A Nice Dinner Out

We had a wonderful Confirmation ceremony this afternoon and we invited our family members to dinner at a local restaurant. Unfortunately, they messed up our reservations and did not give us the private room that we originally reserved. Oh well. It was a busy night in the restaurant and our food took a while to come, but otherwise it was a fine evening. I tried to keep my "plan" on my mind and although I didn't try to figure out Points for what I ate, I did keep my portions to a minimum. For appetizers, I had half a mozzarella stick (little daughter's) and spoonful of baked spinach and crab dip with pita triangle. I skipped the clams casino and fried calamari that was also ordered...





I had some salad with my own light ranch dressing that I brought (Kraft has packets -I'll show them next time). Actually, this is what was left of my salad. I didn't feel like eating much of it tonight...




For dinner, I ordered the baked salmon with veggies and baked potato. I ate half the salmon, almost all the veggies and most of the inside of the potato...

I forgot to order the salmon without the sauce which was a dill beurre blanc. I just scraped it off the best I could. My biggest feat of the night - NO BREAD! I did it! Believe me, it was hard. I was starving, the food was taking forever to come out and the warm rolls were stuck right in front of me (I eventually moved them!)

I did have a glass of wine, lots of water and a cup of decaf coffee that tasted way better than coffee that I make! We were all too tired and full, so no one went for dessert either. Whew - I got away with that, too!

I did peek at the dessert menu, though. Drool..........

Thanksgiving Revisited

I was excited for lunch today! I decided to make mini turkey and brie "sandwiches" on maple cornbread muffins at the suggestion of Megan from Megan's Munchies. I liked these cornbread muffins. They were tasty and low point! For my "sandwiches", I split two of the muffins, spread with 1 tsp. each cranberry sauce, layered 2 thin slices of turkey and 1 oz. light brie. Don't they look so cute?? I loved the way these looked, but I wasn't too thrilled with the combination of flavors. I think the cornbread taste overpowered the turkey and brie, so I didn't taste much of that. I really wanted that turkey and brie flavor to come through. I'll try this again on a more neutral flavored bread and I think it will be great. I love the muffins on their own, toasted with some spray butter and/or preserves. This may be my breakfast tomorrow!



Along with my minis, I had a sliced plum and 1 oz. Kettle Baked Potato Chips (haven't seen these in a while, right?? I'm trying to break my chip obsession!)...




My afternoon snack was wine! The husband and I met an out-of-town friend of his for drinks this afternoon. I had a glass of Shiraz and no "pickies" - pretty good, eh?



Dinner was Thanksgiving revisited. I love heat and eat dinners!!! I had a little of everything again, this time I concentrated more on the veg and plain turkey breast. I had uncooked butternut squash leftover from the "yucky Tyler Florence slaw" (sorry, Tyler), so I just microwaved it for about 5 min. and sprayed with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray. Awesome and easy - I will definitely make that again! I also ate the last two spaghetti squash pancakes from the other night - another winner!

A great dinner, again. Unfortunately, it wasn't filling enough. I ended up wanting to munch about an hour after I ate. I caved and had a large handful of pretzel sticks, a handful of Cheez-its (why are these so good??) and a cheese stick!! Ugh. Maybe I should have just had more wine...:(