{take that, McDonald's!}

Tonight's treat? Sweet potato fries. :) 

I had absolutely no recipe whatsoever...I just knew I had a sweet potato and needed/wanted something to do with it. So basically, I cut it up into french-fry sized pieces, covered the pieces with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, and stuck them in the oven, pre-heated to 350. I baked them for 30 minutes, then flipped them over and baked them another 30 minutes. Baking time depends on your preference {do you like your fries soft and gooey or not?!} Personally, my favorite french fries are the soft, gooey ones...so these were *perfect* for me! The salt added a nice touch with the sweetness of the sweet potato...a perfect blend of sweet and salty! I thought these were perfect! :)

{sorry I didn't make the picture prettier...it's late and I'm tired....I just pulled them out of the oven, snapped a picture, am writing this up...then I'm going to bed!}

{day 3}

{lunch}

I had someone recommend tuna with guacamole and to be honest...I thought they were smoking something! {my nice way of saying they're crazy :)} however, since I'm being all crazy this month and giving up meats {with the exception of tuna, of course}, I thought I'd give it a shot. I was genuinely surprised at how much I liked it! {Side note - I'm finding myself 'genuinely surprised' at the number of foods I've prepared that I originally thought would be weird/gross...but they turn out to be good!}

My sis makes her own guacamole just by buying the avocados and adding a bit of stuff to them. I tried to go that route {and need to ask if there's some trick to it?!} because I could NOT get my avocado to get all mushy! It was not cooperating. But it worked out well to just cut it up into chunks and add it to my tuna. I put no mayo in the tuna - just added the chunks of avocado, tomato and green onion. Yep, DELISH! Personally, I think the added ingredients were enough to give it flavor without needing the added fat of the mayo {but I've been known to open a can of tuna and just eat it with a fork...so I might be alone on this one!}  I ate it on white bread {would have preferred wheat...but white was all we had.}

Easy. and yet yummy.

{dinner}

Ok. Confession - I had EVERY intention of eating spaghetti squash for dinner; however, my brother in law ordered pizza for dinner and was so proud of himself for ordering one I could eat {meatless - cheese and black olives}...so I didn't want to hurt his feelings and decline. :) The things we do for those we love! {I mean, come on, it was so painful to eat pizza! :)}

{day 1 - lunch}

{lunch}

I didn't plan ahead and prepare a lunch...so I had to scrounge up what I could at work {I nanny}. I found a can of tuna {since I'm not giving that up - yay!} in their pantry so I decided to make a tuna sandwich. I opted to not put mayo in {which is not unusual for me, actually}...but wanted to put 'more' in to give it extra flavor. At home, I cut up pickles {I do NOT like relish...don't ask me why} but they didn't have any. They did, however, have an onion...so I decided to give that a shot. I like the 'crunchiness' of the pickles...so I figured the onion would solve that. They also had grape tomatoes in the fridge, so I figured, why not?! :) Also, I found a spring mix salad bag...so I used that as well. It even sounds strange to me...but I think my sandwich turned out well. It could have used some extra flavoring, I think...I was wondering if guacamole would work (sounds strange, but I've heard it's good in tuna} so I will give that a go sometime. I also had a friend suggest mustard.

They had apples - so I ate one of those and I found a thing of Stonyfield yogurt {that was organic}...but then I read the expiration was in October of 2011...so I put it back in the fridge. :) I also had some Sargento string cheese. 

It's about 3 hours after lunch and I'm still not feeling hungry so it has held me over well. Overall, it wasn't the best 'meal' I've made...but it was edible...so that's good. :)