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Let's Get Cooking!

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Written by Sara Tuesday, 02 February 2010 21:09

As usual, you can checkout my workout for the day here.

I know a lot of you have always loved cooking, or enjoy trying new things out in the kitchen. To be honest, I have not always been that way. In fact it really doesn't seem to come natural to me at all, and sometimes I feel like I am forcing it. On a positive note, I do enjoy it and am trying to learn new and exciting ways to cook.

Today begins Operations: Let's Get Cooking. I need to stop making excuses and just get in the kitchen and get my hands dirty.
-I'm going to start planning out my meals so no more guessing is involved.
-I am going to try something new 4 out of 7 days a week. Of course, if I can do more than that I will, but with our busy schedules I think that is reasonable.

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This plan is for the rest of this week. I only have 3 meals planned for this week because I missed Monday.

If you have any recipes to share, please shoot me an email or leave a comment. They will be greatly appreciated. (Don't worry; if I put any on my blog I will put a link back to yours.)

Starting back this morning, breakfast consisted of a Newton's Fruit Crisp: Mixed Berry bar. In case you have never seen these before, here are some it's nutrition facts:
Calories: 100, Total Fat: 2 grams, Sodium: 86 mg, Potassium: 20 mg, Sugars: 8 grams, Protein: 1 gram.

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All in all, not a bad little bar. I tend to eat breakfast in the car so this is something easy to eat while I try not to get in a wreck. Wink

I decided to have breakfast for lunch. I whipped up some cinnammon oatmeal at work. I was going to put together pumpkin oatmeal, but unfortunately it was too much for me to bring to work with me.

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Operation: Let's Get Cooking
Tonight's dinner: Turkey burgers

I had some Organic Turkey Burger patties in the freezer and decided to make use out of them.

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I took out two and let them thaw for about an hour and a half while I was at they gym.

Marinade for the burgers:
-light soy sauce
-onion
-garlic powder
-touch of salt and pepper

I grilled them on the George Forman; put them on Arnold's whole wheat burger buns, added mozzarella cheese, and topped it off with chili beans.

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It's not the most creative, but I am happy with my start to Operation: Let's Get Cooking!

Off to clean, fold clothes, and get ready for bed.

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