I get sick of salads and stir frys so I always try to think of new ways to cook vegetables. This is one of my favorite spring/summer meals, when I'm on the game or not!
Serves 2!
Ingredients
1 bulb of fennel
drizzle of olive oil
drizzle of balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper
1/2 onion
5-6 mushrooms
1 clove garlic
1-1 1/2 C broth (veggie or chicken, whatever you have) or water
Optional: other veggies like peas, kale, chard etc. We used Trader Joes broccoli slaw and it was really good.
Chop the onion into 1/2" pieces. Slice the mushrooms up, mince the garlic, and put it all in a pan with a little olive oil over medium heat. Meanwhile, slice the bushy tops off the fennel and set aside. Slice your fennel bulb in half longways. Separate out any icky bits from the top of the fennel and slice into small pieces. Add these to your pan and cook for a minute or so. Add any other veggies that you are using now.
Pour in your broth and settle your fennel halves into the broth. Put a lid on the pan and cook for 7-10 minutes. Check it and make sure it doesn't dry out, if so then add a bit more broth. Flip the fennel and cook for a few more minutes, until the fennel is firm, but soft enough that you want to eat it!
If you made meatballs, then stick a few in the braising liquid a few minutes before your fennel is done to warm them up!
Serve over brown rice, SO GOOD.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Turkey Meatballs!
These are a yummy, portable protein!
Ingredients:
1lb ground turkey
2 slices whole wheat bread, cut into tiny cubes OR whole wheat breadcrumbs, 1/2 C
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped into 1/4" pieces
italian seasoning
a few pinches salt and pepper
1-2 eggs
optional: 1/4 C parmesan cheese
also optional: 2 handfuls fresh spinach
Preheat oven to 350.
Drizzle a little olive oil in a pan and cook the onion until it is translucent. If using spinach, turn off the heat and add to the pan, mixing in with the onion until it is wilted.
In a bowl, mix the turkey, bread crumbs, garlic, cooked onion (and spinach if using), italian seasoning, salt and pepper, and 1 egg very well. Also add parmesan if you are using it. Use your hands to really get it all mixed up! If its feels too dry add another egg. If it feels too wet add some more breadcrumbs.
Grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Make golf-ball sized meatballs and space them evenly on the pan. Bake for 14-16 minutes, until its done all the way through and is a little crispy on the outside. You may need to do two batches. Makes about 28 meatballs.
When you eat them, keep in mind that there is a bit of fat and carbs in them, so adjust the rest of your meal accordingly.
Make sure to plan out your meals so that one of your meals is just as these are coming out of the oven. Yum. Also really good cold.
Ingredients:
1lb ground turkey
2 slices whole wheat bread, cut into tiny cubes OR whole wheat breadcrumbs, 1/2 C
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped into 1/4" pieces
italian seasoning
a few pinches salt and pepper
1-2 eggs
optional: 1/4 C parmesan cheese
also optional: 2 handfuls fresh spinach
Preheat oven to 350.
Drizzle a little olive oil in a pan and cook the onion until it is translucent. If using spinach, turn off the heat and add to the pan, mixing in with the onion until it is wilted.
In a bowl, mix the turkey, bread crumbs, garlic, cooked onion (and spinach if using), italian seasoning, salt and pepper, and 1 egg very well. Also add parmesan if you are using it. Use your hands to really get it all mixed up! If its feels too dry add another egg. If it feels too wet add some more breadcrumbs.
Grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Make golf-ball sized meatballs and space them evenly on the pan. Bake for 14-16 minutes, until its done all the way through and is a little crispy on the outside. You may need to do two batches. Makes about 28 meatballs.
When you eat them, keep in mind that there is a bit of fat and carbs in them, so adjust the rest of your meal accordingly.
Make sure to plan out your meals so that one of your meals is just as these are coming out of the oven. Yum. Also really good cold.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Mint Cole Slaw
We made this a few days ago and it is delicious!
Mint cole slaw
2 heads cabbage
salt (less than a tablespoon, more than a teaspoon)
white or apple cider vinegar (1/2 cup - 1 cup)
Mint (about 1/4-1/2 cup chopped)
Cut the cabbage into shreds, removing the core. Put it into a big bowl. Add the chopped mint. Sprinkle salt all over the greens, then mix it up, and sprinkle more salt. You want enough salt to wilt the cabbage. Drizzle vinegar over it. Let it sit for a few hours and mix it all up again. If it tastes too salty or vinegary rinse a bowlful off in the sink and add it back into the coleslaw.
The taste is really unusual, and I didn't like it the first time I had it, but now I crave it when its warm out!
Mint cole slaw
2 heads cabbage
salt (less than a tablespoon, more than a teaspoon)
white or apple cider vinegar (1/2 cup - 1 cup)
Mint (about 1/4-1/2 cup chopped)
Cut the cabbage into shreds, removing the core. Put it into a big bowl. Add the chopped mint. Sprinkle salt all over the greens, then mix it up, and sprinkle more salt. You want enough salt to wilt the cabbage. Drizzle vinegar over it. Let it sit for a few hours and mix it all up again. If it tastes too salty or vinegary rinse a bowlful off in the sink and add it back into the coleslaw.
The taste is really unusual, and I didn't like it the first time I had it, but now I crave it when its warm out!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Super Yummy Banana & Peanut Butter Treat
I love this treat! Really yummy for a desserty meal.
Serves 1
1 protein portion greek 0% yogurt
1 carbohydrate portion banana
1 fat portion peanut butter
a drizzle of agave nectar
Put it in a bowl! Eat it! It is a surprisingly good combination.
Serves 1
1 protein portion greek 0% yogurt
1 carbohydrate portion banana
1 fat portion peanut butter
a drizzle of agave nectar
Put it in a bowl! Eat it! It is a surprisingly good combination.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Bre's Tofu Stirfry
Bre's Tofu Stirfry
Makes a lot!
Ingredients:
1 onion
Portabello mushrooms
Garlic cloves
1/2 Cup Arame (dried seaweed)
1 lb tofu
soy sauce
Make some red quinoa- takes 20 minutes, and I like the taste a lot better than regular quinoa.
Chop up an onion, some garlic and a couple of portabello mushrooms and start it all sauteing in a Tbs of olive oil.
Rinse and drain half a cup of arame (it's dried seaweed, thin strips)
Chop up a pound of tofu into small pieces, add the arame and tofu and stir.
Chop up a bunch of chard or kale or collards (I used chard) and toss it in.
Add a Tbs of soy sauce, and I also added some Herbmate- an herb flavored salt.
Serve the tofu stir fry over the quinoa. Yum! It makes a lot, so I drizzled a little flax oil over the top, since the fraction of the olive oil I got wasn't enough healthy fat and I like the taste of flax oil.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Fancy Ahi Tuna Dinner
We eat this if we have some extra money to splurge and are really tired of everything else we are eating. SO good, but definitely a treat.
Seared Ahi Tuna Steaks
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 palm-sized ahi tuna steaks, very fresh
1 TB soy sauce (more to taste)
2 cloves garlic, minced
fresh ginger, grated
sesame oil and olive oil, fat portion (about 1 tsp)
Heat your frying pan on high. add the oil and swish it around, and put half of the ginger, garlic, and soy sauce in the middle of the pan. Put the ahi steaks right on top and sear for about 2 minutes. Lift off the pan, put the rest of the garlic and ginger and soy sauce in the pan, and sear the other side for about 2 minutes. You want the ahi steaks to be JUST done, still pink in the middle. If its not cooked quite enough sear for another minute on each side.
Serve with brown rice and broccoli!
Seared Ahi Tuna Steaks
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 palm-sized ahi tuna steaks, very fresh
1 TB soy sauce (more to taste)
2 cloves garlic, minced
fresh ginger, grated
sesame oil and olive oil, fat portion (about 1 tsp)
Heat your frying pan on high. add the oil and swish it around, and put half of the ginger, garlic, and soy sauce in the middle of the pan. Put the ahi steaks right on top and sear for about 2 minutes. Lift off the pan, put the rest of the garlic and ginger and soy sauce in the pan, and sear the other side for about 2 minutes. You want the ahi steaks to be JUST done, still pink in the middle. If its not cooked quite enough sear for another minute on each side.
Serve with brown rice and broccoli!
Game Friendly Tuna Salad!
Yay tuna salad sandwiches!
Serves 1-2
Ingredients
1 can albacore tuna in water, drained
1/4 C greek yogurt
juice of half a lemon
1/4 onion, minced
1 stalk celery, chopped up into little peices
a little bit of apple, chopped up into little pieces
1 pickle, also chopped into tiny pieces
Mix it all together.
Serve a palm-sized portion on toast that has a little bit of olive oil in it. Eat it. Love it. Also good on top of salads!
Serves 1-2
Ingredients
1 can albacore tuna in water, drained
1/4 C greek yogurt
juice of half a lemon
1/4 onion, minced
1 stalk celery, chopped up into little peices
a little bit of apple, chopped up into little pieces
1 pickle, also chopped into tiny pieces
Mix it all together.
Serve a palm-sized portion on toast that has a little bit of olive oil in it. Eat it. Love it. Also good on top of salads!
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