Yummy Foods!

Yesterday we went to the Farmer Market in Santa Rosa. There were so many wonderful sights, and smells, and tastes. We promised ourselves to make it a weekly trip.

Among the goodies we got there, we stopped at a booth that was about Afghani foods. We tasted a few things, and decided to buy a Sweet Jalapeño chutney, and cilantro pesto. Both were just delicious.

When I got home, I took a basting brush and brushed the Jalapeño chutney on a pork roast I had planned for the night. I left it in the fridge to marinate all afternoon and then salted and peppered it, and threw it in the oven to cook. I cooked it about 45 minutes at 350 F and then took it out, put another layer of Jalapeño mixture and put it back in for about 15-20 minutes. It was just DELICIOUS. We had it with a vegetable stir fry.

Today for lunch, I took a tortilla, spread pesto over it, and then added a lettuce leaf, and thin slices of pork. That was lunch. Yummy!

Dinner tonight, We wanted to BBQ, so we tried a new recipe from the Cookbook "Sizzle IT" that just came out in the meeting rooms at Weight Watchers. The recipe is "Ginger Chicken Yakitori". If you have that book at home, try it! It's just wonderful! We had it with a Corn, Black Bean and Mango salsa that is from another WW cookbook "The Ultimate Flex and Core Cookbook" (p. 185). It was meant to be eaten with Tuna but who cares? It's good with anything! Finally we had BBQed asparagus and a strawberry, mango and banana smoothie for dessert.

Here's the plated dinner:


We have left over pork and chicken for tomorrow and Tuesday, as well as salsa (lots!). So we're starting the week with goodies "in the bank".

Why am I saying all that? To make a point. I hear so often that being "on plan" is such a pain, that it's too restrictive, that it's too much work. We ate healthy food, in decent portions and still we ate tasty foods and we had plenty.

All of it was fairly easy and quick to prepare, the clean up wasn't overwhelming and we don't feel in the least deprived... quite the contrary... YUM!

Why on earth would I prefer a greasy gummy fast food burger to these foods? I'll take my Corn, Black Bean and Mango salsa over a platter of fries any day of the week!

Be good n stuff!