Garrison Keillor famously starts each of his monologues with "It's been a quiet week in Lake Woebegone, my hometown." I'm starting to hope for a quiet week. Beginning August 11 we've dealt with (and this is in chronological order, not order of importance): 1) The Illinois State Fair 2) Five-year-old Joshua's throat surgery 3) installation of a project at work that I've been working on since October 4) The start of School 5) A quick trip to Southern Illinois for a family funeral and 6) a weekend of implementing a SECOND project at work.
All of these things resulted in meals that were . . . not so good for the diet. (It's hard to eat a healthy salad when you leave the office at 3 and have to be 4 hours south at 7.) We've been rewarding the boys for good behavior with Dairy Queen, and last Saturday my "lunch" came at quarter 'til 3, and was (gulp) from Burger King.
So, the completely expected results. . . since August 13 I have gained 4 pounds. But we're turning things around. Last night's dinner (and today's lunch) was fish quesadillas.
Fish Quesadillas
4 Oz White Fish (used Ocean Perch this time)
2 whole wheat tortillas (8 inch)
1/4 cup low fat cheese
1 roasted red bell pepper
1/2 Tablespoon low fat Sour Cream
1/4 Tablespoon salsa
1/2 lemon
The fish was sauteed, with salt, pepper and the juice from the half lemon, then shredded
Lay the fish, pepper and cheese on a tortilla and top with another.
This could be finished in the oven or a skillet, but we have a quesadilla press
Garnish with sour cream and salsa
Recipe makes 1. I made four last night and we ate 1 each. The others are lunch today
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