Shrimp Salad ! I see you!

Ha! It's kind of a family joke. I am forever threatening to make shrimp salad. Today I found some shrimp on super discount & I couldn't resist making everyone's dreams come true. Salad is Greens, Avocado, Red Bell Pepper, Cucumber. Shrimp is basted with Minced Garlic Olive Oil Red Pepper flakes. Salad Dressing is Jalepeno Lime Olive Oil Salt & Pepper Vinaigrette. New Cookbooks are super fun.

Shrimp Salad Components

All together & In love

Sweeeeet !

Sweet Potato Fries! Husband was not a huge fan, my son however loved loved loved. I have to admit these were from a bag from Trader Joes. Next time I'll make my own from scratch. Don''t worry I'll take a picture...even if it is a crappy camera picture. :)

Quinoa?

Why wouldn't you make this superfood? Any food with Super in the name has to be good. Actually this is my first time making quinoa, so I hope it's good. This is a recipe from my new SB diet cookbook (YAY). Quinoa thinly sliced celery , red peppers, basil & a simple olive oil, lemon juice vinagrette. It will be topped with chopped almonds. Tomorrow. When I eat it. That's it for today. You might see a lot more of me this week. Since I have two new cookbooks & can't wait to cook everything in them!

Sunshine in a glass

Make a huge batch of this as often as possible in the summer so you always have some chilled in the fridge. This particular batch has Hibiscus (dried) Mint (fresh) Lemon (Fresh) and Orange Spice tea bags (Tazo I think). You can and should make lots of different kinds. It's fun and easy & hydrating! Plus I feel like when you cut carbs and sugar from your diet (and then limit them) your body becomes pretty acclimated to that way of eating and more sensitive to sweet tasting things. I no longer want 7 or 8 diet sodas every day. Now I really crave this.

Greek yogurt

Greek yogurt & sugar free raspberry jam. Good for breakfast or a midmorning snack. SB style.

Salmon salad

Just got tired of Chicken Salad, so I thought I'd change it up a little. It's a simple salad with Cucumber , Red onion, Feta, Kalamata Olives & Canned Salmon. Basic Balsamic Vinagrette. I know sounds a little fishy......

Coconut cookie , yep phase 1

Found this cookie recipe online on a very helpful website. I'll post the link later when someone let's me on the computer....Point = Cookies , Phase 1! Coconut unsweetened found in the bulk section at Fred Meyer. I didn't really have a lot of vanilla extract, but for some weird reason I had almond extract! How lucky for me! I used 1 tsp of each.

Not having eggs for breakfast.

Sometimes, you get sick of eggs for breakfast on South Beach Diet. Today is that kind of day. Cottage cheese & tomato for me please. I always hesitated to try this combo, it used to sound super gross...but for some reason now I love it! It's true I'm a super weirdo. A super tomato weirdo.