Cage Free Day! Chicken Cordon Bleu

Post Run- Pre-Class Snacks
Coffee in my santa mug a student’s mom gave me!
Low Fat Cheddar from TJ
Z-Bar- The only kind around me are the brownie ( ick) and the chocolate chip ( yum!) – I WISH i could try the spooky smores or graham varieties but no stores here have them? whats up with that?

When I got home from class I found THIS!!!!

How amazing are the people at Stoneyfield – Sarah B sent me tons of coupons for free yogurts! Tons more for $1 off ones, AND a Hat! Woohoo! I am totally wearing the hat for my research presentation on the history of yogurt on 11-11!
I LOVE that Oikos is organic * unlike Chobani and Fage and TJ…. I think I enjoy all greek nonfat yogurts in their own ways – all very similar- but I have to say I would get Oikos over all because it is organic- if only it were as cheap as TJ and Chobani…

Dinner!
I made a healthy from scratch version of chicken cordon bleu- which I have to give myself props- it was AMAZING!!!!

My Ingredients:
Breading ( 1 slice toasted and dried out Arnold Whole Wheat Bread, 1.4 cup Cornmeal, Salt and Pepper)
TJ Cage Free Organic Chicken Breasts ( these were individually sealed, $7 for four big breasts)
TJ Canadian Ham slices

Creamy Cheese Filling
about 1/3 cup Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt
about 1/3 cup nonfat sour cream ( because I had some)
Parmesean Cheese ( also from TJ)

1 tsp Goat Cheese ( from the state farmer’s market – its unbeatable for quality) and I wish I had more left than 1 tsp

Here is what I did:

I put the breading ingredients on a plate- Put a big square of tin foil right next to it. Cut a whole in the chicken package- pounded it inside a bit to make it thinner and flatter. Took chicken breast out of the package, laid one side on the breading on the plate ( pushed it in a little), laid it (bread side down) on the tinfoil. Repeated with other breast. (washed hands- ew no Salmonella on this gal!)

Mixed the creamy cheese ingredients together in a cup. Spooned on the creamy filling on the un-breaded side of the chicken . Laid two canadian ham slices on top of the creaminess. Then spread on goat cheese.

Rolled up the tinfoil so it folded the breasts in half over themselves.
Baked in the oven at 350 for 40 minutes
*** by the way- it was 210 calories, 3 g fat and 35 g protein and about 11g carbs for one breast with the filling and the ham….**

On the side: Acorn Squash ( microwaved for about 10 minutes total). This was my first ever eating/cooking of acorn squash- anyone have any ideas of what to do with it???

YUMMMMMM SO satisfied!
on to finish up my paper due in the morning

Update on Soul:
Free oikos and stoneyfield farm stuff!! How AWESOME!!! AND… I got two issues of Women’s Health in the mail… so

Update on Mind:
Finish paper and read new magazines!

Update on Body:
So hard to walk!!!… Well, I shouldn’t say that.. only walking from class to my car ( about 3/4 mile) was not fun at 7 pm for my knees. I think with another dose of some anti-inflammatories and a rest day tomorrow ( sitting through training tomorrow 10-3 and no class)… I should be fine by wednesday!

Pumpkin Sprinkles

Update on Body:

I just ran ….9 miles… ! And on the 7th mile I thought of all the great readers on here that comment and knew I could keep going! So THANK YOU ! I ran around my campus 6 times! Each loop is 1.49 miles according to mapmyrun (1.3 according to my car) and I ran extra in between stuff. WOOHOOO! That is the farthest I have run so far – and had I not stepped off into the grass and strained my arch on some rocks-I would have kept going. But at that point, I wouldn’t risk any more strain.

Lunch:
Protein Plate: 3 egg whites hard boiled, nonfat greekyogurt from Trader Joes with a scoop of protein powder mixed in AND Halloween Pumpkin sprinkles! hee hee- I wouldn’t recommend mixing protein powder like this but it was all function ( recovery muscle fuel )… and for delicious warming comfort- a nice bowl of Quaker Simple Harvest Hot Cereal- mixed with water and a cut up apple inside , cinnamon sprinkled all over! YUM!

Off to shower, then class to fufill all my ( some of my) “Mind” stuff

Cranberry Pumpkin "Filling"

I had a few cranberries left from my experimenting with the BSI ( I made a sauce to go with the pork and another type of bread -both i completely burned!) So.. I used them in my breakfast today as a secret secret ingredient ( I hid them in there )

Pumpkin “Filling” – Mine doesn’t come out like a “cake” but it is certainly not “mush”. Most of the time it comes out tasting more like the delicious inside of the pumpkin pie ( less dense though). I originally got the idea from Kath’s site but change mine pretty much every time I make it! I stopped at TJ yesterday and picked up organic pumpkin ( canned for $1.99…. has anyone had a hard time finding pumpkin?) AND carton of egg whites that were cage free eggs- which I haven’t been able to find !

1/4 cup organic pumpkin ( its less orange.. more brown ?)
1/2 cup cage free egg whites

whisked until well blended
sprinkled with cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice

** note most people would probably want to add a sweetener of some sort- i have used tsp of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of maple syrup, packet of splenda etc… Today I didn’t feel like adding any sweetener*

microwaved for 2 minutes

in go the cranberries
in goes the uncle sam’s cereal ( whole wheat bran and whole flaxseeds)

mixed it all around
microwave for another 1 min +

Sliced a banana on top with a smudge of pb! (natural organic smuckers! ..ingredients: peanuts)

Body:
Run.. hopefully long and hopefully soon so I can adjust to morning runs ( I LOVE afternoon running so I have adjusted to “pre-lunch” running- which means after breakfast I blog/read/yoga/clean so that I don’t run on a “Full” stomach and so when I am finished I am hungry for lunch. The problem now is that my race is at 8 am which means I have to wake up at about 6 am to get there on time and I never run that early. My plan is changing that sleep schedule over the next two weeks to waking up at 6 and running/exercising or just getting up that early! I am not concerned so much with the running 13 miles, I am more concerned with running while my body does not feel awake.

Yesterday I biked at 10 am… so today 9:30 is at least a little better! * baby steps*

Mind:
Class.. assignment on research questions, edit/draft paper due tomorrow, begin slides for presentation (tuesday class Chp. 6 of Organic Inc) , Find info on beginning slides for presentation (wednesday class- Native Am. Health- childhood obesity) , Article for Thursday class found- back up research needed-

Soul:

Not sure- yoga this week, actually accomplishing the “mind” section, the yard looks fantastic from all our work yesterday, clean the guest bedrooms, organize clothes and send out evites for clothing sale

Plus I have trainings during the mornings this week so it will be busy!

Julz at S&D is amazing!

Julz at Simple and Divine gave me a blogger award!! Thank you so much.

eh hem ( clears throat, pulls out a prepared speech).. “I wanted to thank all of family and friends for making this award possible. I couldn’t have done it without you, sweet potatoes and bananas, and peanut butter, oh peanut butter. You have been there for me through everything and this blog award should go to you.. ( single tear rolls down B_Hlthy’s cheek). And to the blogger community, such a strong and intelligient group of amazing writers and foodies. This goes to you”
***”yaaah” cheers heard as audience stands. B_Hlthy shakes head in tears, blows kisses, steps off stage ***

How Awesome!! I know I can be a little ridiculous sometimes. SO I guess I need to share the wealth and award other amazing bloggers that really without them, would make my blog just a lonely diary.

So here are the rules and awards!
1) Put the logo on your blog.(2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.(3) Nominate at least seven other blogs.(4) Add links to those blogs on your blog.(5) Leave a message for your nominee on their blogs.

THE AWARD: ( the original one didn’t paste through soooo… ) Here is the Best, most scariest Pumpkin of the week! …. if you have a better jack-o-lantern feel free to pass on the torch- i figured it was appropriate with halloween on friday and all..

(1) Madison (http://followmyweigh.wordpress.com/)

(2) Tina (http://carrotsncake.com/)

(3) Veggie Girl (Lizzie right?) (http://veggiegirlvegan.blogspot.com/)

(4) Ice Skater ( I couldn’t find your name?!) (http://glidingcalm.wordpress.com/)

(5) Danielle Studies abroad ( http://daniellestudiesabroad.blogspot.com/2008/10/gracias.html)

(6) Caitlin (http://www.seebriderun.com/)

(7) Zesty at ( http://zestycook.com/)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY FANTASTIC RECIPIENTS AND THANKS AGAIN TO Julz at Simple and Divine!

Sunday!

The two men in my life sure are adorabley mushy with each other aren’t they ?

Banana’s Foster Stuffed French Toast For Two ( take 4)
I used real eggs this time- 1 whole egg, 3 egg whites, 1/4 cup milk… whisked until super frothy. Slightly toasted bread, dipped then put into a hot pan, sprinkled with cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice.. Delicious! … Then I scrambled the eggs in another pan.. Took out the french toast, sliced banana into the pan… turned off the heat and flipped em after a few seconds ( based on smell)

Yum- Jeff officially loved it!

So I didn’t exactly have lunch because I woke up at 10, went to the gym, came back and then made “brunch”. Worked with Jacob 1-4, then got home and had a slice of cranberry mango bread with peanut butter as a hefty snack.

Body:
Bike 10 miles at the gym 23 minutes
Yardwork mowed the lawn and trimmed all the hedges ( my arms and hands are so sore from that! ) It took me a good hour+.
Walk w. Jeff and Jack 30 minutes

Yoga 30 minutes

Mind:
Read some of Jacob’s programming etc. for work during the week.
Suduko!

Soul:
Yoga and walking with Jeff was definately the highlight! I collected pinecones with Jacob and painted with them, and played with fake food-
Desperate housewives now!!

Dinner:
So… I started out making “Taco Salads” ground turkey meat, with black beans, onion, tomato, red pepper, green pepper with taco seasoning in pan.
I burnt the first tortilla and nearly started a fire, so I went in to get more and the lettuce- well i found the lettuce going bad and another bag of cut up sweet potato fries that needed to be cooked by today! So…. I threw the fries in the oven instead of the tortilla… Well then I thought I would make “chili cheese fries” only like “taco salad sweet potato fries”…

So I layered the fries with the cheddar, the meat and veggie and beans and then added extra salad stuff around it. Plus a big scoop of non fat greek plain yogurt (TJ)!
YUMMM!!! with extra hot sauce and some lentils too.
SO FULL!

Saturday Cranberry BSI

Cranberry Mango Breakfast Bread
I lined my 9×9 pan with foil to keep from having to wash it!

2 cups Flour ( i used an organic whole grain AP)

1 cup sugar ( i used brown)
1 teaspoon salt

1 and 1 /2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda
1 T ground Flax

Mix all these dry ingredients together

1 cup frozen mango, heated until mushy

3/4 cup applesauce

1 egg ( I used 1/4 cup better ‘n eggs)
3/4 cup plain nonfat greek yogurt

Mix all these wet ingredients together, add to dry mix.

Add 1 and 1/2 cups fresh cranberries ( or thawed frozen)

Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes ( I used a toaster oven so… times may vary)

So I took the photo of the bread friday, but my camera battery needed charged saturday and I was super dissapointed because I had yummy meals! I had a slice of this slice of Cranberry Mango Breakfast Bread ( I made it friday evening) and a banana for breakfast before heading to work for the day (training).. and then Jeff made us salads with leftover pork and yummy veggies.

I remembered to grab the camera before we headed out to the local hangout bar for some football watching…. and…
Blue Moon!
I had this guy ( with extra oranges!) plus another half while we watched the penn state game and hurricanes game.