low. About an hour till serving time(total cook time 8hrs) I added 1 sliced red bell pepper.
I served it over peppered orzo and sprinkled about 2tbs feta cheese on top. Oh, and a side of peas (frozen not canned). Love them! They taste so different and fresh, and when I make a whole bag there's usually leftovers that I can put in my salads.
The family loved it!

Asian food!!!

So I got these teriyaki skewers from aldi's. They were 70 calories each and turned out delish! I paired them up with brown "fried" rice and ginger steamed broccoli. I decided I wanted a lil more flavor so I paired the rice up with siracha and the chicken with Thai sweet chili sauce....mmmmmm.....
Under 450 calories :)

Back to real life...

Vacations, what a wonderful thing to be able to do. For most of us vacations are a time for doing things we normally don't do during our normal lives like rafting, fishing, roller coasters, sleeping all day, and indulging in delicious devilish foods.
In my opinion partaking in some divine eating while on vacation is perfectly normal and safe as long as you can get right back to it when your vacation bliss is over; and really that's the key.
I just returned from a week long of comforting indulgence, a week of forgetting what it's like to feel hungry. And let me tell you while I had tons of fun I am so done feeling that way! I am ready to get back to my healthy fun foods and my workouts. If you told me 6 months ago that I would welcome my new lifestyle back after a week off I would have thought you were crazy. After this last week my insides are torn up! My "daily" schedule (achem) is totally off kilter, my stomach acid is all messed up, and my legs are terribly restless. I do not like feeling this way. I have a rather large vacay coming up in about a month. This vacation is with my best foodie friend and we are going on a 5 day Caribbean cruise and then I'll be at her house for a week. Fortunate for me she's changed her lifestyle as well and we both fully intend to use the gym on the boat and I fully intended to use her YMCA. I also plan on indulging is some fine fried Florida food and some fine fresh and delicious food but I also intend to steer away from cheesy greasy foods for at least 95% of my trip.
I guess my point is, is that once you get into the groove of a new lifestyle you will find that venturing off of it too much will make you feel icky and you won't like it.