Exploding Apples

This morning didn't turn out as I expected. My plan was to have oatmeal with pumpkin, a frittata and a baked apple. I got as far as the baked apple. I forgot to plate on top of the bowl and it exploded. Seriously exploded. So then I had the task of cleaning the microwave, and you know how that goes, next thing I'm cleaning the oven. Well I was distracted as to the remainder of my breakfast. By the time I was finished it was time to start lunch. But before that...


It was awesome and so worth the mess. I saw the recipe as while back and remembered when we talked about apple goodness at the meeting. I used a honey crisp, removed as much core as possible and filled the hole with frozen blueberries, I also dropped a few drops of honey down the hole. You can use sugar free maple syrup as well for minimal point impact. I just placed it in a bowl for about 3 minutes on full power, but remember to cover it, or your microwave will look like a crime scene. Just saying.
Apple-0
Blueberries-0
honey-1
Coffee with sugar-1

For lunch I made a savory sweet potato and apple stew/chutney. It is quintessential "cold weather" food. Super simple. Two sweet potatoes, boiled in about 2.5 cups chicken broth, I don't have an immersion blender (I will be scouring thrift store this weekend) so when they were done I pulled them out and pureed them with the food processor. Then returned them to the broth. While that simmered I chopped up two apples in the food processor, just until chunky, they are going to provide the texture in the soup. Combine the apples with the soup and boil for a few minutes, season with salt/pepper or cinnamon/allspice to taste and serve. This makes about 4 healthy servings at 3 points each.
It would be perfect with some homemade bread, or something or the sort. I had a different craving....


I decided I also wanted shrimp lettuce wraps. Totally not complementary to the soup, and I probably wouldn't eat the two together again, but on their own, they were outstanding. The shrimp were about 16 medium, tossed in seasoning, cooked lightly, then served in romaine lettuce leaves with salsa. Normally I would have added 1/2 cup pureed black beans to make a paste, but I didn't want to fool with it, that would have upped the fiber and added about 2 points.

Soup-3
Shrimp-2
Lettuce-0
Salsa-1

Snack will be the same as yesterday.
Dates 1 oz- 2
laughing cow- 1

We are headed to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner. I will have the beef fajitas. Hopefully I can guesstimate the weight, I called and they told me they prepare 16 oz for fajitas for two, so after we half it and account for water loss, I'm thinking it will be about 6 oz of meat. I will use corn tortillas and salsa and I never eat the rice and beans anyway.

If anyone wonders why I'm not taking advantage of the glorious 0 point banana its because I can't. I long to eat those 0 point bananas. They call and beckon me from the counter, as well as cucumbers, fresh mushrooms, zucchini and multiple other vegetables. For some reason those items make me sick, very sick. So Ive just accepted not eating them. I wish the mighty plantain was 0 points though, I could do some damage;) I have artichokes and jimica to take advantage of this week though, I just need to figure out how to best use them.


Thats it for today, well except for my nightly glass of red wine!

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