Fiddling with Food

With my current eating goals and plan, I spend a decent amount of time fiddling with my planned meals to attempt to somewhat stay on track. Today I spent some time attempting to chart out the next week (until the day that hubby might get a chance to come home for a little while). Instead of my usual relatively boring format, I'm going to try to give some photos where I can, so you can see what will be cooking in my kitchen in the coming week. :-)

There's Flash Fajitas from Real Simple: 

Broiled Salmon with Herb Mustard Glaze, by Giada: 

Pasta with Lentils and Arugula, by Martha: 

Asparagus, Goat Cheese and Lemon Pasta from Smitten Kitchen: 

That's a sampling! It's really hard to think of myself as dieting when I'm eating food like this. The combination of choosing my favorite foods and the planning element are really what make this style of maintaining/losing weight work for me - and in case anyone is wondering, it is working so far, which only pushes me to want to continue.

In other news, I finished Freakonomics in record time - 3 days. The snow day helped, and it was kind of a fast read as books go. I made a library run today to stock up on two more books - I'm definitely on pace to hit my 3 per month goal!