fried apple deliciousness!

moar pasta!!!

steak & potatoes

salami scramble!

Kale chips!

coconut curry with rice noodles

                                                   next time less coconut, more spices!!!!

carbonara!

Made a little "healthier" subbed extra thin wheat noodles, egg beaters, turkey bacon and reduced fat cheese, and half and half instead of heavy whipping cream (not healthy, but delicious in moderation!!!)

spaghetti squash with butternut squash soup as sauce

Pear Gorgonzola salad with blueberries and chicken

chicken, apple, pecan and blue cheese salad with cherry balsamic vinagerette

                                 this is seriously one of the best salads that i've ever had in my entire life. yum.

crispy ginger chicken (spicy!)

New tupperware!

Sunflower seeds in the top!

divided inside portion (featuring strawberries and spinach)

mini tupperware inside with balsamic vinegarette

bagel thins with turkey pepperoni and ww string cheese and a salad

yes.

sausage, couscous and veggie scramble

I also went back and added asparagus... YUM.

zomg thai chicken and peanut sauce with veggies.

roasted potatoes, brussel sprouts and cheese...

i want to go here.

brown rice and chicken with garlic and spinich

salami wrapped asparagus with mozzarella

single serving lasagna rolls

huzzah! froze some of these beauties for later...

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/02/spinach-lasagna-rolls.html

curry couscous with raisins and almonds

YUM.

also, it smelled so good that i started eating it before i took a picture. whoops.

lentils

So, moving to Austin has been amazing so far, but moving is pretty expensive, and I'm finding out first hand that there is a reason that so many people in lower socioeconomic brackets are overweight. it's something I clearly knew, but now that I'm really trying to stick to a budget to pay off this move (and now that I'm paying rent, and don't have a dining hall) it's something that I am experiencing first hand...

Good food is expensive.

Carbs, the 99 cent menu, and stuff that is uber refined is cheap.  I'm trying to buy veggies in season and frozen in bulk, and to eat less meat (which is hard if you still want to get your protein) but I have really been eating a lot of lentils. I'm trying to stay away from my "I'm broke go to foods" like ramen (who can eat that much salt and not dehydrate?) and prepackaged stuff (wait, this rice is 43% of my saturated fat for today? wait, the serving size is a 1/4 of a cup?!?!) and it's always hard for me to stay active when I don't have a gym membership or a dedicated water aerobic class... (no officer, i live in this complex, this is totally my pool, just ignore the glora estefan on my boom box and the 90 year old women I brought in to make myself feel like I'm moving at a reasonable pace...)

Anyway, there's no picture this week, because let's face it folks, lentils ain't pretty. but they taste pretty dang good.

<3 liz.

9 grain pilaf, veggies and garlic salmon

poached eggs with goat cheese on a wheat round with a mango, blueberry, spinach salad

tuscan herb couscous with tofu, carrots, broccoli and fresh spinach

roasted parsnips, zucchini and squash with honey and peppers

goat cheese and dill salad

salmon, salad and brussel sprouts