Happy Friday ~ the day I’ve been waiting for ALL WEEK! Well, really, I was waiting for the weekend, but, it’s all the same 🙂
You know I actually managed to RESIST opening my Nut Barn CRUNCHY Almond Butter jar until this morning. I scooped up a heaping Tablespoon and split it between two slices of Orowheat Light Whole Wheat Bread (3 points). Do you see the BIG pieces of dry roasted almonds ~ LOVE!
Plus banana “chips” (1 pt).
Mid morning I decided it was time to get some BOOTY ~ that is.
The entire bag is 3 points.
There are a bunch of these funky shaped crunchy, fluffy, cheesy booty pieces that taste a lot like healthy Cheetos. I LOVE ME SOME BOOTY and am totally getting more! They totally satisfied my need to crunch!
For lunch my co-worker and I headed to Mammarella’s for that AWESOME BEET SALAD that I LOVE and a fun chat session in the sunshine! I have been missing some freshly roasted beets in my life lately 🙂
However, we both were totally bummed with what came out…Flashback to the last time I was here on December 14, 2009 and this was the AMAZING BEET SALAD with Grilled Chicken I ordered. Beautiful, no?
This was the SMALL salad I got today 🙁
12/14/2009 ~ Mounds of Beet, Orange, Chicken Goodness!
03/26/2010 ~ Flat, lifeless, hardly any beets or oranges or chicken. I was SO SAD :( especially since this salad cost $12. It’s ok if they want to downsize their portions, but, seriously, they should downsize their price too, don’t you think?
I went back up and ordered a cup of Tomato Basil Soup to go with my salad because I knew I’d still be hungry :( This soup was so flavorful ~ it definitely filled the void my salad left 🙂
And, my co-worker went up and ordered Tiramisu since her entree only included 9 pieces of Gnocchi that she ate in like 5 minutes LOL. The plate her cake is served on is the same size plate they used for my salad. Lucky for Mammarella’s I LOVE them enough I might give them one more chance, but, hopefully they bring back their BIGGER salads to make them worth the $$ or drop the price.
I stole 4 bites of this ~ AMAZING and I don’t usually pick Tiramisu ~ I pick the GIA!
Dinner tonight was based on this Tex Mex Calzone Recipe I saw on Cooking Light’s Dinner Tonight Menu. You can also find it in the March Issue (told you that THIS ISSUE has a TON of great recipes in it) :D It’s definitely a 30 minute or less meal.
I chopped up half a red onion plus two bell pepper halves.
I measured out 8 oz of Ground Turkey on My FAVORITE FOOD/POSTAGE SCALE 😉
Then, cooked up the peppers, onions and garlic. Topped with Homemade Taco Seasoning and Big S Fire On The Mountain Salsa.
I shredded some low fat sharp cheddar cheese and pulled out my FAVORITE Trader Joe’s Corn and Chile Salsa.
Slice my pizza dough into 4 pieces. (Yup, got a little too crazy with the flour).
Then, my camera died *sigh*. I layered in a 1/2 cup of the meat mixture, topped with 2 Tbsp corn salsa and 3 Tbsp of cheese before making my “abstract” shaped calzones. I am challenged rolling dough out.
Baked for 12 minutes at 425 ~ totally fluffy and golden.
9 points and totally LOADED with goodness! I LOVED the spice and cheese ~ it was totally like a taco pizza minus the beans LOL.
I whipped up a mini taco salad for a side.
This afternoon when I stopped at Trader Joe’s to pick up the bell peppers I forgot yesterday, I saw that they had some Easter Candy out. I couldn’t resist picking some up for The Husband. I ate a couple of the gum drops tonight for dessert when he opened them ~ eh, ok…..they taste healthy 🙂
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Happy WEEKEND ~ wheeeeeee!!!!!!!
what the gyp on the salad! boo. oh i was cleaning out my cupboards today and found TWO jars of the corn salsa! i was so giddy! that dessert is super pretty! i dont love to eat dessert (well, unless it is ice cream) but i really love to SEE pretty desserts! XOXO
Hey Danica, I just wanted to let you know that I really love when you post the ingredient lists for some of the products you eat…it’s really helpful!
I loooove Pirate’s Booty! Totally gets to that cheesy craving!!
I also love anything tex mex, and calzones- those look amazing!
Have a great weekend!!
xo
K
I’m sorry your salad was not so good. I hate being disappointed at restaurants. It sets the rest of the day up for a bitter mood.
I haven’t been to a TJ in 4 weeks so I’m VERY excited to hear they have Easter goodies!
aww, sorry your salad wasn’t as good as last time.
but your calzones look amazing! i like the fork design on the edges…looks super professional.
Love Pirate’s Booty! I am so impressed that you made your own calzone! Very cool. Homemade anything is usually so much better than store bought.
oh those are kinda like empanadas huh…looks like a yummy dinner!!! 🙂
I hate when I am looking forward to something and I order it and it’s nothing like the last time I ate it…..you have picture PROOF! Bring those in and show them! HAHA! That would be funny…”uumm yeah you can clearly see my salad is different from the last time I ordered it”. lol
oh and PS…I am ignoring the almond butter *puts fingers in ears* la la la la la la! hehe 🙂
I think this might be my first time commenting on your blog. All your food looks AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS. I think I just got hungry for dinner! I love Pirates Booty. I went through like an entire case of that stuff when I was snowed in this past January. It’s the best snack!
Oh man, I would have been ticked off if I ordered a $12 salad and had that arrive at my table.
I love pirate’s booty! I had to stop buying it since all they sell around here are the 4 ounce bags – for me, it usually ended up being one serving. Its so awesome to see they make actual single serving bag of it.
I hate when that happens. You order something because you’ve had it before and it was amazing but then it’s a disappointment the second time around. Matthew and I love this place for sushi and he really likes this sashimi appetizer. We ordered it one time and it didn’t have avocados like it’s supposed to. The server told us it doesn’t “come with it.” We politely disagreed and said we ALWAYS get avocado with it so he brought us a whole avocado sliced up. We win! Haha.
will keep an eye out for those jelly beans at trader joe’s – thanks!
Love Pirates Booty too! So yummy and I love how big the bags are for a serving.