Insalata Caprese Mac &Cheese

by bhealthy on June 18, 2009

Tuesday morning, I awoke to the sounds of pouring rain. It was quite nice and made me want to lay there for awhile. Then, I realized it had been raining all night! Not only was our roof was leaking and basement beginning to flood, but our street and yard were completely, totally, under water!

I almost freaked out but tried to keep calm, eat breakfast, gather my notes and hope to get to my exam in one piece ( with a running, non-water logged, car)

Mind:
I did collect myself and managed to be incredibly focused on my exam! I think (hope) that I did really well on this because I just felt like I knew those answers- not a "sure" but I thought through each answer and picked my answer before looking at my choices.Fingers crossed!

Body: 
Elliptical 40 minutes, Ab Work: 10 minutes

Vigorous Flow Yoga. This was my second time and it was just as challenging as the first time. It was rather rejuvenating, however, my lower back is a little sore!

Soul: 
it feels like a huge relief and confidence booster to have exam #3 go well. The Final on Friday morning seems more " attainable" now and less of a "oh goodness" worry!

Breakfast:
Oats, Fruit, PB- I stuck with what I wanted even if it was the same as yesterday!
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Lunch:
Leftovers of course… fish, veggies, cous cous, steamed vegetables…

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Dinner:
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Insalata Caprese Mac & Cheese!

It was so incredibly easy to make this version "Adult" Mac& Cheese. Last week I made Annie’s as did a lovely blogger Kristen of EatingRD. She had bulked hers up with tofu and broccoli and it looked fabulous! I purchased tofu and tempeh and all the ingredients for a bulked up Italian style "Caprese" dinner. I  was already purchasing fresh mozzarella and basil for a recipe I saw in "Health" magazine with nectarines so I knew  it would be a great way to fully use all the ingredients in different recipes this week.
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Annie’s Organic Whole Wheat Shells all "grown up" with basil (chiffonade), sliced baby roma tomatoes, fresh mozzarella chunks, bacon ( instead of Proscuitto) and tossed in some spinach (frozen, thawed with hot spaghetti water) for extra Vitamin C, Carotenoids and Folic Acid!

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On the side I made a rather random but delicious salad of green cabbage, organic sprouts, and skillet-heated Tempeh. I added Goddess Dressing and boy, was that ever tasty!

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That was my first time making Tempeh, so I will have to give my thoughts fully after having more in the next few days.

This morning is our last day of Summer Session Microbiology!! Jeff also leaves for a Bachelor Party today, which is exciting for him but also a little " oh my I wonder what will occur" kinda feeling for me!  I have the final tomorrow morning and the phone interview for Murphy -Goode tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!

How has everyone’s week been?

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  • http://www.eatingRD.com EatingRD

    Way to spruce up Annie! Thanks for the shout out, your version looks yummy! I love tweaking and adding things to make them better. good luck on your interview, you’re going to do GREAT (I mean goode)! How cool would that be??