Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup: A Love Story

When I was young, my mother would tell me stories about the early years with my dad before I came along (I'm the oldest). One of those stories was about my father's rather novice cooking skills. My mother worked at a pizza restaurant in town (she was a student at the time) and would walk home from the restaurant. My dad would have dinner waiting for her when she arrived. Sweet, right? There was just one problem. My dad only knew how to make grilled cheese sandwiches and canned tomato soup. So, each night, my mother would walk home to a dinner, lovingly arranged on the table, of grilled cheese and tomato soup. :p

Tonight's dinner is an ode to my parents' beginnings (made by Hubby). And now I'm dying of thirst! Darn soup! :D

Hope you're having a great Tuesday night...

xoxo
-Mrs. Myers

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Hubby in the Kitchen: Spaghetti and Meatballs

This will be a quick post. Tonight is my night "off." That's right, friends. It's another edition of...

Hubby in the Kitchen!!!

Mr. Myers decided to make Spaghetti and Meatballs. Instead of purchasing the pre-made ground turkey meatballs at the store, he decided to make them. (Did you guys know we don't eat red meat?) Anywho, when I got in from class, the house was smelling realllllly good. Hubby had decided to cook up some italian sausages in the case that I would allow him to put it in the spag (I don't really love italian sausages). After a quick taste test, I approved and off he went. Since the dinner was a bit higher carb than my typical fare, I split the difference by steaming some cauliflower and zucchini. I filled the majority of my bowl with the veggies (kinda hidden in the pic) and topped it with a little pasta, a bit of sausage and one meatball. Delish!

Do you know what the best thing about the meal was? I didn't make it. :)

The rest of the day was just fine. Lunch was particularly spectacular today. I knew I wanted some of my carrot-ginger soup, but when I pair it with a salad (which was the plan) it's never enough to fill me up. So I cooked up some brown rice in coconut chicken stock. I poured my soup over about a half cup of rice and voila, a very tasty, filling soup!

Along with my salad (w/strawberries), I also had a couple pieces of turkey rolled up since my meal was low in protein.

Later, I did about 5 miles during my little break from work, which ended up being more like 2pm instead of 1 as I'd planned. Of course, the sun chose that particular time to come out from behind the clouds. Despite my sunscreen, I still got a tad sunburned and man, was I hot!!!

Afterwards, I had a fairly big snack: whole wheat english muffin w/almond butter and low sugar jelly and a peach. I was kinda starving.

I also had about 4 ounces of soy milk when I got home from school (we did 45 minutes of circuit training).

And, that's all folks... I was planning to walk over to Costco after dinner (for grapes and bananas), but they close at 8:30 and it's already 8pm, so... that'll be a tomorrow thing. I'm about to curl up on the couch with the hubby. If he's lucky, I might even consider helping him with the dishes. ;)

Have a wonderful Tuesday night. Tomorrow is humpday, and you know what that means... Two days till Friday!!!

xoxo

-j