mviesprite - do you use a dressing on the taco salad or is the salsa the dressing? And, you inspired me to do burgers on the grill last night - so good! Thank you.

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We made rotisserie chicken fajitas the other night. Quick and easy and makes several meals for us. I used 1/4 of an aldi flatbread for mine on the first one, but honestly, I don't like them too much and just used a bowl for later meals.

salad of red leaf lettuce, celery, cucumber with a yogurt blue cheese dressing, oven roasted summer squash, NY strip steak, coffee with 1 oz. half and half.

Salad with blue cheese dressing, Ribeye and zucchini/yellow squash mix.

I was MIA the last couple weeks, but all the dinners have inspired me upon returning!

One new standout dinner that I would do again:
Butternut squash noodles with spinach, chicken sausage and goat cheese

Have also done a fair number of spinach salads to address a potassium issue- toppings include any mix of chicken, hard boiled eggs, avo, beets, goat cheese, bell pepper, pumpkin seeds and dressing (most often) an artichoke

Some days I have also been trying more variety in my fruit (keeping carbs from fruit at or below 10, but including higher glycemic ones like pineapple with shrimp and spinach, or chicken/avo/apricot/goat cheese

So far, blood sugars have been great with this. For me it seems the net carbs more than the index, and so as long as they don't make me crave sugar, I'm good to go

Last night was bowl of shelled edamame and pickled ginger
Snack- Maui onion seaweed snacks

Late snack- 2 oz Swiss (was low on calories for day and I'm always in mood for cheese)

Tonight is Mexican night at a charity house..... Will go with bed of lettuce, fajita chicken, guac, and salsa- cheese of they have it.
My stomach has been off for a couple days, so I might just pack something, Mexican isn't really appealing in the least right now.

Hi Robin, I noticed you were missing and I missed your posts!
Hope you're doing well.

Last night I had liver and onions, spinach and zucchini.

CaseyZee, so sorry, I work 2 jobs and have a zillion things happening so I am neglectful in getting back here - just saw this. Glad you enjoyed your burgers!

I have just used sour cream and salsa (sometimes guac) as dressing - I did it that time. Sometimes I make homemade ranch and add salsa to it.

Last night (and most nights) I make a big salad with bacon bits, cheese, radish, tomato, Cheese crisps and whatever else I throw in - maybe meat, maybe some other veggie or avocado, usually with homemade Ranch. I sleep so well when I have that for dinner (which is right before bed...)

Tonight I am aiming for Carnitas Nachos with pork rinds as my chips - made them that way before and they were really good. I have sour cream, will make guac, Hatch salsa, black olives and green onions for toppings, no chips, no beans. Making the Carnitas today - YUM!! (ambitious for me - I have a day off!! thank goodness for holidays)

Robin I have missed you, as well as wondering where the other Robyn was too -
What are butternut squash noodles? that sounds good.
Your salads sound good - I got a package of root vegetables that was marked 75% off - I roasted them with the intention of putting them in my salad, but I ended up eating them for breakfast yesterday, they were so good. I should go buy up the rest of the pkgs, but that store is kind of far from me.

Ha catching up with everyone - hey, Liz, that works though!!

CaseyZee - the eggroll in a bowl sounds delish - I will have to look that up when I decide to do Asian...

Mmm- I love roasted veggies on salads, and then picking at leftovers in fridge until they are eaten up. I find myself grazing on Brussel sprouts anytime, even breakfast

Thanks for the welcome back guys!

Was looking forward to catching up with you all last week, but that mildly off tummy turned into something more serious.
Looking for all clear fluid dinner ideas.... but I'm on mend and might go home from Hospital tomorrow- so I might get Greek yogurt or cottage cheese and jello, instead of just lousy hospital broth.

My autoimmune system is fired!

Yay! I'm home and had real food 🙂
Last night was lettuce, artichoke/parm dressing, scoop of cottage cheese and a hard boiled egg..... it was pretty decent for someone craving a salad who isn't allowed much in terms of veg.

Egg whites scrambled with spinach, and the egg yolks added back in as "sauce" after cooking. Rum ice cream (teaspoon rum, 6 ounces by weight heavy cream, 1 egg yolk, whipped then frozen).

We are getting a new kitchen with the new apartment. I hope that will inspire me.