they call me mellow yellow

ok, they don't call me that. it's just the song i sing in my head when i wear my yellow apron or use my awesome yellow mixing bowls from williams- sonoma. i love the little pop of color it adds in our kitchen so i leave them out on our counter-tops. ;) initially i was just wanting to take photo of my pretty apron i was gifted back in december by my awesome friend danielle ;) but then i thought i would also share our dinner since it was delish!

when i whip out my apron and mixing bowls, you know i mean business. it means brett is going to eat good tonight! i made lasagna. yummmm. of course i had to make it as healthy as possible by using, light ricotta cheese and light mozzarella cheese, and veggie smart pasta sauce. i usually only use whole wheat pasta but somehow i grabbed the normal kind. we are big advocates on organic products and eggs that come from cage free hens that were naturally fed, and same with our cows milk and hamburger meat. pretty much if i can find an organic alternative i'll take it. i through in some spinach, since you can never have enough spinach. and viola! dinner is served.

new diet.

i don't do well on diets. but i do do well with making healthy food choices ;) so i have decided to make ever better choices. i have recently decided to add in as many fruits and veggies as i can during our meals. and with our spinach plants producing well, spinach is usually always on our plate.

here i have healthified my usual sandwich like so:

-i have switched from my favorite, grandmother sycamore's wheat bread to sara lee's light wheat bread. it has 45 calories in each slice and less carbs wahoo! 
-i only smear a little bit of ranch lite on one side of my sandwich.
-so the sandwich isn't dry and to add more veggies i put on some cucumber slices.
-instead of chips, i have carrots.
-and for dessert... cherry tomatoes and oranges, they hit the sweet spot.