Scott's cast iron chicken, soy broccoli & cucumber/tomato salad 10.19.09

It was time to begin lightening up the meals around here.  Time to shed some excess baggage.  Scott seasoned a couple chix breasts with s&p, a tiny bit of cayenne and some garlic powder.  He added 1 tbs olive oil to the pan, got it hot and then perfectly seared the chix.  It looked and tasted lightly blackened, which we love, and was juicy inside.  I made a full two heads of broccoli, added a little soy, a tiny bit of butter-like a tsp or so, a little water, covered it with cling film and nuked it for a few minutes. It steams in the cling wrap.  I learned this from an old Asian friend.  This is one of my favorite ways to eat broccoli, its kind of addictive.  Then a sliced cucumber, a few sliced roma tomatoes with our favorite balsamic vinegrette.  I was so good, and it was nice to not eat something so heavy.  I need to bone up on my broccoli recipe, 'cause I over cooked them just slightly and a little too much soy...but other than that it was excellent.
We went walking for the 3rd nite this week.  Three laps around the neighborhood, which is about 3/4 a mile around, so for my math challenged brain it is???...okay, now I'm not sure it was really that far...I'll have to check with Scott...anyway it ends up taking about 30 min, then Scott runs an extra lap or two alone.  My running days are done for now...I'll revisit them when I'm a little less...well, fluffy!  Scott just got in from another two laps...he made good time!  He confirmed it is 3/4 mile around...so 2.25 miles!  Yay! 
Well, its time for some creative thinking on the lighter menu for now...I've done it before, I can do it again. 
We pawned off the rest of the cake on poor Chef John & Taylor...but we ate more than half of it before we handed it off!  I feel a little guilty for sabotaging someone elses diet like that...only a little tho.  John's almost 7ft tall, so he can handle it, and Taylor's a growing boy...he needs all the calories he can get, right?