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Day 52

Even though we were both feeling under the weather, we woke up and went out for some fresh air and a 45 minute hike/meander/walk in Leesburg.  It is called Red Rocks Wilderness Overlook, and it's a pretty and easy trail.
There are several old buildings at the trail head.  This used to be a grianery.
After a fairly short, easy hike, you get a lovely view of the Potomac!
Wow, my picture looks a lot like the one on the web site.
On the drive home, we saw a roadside stand selling hot dogs, which made us want some.  So we ran by the grocery store for chicken hot dogs (Andrew--protein!), whole wheat white buns, and potato salad.  So lunch  was that and some watermelon.  Breakfast was tangerines.

 While Chris was napping, I made Dr. Oz's Belly Blasting Soup.  Dear Dr. Oz, you're a smelly liar.  First, you will notice that the soup pictured has potatoes and other delicious things.  And you'll notice that the ingredients list does not have potatoes and other delicious things, AND it tells you to puree all the ingredients.  Also, it was overly garlicky.  So I threw it away.  Dr. Oz, you owe me some canned goods.


Dinner was Sort-of-Thanksgiving!  Yay!  We had a pork loin stuffed with fruit from Lothar, tomatoes with feta and lemon olive oil, and I made healthy stuffing.  My recipe is:
  • 1 loaf of Weight Watchers Whole Wheat Bread toasted and cubed (slices toasted either in the toaster or the oven)
  • 2 teaspoons of olive or canola oil
  • 1 cup onion
  • 1 cup of celery
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp dried sage
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 cups of chicken broth
Heat oven to 350.  Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.  In a medium-ish skillet, heat the oil, then add the onion and celery, cooking for about 5 minutes.  Then add the thyme, sage, salt and pepper and stir.  Combine everything in a casserole dish, and bake covered for 20 minutes and uncovered for 15 minutes.  Serves 8.  Yummy!  (This is 3 WW Points+ for those of you playing along at home.)

 Snack was cheese.  Today I am thankful for cheese, because it is proteiny and delicious.  Except for Swiss cheese, which is gross.

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