Omnivore

We spent all of Wednesday up in the Napa Valley with our friends from the China trip, Cathy and Brad. We ate at their country club last night. Both John and I had scallops. Yum. Tonight it seemed like way too much trouble to make dinner. It’s also been getting hot and I don’t want to heat up the kitchen. Rotisserie chicken from the grocery store is a fine way to make a quick dinner. We will eat part of the chicken and then save the rest for Friday night at the park. In addition I make some whole wheat couscous and add some vegetables to it that I’ve cut up in very small pieces. The chicken and the couscous are served room temperature.

Store-bought chicken with couscous salad

Tuesday, as you know, is GBOF (giant bowl of food) day. the GBOF we created today was made with lentils, turkey sausage and chilis, onions, mushrooms, carrots, celery, kale, parsley and scallions. Adding all the vegetables makes it possible to eat a GBOF without suffering the consequences of too many calories.

We are off to Wine Country tomorrow to spend the day and overnight with friends that we met on our trip to China. It is always difficult to eat properly in Wine Country what with the wine and good food. Especially if one is not motivated to do so. Here’s hoping I don’t have a busted motivator.

Lentils and turkey sausage GBOF

My original thought was to change Chicken Monday into Shrimp Monday. I thought a little change up might be good for my dieting psyche. But when push came to shove, I just couldn’t go without chicken on Monday. I had a couple of baking potatoes so decided to make a lo-cal version of mashed potatoes with some faux butter and a little milk. They came out quite yummy. It’s important to remember, though, if you want potatoes to taste like anything, salt the cooking water heavily. Then add salt to taste as you mash them. The green beans were made with some mushrooms and sage and John pan-roasted the chicken. We had our usual lo-cal chicken gravy from a packet and tossed in a few mushrooms. This was a very delicious dinner. A dish of blueberries was for dessert.

Pan-roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and green beans

Today we celebrated John. Sarah was at our house for a breakfast of bagels and a German BBQ main meal. She brought along John’s favorite beers. Since John was grilling our chicken sausages, I felt that I should make something. I decided to make German potato salad. I found a recipe on the internet and improved it by using less oil. There is no mayonnaise in German potato salad. We also had sauerkraut and some crusty bread.

Chicken sausages, sauerkraut, and German potato salad

Tonight we have pan roasted chicken breasts, mashed butternut squash and green beans with mushrooms and sage. Also chicken gravy. We are getting ready to go home so we are trying to use up all the stuff we have in the refrigerator. That’s the reason for the fancy green beans tonight. They also taste really good. It’s Monday. It’s chicken. What more can I say.

Pan roasted chicken with butternut squash and green beans with mushrooms and sage