Falling and Getting Back Up

It's been an interesting, guilt-inducing couple of weeks. I've been way off the Weight Watchers wagon, somewhere out in the woods, throwing kindling on it while snacking my way through chocolate, fried festival foods, and fat-laden restaurant delights. Yes, I have even fallen so low as to have not weighed in, either. Frankly, I am worried about how much damage I have done to the 8 measly pounds I'd lost.

Time to stop worrying and just put on my big girl panties.

I knew two of the dishes I already wanted. One, a big pot of taco soup, the other my standard quinoa salad. It may soon be time to retire that dish for a bit so I don't get tired of it, or find an interesting new variation. The last dish took some thinking. Last night I'd asked my husband to pick up some mushrooms and a couple of zucchini, thinking I'd make fish with roasted veggies on the side. I decided instead to make a farro dish for the first time. I also cooked my quinoa in chicken broth for the first time... But I digress.

My local Walmart doesn't have bulgar, but I recalled while making my shopping list that they they do carry farro. I've been nothing this go round on Weight Watchers if not adventurous. I did a quick Google search on healthy farro recipes and found one I liked. Warm Farro Salad fit a few criteria. It looked simple with less than ten ingredients. It was therefore budget friendly. It also did not require more than one unknown ingredient: the farro itself. My closest Walmart has been letting me down recently, not stocking in ome of my favorite things, or discontinuing them altogether, but they had the farro! They also had a really nice Wild and Brown Rice blend I can't wait to try.

Meal prep tonight took a little longer than I anticipated. Hubby had washed a few of the dishes and called it good. I had to finish cleaning the kitchen so I could dirty it and clean it again. I can't even say enough how much I loathe having to clean the kitchen so it can be clean when I cook, but that's another story. I got right down to business, cooking the quinoa and the taco soup immediately. While the quinoa cooled, I made the farro.

A bowl of delicious, creamy and "bitey" deliciousnes!

I didn't want those luscious baby portobello mushrooms and zucchini to go to waste, so I cleaned, sliced and roasted the mushrooms and then put them in with the farro when it was halfway through cooking. I drizzled extra lemon juice over the kale/spinach mixture I bought and added more than just a "pinch" of black pepper. I then roasted the zucchini while I finished the farro dish, and added them to the side. I'm set through Monday night for food. I am hoping I'll have a couple of days after the weekend to regroup and do more meal prep!

In the meantime, it may be time to find an accountability partner. I sure could use the extra boost of encouragement, and someone to talk me down during a snack attack or through a moment of weakness...