Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sunday Fun Day!


Despite Sunday's ending the week...meaning another work week ahead, I love the freedom of Sunday's (especially if you play hookie from church as much as Mark and I...oops!). Typically, I always go grocery shopping on Sundays and typically, I play hockey on Sunday's. What more could a girl ask for? Cooking! I also (almost) ALWAYS cook...plenty...on Sunday's. Today was NO exception.


After our trip for groceries, I got lunches lined up for the week. I've been wanting to try this Tuna Edamame Salad for MONTHS now, and I finally grabbed the magazine rip out from my desk on Friday before dashing out for the weekend. I believe I found it in Today's Dietitian (great read, btw!). 


Tuna Edamame Salad
Prep time: 5 minutes (pretty accurate, too!)
Cook time: NONE :O )


Ingredients:
1 cup edamame, cooked by package instructions (i.e. the microwave)
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup carrots, shredded
6 ounces tuna, packed in water, drained
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup red onion, diced (I used more like 1/2 cup - yum!)
1/4 cup reduced-fat Italian dressing


Directions:
Combine all ingredients and toss with dressing. Serve with pita bread or whole wheat crackers, if desired.


Nutrition Information (per 1 cup serving): 
210 calories, 16 gm protein, 27 gm carbohydrates, 4 gm fiber, 3 gm fat, 0 gm saturated fat, 0 gm trans fat, 25 mg cholesterol, 350 mg sodium

 
Edamame (also known as soy beans) -- high in protein, LOW in calories! 
Oh, and REALLY delicious!


 
 Tuna Edamame Salad dished up and ready for lunches to-go!


I also got some on-the-go breakfasts ready for the week: Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes made with Southaven Farms Chocolate Mix. Definitely a fun breakfast for the week ahead! 


See? Healthy. Look at all that zucchini! Mmm!



Southaven Farms Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes - YUM!



Each Chocolate Zucchini Cupcake contains 95 calories, 2 gm fat, 3 gm fiber, and 17 gm carbohydrates. Even 2 delicious cupcakes is not only low in calories, but low in fat and high in fiber! Oh, and chocolate...chocolate, too!!!


Last night we got majorly spoiled at our friend's house. While I was unable to thoroughly partake in the wonderful wine selections, check out this cheese platter....



Firstly, the platter is a portion of a wine barrel (NEATO!!!!!!). There is Gouda, Parmesano Ramano, prosciutto crudo (took me back to Italy days!), sheep (?) cheddar, and a sheep milk cheese.
All. were. DELICIOUS!!!!


We were then spoiled with the most delicious steak I've ever had (and I'm not a beef person at all!) -- fillets (NO fat on the meat) with Oregon bleu cheese melted on top with sides of grilled asparagus and butternut squash. Heavenly! Divine! Being a slacker blogger, I didn't have my camera with me at dinner...sorry!


Tonight for supper I made a new recipe: Laughing Cow Alfredo with shrimp, asparagus, and broccoli over whole wheat pasta. It turned out REALLY well -- thumbs up from husband!


Laughing Cow Alfredo

6 wedges laughing cow cheese (I used half "light")
1 cup skim milk
2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp reduced cal margarine
1 tsp garlic powder
6 oz cooked chicken breast (I substituted shrimp)
2 cups steamed broccoli (I had 3-4 cups broccoli and 4-5 stalks of asparagus)
6 oz of Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta (I used whole-wheat linguine)

Put cheeses, milk, butter and garlic powder in small sauce pan and set on low. Cook for 20 minutes until smooth and creamy, stirring frequently.

Cook pasta according to directions.

Once sauce is done, add broccoli and chicken, stir to combine. Combine with cooked pasta and serve.

 


Serving dish of dinner...mmmm! Leftovers, too : )



...and some Asiago cheese garlic bread...Mmm!!!



Also on the menu for the week:
Crockpot Chicken Mexican Soup

Tuna (whole wheat!) Noodle Casserole
Organic Whole-Wheat Pizza with turkey pepperoni


Stay tuned for those recipes!! Have a wonderful start to your week! Oh, and wish me luck in my BOOT CAMP classes starting tomorrow - AHHHH!

My week...

Hello everybody! How was your weekend? mine was pretty fun!
Sorry for the lack of post during this week, I'm always doing a lot of things. Right now I'm looking for a work, and I am a little nervous because I have an interview tomorrow to work in a clothing store, Zara ... Wish me luck, please!

This week I did several things, and I thought to summarize a bit what I did with photographs, so that you know how it was. In my next entry will finish with the last two days of the salón del Manga de Barcelona.
Monday

I went shopping with Rocío...





I was feeling so colorful... 
Jersey - El corte inglés
Shirt - Zara
Skirt - Miss T Sugar
Tights - Calzedonia
Shoes - Montreal
Bag - Women secret
Navy ribbon - Hand made by Laia.

Tuesday
People fix their hair every day, why not the heart?

Tuesday

 
Chocolates... 
Friday

 
An evening with my lovely Vic...


And later, Steampunk party!!


 
 
 

Saturday

 
Esther, Laia and I watching with disgust the inputs of a party where we were only an hour ... thank goodness we saved the night in Demonix!
Sunday
 
The Flea Market, everything is second hand.


My creepers...


A badged that I liked...


 
 
Some of the things that I bought... I'm wearing the knit tomorro for my job interview... I'm so nervous, yaw!

I'll tell you about the job interview tomorrow...!! Have a nice monday/sunday night!


langkah kanan



ppl! thee. i woke up at 549am. and, solat. bgn2 tgk hp atas lantai bwh katil.
mmg sian la hp kan. baru tukar housing da berkecai lg. sorry hp '-___-
ok. then, i was so sleepy. so tdow blk til 825am. mandi a.s.a.p. and,
so, we went to endah parade sri petaling 4 the bowling tournament.
and guess what. mmg langkah kanan lah hari ni. 1st of all, thanks Allah. =]

we arrived around 9am. and. ok. 1st langkah kanan
since we are 1 of those ppl yg sampai awal, we decided 2 have our breakfast dlu.
there's a group of kak sally's officemate, and, we were sitting beside them.
kma + kak sally ate nasi lemak with kerang, and i had a glass of ice lemon tea.
and then. suddenly boss kak sally belanja breakfast tuh~ wheee. alhamdulilah.
kma siap ckp "kalau taw ambik lauk udang, sotong, ayam sume" haha.

ok. and then, tgk mcm ramai je officemate kak sally. jd segan nak join!
but suddenly ble boss yg panggil, huu, terpakse la buat muke senyum kambing.
and, we were seperate into 10 groups - 3 of us in each group. 2 guys + 1 girl.
i was in group 3, kma in group 4, n kak sally was in group 5. and and. well.
we had 3 games, and guess what? most of them blh tahan hebat kot. grrr~
buat muke 10sen je lah ble rase diri x bape nak hebat. ahah. ok, i had great time.
since most of them r friendly. and. here goes the 2nd langkah kanan -

i did well in the 1st n 2nd round. but then, the last round makin jatuh. haha.
but the other 2 guys from my group did well in the last round. good improvement!
and ok. i was surprised when the boss announced that we got no6 over 10. not bad.
so dpt la hamper. whoaaa. best3. and and. langkah kanan 3 - for individual.
but yar, i did a lot wayyyy better than yesterday. but, rase cam ramai lg terror.
mcm terpinga - pinga ble boss tu panggil sbb dpt no 4/30. wawawawa.
and the ppl keep calling me yuna. dang~ sejak ble yuna gemuk. haha. =P

and, after that, langkah kanan 4 - habis sume tuh. mrka ajak lunch.
they decided to eat at KFC. and yup, fully paid by the contractor. whoaaa.
seronok hey! and the choc cake was superb. thanks kak sally's officemates! =D

almost 3pm, we were home and yar, i'm satisfied. and yes, not to 4get.
4 individual, sy dpt cash. taw3? hamper dpt. cash dpt. thee. excited!
alhamdulilah. lucky me aite. rezeki. wink wink. semuanya.
berkat doa korang! thanks taw! thank u so much.

and u. jgn bomohkan i taw. haha. memain je. u. cptlarh.
i tnggu u sediakan sume mknan yg i nak tuh. haha. =P