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Smoothie Recipes for Picky Eaters
February 12, 2010 | Filed Under Dinner Round Up | 2 Comments
Do you have picky eaters? If so, you are not alone. Here are some smoothie recipes perfect for those picky eaters courtesy of Camp Shane:
Banilla Shake:
- 1 ½ cups skim or 1% milk
- 1 peeled and sliced medium banana, frozen (Wrap sliced banana in plastic wrap or place in a freezer storage bag. Freeze several hours or overnight.)
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract, optional
- ¼ tsp. almond extract, optional
In a blender combine all ingredients, except cinnamon. Blend until smooth, about 20 seconds. Pour into glasses and garnish with a sprinkle of ground cinnamon, if desired. Yield: approximately 2 ¼ cups.
Blueberry-Orange Whirl:
- 1 12-ounce package frozen blueberries, unthawed, or 2 1/2 cups fresh
- 8 ounce low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
In an electric blender, blend all ingredients until smooth. Yield: approximately 3 ½ cups.
Very Berry Smoothie
- 1/4 cup berries (your choice!)
- 4 ounces skim milk
- 6 ounces calcium-fortified orange juice
Blend together all three ingredients until smooth. Yield: approximately 1 serving.
Camp Shane is the world’s longest running weight-loss camp for children. In partnership with renowned child obesity expert and Board Certified Pediatrician Dr. Joanna Dolgoff, Camp Shane has developed a well-balanced menu that is focused on portion-controlled meals and snacks intended to ensure healthy weight loss.
I was not compensated in way for this post.
Weekly Meal Planning Help with Relish!
October 12, 2009 | Filed Under Dinner Round Up | 3 Comments
If you are wanting to start planning your meals to help reduce your spending on your food budget, Relish! just may be able to help out! Relish is a weekly menu planner aimed to help busy families put wonderful meals on the table every night. No sloppy casseroles or expensive kitchen blunders. Instead look for everyday food…with a gourmet twist.
After signing up, each Thursday you will receive an email with a quick link back to the site. Log on to Relish!and get ready to treat yourself to weekly dinner menus that are customized to your own tastes. Choose the Express Menu and download the picks for the week or choose what you would prefer from the Custom Menu. Relish! offers a selection of vegetarian, kid-friendly, quick, low calorie and simple-gourmet menus. Just click the five you’d like to prepare during the week and your recipes/side dishes and grocery list will be assembled for you! Every day food just got easier.
Relish! guarantees that you and your family will enjoy the service. If you are unhappy with your subscription, they will refund your membership cost at any time.
Chicken and Couscous
June 18, 2009 | Filed Under Dinner Round Up | 3 Comments
This recipe was a big hit at our house and was really simple to make. There are only a handful of ingredients and are probably ingredients you already have on hand.
Ingredients:
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (cut in half)
Olive Oil (just a swirl around the pan should work)
1/2 cup diced onion
1 cup whole wheat couscous
1 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup chopped black olives
1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
Salt & Pepper to taste
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To get started give your pan a nice quick turn of olive oil. (I used EVOO) Let your oil heat up for just a second over medium heat.
As the oil is heating up, I took the time to cut my boneless skinless chicken breast in half. I always do this because the chicken cooks much faster and instead of having 4 chicken breasts, I now have 8. I also seasoned the chicken with a dash of salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
Add your diced onions and let them cook for a few minutes. As you can tell from the picture, I totally forgot to put in my onions first, but it worked out fine.
Add your chicken breasts and let them cook. You will know that they need to be flipped when the bottom of the chicken that is on the pan turns white. I wait to flip the chicken until it turns white half way through. The chicken will not take long at all to cook since we’ve sliced it in half.
While your chicken is cooking, in a saucepan get your water going for your couscous. I added the sun-dried tomatoes to the water right when I noticed it starting to boil. Once you get a nice strong boil, add your couscous and black olives. Remove from heat, stir, and let sit for about 5 minutes.
Your chicken should finish up right when you couscous is ready. You may need to add just a touch of salt.
I had a picture of the finished product but my battery was dying on my camera and the picture came out horrible.
I served this meal with a spoonful of the couscous and added the chicken on top. Everybody loved it and came back for seconds. This meal fed my family of 5 and we even had one piece of chicken and some couscous left over for a quick lunch or a late night snack…for me. Hee hee!
Now, I’m not a chef nor do I claim to be one. I actually just started learning how to cook pretty recently. My dad did the cooking while I lived at home, and when I got married, my wonderful husband Ryan always did the cooking. But since we have started trying to eat healthier, I’ve been doing a lot of the cooking. I know this recipe is really simple but it was tasty to eat and easy on the waist line too!
If you have any recipes that you would like for me to try and feature on the site, I would love to hear from you.
Fiesta Turkey Chili Recipe
March 31, 2009 | Filed Under Dinner Round Up | 2 Comments
My husband loves Chili but I don’t like the calories that come along with the standard recipes for Chili. So instead of a high calorie Chili recipe, we use this:
- 2 tbs EVOO
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 2 stalks celery
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbs chili powder
- 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1.5 cups corn
In large saucepan, heat EVOO, garlic and onion over medium heat. Add celery and cook an additional 3 minutes or so. Add ground turkey, chili powder and cumin. Cook 5 minutes or until turkey is no longer pink. Add your broth, diced tomatoes and corn. Cover and let simmer 10 minutes.
As you can see its a really easy recipe. In addition to being easy, its fast and healthy.
Easy, Cheap Dinner – Chicken, Green Beans, Mashed Cauliflower
March 24, 2009 | Filed Under Dinner Round Up | 3 Comments
First off, I’m sorry for the poor picture quality. The battery was low on my camera and I didn’t want Ryan’s dinner to get cold waiting on me to change the batteries.
We had boneless, skinless chicken breast, green beans and mashed cauliflower.
When I cook boneless, skinless chicken breast, I always cut them in half so they are not as thick. They cook quicker which is essential for me. Plus you can eat two pieces but really only one chicken breast. You feel like your eating more than you actually are. I think its a mental thing for me. I put a small amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the pan. Let it heat up just a little over medium heat. Place your chicken in the pan and sprinkle with just a dash of salt and pepper. Let the chicken cook and turn once you can see that it has cooked halfway. You will see the where the pink turns white. Flip the chicken and then let cook the remainder of the way.
While your chicken is cooking boil a pan of water for your cauliflower. You can use salt in the water, but I do not. Cut into florets. Once your water has come to a boil, cook the cauliflower for about 8 minutes. You don’t want it mushy, so keep an eye on it. In a food processor or blender, place 1/2 tsp of salt and pepper, a dash of hot sauce, 1 tbs of margarine (to keep it on the healthier side I use non-hydrogenated margarine), 1/4 cup 1% milk, 1/2 cup potato flakes and your cooked cauliflower. Blend until its the consistency of mashed potatoes. If you’d like to add a dash of color, sprinkle a bit of paprika over the top. It’s absolutely delicious and taste almost identical to mashed potatoes.
I’m pretty sure everyone knows how to cook green beans so I’ll go ahead and wrap this up.
Cost:
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $3.00
Head of Cauliflower $.50 (On sale for $1.50 at Target and used $1.00 coupon)
Frozen Green Beans $1.00
Total Cost: $4.50
This dinner is easy on the wallet and easy on your waistline.
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