Like many of you, my family and I will be spending the holiday weekend at numerous cookouts. Having given up carbs recently, it’s been quite challenging as a carb addict to pass on the bun, soft tacos, tortillas, wraps and other typical breads served at cookouts.
At the Margarita Festival yesterday, I did really well by choosing to eat chicken tacos with extra salsa minus the soft taco. I used a chip as my spoon, but didn’t eat a single bit of the chip.
Today, we will be swimming and grilling at Chrissy’s house and I’m bringing Skinnytaste’s Southwest Black Bean Quinoa Mango Medley as a side dish for the potluck.
Last week, I had pinned and planned such wonderful low-carb meals, but the chicken I purchased was spoiled. Has that ever happened to you? It happens quite a bit during the summer months in Florida. Milk and meats spoil much quicker, even if you buy it well before the sell-by date.
Anyway, it put a monkey wrench in our menu and dinners needed to be moved around; however, on the actual night I attempted to prepare dinner with spoiled chicken, it was too late to run back to the store to buy one. So, pizza became a Thursday night dinner instead of our usual Friday night meal.
And that’s how we roll. (I mean that in a carb-free way, of course.)
With the holiday weekend, we’re skipping out on our usual Meatless Monday, because nothing tastes better than a red, a juicy burger for Memorial Day.
Here’s our menu for the week.
S – Mojo Marinade Grilled Chicken Breasts with Skinnytaste’s Southwest Black Bean Quinoa Mango Medley
M – Hamburgers (For a bunless burger, I may try a healthy version of this Big Mac Salad.)
T – Chicken and White Bean Stuffed Peppers
W – Cilantro Baked Tilapia with Mashed Cauliflower
Th – Iron Chef Allan will prepare pasta while I’m at the Straz Center’s Fall Season Premiere.
F – Pizza
What are you pinning and planning? What’s on your dinner menu this week? Are you passing on the carbs at your holiday weekend cook-outs too?
Good for you for giving up the processed foods… you still get plenty of carbs in veggies, fruits, etc. Enjoy the Memorial day burgers!
Your menu looks yummy!! I’m crab free from breads, etc., as well and have been for a while. Totally changed my body 🙂
Enjoy your Memorial Day burger! WTG with giving up carbs.
Has giving up carbs affected your running at all? I was eating less carby foods and I felt like it affected me. I dunno if I just needed time for my body to adjust or I just wouldn’t be able to adapt. I need to make some sort of changes…but I’m scared. Ahhhhhhh! Lol.
SkinnyTaste has the best best stuff!! I’m so thankful for the day that I found that website. I made an avocado, black bean, cucumber salad for our gathering yesterday and it was delicious! I’ve never made anything from that site that I didn’t like!
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