What's on your Menu Today (Tuesday) RNYers?

Thanks so much ?

Outstanding on the weightloss!!! Congrats!

You should be proud of yourself. That's a great loss. Congratulations ! 

Good morning Menu People of the world ;)

QOTD: I don't really go to the movies much. I know. I'm strange... and at home, I can barely sit through a movie without getting fidgety. We have EVERY channel of DirectTV for free, and I barely watch more than like 10 channels, tops. And most of what I like are short 30min - to 1 hour shows. BUT... if I'm going to the movie theater, I like light fantasy, romantic comedies, and movie popcorn with loads of that fake butter... 

I guess I didn't plan out this whole AMAWC thing... last night I made this chicken in the Instant Pot, 3 breasts covered in seasonings, with a jar of this fresh salsa... Pressure cooked after braising it for 10 minutes, then I threw in a can of black beans and some cream cheese... I added some chipotle hot sauce on top before I ate it and it was some of the best stuff ever! Until I realized I shouldn't have put the beans in it. Ah well, fail. And to boot, I have it here for lunch. When we do a board-wide AMAW week, I'm really going to need to plan better, that's for sure! But, I have to admit, that Instant Pot came in really handy last night!

My husband and my son got industrious over the weekend and made pumpkin puree from actual pumpkins, and last night they got busy making two pies. My daughter was feeling left out AND industrious, so I got the makings for her, and her and I made these mini cheesecake pies topped with fresh apples sauteed in butter and brown sugar, and topped with crumbled oatmeal cookies.

Yall.  Seriously. That was hard (yet, really fun to all be together doing something). I didn't even so much as taste anything, except for an accidental lick of the fingers when the cheesecake filling got on them... gotta give a girl a break sometimes. I had a total WIN in the kitchen last night! When I got really tempted, I made a cup of decaf with SF syrup and SF cool whip on top. That totally satisfied my cravings, and my brain. I was very proud of myself!

B: Leftover turkey taco meat - 2.5 oz ... 2C of decaf with SF syrup and 1T of cream each

L: pulled mexican chicken with black beans - 2.5oz

D: leftover grilled marinated chicken - 2.5oz

S: I forgot to bring something for here, so hopefully I can do without until I get home. Maybe a handful of pork rinds when I get home?

Weight 171.6

I refuse to pay the price for movie tickets at a theater!!! It shouldn't cost a family $40 to go see a movie together!!! We go see a movie once every 2 years maybe...and it's really for the butter popcorn!! 

$40 barely gets you in the door! I hate that too!!! We plan for closer to $75 after snacks and drinks... and I gotta be honest... I'm in no hurry, because seriously, that fake butter on movie popcorn is seriously something I don't want to even be around. I think just smelling it would put me in a bad mood for the entire movie! 

It's funny, I've been to the movies at least twice post op, and I was stressed about the popcorn smell, but I was weirdly fine. I don't even know why....

as for the price, we switched our main visa to one that gives us points towards movies, plus, at cineplex, if you buy a gift card, you get tons of extra points and free upgrades. 

So, most of our movies end up being free, or discounted. 

We have our credit cards on airlines miles... we have 1 round trip on two different airlines so far... I guess we're flying solo if we go somewhere 

We usually share a couple of sodas and share a giant popcorn because of the prices! We went about a month ago because it had been a couple of years and the kids really wanted to see the Suicide Squad. They were complaining they were the only kids in the world who hadn't seen it lol. I took my power-aid zero in my purse but ended up cheating with popcorn. I thought I could handle it. Impossible! And now I think about popcorn every day  

Great job last night!!