Ketchup, er, I mean catch-up post

A whirlwind week full of meetings and homework and school holidays - I had time to cook and take pictures, but only now have I been able to take time to blog about it.

Red beans and rice with chicken sausage:

Spicy chicken andouille-style sausage: 120 calories
3/4 cup red beans and rice: 200 calories

A post-workout breakfast:

Thomas's Triple Health muffin: 100 calories
1 slice 2% American cheese: 45 calories
1 slice ham (1 oz.): 30 calories
1/4 cup egg substitute: 30 calories

Teriyaki chicken:

4 oz. grilled marinated chicken breast: 200 calories
1/2 cup brown rice: 110 calories
1 cup Asian style slaw (slaw mix, seasoned rice vinegar, and Sriracha): 25 calories

Cuban-style panini:

2 oz. sourdough bread: 160 calories
2 oz. smoked turkey: 60 calories
2 oz. ham: 60 calories
1 oz. Swiss cheese:  80 calories
Mustard and pickles

Fancy flatbread

I love homemade pizza in all its forms, but maybe the most when I make a combination that's not likely to be available from the local joint.

4 oz. Publix prepared pizza dough
Caramelized onions, fig, and port spread
Blue cheese
Prosciutto

Brunch munch

1/2 cup shredded hash browns (Simply Potatoes): 70 calories
1 egg over easy: (70 calories)
1/8 cup shredded low-fat Mexican cheese: 35 calories

Can you call it "antipasto" if it's the only course?

Caprese salad (heirloom tomatoes, 2 oz. fresh mozzarella, basil): 150 calories
Marinated artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, and roasted bell peppers: 120 calories
Crostini (from 2 oz. leftover baguette): 150 calories
1/2 oz. each
Prosciutto: 30 calories
Coppa: 45 calories
Salami: 50 calories
1 oz. Manchego cheese: 90 calories
6 olives: 50 calories

Fruit and cheese please

Today's breakfast:

1 1/2 oz. feta cheese: 110 calories
1 oz. havarti cheese: 80 calories
3 oz. watermelon: 35 calories
1 oz. strawberries: 10 calories

Eating, like, a pig

Spicy pork tenderloin with grilled nectarines and diced avocado:

Pork tenderloin marinated in Goya mojo criollo, rubbed with spices, and grilled
6 oz. (cooked): 280 calories
1 nectarine: 60 calories
1/2 avocado (2 oz.): 100 calories

Good for Dagwood

Sandwich time!
3 oz. baguette
2 oz. smoked turkey breast
1 1/2 oz. Brie
1 oz. avocado
1 tbsp. light mayo
500 calories