I should be banned from cooking on Saturdays. This week, it started with me teaching a friend how to cook bacon (how you can be 32 years old and not know how to make bacon is beyond me), which then included making pancakes... I reigned in my bacon eating to 2 full slices (2 points of this particular bacon) and stuck with 4 strawberry pancakes with some sugar free syrup... I felt like I was going to explode. I estimated the points of that breakfast to be 12 whopping points, but after calculation, found it was only 6. WIN!
My friend, Jason, is celebrating his birthday on Monday. Instead of doing the whole gift thing, I offered to make him a cake for our get-together on Saturday . I asked if he wanted a regular cake (which I routinely make with apple sauce instead of oil now), or a cheesecake- he wanted regular. His girlfriend wanted the cheesecake, as did our other friend, Jonah. So, I made both. I did alright while baking- no snitching the cake, but I will admit to having a lick or two of frosting...
I go to serve the cheesecake, which looks and smells amazing, and before eating, I call up the recipe and check out the serving size and points. This small ass cheesecake was supposed to serve 12 people and it was 11 POINTS a slice. WHOA. I text Katie and talk to Amy, and decide that I can have a half of a slice- it's cheesecake. Come ON. So I get a half slice, count the 5.5 points, and walk away. After I'm done, I immediately box up the rest of the cake to go home with Jason/ to live in Jonah's fridge. Out of sight, out of mind.
After the game, I made a Hungry Girl Potato Soup recipe. HOLY good and easy to make! The recipe is online at http://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=1649#potato - and it's only 2 points a serving! Ohhhhh I'm definitely making this a weekly treat.
To recap: Awesome, over pointed breakfast. Phenomenal cheesecake that is ridiculous in points. Hearty, warm soup that is totally worth making again.
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