Very good day :-)

Well, I feel today went very well. I've been eating better for about 3 days now and can already feel the difference!

For breakfast I had a strawberry smoothie-made simply with fresh strawberries, vanilla almond milk, and a little ice for crunch and coldness, and half of an Ezekial 4:9 english muffin.It was awesome! I definitely like almond milk better than soy milk...it almost felt like a treat! If you've never tried the Ezekial stuff, I highly recommend it! The only places I have found it is in the organic frozen section of Kroger and Publix. Publix is actually a little cheaper.

For lunch I had a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread and some almonds. I also got some organic fruit today. I had an organic banana as a mid-morning snack....I was really surprised at how much better it tasted.

We had a very active and productive today, which = calories burned. We cut grass, weeded, trimmed hedges, edged, and put out a new truckload of fresh, red mulch....I love it! I noticed about half-way through the work I felt a slump come on and felt a little hungry. So, I went in and grabbed an organic orange we bought today and split it with Steve. It was just what I needed to get over the hump...and it was really good!

Our Friday nights usually consists of sesame chicken, pork fried rice, and an eggroll from Happy China, then topped off with a bowl of moosetracks ice cream. But not tonight!!! I made an awesome pecan-encrusted chicken and mixed veggies. This chicken is SO awesome that I have to share this recipe!

Ingredients:

boneless skinless chicken breast
chopped pecans
bread crumbs*
ground cayenne pepper
orange zest (which I used from the orange I ate earlier :-))
egg white
water
olive oil (EVOO)

*the recipe called for regular bread crumbs, but I substituted with toasted whole grain bread

Pound chicken until about 1/4 in thick. In a food processor, blend pecans, bread, orange zest, and cayenne pepper (recipe called for ground chiptole pepper, but I couldn't find it). Dip chicken in egg white and water, then dip into dry mixture coating chicken well. Cook in EVOO in a skillet until chicken is done.

This is really easy to do. I did figure out why they say to make the chicken thin...the pecan crust will cooks pretty quick.

All in all this was a wonderful day. I am tired...but it's a good tired :-)