Simple Recipes from My Simple Kitchen
TGIF Friday June 10, 2011
Before I start, I have to thank Josie, YumYucky, for putting my pic & quote up on her side bar. THANK YOU Josie!
I use the Fire-Roasted salsa A LOT! I have not tried the double roasted but it does have more sodium per serving - 30mg vs. 140mg.
I know I have said it many times - I like the list of ingredients short & I want the cooking or baking of food EASY! I also hate the clean up so the fewer dishes & pans used, the better!
This is why I liked the recipe portion of Holly's book, Stress Less, Weigh Less - don't forget the GIVEAWAY of a signed copy of her book & her yoga DVD. You can enter thru Sunday. Her recipes are VERY easy, short ingredient list & oh so simple to modify to your own taste buds!
Anyway, I thought I would share a few things I do that make it easy for me to eat healthy yet with enough taste for me. I know many out there like more fancy or more flavored recipes BUT if you are rushed or busy, maybe this will help. Maybe not but I am writing this anyway!
1. My new addition, Jody's guacamole: I hate cutting & chopping & all that. I smash up the avocado, mix in my Trader Joe's (TJ's) Fire Roasted salsa which is very low sodium (now I don't have to cut & chop all that yummy stuff in the salsa) & some of my fav TJ's hot/sweet mustard - mix to taste.. AND I LOVE IT! Use your own fav mustard or salsa & if you want to add in some other seasoning or a pinch of salt, go for it.
2. My Peanut Butter w/flax: I use both creamy & crunchy PB, no salt. The creamy is for my toast after a workout & the crunchy is for my portion control snackies! I do love crunchy the best though but kind of hard to smooth on toast. I also love the TJ's raw crunchy almond butter!
So, what I do before I refrigerate my PB, I add in ground flax to it & mix it all up. An extra punch of healthiness with my PB!!!! Add more or less to meet your needs.
I add ground flax to alot of things like oatmeal, meatloafs, put on the chicken, yogurt & more.. be creative with it - it is good for you!
3. Baked Chicken: Of course I make a few pieces at one time.
To make it really easy, I just sprinkle it with a no salt seasoning from Trader Joe's - I am sure you can find a similar one or a Mrs. Dash seasoning. Then I eat it with either my guacamole on the side or some TJ's salsa mixed with their sweet/hot mustard.
Sometimes I just coat the chicken with some of the mustard & then eat it with salsa or the Jody guac on the side or just as is. Find a mustard that you like & with ingredients that seem fine for you.
4. Sliced turkey roll ups: You can buy some nitrate free, low sodium lunch meats like turkey or chicken - take each piece & spread some of Jody's guac or your own version, roll it up & you have a mini snack or meal depending on how many pieces.
5. Turkey Meatloaf: See this link. Gives you a few meals & saves cooking each day OR slice it & take it with you or make a sandwich or open faced sandwich. I see in my link that I forgot to write that I throw ground flax in the meatloaf too!
I have more simple stuff I do but that is it for today!
What are your short cuts to healthy eating?
Before I start, I have to thank Josie, YumYucky, for putting my pic & quote up on her side bar. THANK YOU Josie!
I use the Fire-Roasted salsa A LOT! I have not tried the double roasted but it does have more sodium per serving - 30mg vs. 140mg.
I know I have said it many times - I like the list of ingredients short & I want the cooking or baking of food EASY! I also hate the clean up so the fewer dishes & pans used, the better!
This is why I liked the recipe portion of Holly's book, Stress Less, Weigh Less - don't forget the GIVEAWAY of a signed copy of her book & her yoga DVD. You can enter thru Sunday. Her recipes are VERY easy, short ingredient list & oh so simple to modify to your own taste buds!
Anyway, I thought I would share a few things I do that make it easy for me to eat healthy yet with enough taste for me. I know many out there like more fancy or more flavored recipes BUT if you are rushed or busy, maybe this will help. Maybe not but I am writing this anyway!
1. My new addition, Jody's guacamole: I hate cutting & chopping & all that. I smash up the avocado, mix in my Trader Joe's (TJ's) Fire Roasted salsa which is very low sodium (now I don't have to cut & chop all that yummy stuff in the salsa) & some of my fav TJ's hot/sweet mustard - mix to taste.. AND I LOVE IT! Use your own fav mustard or salsa & if you want to add in some other seasoning or a pinch of salt, go for it.
2. My Peanut Butter w/flax: I use both creamy & crunchy PB, no salt. The creamy is for my toast after a workout & the crunchy is for my portion control snackies!
I do love crunchy the best though but kind of hard to smooth on toast. I also love the TJ's raw crunchy almond butter!So, what I do before I refrigerate my PB, I add in ground flax to it & mix it all up. An extra punch of healthiness with my PB!!!! Add more or less to meet your needs.
I add ground flax to alot of things like oatmeal, meatloafs, put on the chicken, yogurt & more.. be creative with it - it is good for you!
3. Baked Chicken: Of course I make a few pieces at one time.
To make it really easy, I just sprinkle it with a no salt seasoning from Trader Joe's - I am sure you can find a similar one or a Mrs. Dash seasoning. Then I eat it with either my guacamole on the side or some TJ's salsa mixed with their sweet/hot mustard.
Sometimes I just coat the chicken with some of the mustard & then eat it with salsa or the Jody guac on the side or just as is. Find a mustard that you like & with ingredients that seem fine for you.
4. Sliced turkey roll ups: You can buy some nitrate free, low sodium lunch meats like turkey or chicken - take each piece & spread some of Jody's guac or your own version, roll it up & you have a mini snack or meal depending on how many pieces.
5. Turkey Meatloaf: See this link. Gives you a few meals & saves cooking each day OR slice it & take it with you or make a sandwich or open faced sandwich. I see in my link that I forgot to write that I throw ground flax in the meatloaf too!
I have more simple stuff I do but that is it for today!
What are your short cuts to healthy eating?
Posted by truth2beingfit at 6/9/2011 9:00 PM 
Categories: Food, Healthy Eating, Recipes
Tags: guacamole Trader Joes salsa mustard peanut butter flax chicken recipes chicken food Recipes healthy eating simple recipes
Categories: Food, Healthy Eating, Recipes
Tags: guacamole Trader Joes salsa mustard peanut butter flax chicken recipes chicken food Recipes healthy eating simple recipes
My fave lunch entree so far this summer has been turkey roll-ups with laughing cow chili queso. Cold sliced tomatoes and cantaloupe on the side, and you have perfection.
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I love hearing what you eat everyday and how you do it so nice and simple!
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Great Recipes Jody, I am with you on the keep it simple and clean. Thanks I will try some of the recipes you provided.
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This guacamole recipe sounds so simple and delicious! I'm going to try it.
I love going to Trader Joe's btw
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I just read today that our Trader Joe's is opening July 15!!! Woo hoo.
I love using a crockpot. Seems much less work to me than other methods. I also love grilling because my husband is the grill master
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The simplest thing I do is go to Subway and get their veggie salad. If you are charming with the staff they will make you a salad that is big enough for two servings easy! Cost, $4.25! It is fresh and chopped. When tomato prices were high I could get more tomatoes plus the salad at Subway than just tomatoes would cost me at the supermarket!
I do not own a Subways, even if the corp. is called Doctors Inc.
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I cook up a lot of chicken one day for the rest of the week. That means there is never an excuse! Good thing I like chicken
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I make another version of your turkey roll-up for a quick and healthy snack. I use a sheet of nori seaweed and then cover it with a slice of turkey luncheon meat and a cucumber sliced in 4 lengthwise, roll it up and eat it! You can put anything you want inside a nori roll, actually...tuna, lettuce, raw bell pepper...whatever you have in the fridge!
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