Still eating...not scrapping......

Man I really want to find my scrapping mojo...anyone have any hints as to where it could be??? who has it?????

So yesterday was a chilly day here in Michigan and I was cold..like all day long, so I did not have a smoothie. Instead I just had the banana, the apple(with peanut butter) and an orange early in the morning.

A few hours later I saw the little container of black beans in the fridge, leftover from my quesadilla, so I poured some in a bowl, added a little cheese and a dab of sour cream, gave it a mix. I'm thinking...it's possible......that snack sounds gross???? Hey, I love snackies like that, especially when they are full of fiber, which will keep my tummy full!!! Sidenote...have you ever bought canned beans? Yep most of them have sugar and HFCS......BUT there is always one brand that is just beans, water and salt, or beans and salt...look for those anytime you need some beans - pinto, northern, red kidney, black - all very good for you and keep you full!! just make sure and rinse the beans in water completely to get all the gunky stuff off that seems to collect in the can. Oh and I obviously like to repeat good info, cause I told you about those sugary beans :P



So about lunch time DH finally gets in from an all morning long session of TB testing cows...yes tuberculosis testing!!! So I fried up some eggs - I love fried eggs, I had one.

Dinner was interesting - I went out to the freezer and a couple of packages of cube steak fell out. now I will admit I don't really cook cube steak but once a year, I rarely have any and I know DH would just rather have a STEAK than a wannbe steak that is more like hamburger. I am not very savvy at making cube steak act more like steak....but I turned it into a good meal!!! And it was easy!!


CUBE STEAK

6 small cube steak, about the size of your hand
lemon pepper
garlic salt
2 C. Panko crumbs(breadcrumbs)
1 Tbs. Oregano
1/2 Tsp cumin
salt and pepper
Olive oil
2 eggs
lemon slices


Layed the meat out, sprinkled them with lemon pepper seasoning on one side, the other side garlic salt. Then I took 2 cups of Panko...otherwise known as Whole wheat bread crumbs from Japan. Because of course american bread crumbs are all white bread. I have to go to the Health food store to get Panko breadcrumbs or if you have a big grocer that has an ethnic section! nice tall container, $3 and man they are good and a bit crunchy!! so I mixed the panko, Oregano and cumin and some salt and pepper. I put that mixture in a shallow dish. Beat 2 eggs - had that in a shallow dish. Poured some Olive Oil in a big frying pan, filled about 1/8 inch in the pan, and let that heat up.

Dipped the steak in the egg and then the crumb mixture, coated both sides, not too heavy. then set them in the pan over medium heat, cooked about 6 or 7 minutes, flipped it over and cooked that 5 or 6 minutes more and they were done!!! The part that really makes the steak is after they are done frying - squeeze some lemon juice over each piece of meat!! This was really tasty and I think I ate too much of it!!!!

Served it with Steamed fresh Broccoli and a salad. Cause every meat needs a vegi and a salad at our house!

Also drank about 3 cups of Green tea today, which I am becoming very fond of - Good Earth Green tea with lemon...that is what it says on the package.

I also had dessert.....ever had a Medjool Date?? It's like a big raisin, except it taste sugary and very sticky! A nice yummy wholesome treat with natural sugar!! I am seeing these in almost all the grocery stores these days. I tore the date into 4 pieces, cause there is a seed inside and in order to unearth the stickness, you need to get to the middle.....and then rolled the pieces in a bit of unsweetened coconut - not to be confused with the sugary sweetened coconut you find next to the chocolate chips :P

medjool date + coconut = almond joy

these are the dates.....