Turkey Bacon Quiche

6 strips lean turkey bacon
3 whole wheat tortillas
3 whole eggs
8 egg whites (or 1 cup egg substitute)
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup low fat sour cream
3/4 cup reduced fat cheddar shred
1 cup broccoli florets
1/2 cup green puree

Preheat oven to 350. Cook bacon and set aside to cool. In a 9 inch pie plate, overlap 2 tortillas and cut the third one in half to form a crust. In a large mixing bowl, beat puree, eggs and egg whites until blended. Mix in milk and sour cream. Chop turkey bacon into bite sized pieces. Add bacon, cheddar and broccoli to egg mixture; combine thoroughly. Pour into pie plate. Bake about 60 minutes. (You'll know it's done when you tap the edge of the pie plate and the filling is set and moist. If it is still liquidy, bake a few minutes longer and test again.) Allow to cool 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Caribbean Chicken Salad

This is meant to serve 4, but I guess it depends on whether or not your kids eat salad...

4 portions chicken breast
McCormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning
1 bag baby romaine salad
1 bag romaine salad blend
1 cucumber, sliced
1 red onion, sliced
1 red bell pepper, sliced (I used orange...)
2 tomatoes, diced
1 can mandarin oranges, drained
1 can pineapple tidbits, drained
1/2 cup reduced fat cheddar, shredded
1/2 cup lite honey mustard dressing

Season chicken on both sides with seasoning. Grill until done. Slice.

Combine salads, cucumber, onion, pepper and tomatoes in a large bowl and toss. Serve salad with oranges, pineapple, cheese, dressing and chicken slices on the side so people can build their own. (I left off the cheese.) Enjoy!

**Adapted from a Body for Life recipe**

A Day of Rest

This week's blogging might be a bit sporadic. We never, ever have visitors. This week three different families are passing through! I guess everyone decided to come at once. Right now there are 15 people in my house. Anyway, forgive me if things get crazy...

Yesterday (Sunday) was a pretty good day. I typically reserve Sundays as my free day. One of the Body for Life principles is that you take one day a week to eat whatever you want. This way you don't ever feel deprived and don't binge at other times. I learned early on that "eating whatever you want" doesn't really mean you can go crazy. You will get sick. But I do relax things a bit once in a while.

Lunch: (I didn't eat until lunch time.) We had baked potatoes. I added cottage cheese, green onions and a bit of reduced fat cheddar. Ryan also made some bread rounds on the grill. This is where I took my free day--I probably ate seven of those, the last few with honey.

Dinner: Yogurt bowl. Oh, I had a few tortilla chips, too.

It was a really crazy day--that is all I had time to eat! Well I did have a few Diet Cokes in there to help ease the stress. I also take a break from working out on Sundays to give my body a rest. I do like to go on a bike ride or a walk if I can, but again, NO TIME yesterday.