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.

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!

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!

More breakfast eggs

Another breakfast we like.

Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 wedges of Laughing Cow low fat spready cheese, herb flavor
2 toasts
arugala if you have it!

Fry the eggs with your preferred method until they are cooked medium (or however you like it.) Spread the cheese on the toast, 1 wedge per toast. Put arugala on it if you have it. Put the egg on top. Yum!

Spicy Potatoes and Chard with Ground Turkey

We made this up out of the stuff in our fridge and pantry. It was awesome and I think we will eat it a lot now.

Serves 4
Ingredients:
16 very small potatoes (red or yellow), boiled
1 bunch of swiss chard, cut into shreds, stalks discarded
1 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 onion, chopped finely
2 shallots, chopped finely
1 garlic clove, put through a garlic press
Penzeys Northwood Fire spice (made of paprika, salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, rosemary, thyme, chipotle powder)
2 TB water
small drizzle of olive oil

Boil the potatoes if you haven't already until they are just done. Drain and set aside, when cool cut into 4ths. Meanwhile, In a big fry pan, cook the onions, shallot, and garlic in the olive oil over medium heat until translucent.  Add the turkey and break up in the pan.  Cook until it starts to brown, and add quite a bit of the spice mixture. Clear a space in the middle of the pan by pushing the turkey to the sides, turn up the heat and add the potato wedges.  Let them brown a bit before turning them over. Add more spice!  Turn off the heat and stir in the chard.  Serve! Portion it out so you are getting game-friendly portions. Yum! So good! Makes enough for leftovers also.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Ben's Breakfast Eggs

 Ben is the champion of delicious breakfasts!

 Ben's Breakfast Eggs
Serves 2

Ingredients:
1 clove garlic
2 eggs
chipotle powder
splash of milk
1 babybel cheese
1 soft laughing cow cheese triangle


Sliver garlic and put it in the pan with a little bit of Pam, cooking on medium low heat. Whisk the egg with a splash of milk and chipotle powder and a dash of salt, add to pan.  Cook over medium-low heat until almost done, add the babybel and the laughing cow cheese (chop them into pieces first.) When they are melted its done! Serve over toast. BEST EGGS EVER!

protein - egg whites and cheese
fat - egg yolk
carbs - the toast you eat it on