Its Better To Have Tried and Failed Than Never To Have Tried At All

It has been a busy week for us and I am pretty surprised that we made it through! :) However, today is a new day and I am getting a lot done which is always encouraging! :) Plus I have a super hero of a husband who runs circles around me and gets things done! All in all we are a great team! :)

Anyway..... 

As my title suggests, my good intentioned eating didn't go as great as I had hoped.... but that's the beauty of it because there are no strict guidelines. :) Either way, I am off to a better start this week even though our weekend was a rough one. (I did have some necessary ice cream to cope with the craziness) :D But enough about that and on to the "Good Intentioned" Recipes.....

The Chicken Sausage Pizza that I replicated last week was mostly a success.... Paul and I both decided that the diced tomatoes made it taste too "healthy" so we will just use all natural pizza sauce in the future. I usually add some pureed spinach to the sauce to put a needed veggie servings in (we are awful at eating our veggies).... and you cant even taste it! :)

Another recipe I made last week was Honey Balsamic Chicken:
It was delicious in my opinion but Paul said "it was ok, but I would be ok if you didn't make it again." :) Nice! I also loved it because it was so easy to make! The only thing I would do different is instead of eating it plain I would use it to put on a lettuce salad or with rice and veggies, which the recipe does recommend.

Last night I tried another new recipe which was super successful! We loved it! I made a Clean Chicken, Potato, and Veggie Bake! Yum!!! With this one I made some alterations:

• Instead of the asparagus (I love it but Paul is not a fan! :( ) I used red, yellow, and orange peppers and a little onion. 
• I also didn't used fresh basil or rosemary..... and I only added about 1/2 of a 1/3 of a cup of basil (sorry... I'm not a math whiz.... and Paul isn't here to convert the fraction for me.... don't judge!! ;) )  because a full 1/3 seemed like too much and there was definitely enough flavor.
• I would recommend precooking the potatoes a little bit because they were a little harder than desired when I made it. Other than that it was delicious!!! 

Tonight I am trying another recipe.... a nice and simple one, but not quite as "clean." On tonight's menu we have Ground Beef and Rice with Cheese. It seems like it might be a little boring so we may jazz in up with some chips and salsa on the side! :) I will let you know how it goes!

Have a great week!

-M