Menu 12/8 - 12/10

Ok, so my thoughts are I'll do a three day dinner menu to keep me accountable. What I'll do is post my three day menus and then post the recipes as I make them. This blog will also serve as a cooking experiment too. There is a high probability that many of the dishes will be duds. But, every now and again I'm sure we'll come upon a gem.

12/8 Dinner - Spicy Licorice Chicken Salad

This doesn't have licorice in it, but as I was cooking the bulgur wheat and added the spices that is what it reminded me of.

12/9 Dinner - Citrus Basil Salad

I'm going to adapt a Grapefruit, Onion and Basil Salad I saw online to make it more filling and see how it goes.

12/10 Dinner - Overcoming Temptation

So I'll be only at day three of my diet and healthyish lifestyle when I'll face the first big hurdle, and it is a double whammy. The school that I work with is having a progressive dinner - one of those dinners that you go from house to house and eat a different course at each stop. The goal here will be to eat smaller portions and stay under my calorie count for the day. (I'm trying to do between 1500 - 1800 calories a day). As if a progressive dinner wasn't a daunting enough challenge, it is my fiancee's birthday. (I just had to go back and change the word girlfriend to fiancee, very exciting!!!!) Luckily, she loves healthy eating. I'm going to try and come up with a healthy dessert for her as a surprise. Wish me luck!