Where's The Chocolate?

Sorry I tried to upload Ella's version but it did not work!

That's Ok because Sarah is pretty spectacular also!

Well, first of all, Happy Valentine's Day! This is the day associated with love, hearts, flowers, and most importantly CHOCOLATE! Unless you are doing keto! Bummer! Maybe I should have begun this eating plan the first of March instead of the first of February. Oh well! Maybe I can have a sugar free piece of chocolate after dinner.

Speaking of dinner, this is what  had planned for the past week:

1. Conecuh sausage with sautéed vegetables, roll or keto dinner roll (If I get it baked)

2. Artblink filet (we shared one meal Sunday night so one is left), scalloped potatoes (TheHub), salad

3. Lasagne in a bowl over noodles or zoodles, salad

4. Cauliflower au gratin, black eyed peas (TheHub) cherry tomato cucumber onion salad

5. Out to Eat

6. Salmon with lemon garlic butter sauce, asparagus, new potatoes (TheHub) cauliflower rice (me)

7. Grilled chicken with white bbq sauce, caulitato salad, possibly baked beans (TheHub) Keto corn bread

And this is what we actually ate:

Monday: I had some loitering vegetables in the crisper along with about a half a pound of smoked sausage in the fridge. They had to be used pretty quickly.

Conecuh sausage with sautéed cabbage, onions, yellow squash, and bell peppers, dinner rolls or keto cornbread, pickled okra, pickled pepper rings

Tuesday: When I picked up the free items at The Pig on Monday, I found a pack of Italian sausage deeply discounted, meaning it had to be used immediately. That sealed the dinner deal. 

Lasagna in a bowl over noodles or zoodles, green beans

Wednesday: When we picked up the meals for Artblink, TheHub and I had one left over that had to be eaten or tossed.

Leftover filet meal, tossed salad, asparagus spears, olives and pepper rings

Thursday: The day was beautiful and I could have grilled the chicken out, but TheHub got home from work much later than usual, so I just cooked it in the air fryer

Uneventful chicken, broccoli and cauliflower mix, rolls or keto roll

Friday: We had planned going out to eat at a small restaurant near us. They still have their tables about 6 feet apart and are not usually crowded. We got there about 6 thinking we had beaten the crowd, but we were wrong. There were no tables available, so we left. Rather than go to another restaurant we decided to just go home and eat something that required little prep.

Wedge salad

Saturday We went out for lunch and happened on a place with a fantastic menu (lunch prices too!) so we ate what would normally be our dinner in the late afternoon and just had a bowl of soup for dinner. I am counting our restaurant meal as the main meal of the day.

Grilled grouper or grilled tuna, tossed salad, (rice pilaf, pita and hummus for the non-keto) 2 thumbs up for The Pita Stop

Sunday: I forgot about the Super Bowl when planning our meals. TheHub requested our traditional ball game meal to eat at halftime.

Hot dogs, (bunless for the keto one), coleslaw, veggie tray with dip

Dinners came and went and it was time for a new plan. As I do each week, I asked TheHub if there was anything particular he wanted. This week he actually asked specifically for two things which is a bonus when planning the week. (see meals 2 and 3)

This is the plan for the week.

1.Grilled lamb chops, new potatoes (or cauliflower rice) asparagus, dinner rolls or keto rolls, mixed greens

2.Greek chicken, saffron rice, carrots, tossed salad

3.Hamburger patty, green beans, saffron rice (or cauliflower rice), coleslaw

4.Vegetarian street taco salad

5.Tuscan Soup or Buffalo Chicken soup, coleslaw, rolls or keto cornbread

6.Out to eat

7.Salmon with lemon butter sauce, baked potato (or none) tossed salad, broccoli

Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan, or with no plan at all!