One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍
I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also m I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also my lips are never chapped, so there’s that. 😂 And this is only one of my refill stashes. When I was in middle school, I had literally THE WORST chapped lips ever. Like a complete red ring around my top and bottom lips. I don’t think that’s where my lip balm obsession started, but it certainly didn’t help. Jersey winters are no joke (or our hot summers), so don’t mind me while I just add to my collection. What’s your fave?
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Recipe: Chicken Souvlaki Salad Pitas

October 19, 2010 · Clean Eating

 

Chicken Souvlaki Salad Pitas

When it comes to Sunday dinner, I usually vacillate between two thoughts.  Either I want to do something slow and cook-all-day, or I want to keep it simple.  Depends on how crazy the weekend has been.  This past weekend, one that was filled with apple picking, the cancer walk, a flat tire (which turned into a nearly 3 hour ordeal), and dinner guests both Saturday and Sunday night, I went for something simple.  The perfect way to ease into the upcoming week, you know?

I discovered this handy recipe in one of those little grocery store checkout cookbooks and love that it falls neatly into the clean eating category.  While I used it as part of our Sunday dinner, it is great to have in your repertoire for any other night when your schedule is more than a little crazy with school, sports and the like.  Mix all the ingredients together and stuff into a toasted whole wheat pita.  Yum.  I love the Greek-inspired flavors, and Nick loved this one with whole wheat crackers as a snack the next day.

And speaking of clean eating … it’s something I definitely don’t get tired of talking about (or being inspired by).  I have an essay on clean eating that will run on a major parenting website in the new year, a blurb in a major magazine and an upcoming interview with a food website.  Revamping how I thought about food, and my transition to clean eating, was definitely one of a few big catalysts to losing so much weight this year.  It was one of the things that made it all click for me, and it’s no wonder it’s a topic I’m fond of.

Last week, my friend Chris asked me how his boss could lose 20 lbs in sixty days.  The answer is simple.  Clean eating.  I will eventually get around to writing up some guidelines that I’ve followed, but it’s really very easy.  Don’t eat food (for the most part) that has ingredients.  And as I explain it to people, Oreos have ingredients.  Asparagus, chicken, broccoli, fish, bananas, oranges, none of them do.  Just a few examples, of course, but the easiest way of explaining it.  It harkens back to some of what Michael Pollan (and many others) talk about, but the closer you get to eating food in its natural state, the better it is for you.  Eat the food as God and nature intended.  In its cleanest form.

Do I sometimes deviate?  Of course I do.  There was a thin slice of pumpkin pie this weekend that can certainly attest to that.  But most of my choices on a regular basis, day in, day out, stick to this common core principle.  And then I added in a very active workout schedule, and the rest … is Cate Version 2010.

Project 365
October 19, 2010, Photo #183

 

Collarbone Shot

I was washing a few dishes the other night and I caught my reflection in the kitchen window.  My collarbone area has always been a good indicator when I’ve lost a lot of weight.  See those bones?  Loving that.  Forty-four pounds ago, you couldn’t see them.  Some of the changes during the year have been tiny little things like that, while others have been much larger.  All good.

Chicken Souvlaki Salad Pitas
Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker

3 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 cup chopped peeled cucumber
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (2 oz)
1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
1/3 cup sour cream (I used 1/3 less fat version)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill weed
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing (I used light mayo)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
6 pita fold breads (5 inch), warmed (I used whole wheat pitas)

In medium bowl, place all ingredients except pita breads; toss until evenly coated. Divide mixture evenly down center of each pita bread; fold in half.

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Comments

  1. Kris #40 says

    October 19, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    mmmm, mmmm! Now I know what to do with that chicken in my fridge.

    Chicken souvlaki platter at Westside Diner is my favorite breakfast in the whole world!

    Zesty turkey burgers have made it back to my lunch menu this week – except instead of cooking as a burger they get shoved into large muffin pans and become zesty turkey meatloafs.

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  2. Joanne says

    October 20, 2010 at 6:17 am

    Clean eating is definitely the way to go Cate! I don’t keep any processed foods in the house. Rather, if I want something that typically has ingredients, I make it myself (i.e. cake). And so I’m less likely to eat all of it but share it with others and keep a small piece for myself. I’m so proud of you. Just thought you should know.

    Reply
  3. doggybloggy says

    October 20, 2010 at 8:54 am

    collar bones are sexy – even though writing that and re- reading it sounds a little “off”

    Reply
  4. Ramona says

    October 20, 2010 at 10:33 am

    44 lb’s. is great!

    Reply
  5. Cate O'Malley says

    October 20, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    Thanks, Ramona!

    Doggybloggy – sounds good to me. :)

    Joanne – thanks so much; that really means a lot to me.

    Kris – I’ve only been to that diner once so far, but clearly need to go back. Chicken Souvlaki for breakfast? Really?!

    Reply
  6. Mellisa W. says

    October 20, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    It took me over 100 pounds to find my collar bones. I love them also.

    Reply
  7. Kris #40 says

    October 21, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    Yep for breakfast! I saw some man eating it one time and asked what he was having. It usually fills me up until dinner so I guess is could be Brunch

    I wish it came with the greek salad from Alexis Diner though (they have the best dressing!)

    Reply
  8. Kris #40 says

    October 21, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    Oh – I did make this for lunch and it was AMAZING!

    Reply
  9. Nanette says

    October 25, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    Just made this…amazing!!

    Reply

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One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍
I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also m I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also my lips are never chapped, so there’s that. 😂 And this is only one of my refill stashes. When I was in middle school, I had literally THE WORST chapped lips ever. Like a complete red ring around my top and bottom lips. I don’t think that’s where my lip balm obsession started, but it certainly didn’t help. Jersey winters are no joke (or our hot summers), so don’t mind me while I just add to my collection. What’s your fave?

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