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Meal Plans Week 131

The focus of this week’s meal plans is going to be using similar ingredients in different ways to make sure you don’t end up with a bunch of kale languishing in your fridge in two weeks time! Or spending unnecessary money on food you’ll never eat! The three easiest ways I find to cut down my grocery bill are: avoid processed foods, eat less meat, and plan 3 out of your 5 or 5 out of your 7 meals, leaving 2 dinners to eat either leftovers or make a ‘clean out the fridge’ meal. And I’ve included some really flexible recipes this week that you can adapt to suit the contents of your fridge. Plan A Day 1: Parmesan and...

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Seasoned Haddock w/ Roasted Asparagus and Brown and Wild Rice

Todays Menu: Seasoned Haddock w/ Roasted Asparagus and Brown and Wild Rice For Breakfast this morning I made a Breakfast Sandwich. To prepare it I toasted a Thomas Light English Muffin, I lightly fried 4 slices of Boars Head Sweet Slice Ham, and added a 1/2 slice of Boars Head Swiss Cheese. Breakfast is served! Also had a cup of Bigelow Decaf Green Tea. Partly cloudy and 55 degrees outside today. It looks as though we have some snow flurries moving in by tomorrow evening, tis the Season! Not a lot going on today. Got the cart out along with my trusty rake and raked the back yard. Everything done and an afternoon of NFL Football. For Dinner tonight I...

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Recipe Reviews #85

Pan Fried Chicken & Mushrooms w/ Cauliflower Mash Recipe found on The Endless MealMy Rating: 4 out of 5 My Review Surprisingly, the cauli mash turned out really well. It was thick and fluffy when I was expecting it to be more runny and bumpy textured. The mushrooms were a hit and the chicken wasn’t bad, either– just not very memorable. Ingredients You’ll Need 1 medium head of cauliflower, chopped 2 garlic cloves 1 teaspoon ghee (we used Earth Balance Original) 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1 tablespoon neutral-flavored oil (we used EVOO) 8 chicken thighs 2 lbs. mushrooms 1 cup chicken stock 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Spaghetti & Meatballs Recipe found on...

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Vegetarian Proteins

Where do you get your proteins from? If you are a vegetarian, you are quite familiar with this phrase. It is such an illusion that vegetarians lack protein in their diets. If you see, many generations have lived well, lived healthy long lives on a vegetarian diet. If you eat good, seasonal, healthy produce you are a healthy being. Do you know that one requires only 8 grams of protein per kilogram of the bodyweight? Example if youre 130 lbs (approx 58 kg) you should aim for about 90 grams of protein on a daily basis. Of course, The ideal amount of daily protein that one should consume varies depending on the age, gender, activity, health, total diet and other...

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