Day One - Food Challenge

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I started off my first full day of the food challenge pretty well.  I can already see that I'm going to be spending a lot of time in the kitchen trying to be creative.  The other issue is that everyone is home this week!  Dan finished up his summer program and has a week off (no pay, of course) before he starts the fall program at his agency.  So I have to work hard to come up with three meals a day.

Breakfast - Cereal or homemade granola.

Lunch - Homemade pizza.  Choice of ricotta with roasted garlic, tomatoes & basil or red bell pepper & mushroom.
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Dinner - Basil chicken in coconut-curry sauce, rice, homemade biscuits, creamed butternut squash.  Dinner was awesome!
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I'll keep you posted.

Comments

  1. NadineAugust 25, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    It all looks wonderful, especially the pizza!

    Blessings!
    ~Nadine

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  2. Teri PloskiAugust 25, 2012 at 7:06 PM

    Oh man, can I come to your house for dinner????

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  3. DonnaAugust 25, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    It looks awesome!

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  4. Debbie JAugust 26, 2012 at 1:26 AM

    I can tell it was delicious!!!

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  5. ElizabethdAugust 26, 2012 at 5:10 AM

    Sounds delicious, Terri.

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  6. Mom2furAugust 26, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    I bet you'll come with lots more great meals! It's kind of fun to make do with what you have, isn't it? The pizza looks amazing!
    BTW, there is a site called "Supercook" where you type in what you have on hand and it gives you lots of recipes you can make. Free, of course! It's really come in handy for those days I don't want to, or shouldn't, go to the grocery!

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