Bagels without Guilt

I LOVEEEE bagels. But with my chocolate obsession I don't need additional fatness to be added to my daily intake....that is until I found these!! These bagels are the exact same size as the big ol' Sara Lee bagels but only HALF the calories!! They taste delicious also! Glenn even eats them because it's 140 calories for one, 14 grams of protein, and 72% daily dietary fiber!!
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/natures-grain/carb-check-original-bagels

Buffalo Meat!!!

I love me some whole foods!! Why? Cause I get to try all these different types of meat and fish! I saw an article on buffalo meat and decided to buy some lean ground buffalo meat the other day and make some burgers!

The meat was darker than regular ground meat. Glenn cut up some red onions and mushrooms and used Worcestershire sauce.

Ha. My Iphone camera doesn't make it that look that appealing but it was REALLY juicy! We topped it with a slice of melted cheese. It tasted like a regular hamburger but they are suppose to be a "leaner" red meat! Yum!

Lettuce Wraps

The only reason Glenn and I go to BJ's is for their chicken lettuce wraps. We had purchased some ground turkey meat and since we already had burgers this week I decided to try something different. I tried to follow the online recipe for PF Chang's Lettuce wraps but I forgot the soy sauce!! What a bad Asian. :( So I just followed my dragon lady insticts and whipped something up from what I had!

Marinated ground turkey in Worcestershire sauce, chopped up red onions, mushrooms, and water chestnuts.

Cooked the turkey meat with seasoning salt and pepper.

Then I added the mushrooms, onions, water chestnuts with some seasame oil, fish sauce, hoisin sauce, lemon juice, and white wine vinegar.

I was bit scared it wouldn't be good but it was pretty tasty!!!

Even Glenn was excited! The only thing missing was the chinese hot mustard sauce!

And yes we ate this one the floor in front of the tv cause UFC fights were on!

Packaged goods

Glenn and I finally had people over for the UFC fight. Here's a quick pic of what we had for little finger foods:

1) Mini dark chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate chips->a hit! Loved the combo!

2) Edible arrangement that Glenn got for me "just cause". :)

3) chips and dip

4) frozen pinwheels I got at target. They were (except for 5) all gone by the end of the night!

Chola Indian Food

Glenn and I think we "know" Indian food just because we went to my friend Avani's wedding and we've seen Slumdog Millionaire. We've had it about 3 times now but we always want more, to try new things. A resident at Scott and White told him about a place called Chola in Roundrock that we should check out. After singing "I lean like a cholo" a million times we found out that chola means chickpea in one of the southern Indian languages.



Glenn and Azeem RUNNING in to get food.


Excitement followed when we found out they had a lunch buffet on Saturdays. Apparently, Indian buffets offer a great variety and do NOT lack the quality of individually ordered dishes.







I don't know the names of anything. Starting on the top: rice cake, Tandoori chicken (soo juicy compared to Red Onion indian bistro), eggplant, goat, and chicken tiki marsala. In the middle is a piece of tilipia in indian spices. Everything had heat and had that kick of spices I have always wanted!!! The pita bread wasn't as soft and they didn't have the garlic flavor option. :(






YUMMY ALERT: Dosa: an light, crispy crepe (thinner than dessert crepes) with a mix of potatoes, peas, onions, and spices.

I could eat this all day long. The crepe tasted like a really thin fortune cookie and the creamy, spicy filling potatoes on the inside made the whole thing sooo flavorful!!! It was like an indian breakfast taco...only lighter (not calorie wise) and better!!! YUMMMM.




I forgot what everything was. These were my "oh I can still try some more stuff cause I'm not that full yet" dishes. Pass on these and get the curry stuff.

Dessert: WHY MUST YOU FAIL ME?! Where are the typical baklavas that Indian restaurants have?!?! UGH!!!

Clockwise:On the top is a sweet rice pudding (veryyy watery and barely sweet), that brown thing was AMAZING (fried dough smothered in sweetened condensed milk), mango mousse (where is the mango flavor? all I taste is cream fat!), and a SOUR rice with veggie mix.

I was very pleased that I got to try so many dishes!!! I found about 5 or 6 things I REALLY enjoyed (tandoori chicken, the tilapia, all the curried dishes, the fried dough dessert). Is it healthy? no. Would I go again and get more and eat too much? yes. Even our friend Azeem (he's brown) said it was good!

LuLu's Cafe

As I've blogged about before, I LOVEEEE Man V. Food. The way Adam loves food and his excitement about each destination is such a treat to me! I feel his fattie pain everytime he "overdoes it" and starts sweating! I do that on a weekly basis too Adam! Anyways, on his season 2 opener, he visited San Antonio. One of the restaurants was Lulu's Cafe, known for their chicken fried steak and HUGEEE cinnamon rolls.


Adam sure left his mark at this restaurant! The front of the menu features his picture with the staff!!












Here's a picture of me with the gigantic cinnamon roll!! OMG. I was expecting something that ran out of flavor in the center of the roll and expected the outside of the pastry to be really dry because it took so long to cook...BOY WAS I WRONG.

They premake the rolls and warm them up in the microwave when ordered.

When we got the cinnamon roll, it was warm, the outer layer slightly crispy but the hint of cinnamon and the rich frosting was TO DIE FOR. IT was soo good! Mrs. Baird's...EAT YOUR HEART OUT! I tried pieces of the cinnamon roll on the outside, innerside, and middle (for "testing" purposes of course) and it was DELICIOUS, flavorful, sweet, decadent from the inside out!!! Only $5.99!!! All hobos should save their change and eat this cinnamon roll!!

The rest our meal came out after a 45 minute wait since the restaurant was PACKED. I got migas and I wasn't very impressed. NO ONE in our group got their well known chicken fried steak which was a disappointment. I saw someone order one in the table next to us and it covered the WHOLE dinner platter. delicious looking. I will definitely go back to try that and believe it or not...I want another cinnamon roll!!!

Alamo Pizza

On our trip to San Antonio, Marcos and Lindsey told us about a place near their house, Alama Pizza. It's a real small pizza place with pizza slices, personal pizzas, calzones, wraps, pasta, etc. Outside is a pretty decent sized area where they have local bands play on the weekends.

Never heard of Alamo Pizza before but was super excited to see that it has been the winner of Readers' Choice pizza many years in a row!

I ordered a personal pizza veggie lovers. It had olives, green peppers, and red onions. You can see that a I got a piece of Roxann's pizza which had italian sausage.

NOT greasy at all!!! The crust was not too thick or thin but very crispy. The sauce wasn't that flavorful and it wasn't loaded with tons of cheese but it was still pretty tasty! I wish I had tried the other pizza flavors they offered: BBQ chicken, an Asian fusion one, etc because although my pizza was good, it tasted like a South Beach frozen pizza I can get at HEB, just a little crispier. I'm thinking the veggies didn't really add a kick of flavor like other toppings usually do. Overall, I would definitely give Alamo Pizza another shot!

Dead Fish Grill

Dead Fish Grill is a nice restaurant in Belton that overlooks Belton Lake. Really romantic/nice place to go drinks and hang out in the Temple area. Glenn has been trying to take me there for awhile but I always want sushi!















Beautiful sunset view when we went. Here's a picture of me giggling. Glenn LOVES this pic since I look like a Mii character or some sort of Japanese chubby doll.
















Appetizer: Crabcakes! I love crab cakes. These had a great flavor to them although they were on the thin side. Pieces of crab were in the cake! It could have been fresher tasting. I mean it was good, just not memorable. The sauce did nothing for me though, didn't taste like anything!














Since I had a big lunch (a post on that later) I ended up getting the Ahi Tuna Mediterranian Salad: artichoke hearts, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, blue cheese, new potatoes, and ahi tuna.

GREAT presentation. The ahi tuna had a kick in it's flavoring and the pieces were not too thin or too thick! The artichoke hearts added saltiness to the dish. The garlic bread was DELICIOUS. Full of butter and crunch! The new potatoes threw me off (since it was a salad after all) but the garlic and buttery taste had me at "Hello".

I would definitely get this again!





If you are ever in the Temple/Belton area, this is THE place to go. I didn't get a dessert or a mixed drink this time but I want to go again soon. For everything we ordered, plus tea it ended up being 30 dollars! NOT bad for dinner by the lake! A great bargain if you ask me!

Fiber One Muffins

I've been a fan of the Fiber One products for a LONG time. Name it, I'll love it! Cereal, bars, yogurt....I love them all! When my friend Amanda told me about the muffins, I was beyond excited to try them out! I chose banana nut instead of the other flavor, apple cinnamon, because I know Glenn's loves banana nut anything!

For Glenn's sake I used egg whites and applesauce instead of oil to make the muffins even healthier! I also made mini muffins instead of the usual serving size.

DELICIOUS! So soft and flavorful. I went back and got the apple cinnamon flavor to bake next week!!! They did not feel low fat or high in fiber at all!!! As I said again, I love fiber one products!!!