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#elf4health Meal Plan [Monday]

Posted on December 10, 2012 | Leave a comment
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This weekend’s challenge was to create a meal plan for the upcoming week. I used to do this all the time. There was something thereapeudic about pulling out my favorite cookbooks, opening a ridiculous amount of tabs with my favorite blogs, pulling up my DVR, and planning the week ahead. Maybe it’s my type A tendencies. Maybe it is my previous eating disordered self wanting to come through and control things. Or maybe I just like to look at pictures of food. Whatever it is, I got out of the habit when the school year ended, and I need to get back into the habit! Meal planning saves time, energy, and money!

I’m trying some new recipes this time around, thanks to Pinterest. I’m hoping I find some new favorites to add to our normal rotation.

Monday, December 10

lunch: green monster w/oatmeal, protein powder, chia seeds, spinach & frozen blueberries

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Avocado egg salad sandwiches & tomato soup

Tuesday, December 11

Lunch: ham sammy

Lemon Pasta w/turkey Italian sausage, asparagus, shrooms, onion, and lemon/garlic/olive oil/shallot sauce

Wednesday, December 12

lunch: leftover lemon pasta

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Slow Cooker Chicken & Barley Stew & salad

Thursday, December 13

Lunch: ham sammy

Leftover soup & salad

Friday, December 14

lunch: leftover soup

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Sweet potato black bean burgers

 

Saturday, December 15

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Lentils w/kale & bacon and salad

Sunday, December 16

Grilled steak, roasted brussel sprouts, garlic mashed potatoes

What’s on your menu plan this week? Trying anything new?

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Quinoa with Turkey Italian Sausage

Posted on October 10, 2011 | 5 Comments

It’s MPM time again, and this week I’m sticking to the plan!

Monday, Oct. 10

Quinoa with Turkey Italian Sausage (recipe below)

Tuesday, Oct. 11

Slow-cooker black beans atop brown rice

Wednesday, Oct. 12

Mini cheeseburger cupcakes

Thursday, Oct. 13

leftovers…I have a night class :(

Friday, Oct. 14

Portabella burgers and zucchini fries

Saturday, Oct. 15

Around the World potluck party…yes, just like the one you attended in college, but with food.

Sunday, Oct. 16

Hubs birthday! We’re going out to a restaurant of his choosing.

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Last week my friend, Veronika, asked for my tried and true quinoa recipes. I sent her a few, and decided it was time for me to create another. I decided to whip up a batch of Italian inspired quinoa for two reasons. One, I already tackled Greek(ish) and Mexican(ish) quinoa dishes, and two, I had a jar of opened pasta sauce that needed to be eaten. Quinoa with turkey Italian sausage was born.

Quinoa with Turkey Italian Sausage

Serves: 4

Nutritionals: cal: 303, carb: 37g, fat: 10g, pro: 20g, sugar: 4g, fiber: 5g

Ingredients

1 cup quinoa, rinsed

2 1/2 cups water or chicken broth

1 chicken bullion cube (if you use water)

2 1/2 links hot turkey Italian sausage, casings removed,  crumbled

1/2 cup sweet onion, diced

1/2 bell pepper, diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 cup frozen chopped spinach

2 tsp. Italian seasoning

1/4 tsp black pepper

1/3 cup nutritional yeast*

salt to taste

2 TBS-4 TBS pasta sauce of your choosing

*can sub shredded mozzarella if you don’t like, or don’t have, nutritional yeast.

Directions

Brown turkey Italian sausage, (I brown all 5 links and freeze half for later).

Meanwhile, bring water, bullion cube (or chicken broth), and quinoa to a boil. Reduce to simmer, adding the bell pepper, onion, spinach, garlic, Italian seasoning and black pepper. Cover, and continue to simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add nutritional yeast. Mix well. Add browned Italian turkey sausage.

Serve, topped with pasta sauce. Enjoy!

What is your favorite dish from another country?

I need a fun dish or app to bring to Around the World. Last year the hubs made a Russian apple cake. The year before I think we made something from Mexico…I can’t remember. I

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MPM, maybe

Posted on October 3, 2011 | 3 Comments

This weekend I cuddled up with my DVR, a cup of burnt coffee sans milk (because it was sour, gross), and my computer. I pinned for quite a while, and came up with an assortment of meals I couldn’t wait to try. I built my meal plan, made a Costco list for the hubs, and went on my merry grading way.

However, after creating my meal plan for the upcoming work week, I stumbled upon the Airfield Estates 5k Vinyard run.

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I quickly texted my mom, to see if she would be interested in being my companion, and decided a trip to Yakima was in order. I haven’t run, at all, since completing the Spokane Indians Pennant 8k in July. My poor IT band is still giving me issues, so I am being really nice to it. Telling it how pretty it is, massaging it with a foam roller, and soaking it in the tub. It hasn’t thanked me for my efforts yet. So I’ll be walking this 5k, but it is better than nothing!

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The hubs is staying in town, and maybe, just maybe, he will decide to give my meal plan a go (freezing any extras, hint hint!), instead of making burgers and  grilling steak.

Meal Plan Monday

Monday, October 3

Zucchini & white bean soup, crusty bread and salad

Tuesday, October 4

Grilled Ahi, rice with veggies, salad

Wednesday, October 5

Warm quinoa, spinach, and chicken & shiitake salad, crusty bread

Thursday, October 6

Buffalo Grilled Cheese Sammies w/tomato soup

Friday, October 7

Mac and Cheese muffins 

Saturday, October 8

Buffalo chicken enchiladas 

Sunday, October 9

Homemade pizza, using this dough, salad

If he doesn’t stick to my meal plan, I’ll forgive him. He picked up a very special treat at Costco this weekend, and I’ll be enjoying non-burnt coffee from here on out.

Have you ever had coffee brewed from a Keurig?

When I visited my friend V last May, I experienced my first Keurig cuppa joe and was hooked! I’ve been not so subtly hinting that I wanted one ever since. Props to the hubs for using the awesome coupon in our Costco booklet!

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