What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....

janicemlove

Some of my favorites: chicken (thigh) Alfredo, salad, green beans, strawberries.

LazyBlondeChef

Air fried pork chops coated with za'atar, mashed potatoes and broccoli crunch salad (another kit).

LisaStapleton83

Sea bass with a lemon dressing, ribboned courgette and spinach sprinkled with feta and a teeny tiny baked potato

LazyBlondeChef

@LisaStapleton83 your little baked potato made me laugh. The meal looks fantastic though.

LisaStapleton83

LazyBlondeChef wrote: »

@LisaStapleton83 your little baked potato made me laugh. The meal loos fantastic though.

It was all I could afford calorie wise 🤣🤣

acpgee

Tostadas with tuna ceviche to start. You can make tostadas in the microwave without any added oil.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6544-microwave-tostadas

Main of tacos filled with leftover beef stew we had in the freezer. Pico de gallo is easy made by blitzing tomato and onion together in the food processor and seasoning with salt. Coriander should go in that but we have ours on the side for the benefit of my coriander hating hubby. Crumbled feta as a substitute for soft cotijo. Store bought quac and some shredded lettuce as well as the leftover ceviche from the starter.

This is a festive easy meal to put together, especially if you use store bought tortillas. I made my own with blue masa harina which is quick work if you knead the dough in the food processor, have a tortilla press and use multiple dry skillets on the range. A cast iron tortilla press is about the same size as a small frying pan, so worth it's space in kitchen storage. I used to flatten tortillas between two cutting boards lined with non stick kitchen paper by standing on them.

acpgee

Forgot to load the picture of the main.

LazyBlondeChef

Spaghetti with shrimp and pesto plus a bit of rough cut fresh basil. Chopped salad. I was intending to sauté the shrimp and make some quinoa but my partner requested the pasta/pesto combo so I went along with it.

BarbaraHelen2013

Fig & Goat’s Cheese Bruschetta with Salad.

I finally remembered to weigh the finished, cooled loaf I made yesterday so I can accurately track the calories for my homemade bread! I’ve avoided it up until now, but it’s made me realise I can have some in moderation, as part of dinner.

janicemlove

Cold and rainy here means grilled cheese and tomato soup!

LazyBlondeChef

Grilled beef patty, root vegetable fries w/Primal Kitchen garlic aioli mayo as dipping sauce and bacon Caesar salad. I did these fries a while back and over air fried them. This time I got the timing right but I won't buy them again. The carrots ended up being the most like french fries (so perfectly cooked), the parsnip was thinner and borderline too cooked while the beetroot was a bit soggy. I don't think they work well together because of different characteristics in the raw form and it would be better to stick to a single vegetable.

acpgee

Starter of griddled romaine drizzled with ranch. Main of air fried chicken thighs and roast potatoes, sauteed blanched green beans. The hubby was a big fan of the green beans we had last week on vacation in Paris so I tried cooking them softer (the French way) instead of harder (the Chinese way).

BarbaraHelen2013

Contrary to my usual way, I bought a pre-made Lasagne. It’s a Vegan product made by a company called ‘Bosh!’. Well respected company for plant based foods in the U.K. 385 cals for the pack. It’s really difficult to make Lasagne for those calories.

It was vile! Reminded me more of a school dinner style Shepherd’s Pie than anything else. I feel seriously cheated! 😂.

My mission now is to make a plant based Lasagne that hits the calories but tastes great! 🤔

LazyBlondeChef

Halibut, scallops and brown rice w/rice seasoning, lemongrassm wasabi, sesame seeds and tamari. Halibut isn't a fish I typically buy but Costco was out of Chilean sea bass so we decided to try it. I've had it as sashimi a few times and liked it but cooked it's a little firmer fish than I prefer so I'll be adding some more flavors to it next time.

LisaStapleton83

It was a rainy Saturday afternoon here…. So we did some baking 🍰

acpgee

Restaurant soft launch. https://colonelsaab.co.uk/

janicemlove

Chicken Caesar salad and garlic bread.

pessxx

Sunday Monday in the menus

Vegetable soup, feta, kiwi and green celery and spread tuna, green leaves,mayo and cherry tomatoes

o0Firekeeper0o

In whatever order:

Homemade taco salad

Soy-ginger chicken with Chinese-5-spice seasoned green beans and some rice

Baked ‘ziti’ (I used a different shape of pasta lol)

First attempt at homemade sushi. Delicious, but too big. We know to cut the nori in half next time lol

Homemade orange chicken

First try at homemade pretzels. Pretty good, but the bottoms were burned, sadly. I’ll certainly be trying them again soon!

janicemlove

Roasted eggplant parm but in a casserole dish. Lots of indulgent cheesy goodness.

acpgee

Hubby cooked. Dutch zuurkool stampot (=sauerkraut mash) looked a little strange because the brand of sauerkraut we bought contained quite a lot of grated carrot, which made it taste weirdly sweet too. Lamb chipolatas. Green salad with vinaigrette.

BarbaraHelen2013

Butternut Squash, Red Onion, Red Pepper with Black and White Chickpeas roasted in a Gochujang glaze. Pearled Spelt, Skyr & Gochujang dressing and a microgreens Salad.

LazyBlondeChef

Salad of romaine, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives and chicken salad. The latter being grilled chicken thigh chopped and mixed with Primal Kitchen chipotle lime mayo and capers. This is the same way I nearly always do my tuna salad so I thought I'd try it with chicken and it worked out nicely.

EyeOTS

Spicy chicken bacon wrap from a local place I love. 540 calories with a decent amount of protien and veg.

acpgee

Grilled sea bream, sauteed green beans with garlic confit, air fryer roast potatoes, leftover pico de gallo, salad leaves with ranch.

janicemlove

I was craving something sweet so I cooked down a couple of apples in butter w some brown sugar/cinnamon/nutmeg and poured it over oatmeal. Delicious!

LisaStapleton83

Breakfast is simple eggs and wholemeal toast

LisaStapleton83

I’m not feeling well so made myself some medicinal spicy chicken and vegetable soup 🥣 🤤

PAPYRUS3

Made a salad for a friends get together lunch.

pessxx

Lettuce salad and dill cucumbers with roasted turkey breast in wine in oven
Irish beef and carrots stew and zucchini with garlic and butter in the pan