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Monday, February 28, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Day One hundred and fifty-three
Lunch: Garden vegetable soup
Dinner: Garden vegetable soup, with turkey meatballs (I thawed a bag I had made a while back-- these are the Sneaky Chef meatballs with pureed green vegetables), and leftover whole wheat penne from a few nights ago. A lovely way to use up leftovers yet have a "new" dinner, without too much cooking.
Day One hundred and fifty-two
Lunch: Pizza muffins on whole grain sandwich thins, peas, and sliced apple. My daughter didn't want to eat pizza for lunch, until I offered to let her make it... then she helped, and promptly gobbled it up. Perfection.
Dinner: Chicken enchiladas on whole grain tortillas (with pureed butternut squash and cauliflower), fresh strawberries, and steamed broccoli. This was another night when the freezer saved me-- I'd previously made a batch of grilled chicken and frozen it for future use. After thawing and turning it into enchilladas, dinner was made without a dishful of dirty pots and pans.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Day One hundred and forty-seven
Friday, February 18, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Day One hundred and forty-five
Breakfast: Banana Blueberry Oat Bran muffins (loosely based on Barefoot Contessa's "Chunky Banana Muffins"), with orange slices and skim milk.
Cinnamon Sugar Rattlesnacks (aka Roasted Chickpeas; recipe: Sneaky Chef).
Dinner: Indonesian peanut butter chicken (crockpot) with matchstick carrots and red peppers (with pureed butternut squash; Recipe [sans squash]: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow), over chow mein noodles, with steamed broccoli, and fruit salad.
Dinner: Indonesian peanut butter chicken (crockpot) with matchstick carrots and red peppers (with pureed butternut squash; Recipe [sans squash]: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow), over chow mein noodles, with steamed broccoli, and fruit salad.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Day One hundred and forty-two
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Day One hundred and forty-one
Purees: Purple (aka baby spinach and wild bluerries). I used this for the cupcake/brownies, below, and then tried something new with the extra. Instead of freezing in little glass jars like I usually do, I used a muffin tin and spooned in 1/4 c. portions. Once it is frozen, I'll pop them out and put them in a freezer bag. Wonder if it'll make it easier to store/defrost.
Mini brownies (whole wheat, spinach and blueberry puree). These are for my daughter's Valentine's party tomorrow. Wonder if any of the kids will ever guess the spinach! Luckily the chocolate disguises it all.
Chocolate donuts (whole wheat, spinach and blueberry puree). These are for my other daughter's Valentine's party tomorrow, and also to celebrate her bday in class.
And, after all that baking, there was no time to make dinner, so we had sliced up strawberries and cheerios mixed into yogurt. My kids thought I'd lost it, but it was quick and didn't further the mess in the kitchen. Oh, and it counted as vegetarian night. Yay!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Day One hundred and thirty-nine
Vanilla yogurt
Another batch of garden vegetable soup
Lunch: Garden vegetable soup (I threw in some turkey and parmesan cheese for protein), and grapes.
Lunch: Garden vegetable soup (I threw in some turkey and parmesan cheese for protein), and grapes.
A double batch of Eggplant spinach rollatini-- one for tonight, one for the freezer.
Dinner: Eggplant spinach rollatini (with shredded zucchini), vegetable medley, and apples.
Day One hundred and thirty-eight
Dinner: Turkey and black bean burritos (with shredded zucchini and pureed sweet potato, on whole grain wraps), green beans, and fresh strawberries. This was one of those freezer-saved-me dinners. I was not in the mood to cook what I had planned, and did not want to end up eating take-out. I dug into the chest freezer and pulled out a bag of turkey taco meat of which I had made extra a while back. I defrosted it, along with a bag of shredded zucchini from the summer's garden harvest, and dinner was ready before I knew it. Phew.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Day One hundred and thirty-seven
Breakfast: Pink pancakes (whole grains, beet puree, shredded apple, and strawberries; Recipe: Deceptively Delicious).
Pink pancakes with a drizzle of chocolate or maple syrup. Normally we would have a protein with pancakes such as eggs, but these have ricotta in them so they were okay to stand alone. I let my kids use a drizzle of chocolate on these, they were so tickled to have "strawberries and chocolate" for breakfast, and didn't care that they also had pureed beets. Loved it.
Dinner: At my parents house, so no pics here.
Day One hundred and thirty-six
Lunch: Another batch of garden vegetable soup, this time I tossed in some egg noodles (leftover from the chicken marsala), and a little turkey. Everyone here loves this soup, and I think I am addicted to it. Thank goodness it is so healthy!!
Dinner A: Mini cheese ravioli with marinara sauce, blanched spinach, and turkey bacon. Yes, I am aware that turkey bacon doesn't go with pasta, and that this is THE most random meal, but there is a reason. We were planning to have breakfast for dinner and I'd already thawed the turkey bacon, and then we were in the mood for pasta.
Dinner B: Actual breakfast for dinner (my husband still wanted it, so he carried it through). Eggs-over-easy with cheese, spinach, and turkey bacon, served on a whole grain bagel thin.
Day One hundred and thirty-five
Lunch: Garden vegetable soup, with parmesan cheese and whole wheat crackers. This soup is so easy to make, it's a tomato/chicken broth base, you toss in whatever veggies you have on hand, and it's really hearty and healthy. It's loosely based on the original "Zero point soup" made so popular in the 90's by Weight Watchers.
Dinner: Leftover chicken marsala, we used the extras from the double batch I'd made.
Day One hundred and thirty-four
Birthday dessert: Chocolate "donuts." These are one of our favorite desserts, for a few reasons. They taste amazing, but even better, they don't wreck your day. These are the Sneaky Chef's famous "brownie/cupcakes" with pureed spinach and blueberries in them, and they are 100% also whole grain. I'll including a link to the recipe here, as it is worth making!!
Dinner: We ate at my parents before going down to the city for a project of my husband's, so no pics here.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Day One hundred and thirty-three
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Day One hundred and thirty-two
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