Weekly Challenges
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That does look good... drool!0
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That looks lovely! I need to find a recipe to try now...0
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I can post the recipe tomorrow.0
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Oh I made a recipe. It was... ok. I didn't take a photo (it looks like a hunk of chicken and a blob of rice anyway hahah) but here's the scoop:
Orange Chicken and Rice Slow Cooker Recipe:
1 sachet, Oxo Chicken Bouillon
770.00 g, Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, enhanced, raw
4 Tbsp., Zesty Italian Dressing
0.25 tsp, Salt, table
0.25 tsp, ground, Spices, pepper, black
2 cup uncooked, Basmati Rice
0.40 Tbsp, Orange Zest
1.10 tsp(s), Bouillon Base Beef (because I didn't have enough chicken powder).
Put it all in the slow cooker for 5 hours on low. It was pretty good, flavour wise, but the chicken breast dried out and I hate that haha. In the recipe's defense, it did call for chicken thighs and I used breasts since it's what I had. It was really easy to make too. The hardest part was making orange zest.
It made 6 servings with the following breakdown per serving:
379 calories
5 g fat
32 g protein
52 g carbs
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Grilled Pizza (6 servings)
Dough
3 cups bread flour
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. instant or rapid-rise yeast
*11 ounces ice water (I only 6oz because 11 made a soggy mess)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil plus extra for counter
1.5 tsp. salt
Process flour, sugar and yeast in food processor until combined. With processor running, slowly add water until just combined. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add oil and salt and process until dough forms satiny, sticky ball (30 - 60 seconds). Transfer to lightly oiled counter and knead until smooth. Divide into 3 equal pieces and shape into tight balls. Transfer to well-oiled baking sheet or bowls, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate at 24 hours up to 3 days.
Sauce
1 14-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, drained with juice reserved
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 tsp fresh oregano
0.5 tsp sugar
salt
0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
Pulse tomatoes in food processor until finely chopped. Transfer to medium bowl and stir in reserved juice, oil, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper flakes. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. When ready to use, heat in pot on stove.
Pizza
**0.5 cup plus 1 Tbsp olive oil
3 ounces Parmesan, grated
8 ounces fresh whole-milk mozzarella torn into bite-size pieces (we didn't get fresh mozzarella and I just grated it)
3 Tbsp fresh basil, shredded
Gas grill - clean and oil grate, heat grill until hot (~15 minutes) and leave all burners on high (this was too hot in my grill so I had to turn it down to medium-high so they wouldn't burn during the second round of cooking).
Pour 1/4 cup oil** onto center of rimmed baking sheet. Transfer 1 dough ball to sheet, and coat all sides of dough with oil. Using fingertips and palms, gently press dough to form rough 16x12 inch oval. Transfer to grill and cook until grill marks form, then turn 90 degrees until more grill marks form, then flip over and repeat (takes 4-6 minutes total). Take off grill and cook remaining dough rounds.
Drizzle top of 1 crust with oil. Sprinkle 1/3 of parmesan, sauce, mozzarella, basil and other toppings on top. Transfer to grill and cook until cheese is melted and bottom of crust is brown (I had to put them on the top rack of the grill so the crust wouldn't burn). EAT!
**This was far more oil than needed for me. I used about 1/4 of what was called for which drastically reduced the calories per serving from a horrifying >800 to ~470. I would recommend just pouring 1-2 Tbsp on the baking sheet to start with and only adding more as needed.
***We forgot to buy any other toppings, but you can add whatever you want on top. Just make sure it doesn't get to heavy/floppy to get on and off the grill.
125 gram serving
479 calories
8.5 g fat
7.6 g protein
35 g carbs1 -
@puffbrat that pizza does look awesome! Great job0
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Not really new and not really a recipe per se (and kinda late since we are in July now haha) but most recently I've started adding some milled flax seed and protein powder (in an attempt to start getting rid of it) into my oatmeal (the one I mentioned somewhere on here with the brown sugar dinosaur eggs). Anyway, it makes it more filling and adds a nice protein boost to it. Actual macros are 47c/10f/17p with 7 grams of fiber. (For comparison if I just ate the oatmeal, the macros would be 37c/4f/4p and 3 grams of fiber). My protein powder sucks with mixability (wish I would have known that before I bought 4 lbs of it way back when haha - bulk buy and on sale) but with the oatmeal, you can't really tell which is why I like it. Previously, I did just 11 grams of protein powder and 7 grams of flax. Today, I tried half servings of each so 20 grams of protein powder and 15 grams of flax. It turned out pretty decent and still tasted like a chocolate cinnamon donut with oat bits. haha1
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That sounds like an interesting way to use protein powder. I've been wanting to make protein powder pancakes, personally.0
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I've been wanting to try that as well and some others but I have to get a different protein powder first.0
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I'm posting a ultra mini challenge! It goes from today until the 31st. You don't have to participate, but feel free to
If you'd like to see something different, let me know
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RJF7pPZjGkMZXSX81X1qNnQminHIOT1byLovfgoCb-4/edit?usp=sharing0 -
@VeryKatie I just saw this and decided to go ahead and join in! haha0
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@VeryKatie I like this! Too bad I have no idea how many calories I burned hiking Saturday. I will have to guesstimate.0
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This week's challenge:
The challenge is to wake up just 15 minutes earlier everyday (and go to bed 15 mins earlier... or at least just find the extra 15 minutes sometime in your day). With those 15 minutes, you need to do something to help your goals. Examples:
- Push ups
- Sit ups
- Eat a proper breakfast
- Pack a healthier lunch
- Plan your meals for the next two days
- Rid your house of junk food
- Pre-cut and pack veggies for the week
- Go for a short morning jog
- Do a tabata style exercise
- Do a morning yoga routine
Post what you chose to do and if you felt it benefited you!0 -
Oh I already forgot about this challenge... oops!0
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I like the idea of this challenge, but I have already been struggling to make myself go to bed earlier now that I get up an hour earlier
But I do keep intending to spend a few minutes each day stretching or doing yoga, and then not doing it. So maybe having this challenge will help encourage me. 0 -
I'll do 15 minutes of stretching. This butt muscle thing is still bad, after 2 60 minute massages (third one scheduled) and its getting better, but is not good.0
