Prepped on Sunday for Dinner on Monday

The CB house has recently been in transition.. on the move.  We packed up all our stuff to move to a new city (about 28 miles away.. so not entirely foreign.)  My job is currently quiet the haul, and with the simply wonderful traffic on the highways that never seem big enough- it can be an easy hour and a half drive home, so we decided to move.  While the finishing touches are put on our new home..we are staying with the gracious in-laws for a couple weeks.  I cannot wait for my new home; which by the way is 1.8 miles from work.  It would be preposterous to be a drive longer than 8 minutes.  Whew..sweeet!  While staying with the in-laws I have taken it upon myself to provide delicious and healthy meals for them.  Actually..truth?  I would be cooking anyway- but make plenty enough so they can eat, too!  Sunday was one of those lazy days- and the firemom and I were cooking it up in the kitchen.  I started rattling off meals I planned for this upcoming week and starting with Monday I literally stopped myself midsentence.  Baked potatoes.. in the oven.. times 1 hour and then some.. not going to work for me.  I am ravishing in the aftenoon (even with my cheese and fruit snack I have saved specifically for my drive home..) and thinking that I have to wait another hour or so before dinner to wait on these tuberous veggies was already making my hungry tummy do backflips.  So.. I planned ahead.  Made dinner (after dinner) on Sunday night, for Monday!  I had plenty of time (I wasn’t hungry and rushing) and something like this recipe was perfect to make ahead.  When I got home on Monday night I was hungry- but within about 25 minutes I had dinner on the table- Twice baked potatoes (carbohydrate), topped with lean chicken breast (protein), and roasted apsaragus (green vegetable).  Monday was one of those days- one of those days that the hits just kept on coming.. and my long drive home didn’t help with the sour mood of my entire day.  Boo. So..my planning ahead proved helpful in making for a light and enjoyable evening.  Plus- 109 degrees on the temp scale?  Not heating up the oven for over an hour was nice, too.  My fireman was sad to miss this meal- but he was working hard at the station (saving lives, of course).  The firedad went snooping for more stuffed potatoes and was sad to see he only got one.  “How about more green asparagus?”  The wrinkled brow made it clear enough.  This dietitian tried- and will keep trying.. I’ve got about two more weeks of influence.