Posts tagged healthy eating
February 17, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged broccoli, cheddar, cheesy penne, cooking light, healthy eating, parmesan, recipe, vegetarian
My first issue of Cooking Light arrived yesterday. I haven’t even read half yet, but I found a recipe that looked good and for which I had all the ingredients. So I made it for an early dinner/late lunch this afternoon.
Cheesy Penne with Broccoli Recipe
The only change to the recipe I made was to use Almond Milk instead of Fat Free. Tim and I agree that when we repeat this recipe (and we will–it was delicious,) we will add some grilled chicken (or tofu… but Tim doesn’t seem interested in the tofu idea.)
February 11, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged breakfast, calories, cheese, cooking light, egg, egg casserole, greasy food, healthy eating, recipe, sausage, substitutions
Healthy Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Casserole Recipes < Healthy Breakfast Recipes – Cooking Light.
What do you ladies think? I think I remember Sunny doing some kind of egg casserole type think in muffin tins last TBT. I’m thinking this recipe with all real eggs, no egg substitute… the sausage, almond milk? and… we could substitute quinoa for the bread pieces. Add some spinach? Maybe some mushrooms and bell peppers? Yeah?
Maybe I’ll make something similar later this week/next week…
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon canola oil
12 ounces turkey breakfast sausage
2 cups 1% low-fat milk
2 cups egg substitute
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
3 large eggs
16 (1-ounce) slices white bread
1 cup (4 ounces) finely shredded reduced-fat extrasharp cheddar cheese
Cooking spray
- Preparation
- 1. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add sausage to pan; cook 5 minutes or until browned, stirring and breaking sausage to crumble. Remove from heat; cool.
- 2. Combine milk and next 6 ingredients (through eggs) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- 3. Trim crusts from bread. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes. Add bread cubes, sausage, and cheddar cheese to milk mixture, stirring to combine. Pour bread mixture into a 13 x 9–inch baking or 3-quart casserole dish coated with cooking spray, spreading egg mixture evenly in baking dish. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
- 4. Preheat oven to 350°.
- 5. Remove casserole from refrigerator; let stand 30 minutes. Sprinkle casserole evenly with paprika. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until set and lightly browned. Let stand 10 minutes.
- Kathy Kitchens Downie, RD, Cooking Light
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February 10, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged Asian, cilantro, clam juice, cooking light, dinner, Facebook, healthy eating, lime, quick cooking, recipe, red bell peppers, rice sticks, Shrimp, Spicy, sugar snap peas
Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowl Recipe
Made this for dinner last night before the party–it was delicious! Spicy, flavorful, but not overpowering. Sooo good. I follow Cooking Light on Facebook, and it popped up in my feed, looking delicious. Check out their facebook page for more great recipes.
January 5, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged chicken, cooking light, fish sauce, Food, healthy eating, lime, main dish, peanuts, Recipes, sweet chili sauce, thai food
Thai Fish Sauce and Lime Chicken Recipe
Wow. Delicious. I served this with Brussel Sprouts and Shitake Lo Mein. They went well together, but next time I will take Cooking Light‘s advice and serve over brown rice. I only made two chicken breasts (and did not beat them to 1/2″ thickness, but left them in their usual state 😉 ) and thus had leftover sauce. The sauce was to die for. Wow. Incredible. But… since you just pour it over the chicken, it didn’t really soak in. Rice would absorb that delicious glaze and increase the flavor. Tim loved the peanut topping. 🙂
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 296
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fat: 8.5g
- Saturated fat: 1.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.4g
- Protein: 41.8g
- Carbohydrate: 12.1g
- Fiber: 0.6g
- Cholesterol: 99mg
- Iron: 1.4mg
- Sodium: 649mg
- Calcium: 25mg
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January 5, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged allrecipes, cooking light, cottage cheese, dip, easy appetizers, garlic, healthy eating, kettle chips, onions, veggies
Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe
24 oz cottage cheese (I use 1%)
bundle green onions
2-6 cloves garlic
salt & pepper to taste.
Directions: Put ingredients in food processor and blend like a crazy person. Serve with kettle chips or fresh veggies. This is a great “light” dip option for garlic and onion lovers.
It’s caribbean because that’s where I first had it. My parents live in Grand Cayman, and some of their island native friends had us over for dinner one night, years ago. They served this dip.
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January 4, 2013 · Filed under Recipes, Total Body Transformation · Tagged brussel sprouts, cooking light, egg noodles, garlic, healthy eating, lo mein, Recipes, shitake mushrooms, soy sauce, tbt, thai, yum
Brussels Sprouts and Shiitake Lo Mein Recipe
Wow. This was amazing. Mmm….
Changes to the recipe.
- First–I used one package fresh Shitake Mushrooms instead of dried. No brainer, right?
- Second–instead of 4oz egg noodles, I used the whole bag–12oz. (I increased everything else a smidge as well.)
- Sprouts carries “Mung Sprouts,” but they were out. Their regular sprouts were $3,99! So I thought I’d get them for $1.99 like I used to at King Soopers. D’Oh! King Soopers no longer carries sprouts! So I had to return to Sprouts a second time to purchase sprouts. Irony?
I can’t explain how good this was. Without Soy Sauce, a little bland, but… still a rich garlic flavor (that I love.) Only put a splash of Soy Sauce on, though. Tim and I both overdid it. 🙂 When I make this again, I will splurge and use two cartons of Shitake Mushrooms. Also, I might add some tofu or chicken to make it a one-skillet-meal. Tonight, I served it with Thai Fish Sauce and Lime Chicken. The flavors definitely complemented one another, but I think each can stand alone.
Nutritional Information:
Amount per serving (Yield 6 servings)
- Calories: 214
- Calories from fat: 43%
- Protein: 6.3g
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated fat: 1.3g
- Carbohydrate: 26g
- Fiber: 4.3g
- Sodium: 286mg
- Cholesterol: 19mg
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November 6, 2012 · Filed under Recipes, SUCCESS!, Total Body Transformation · Tagged carrots, celery, chicken salad, Food, grilled chicken breast, healthy eating, healthy options, lunch, red wine vinegar, walnuts
It would be lots better with lettuce and tomato, but I only had so much time this morning. 😉 I realized I haven’t been posting as many exciting recipes and food photos lately, so, here’s one.
Ingredients:
- Grilled Chicken breast, chopped (feel free to marinate/glaze your chicken)
- Greek Yogurt
- Mustard
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Carrot
- Celery
- (Red) Onion
- Walnuts
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together, serve on wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, and cheese (if desired.)
I realize I failed to include ingredient amounts. That was intentional, not laziness. Use enough yogurt/mustard to coat ingredients and get them to stick together so your sammie doesn’t fall apart. Greek Yogurt isn’t as gelatinous as mayonnaise, so this is tricky. Everything else is basically to taste. I used Nonfat Vanilla Greek Yogurt, so I poured a shit ton of Red Wine Vinegar into mine to cover the sweet taste. Totally worked, too. I used a lot of celery and carrot because that stuff is healthy filler. I didn’t use too many walnuts because those are fatty, while tasty and protein-ous. I chose Horse Radish Brown Mustard, but yellow or another option would work fine, too. I’d love to experiment with including grapes, apples (shoot! I had those!), or strawberries to see how that tastes.
Nutrition Info (from myfitnesspal), a serving size is about 3/4 cup. (Anyone know a good website to figure out Nutrional Information from recipes?)
Calories: 131
Fat: 10
Carbs: 5
Protein: 6
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