It's amazing what leftover roasted chicken thigh can become in a sandwich press...

Today's lunch:

2 slices of Healthy Life Italian bread - 2 points plus

1 ounce of feta cheese with Mediterranean herbs - 2 points plus

Thinly sliced onion and red bell pepper - 0 points plus

1/2 small avocado (42 grams) - 2 points plus

Thinly sliced boneless, skinless chicken thigh that was roasted (1.5 ounces) - 1 point plus

Assembled sandwich, sprayed press with olive oil cooking spray, cook until bread is crisp.

Served with 10 Tuscan Cheese Pretzel Crisps - 3 points plus

1/2 large grapefruit - 0 points plus

Total: 10 points plus

Dinner: Tried a mixed brown rice from Trader Joe's (YUM!) with Foil packet chicken, sweet potato, onion and carrot

Foil Packet Chicken and Vegetables:

2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (130 grams) - 4 points plus

Medium sweet potato (143 grams) - 3 points plus

1/4 cup of carrots - 0 points plus

1/2 small vidalia onion - 0 points plus

Place 1 chicken thigh, 1/2 sweet potato cut in medium chunks, 1/2 small vidalia onion and 4 or 5 carrots onto a piece of foil.  Sprinkle with pink Himalayan sea salt, cracked black pepper, rosemary, and thyme.  Make a tight package with the foil.  Bake on a sheet pan at 350 degrees F for 30 - 45 minutes, until potatoes are tender. 

1 cup of brown rice medley (Trader Joe's) cooked with 1 tsp olive oil (my portion) and fresh garlic - 6 points

Total: 13 points plus

I'm finally back in a cooking mood!

Whatever virus took hold of our house last week is finally on it's way out.  Makayla's back to 100% and I'm close behind at about 80%.

I managed to stay within my points, even though I wasn't feeling the best and was taking care of a sick 5 year old.  We made it!

Dinner last night was an adaption of a recipe from VickisFoodies.com.

9 point plus value

2 chicken thighs - 4 point plus value
Medium sweet potato, quartered - 4 point plus value
1 small onion cut in half - 0 point plus value
2 tablespoons of French onion soup mix - 0 point plus value

Wrap all of the above ingredients in foil, sprinkle with French onion soup mix, and make a tightly sealed pouch.  Bake in the oven on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees for about an hour, until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender.

Then I sauteed fresh green beans (shout out to my little helper for snapping the ends off of a pound of green beans!) in 2 TB of extra virgin olive oil and 4 freshly minced garlic cloves.  After about 10 minutes of stirring occasionally, I added 1 cup of fat free, low sodium chicken stock and covered, letting them steam for another 15 minutes until tender.  They turned out great! No need for butter or salt on these green beans.  They had a ton of flavor.

A serving was:
2 cups of green beans - 0 point plus value
1/4 cup of fat free reduced sodium chicken stock - 0 points plus value
1 tsp of olive oil - 1 point value

YES! That is a bottle of wine in the background.  For the last week I have been having trouble using all my points (I know, I know, you don't want to hear it!) so I've been having celery and peanut butter after dinner, or peanut butter banana smoothies or something similar to use up the rest of my points.  Anywhere from 10 to 30 points I've had to use up!  I need to start drinking some milk during the day or something.  Anyway, last night I had 30 ppv left over at the end of the day (I get 54 per day!) and I used all 30 points on 3 generous glasses of wine after the little bestie went to bed :)