R1P2D8 - great food and down another pound!

So I stepped on the scale today and I am down another pound. I will take it! :) That means a total of 9 pounds lost since I started this diet.

My lunch today was great, it was a mexican chicken soup from this site:
http://hcgrecipes.blogspot.com/2007/09/mexican-chicken-soup.html
Here is the recipe:
Mexican
Chicken Soup
100g cooked chicken, shredded into bite-sized pieces
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1 t cumin
1/2 t onion powder
1/2 t chili powder
1/2 t cayenne (use less if you don't want it as spicy)
diced tomato
2-3 c homemade chicken broth
1/4 c fresh chopped cilantro (optional)

Preheat pot over medium-high heat.
Add garlic, and cook for 3-5 minutes. (Heat until you see little bubbles
around the garlic.)
Use a bit of your broth to keep garlic from sticking to the pot, if
necessary.
Add tomatoes, chicken broth, and onion powder, cumin, chili powder, cayenne.
Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to a simmer, and add chicken.
Simmer for 20 minutes.
Stir in cilantro, and simmer for 5 minutes more.


Now, I made 3 servings of this at once. I just used a can of diced tomatoes (no salt added) and I skipped the cilantro because I don't like it. I feel like I made my chicken broth a bit strong (I also made 3 servings of that and used the chicken in this recipe!) so I did 4 cups of broth and 2.5 cups of water for my 3 servings. It feels like your eating a lot which is great on this diet! LOL.

For dinner, I made beef tacos. I weighed out as many 100 gram portions I could from a package of lean ground beef (93%) and I got 4 servings. From there, I did this:


Beef Taco Salad:
Ingredients
400 grams lean Ground beef
1 tablespoon finely minced onion
2 cloves crushed and minced garlic
1 t garlic powder
1 t onion powder
Dash of dried oregano
1 t red pepper flakes (if you like a bit more of a kick)
1 t ground cumin
2 T Chili powder to taste
Salt and black pepper to taste
2-3 cups chopped up romaine lettuce

Directions
Brown ground beef.
Add onion, garlic, and spices and a little water and simmer gently for 5-10 minutes. I let the mixture sit a few minutes and added a bit more water until it was a little moist because I made it on Sunday to serve on Monday.
Mix with 2-3 cups chopped lettuce (I used 2 handfuls, about 3 cups) and broken up
melba toast as my 'tortilla chips'.