yes, we can be healthy...

...despite what would be the most obvious judgement of us after the butter, sugar, and calorie fest we had over the weekend.

yes, we had intended to gain some weight after getting sick over our wedding week, BUT we had probably not chosen the best path to our goal. ooops. So as a couple, we VOWED to eat better yesterday right after we downed more chocolate cupcakes ala mode after lunch. luckily, I chatted with my best friend Mela (who now lives in Sydney and is becoming domesticated too) who mentioned her weekend lunch: a grilled vegetable sandwich. ding ding ding. fantastic idea all over: solves the dilemma on what to do with the vegetables in our crisper, it's pretty easy to do, and SEEMS like a light meal. 

The result? A fantastic dinner which was everything BUT light. :p Of course. Trust us to turn it into a big meal, no matter the original intent. Anyway, the point it, it was a great meal which I will now classify as "prep and forget" kind of meal, that is, you prep (chop then toss in olive oil, salt and pepper) for 5 minutes and then put it in a pre-heated oven and forget about it...as long as you remember to set your alarm to take it out of the oven after 45 minutes. During the waiting time, we had a little snack of chips and salsa because...that's what we do when we're...waiting. :)

So, back to the meal. Once it was out of the oven, we toasted some bread, sliced the avocado (Mela had said this was the "binder" of all the veggies in the sandwich...she was right), and took out some salt & pepper and kalamata olive spread for our condiments. 

hello there. onions, garlic, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes,  and zucchini

because we're fancy like that

A DIY open sandwich night...an invitation to overeating BUT hey, it's only veggies :p 

Mr. G's version. first of four.

my baby for the night. with the olive spread.

...here's the second one because I am an idiot and I forgot to put roasted garlic on my first sandwich. BOY did it make a world of a difference. And a note to couples who are still trying to be cute with each other: omit the garlic. Else, your relationship will take a turn either for the better or worse :p

...because I can and I REALLY wanted to have a second  serving.

Because we were SOOOO good and healthy for dinner, we had more cupcakes ala mode an hour after. We so deserved it. 

xoxo, 

Janice