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noosa Mini Meals

I ended up eating a lot of mini-meals yesterday instead of my usual three meals. The day started with fresh orange juice mixed with pomegranate juice and theraflu because I feel a cold (second cold since December!) coming on. I’m determined to beat it.

I made a big batch of Ashley’s Garlic and Greens soup and went and deleted the photo on accident. This soup was so nice in the morning, I ended up eating it for breakfast and again a couple of hours later. I had a friend over who thought the soup was amazing too. I also liked that it was so filling, yet so low in calories.  We got about five large bowls out of the recipe. Thanks Ashley, I’m making another batch today!

Here’s her recipe with my small changes:

Garlic and Greens Soup

-1 head of garlic, minced (I used about eight cloves)
-1 yellow onion, finely diced
-1 tbs evoo
-1 bunch kale, bok choy, or chard, chopped into bite sized pieces (I used a bag of frozen spinach)
-3 yellow potatoes, diced, not peeled (I used three carrots)
-8 cups vegetable stock (I used chicken stock)
-1 tbs seasoned rice vinegar
-sp to taste

* I added 1/2 C whole wheat couscous to the soup towards the end.

in a large soup pot, saute the garlic and onions in oil until transluscent. add greens, potatoes, and veg stock and bring to a boil. simmer everything about 25 minutes until the potatoes can be pierced with a fork.

Just before turning off the heat, add the rice vinegar, and sp to taste.

croissantplate Mini Meals

A couple hours after the soup I had a serving of Noosa yoghurt with blueberries and honey. And a couple hours after that I had a croissant with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, chicken+apple sausage, and a peanut-date ball.

A couple hours after that I had a 1 cup serving of raisin bran with whole milk. And another chicken sausage later in the evening. Lots of food!

I also did a session of the Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga. It did wonders for my knee and my mood.

BLyoga Mini Meals

 

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In The Kitchen Challenge

I’ve been making my way through FloCoIMo with my 31 recipes challenge. So far, I’ve made 12 recipes. Here are my not so good phone photos of what I’ve made so far.

Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos

Krissie’s Mom’s Potato Ravioli

 Pork Potstickers

Lemon Pancakes w/ Strawberry Jam

Pastor Ryan’s Chili w/ Guacamole and Chips

Blueberry muffins w/ Streusel Topping

Krissie’s Pork and Apple Meatballs w/ Sour Cream and Garlic Noodles

Ginger Baked Salmon w/ Smashed Potatoes and Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

Recipe Recap With Links:

  1. Tandoori Chicken Burgers
  2. Sweet potato and black bean enchilada casserole (I used kidney beans)
  3. 5 ingredient granola bars
  4. Pastor Ryan’s Chili (I used this as a base recipe. Added mushrooms and carrots to mine, didn’t add crackers)
  5. Lemon Pancakes (I added lemon to the batter and used whipping cream+ water instead of milk)
  6. Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos (made recipe, placed in flour tortillas with napa cabbage)
  7. Baked Pasta (no photo, recipe coming!)
  8. Krissie’s Mom’s Potato Ravioli (didn’t use the peppers or onions, added more potatoes)
  9. Blueberry muffins (I used frozen blueberries and didn’t cook them down, next time I would use more.)
  10. Pork potstickers
  11. Krissie’s Pork and apple meatballs (I served with egg noodles with sour cream, butter, salt, garlic and parsley)
  12. Ginger baked salmon and smashed potato (my recipes, coming soon!)

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Muffin Head

For Tuesdays breakfast I had a blueberry nut muffin with 1/2 cup whole organic yogurt, 1 T all-fruit strawberry jam and 1 T cashew honey butter. 445 calories

Later on in the day I had another muffin: 200 calories

For lunch I made Jamie Olivers/The Pioneer Woman’s Asian Noodle Salad (300 calories per serving)

Isn’t it beautiful?

I added almonds slivers and peanuts to mine.

I had two servings at lunch for a total of 600 calories.

Dinner was a shared frozen pizza. Appetizing eh?

Nothing like a greasy pizza photo taken with the flash. Total calories: 600

Total calories for the day: 1,845

Exercise: 45 minutes of Insanity, burned 400-500 calories

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