For the love of FOOD!

The drink of the week is the Triple C Latte.. It is phenomenal!   But, make sure you have a registered Star Bucks' card when you get it otherwise you'll have to pay an extra $1.50.  This scrumptious, warm delight is a cinnamon dulce latte with caramel and chocolate syrup, hence the name Triple C:). With one sip of this amazing beverage your mouth is bursting with flavors - first, cinnamon and then a slightly bitter but smooth chocolatet taste merged with a sweet spark of caramel. The Triple C Latte is another excellent off the menu item.

I had a great week and it couldn't have been better. Here are some pictures.

This week, rather than focusing on my rides, I decided to focus on food.  Eating the correct foods to staying the correct weight is important for a jockey.  I love to cook and wanted to tell you about some of my cooking adventures.

Recently, I have been experimenting with crepes. I love these light and tasty dishes. For one meal,  I cooked a chicken breast, sauteed broccoli and mushrooms and topped it with a healthy low calorie spread made from light sour cream and Italian seasoning.   I also made an excellent low calorie desert crepe for my sweet tooth. I caramelized Splenda by adding water to it.  I then added honey crisp apple slices  sprinkled with cinnamon. This caramel sauce is amazing for 0 calories.  I then used french apple yogurt as a dipping sauce for a total calorie count of only 290 calories! 

A great breakfast dish for only 300 calories is apple pancakes.  I started with a basic pancake mix and then added a diced apple along with cinnamon and Splenda. I then cut some apple wedges and cooked them in a pan with cinnamon and Splenda. The mix made 2-4" pancakes; so, I put some of the cinnamon apple wedges between the pancakes and added the remainder of the apples to the top
and then drizzled it with light maple syrup. It was a great breakfast.

I also made a great discovery that paninis can be made with a waffle iron makes great paninis :). I stuffed pita bread with humace, spinach and tomato and then place it in the waffle iron. It comes out
tasting great with a very cool waffle imprint on the sandwich.

For my Midwest meat and potato satisfaction I created a recipe jockey style. I chose a venison chop since it is very lean and low in fat and calories. I then took 1 russet potato and cut it into 1/4" slices and sauteed them in pan with some veggies and Lawry's salt. It was only 350 calories.

One night, I felt like eating something a little special with a few more calories.  I was browsing my sister's blog http://tuesdaynightcookingadventures.blogspot.com/ for ideas and  I discoverd  she had made some awesome homemade bread bowels with soup.  Since it was a cold blustery day and I had some extra calories left over I decided this would make the perfect meal.  I used her recipe and added Campbell's Clam Chowder. This meal hit the spot on the cold winter day and it totaled 472 calories. You should check out her blog,  She even posted a blog about a low calorie meal she cooked  just to cater to my light and healthy eating when I was home over break.
A big thanks goes out to one of my good friends from back home that supplied me with not only the recipie but the ingredients for qunioa and black bean salad.  It is a very tasty and refreshing dish that fills you up but without a loaded down fealing.

I also created a very low calorie drink by warming up unsweetened almond milk and then adding Splenda and ground cinnamon. It was only a whopping 35 calories for an 8 oz drink from heaven.

Have a FAB week!
Jesse