Let's start with the afternoon snacks. I ate my salad, which I never ate with lunch. Lotsa lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes and rice vinegar and balsamic vinegar, which was excellent. Then I needed chocolate, so I had some more of the chocolate covered soy nuts (YUM!). And finally, I had these wonderful sweet grapes that were on sale at Price Chopper this week. SO worth it.

(0) BIG salad
(2) Chocolate covered soy nuts (these so hit the spot when I want chocolate nibblies)
(1) Grapes

(3) Total for snacks
(13) Total for the day so far

And now onto dinner. I simply *have* to babble happily on this one. *happy little sighs* It was yummy. And it was a lot of experiments tonight. Let's see if I can figure out all the points.

First, a pile of raw spinach to wilt. That's no points. *grins*

Second, the vegetable dish. About 6-8 radishes, quartered. Then about twice that brussel sprouts, also quartered. Add 1 Tbsp I can't Believe Its not Butter Light to a pan and get it sizzling. Add the brussel sprouts and radishes, and some salt. Stir fry a bit, then turn the heat down and cover until the brussel sprouts are tender, and the radishes are translucent. Add a splash of balsamic vinegar and stir fry until its gone. The whole dish? One point! Each serving is about 1/4 point. *GRINS*

Third, the big discovery of the night. I had to add meat to the final dish because I was afraid Kevin wouldn't like this one. Turns out he did, and I'm utterly thrilled because I was SO surprised by how *much* I liked it. Lightstyle Steak Style strips. In other words, Tofu cut and smoke flavored to taste like smoked steak. Two points for the whole package, and 4 points if sauteed in oil, which I did. I'm definitely going to buy these again, and I heartily recommend them to anyone who is a meat eater but is trying to get more soy in the diet and less fat. If they can get by my husband, they can probably get past anyone. No, he didn't think they were meat. But he *did* think they were palatable.

The final part was lo mein. I made 4 servings (so we would have leftovers). Four points for each serving of lo mein noodles, and 2 points for the 1/2 breast of chicken per serving. 1 point per serving for sesame oil and sesame seeds. Then bok choy, ginger, and soy sauce. I tried to eat a little less of the chicken part of it, and more of the soy strips. But what I figure dinner was is...

(7) Chicken lo mein
(2) 1/3 package Steak Style Strips
(1) Vegetables and spinach

Given that the strips were on the low end of 2 points and the veggies were really only a quarter of a point or so, its probably only 9 points for dinner, but we'll say 10 and be good. So...

(10) Total for dinner
(23) Total for the day so far

Yay! I can have a sweet snack later on!