Winning Friends with Salad

Hey all!

Not only was the Butterfinger Muesli delicious, it was filling! It was a good 4-5 hrs before I started thinking about lunch. Last night, I took out a serving of ED&BV’s Cocoa Coconut chili for lunch, without realizing I was having chocolate in my breakfast. Oh well, it’s just a chocolate kind of day, I guess. I made this chili a few weeks ago and have about 5 servings in the freezer. I liked this as a soup, but I wanted to give it a little twist for lunch. So I made it into a burrito! I drained a little of the liquid from the chili, put it on a tortilla and heated it for 3 min. Before:

After:

You could add Fage as sour cream, spinach or a little cheese to make it more burrito-like. Three things: I wish I had access to an oven to make this, it would have been crispier; I am terrible at folding burritos to keep them together, so I had to use a fork and knife, boo; and I wish I had drained more of the soupy stuff - it was very hard to eat. Even so, it was delicious, especially for something throw together at the last minute! I liked this reinvention better than the original I think.

On the side I had some sumo-strawberries:

All together:

Delicious. It’s been a caloric day so far, though. Lunch was 616 calories, 106g carbs, 16g fat, and 23g protein. I think since starting the blog, I’ve been more concerned with the creativity of my meals and less about the calorie count - although I’m always very concerned with the nutritional value. I’ve still been staying within my calorie range, I just have been eating my calories in an off-balance way (a lot during the day, and less at night). Although, I have been feeling very satiated with my meals lately, so maybe this is how my body wants to fed. But I do feel that I need to create a balance between creativity and calorie value in order to reach my weight loss goals.

Have a great afternoon!