a week later

I did not drop off of the face of the earth.... my cousin was married in Vermont this past weekend so getting ready and the actual trip took up most of my week.

Although I did find time to test 2 different recipes...

the first was the chicken fajita lettuce cups and I must apologize - I forgot to take a picture - but it was GREAT! something you probably wouldn't really need a recipe for - make fajitas and serve them in lettuce leaves (like the lettuce wraps at PF Chang's). By eliminating the tortilla - you just saved a bunch of calories. Now the recipe called for a little guacamole - I forgot to pick it up at the grocery and I didn't have any fat free sour cream. so in place of those, we used a small sprinkle of cheese. The hubbie loved them, the daughter just ate the chicken and liked it, I liked them... life was good!

Fun Info: The word "fajita" is the diminutive form of the Spanish word "faja," meaning "belt" or "girdle." These fajitas came in at 190 calories a serving...maybe if I eat enough I won't need a faja (girdle)!

Later in the week, we tried the cheeseburger quesadillas. I thought they were good. Not great - but good. Kids wouldn't try them. The spouse thought they were so-so. He preferred the turkey reuben quesadillas to these. These use the boca burger all cut up into pieces and then put on a tortilla with cheese. I dipped mine in a little bbq which I thought made a pretty good dinner.

Fun Info: Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Pennsylvania has "possibly the world's largest hamburgers" - there is a 15-pound Belly Buster - oh my.... don't even want to think how many calories. These quesadillas came in at 186 calories each!