Cooking our way through calorie laden food is only one of our goals this year. We are also training to run our first 1/2 marathon (13.1 baby!). Not sure who’s idea it was exactly (at times we have taken turns blaming one another for signing us up for this adventure). However, we are almost there! The run is in just a few weeks and this was our first week doing a double digit training run.
It occurred to us that just maybe we should cook healthy this week. I had some amazing homemade tomato soup this week (first time I have ever had tomato soup! What can I say, I was a picky child). I thought we could try and recreate this yummy soup while cooking light. Only problem, I didn’t have the actual recipe. I found a substitute recipe online for a soup that was only 58 calories per serving, excellent! Being overly ambitious toward health at this point, we decided to make a double batch to enjoy for the entire week. I found a chicken satay recipe to accompany the soup and we decided to edit the recipe by subtracting the breading to save calories.
Sounds like we were on the right track to becoming a healthy culinary bore, right? Well, fast forward through an enjoyable dinner, filled with fresh veggies to repair our bodies after the long run, and you will see us finishing off two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies that Mr. came home with YESTERDAY. Yes, thats right, YESTERDAY. It took us less then 48 hours to kill two boxes of GS cookies. I was so ticked off!
Later that week, we returned to the store and those cute little girls tried to sell us a box of cookies. We bravely walked by them and stood strong. My “No Thank You!” response probably came out more like a shout. In actuality, I was trying to convince myself, Mr., and the little Girl Scout that I could in fact say to an 8 yr. old girl selling the world’s most delicious cookies!
Mediterranean Grilled Vegetable Soup: B, The calories and veggies content were perfect. I would use less liquid overall because it seemed to watery. Also, adda little extra vinger. We saw later it was supposed to be served cold, but we served ours warm. Not quite as flavorful as we had hoped-but it warmed up well all week and tasted better each day.
Chicken Skewers with Thai Chili Sauce: A, SUPER EASY, probably one of the easiest recipes yet. We made ours without the breading, but it sounds good either way!
Each weekend we have resolved to learn to cook something new as Mr. & Mrs. The kitchen is not in our original blood so you never know what may happen. We love to hear your comments, that way we know that we are not the only ones who have set off the fire alarm or sent a spoon through the side of the blender! ;)
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