Pasta with Italian Sausage and Tomatoes Recipe
Tossed Salad
Fresh Cauliflower
My husband is challenging my cooking and budget with a new diet. He is cutting out carbs, again. This also falls on the very day my daughter is carb-loading for a big swim meet tomorrow morning.
So the challenge is to stay in budget and satisfy everyone. Instead of doubling the meat for him, I’ll be looking to healthier alternatives that are filling. We’re going for cauliflower tonight. He will get zero pasta, but a serving of cauliflower instead.
What’s on your menu tonight?
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I am having the same challenges with our dinners, only it is me who is trying to eliminate foods to get more fit and healthy. I am using a free app on my iphone called Lose It! that I love. You put in your starting weight, how much you want to get to, and then add the foods and exercise you do every day (that includes house cleaning and walking at the store, as long as you do them quickly). The app converts your food and exercise into calorie counts and keeps track of them for you all day, so you know how many you can use as the day goes on. It is easy to do. I am already losing weight, and I started this on Sunday. Anyway, we are having pork roast in the crockpot with mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, and rolls (I won’t be eating the rolls and only 1/2 c. of the potatoes). My oldest son is home from college and is too skinny, so I am always trying to carb him up, like you do your daughter on swim days.
I loved hearing this. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one with these challenges! Thanks so much for sharing! I’m going to check out that app!
I’m on my own for dinner tonight, so I’ll be having tomato soup.
Hope you have a great weekend!