Sat. Aug 25th

Slow Cooker Chicken & Figs with Arugula & Carrots

Daily Tidbit:  Figs have "Superpowers"?  Men's Health says so!
www.menshealth.com/mhlists/nutritious_foods_for_a_healthy_body/immunity_booster_figs.php?page=1

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Cheerios with Strawberries & Walnuts

Breakfast: Cheerios with Strawberries & Walnuts
1 cup Cheerios
1 cup Fat Free Milk
1 cup sliced Strawberries
2 tbsp Walnuts
5 oz Orange Juice  (well actually a little less because I finished the container)
Regular Coffee, black

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Slow Cooker Chicken & Figs with Arugula & Carrots

Lunch: Slow Cooker Chicken & Figs
Leftover Slow Cooker Chicken & Figs (recipe below)
mixed with 1 cup of Arugula & 10 sliced baby Carrots
1 cup Diet Coke, on ice
Regular Coffee, black

 

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Snack: 1/4 cup dry roasted, lightly salted Peanuts & Fat Free Milk

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1 Veggie Samosa for a Snack!

Snack: 1 Veggie Samosa (Triangular Indian dumpling stuffed with seasoned Potatoes, Peas, Ginger, and Cilantro)

We were shopping at the Indian Food Market and could not resist one of these tasty treats that were made fresh and being sold at the counter!

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Tacos & Tomato Corn Salad for Dinner

Dinner: Night out at Friend's House

Whole Grain Tortilla Chips with Salsa

100 Ingredient Vegetarian Black Refried Bean Salsa

Apps:
Whole Grain Tortilla Chips with Salsa
Organic Lower Sodium Corn Tortilla chips with:
100 Ingredient Vegetarian Black Refried Bean Salsa (recipe below)
Proseco

2 Tacos

Pulled Pork Taco with Guacamole & Veggies

Mahi Mahi Fish Taco with Chipotle Sauce, Guac & Mushrooms & Onions

Meal:
1  Pulled Pork Taco with Guacamole & Veggies
1  Mahi Mahi Fish Taco with Chipotle Sauce, Guacamole, Mushrooms & Onions
1 cup of Corn Tomato Salad with Black Beans & Jalapeno Pepper
White Wine

Blueberry Pie

Oreo Cake

Dessert: 1 had a slice of both of these desserts:  1 thin slice of Blueberry Pie & 1 piece of the OREO Cake.  Yum.  We all went for a walk after dinner which somehow convinced me that I was worthy of 2 desserts!

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RECIPES:

Slow Cooker Chicken & Figs Recipe:
http://whatamyatetoday.blogspot.com/2012/08/thurs-aug-23rd.html


100 Ingredient Vegetarian Black Refried Bean Salsa Recipe:

First, into the Food Processor went:
-1 Large Red Tomato
-1/2 Large Yellow Tomato
-1/4 White Onion
-1/4 Red Onion
-1 Clove Garlic
-1 can of Green Chiles
-1 tsp Salt
-Juice of 1 Lime

Then I poured those out of the Food Processor into a bowl and added:
-1/2 Can of Vegetarian Black Refried Beans with Jalapeno Peppers
-1 tsp crushed Garlic
-1 tbsp of jarred Hot Jalapeno Sauce
-1 handful of chopped Cilantro
-a little more salt

Okay, so it's not 100 ingredients, but it just felt like it as I kept adding more and more things as I was tweaking it to improve flavor and texture as I made it, and of course there are all the ingredients in the Refried Beans too.  Final result several hours later after hanging out in the fridge - yummy dip for chips!

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