Monday, December 26, 2011
Green Smoothie
Monday, November 14, 2011
Tofu w/Spinach Fettucine
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tomato and Cheese Veggie Wrap & Broccoli Salad
Hi guys,
Monday, November 7, 2011
Vegetable Pizza w/Ricotta Cheese
Pad Thai (Rice Noodle Recipe)
Ingredients:
Red Wine Vinegar
Rice Noodles
Low Sodium Soy Sauce
Peanut Oil
Spicy Peanuts
Shrimp
Green Scallions
Garlic (1 clove)
Onions
Method:
Sautee onions, garlic, red wine vinegar, green scallions and regular onions, in a pan with the peanut oil. Boil rice noodle until they are modestly ready. Transfer boiled rice noodle to bowl. Add fresh shrimp to the pan and cook with other ingredients. When ingredients are finished, add the ingredients to rice noodles with peanuts and toss a light amount of soy sauce.
Next time I may add fresh ginger to the recipe to enhance flavor.
Enjoy.
Mocha
Friday, November 4, 2011
Mix it up!
This week I decided to keep things simple yet not. I continue to eat some previously mentioned things -- Sweet potato and Black bean burritos (crock pot recipe since I didn't have much time to cook during the week), Quinoa and Kale burrito (sauteed kale, garlic and quinoa) adapted from VeganCoach.com and sauteed tofu with baked zucchini chips. I'll post the Tofu and Zucchini recipe below in a minute.
Tonight I'm trying something new: pad thai w/tofu or shrimp havent decided yet. Since I have to watch my sodium intake, I will be using a lot of substitutes, not using fish sauce which might have a lot of sodium, gonna use low sodium soy sauce instead. Also will be using just red pepper flakes instead of the chili-garlic sauce, and canola instead of the peanut oil. Everything else will be all good. Gotta head to the store in a minute.
Tofu and Zucchini Recipe
(ingredients)
Firm Tofu (I used 1 oz of the tofu)
Olive Oil
Garlic Powder
Salt Substitute
1/2 of Zucchini
Parmesan
Bread crumbs
Fat Free Olive Spray (pam)
Pour 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and cut the tofu up. Begin cooking the tofu and toss garlic powder and salt substitute on the tofu. While the tofu is cooking, wash the zucchini and cut it up, turn your oven dial to 420degrees and get a snack baggie and place breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese and other seasonings in it. Take the cut up zucchini and dip in the snack baggie making sure to cover the zucchini slices. Place breaded zucchini slices into a baking pan covered in foil and spray a little of the fat free olive oil spray on it.
Check the tofu which should be cooking nicely and finish in 10-12 minutes. The breaded zucchini slices will be finished in the same time frame depending on how quick you were able to prepare it . Serve with a light salad for dinner.
More on Tofu (it's a protein) ; zucchini is a veggie, and I would add a salad or eat the tofu with rice, orzo or other whole wheat pasta. You could even ramp it up by roasting peppers or tomatoes to go with the rice, orzo or pasta. There are many possibilities.
Bon appetite!
Mocha
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Especially So... easy breezy recipes
Friday, September 16, 2011
Breakfast Delight
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Chicken Delight and Flat Out Bread
Wrapping it UP!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Salad for One
Running late on an evening, not sure what to do? Well I would say, try a little salad. A salad for one. My basic chicken salad was thrown together just for my convenience due to time scheduling but you don't have to use chicken, you can use some other form of protein (tofu, black beans, boiled egg) and add your favorite veggies. My recent chicken salad with cashews included:
2 oz of chicken breast
1/2 cup of chik peas (drained from can)
1 cup of romaine salad
1 oz of unsalted cashews
onions,
red and green peppers,
light honey dressing
cayenne pepper
garlic pepper
I prepared this meal as a cold salad and it worked well. I"m sure you can heat up the chicken breast then add to the meal. Prepared this took about ten to fifteen minutes. Basically cutting up items and arranging on the lettuce. Also I wish I had some cranberries which could have been a great addition. The calories on this can range but since I didn't use any crotons I believe I did well with it and less sodium since I have to watch my salt intake.
That's it. Yes, these days I am in raw mode and like to keep it as healthy as possible though I do balance meals out with my favorites. Stay tuned for other ideas like stuffed pocket sandwiches with chicken breast and black beans.
If you have ideas on meals, please suggest them below... and thanks for reading. Happy healthy eating to you!