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Good morning all...and welcome to Monday!!

Not lots to talk about...just have a moment while my computer is processing photos, so thought I would check in.

I'll start off with new recipes that we are trying this week.  Kurt's mom brought a couple of cookbooks with her when his parents came for the weekend and we went through them to see if there were things that sounded good (whether they came ideally prepared or we had to change up the ingredients to suit the way we eat now).

Last night we made Joe's Special...it's kinda like Ghetto Asian Mac but without the Asian.  It was good...but I think it would be a nicer as a breakfast than a dinner.  I'll put it up soon.

Tonight we're making Zesty Caribbean Chicken...it sounds really good...hopefully it is!!

Saturday we did our grocery run...this week it was $159 - about $30 of it was necessities (dish soap, body soap, ziploc bags, foil, etc).  We had a lot of chicken left over, so we had to get very little - but we decided to go for organic chicken breasts instead and we also decided to get farm raised cage free eggs (both are a bit more expensive, but we are slowly trying to transition into better food now that we are eating better).

Anyway, like I said, not a lot to talk about, just a quick update.

Joe's Special

This is what I referred to as the Ghetto Asian Mac without the Asian

From: Favorite Brand Name Low-Carb Recipes

Yields 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients:

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp dried oregano leaves
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 pkg (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Spray large skillet with nonstick cooking spray
2. Add ground beef, mushrooms and onion.  Cook over medium-high heat for 6 - 8 minutes or until onion is tender
3. Add Worcestershire, oregano, nutmeg, garlic powder and salt
4. Cook until meat is browned
5. Drain spinach and stir into meat mixture
6. Push mixture to one side of the pan and reduce heat to medium
7. Pour eggs into other side of pan.  Cook without stirring 1 - 2 minutes or until set on the bottom
8. Lift eggs to allow uncooked portion to flow underneath. Repeat until softly set
9. Gently sir into meat mixture and heat through
10. Stir in cheese

Serve with salsa and toast, if desired