Good news - I'm finally back to 10 lbs! I had gained a couple, and have been hovering between 8 and 9 lbs. for two weeks. Finally the weight gods noticed they had been neglecting me and took those lbs. back again. Hopefully I can take off another lb. by the end of the week. There are no sabotages planned, so there is hope.
Last night I cooked Fettuccine Alfredo from Day By Day. I should never have tried. It was a crummy afternoon anyway, for reasons I won't bore you with now. If ever there was cause to go out to dinner, yesterday provided one. But no...I had to inflict more punishment on myself and cook!
I tried to be very organized. I got out the required pots and gathered the required ingredients. When it came to the cheese, though, the recipe called for finely grated Parmesan. We had a nice block in the refrigerator, and I got out my little grater and started grating away. In no time at all I realized it was going to take far, far too long to grate enough cheese by hand. So out came the handy-dandy food processor, which I might point out I haven't used in a very, very long time. So I put the whole thing together, put the cheese in the chute and turned it on. In no time at all I remembered I needed to close off the chute that shoots the grated stuff into a bowl instead of the food processing container, and I had cheese everywhere. So, after a little clean up, and a search for the thing that keeps these kinds of disasters from happening, I got grated cheese.
Then I put the pasta water on and started the pasta, only to realize that I grossly misjudged the time it would take to make the alfredo sauce and that the pasta was going to be done way before the sauce would be!
After much cussing, and fighting the urge to throw in the towel and go out after all, dinner was ready. It was pretty tasty, but I had forgotten how heavy fettuccine alfredo is. The recommended serving size was 1 cup, but I was fairly starving, so I gave myself 1 1/2 cups, and it was too much. Anyway, at only 7 points per serving, it was a rich and filling meal, without the fat that one usually finds in an alfredo sauce (this one was made with only a little butter, and some fat free cream cheese).
The good news - I don't have to cook again until Thursday, when we'll be having turkey piccata.
Til then, I hope you have better success than I did yesterday!
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I've been away for awhile but have enjoyed catching up. Loved the camping story even if it had nothing to do with WW. Did you use the healthy pasta for your fettuccine dish? I don't like saucy stuff. Just thought I'd let you know.
ReplyDeleteGood writing!! Keep up the good work!