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Eat your veggies!

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Since my omelette post was so well received, I’ve since done another dish that has a recipe that can be shared. I’m the kind of cook who throws things in the pot at the last minute or according to how I want things to taste, with that said, I do not really follow recipes. However, I do a few simple things that I can average and share a “recipe” with you. Today’s is… shit I didn’t think of a name. Ok, we’ll go with the title – Eat your veggies. After all I did this to force myself to eat veg.

1 cup shredded carrots

1 cup shredded cabbage

1 small bunch of broccoli chopped

4 brussel sprouts chopped

1 tsp unsalted butter

1/2 tsp paprika

1/4 tsp black pepper

(salt optional)

In a non stick pan, add all of the ingredients on a low heat (like the omelette) and stir occasionally so that everything is covered with the seasonings. Do not overcook your veg! When the broccoli and brussel sprouts become a bright green color it’s ready! The pic below is when I warmed this up today for lunch so it’s leftovers. I forgot to take a pic last night when it looked bright green lol. The paprika and red cabbage also add a reddish tinge to it.

20130319-151154.jpgI’m really trying to reduce my flour intake so I have to be creative with my vegetables as I can get bored of the taste very quickly. I tried brussel sprouts before and steamed is not the way for me. It’s actually the brussel sprouts that led me to do this, kind of disguise them in some other veg I don’t mind eating. Again, feel free to modify this as you see fit. Maybe add some red onions or green onions and tomato. I used unsalted butter because I don’t like how vegetables taste/look when you cook them in oil, even olive oil.

I cooked some chicken thighs with this as I did a quinoa pasta/veg dish for my husband and just the chicken and veg for me. I couldn’t dream of giving him veg alone, he’d be forever snacking on something because it wasn’t filling, so he got pasta. The good thing about this meal is that it could be done for a quick lunch (it warmed up nicely in my toaster oven today) as well and would be nice with fish. I’m going to add the same ingredients to a chicken stir-fry for myself tonight. I have the chicken boiling right now! I do that now – instead of putting the raw chicken into the pot and continuously adding seasonings, I boil the chicken breasts with onion, shred and then use accordingly. It helps get rid of some of the fat .My husband will be having chicken chow mein for dinner and I get chicken and veg.

I’m hoping to be bikini ready very soon. I’m trying out Pilates tomorrow and I have training today with my trainer – kind of excited. I love how I feel after working out but I hate doing it lol.

Anyway let me know if you try this or have a way of improving it. I winged this out so feel free to add more of something if it isn’t to your liking.

xx

 

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I was never one to have breakfast first thing in the morning, I’d feel nauseous after eating some of the most common foods… even something like apple juice. Yes, I have a sensitive tummy. My friends make fun of me sometimes as I’m know as the picky eater or they’ll ask if my stomach can take something before they offer it. I’ve had a food sensitivity test and it revealed a lot. Anyway, my doctor let me have it for not really eating breakfast so I’ve been making a huge effort in the last couple of months to make sure I stay on top of it.

As part of my effort to “keep fit” (I still eat a lot of shit during the day) I try to make sure I start and end my day with something good. That way I don’t feel as bad for all the stuff I ate in the middle of the day. Now that it is getting warm again, I’ve started back with my smoothies but this post is really about the omelette. I’m not much of an egg person but this omelette I’ve been doing has been tasting sooo good! I do it 2/3 times a week to shake things up a bit as well as when I know I will be out and I need breakfast to last for a bit. It’s simple! Here is the recipe:

Spinach/Turkey Omelette

1 slice of turkey (low sodium preferred)

2 egg whites

1/4 tsp thyme (fresh preferred)

1/2 tsp unsalted butter

10 leaves spinach

Slice the turkey and spinach. Melt the butter with the thyme, turkey and spinach in the pan on low/medium heat. (Confusing? Put it just before medium, you don’t want this to burn.) While these are heating up, I separate my egg yolk from the white. Stir everything and then add the egg whites. When the egg is firm and not runny fold in half and let the inside cook (I hate runny eggs). Flip to brown the other side a little more and then remove from pan. This morning I grated some fresh parmesan over the top and it was amazing! I have a small, non-stick frying pan that I use that gives the perfect shape and size for single serve omelettes.

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So there you have it! I do not eat heavy so for my husband, I give him 3 egg whites and I add green onion, sweet pepper, tomatoes and less spinach for him since he has so many other things. I find the butter and thyme help a lot with the flavor and I hope you realised I didn’t use any black pepper or salt. I don’t need to with thyme and butter. This and a cup of ginger tea gave me the boost I needed for this morning. If you give this a try or some variation of it let me know how it comes out.

To healthy eating and sexy Summer bodies!

xx