I ate a couple bananas for breakfast, and ran 4 miles. Then my wife and I went and ran an errand, and then stopped for breakfast/lunch at Denny’s. I could have ordered the healthy breakfast made with egg beaters, etc. I should have ordered it. But I didn’t I ordered the Mega Meat Lover’s plate with a couple types of sausage, bacon, ham, eggs over easy, hash browns, and 3 pan cakes with a scoop of butter. I mean, there was nothing there that was low fat. And I ate it.
I intended to run another 6 miles when I got home, but sat and worked on the computer. Then I went off to a couple hours of karate class. I got home, and made dinner. Dinner was much healthier. I made my oven baked KFC chicken recipe. I tried using half as much salt, and it still lasted fine. So I updated the recipe I have posted. Then I made some garlic mashed potatoes as well. Both of these were low fat. I also had a fat free pudding snack. So I didn’t eat totally bad. But I probably should have had the healthy breakfast at Denny’s. Maybe next time. I did run another 3 miles for a total of 7 miles. 3 miles short of the 10 miles I wanted to run today.
I love good garlic mashed potatoes. But generally they are pretty fat heavy. So I have been playing with my garlic mashed potatoes recipe trying to make it low fat. I just about have it. Here is what I have. I will probably tweak it some more.
Ingredients:
1 lb potatoes
2-3 cloves of garlic
3/4 cup not-fat milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
cooking spray
Directions:
Wash potatoes. Slice unpeeled potatoes into approximately 1 inch cubes. In a large pot, cover potatoes with cold water. Heat on high until water begins to boil. Lower heat to medium and continue to cook for 15 minutes.
Spray non-stick sauce pan with olive oil, and heat over medium heat. Finely chop garlic cloves. Saute garlic in sauce pan for 2 minutes stirring constantly to prevent burning. Add milk and cook for about 8 minutes, stirring often to prevent burning. Add salt and pepper to milk mixture.
When potatoes are done, drain off water, and then mash with masher. Add wilk and garlic mixture to potatoes, and mix well. Serve. Sprinkle with Molly McButter for butter taste.
Yield: 2 large servings, or 4 small servings
Note: recipe can easily be doubled.