Last week was not a good week. We never just fell off the bandwagon... we got ran over along the way! Without rehashing everything we ate let's just say the words 'take-out', 'deep fryer' and 'junk food' hit our weak spot last week. Honestly, most of it was bad planning on my behalf. A health oven baked cod recipe with veggies turned into a battered, deep fried version. This week we are back on track. We have a full dinner recipe written out on our kitchen whiteboard and a breakfast plan on paper. And all of that unhealthy eating, coupled with forgetting Christian acid reflux medicine on Saturday caused Christian a bad reflux flare-up on Sunday. We have learned our lesson, have regrouped as a family, and are ready to restart and face the weeks ahead.
Keeping up with healthy eating is not an easy task. We have been eating reasonably well, but it is tough to break old habits. I caved once in the past bit and grabbed Burger King for dinner for the family. This past Friday evening was beautiful and I really didn't feel like attempting some big meal. I had already had thaw ed some boneless, skinless chicken breast and thought that some sort of sandwich would be ideal. We had all the fixin's for a Greek Pita so that's what I did. I love my Wolfgang Puck Panini Maker and use it for almost everything including to grill chicken. I didn't add any seasoning... just threw them on two at a time. I got together all of the ingredients: Whole Wheat Pita Pockets, diced onion & tomato, sliced black olives, feta cheese and lettuce. For lettuce I always use my lettuce spinner that I bought at Costco some time ago. Christian absolutely loves when I call him to spin the lettuce out. It's like a toy to him. I also used...
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