What's for dinner?

Oooh, you guys doing whole chickens... you've inspired me to go take one out of the freezer for tomorrow.

I've got crock-pot chicken cacciatore being brewed at home. Just need to cook the whole-wheat noodles (and only eating 75g each not the 310 cal 85g, saves 40 cals and carbs) when I get there and dinner is done!

This is the first time I use my crock on a weekday so I’m excited! I used it 2x's since Christmas but on a weekend just to watch how long it really was going to take to cook. It serves 8 but I only make meals for 2 in it so I wanted to see how the rules would change it not being 1/2 full as recommended.

we are having oven roasted red potato ( diced, evoo, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano), and boneless skinless chicken thighs baked in the oven with the potatoes with my special italian rub, and some steamed broccoli, cauliflour, squash, carrot mix with salt to taste!!!

A protien shake after I lift tonight, and Light cooking Irish stew with Brown soda bread, about 600 cals for the stew and bread and 500 for the shake.

I have beef stew in the crockpot at home. It has been a lot of the crockpot with my boys in basketball right now. It is much nicer though to have the dinner done than to get home and scramble. I eat way healthier this way.

spicy pork and rice

take 1 pork tenderloin, cut into cubes, brown in 1 T canola oil, brown 1/2 yellow onion, add can low sodium diced tomatoes, can low sodium (rinsed and drained) black beans, 1 package lower sodium taco seasoning mix and 1 bay leaf. Simmer for an hour, serve over brown rice and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. ( I use full fat cheese, tastes better).

We had a yummy dinner... hubby made it too! Grilled tilapia, scallops in Pam cooking spray, potatoes roasted in the oven, brown rice with coconut flavoring, sugar free butterscotch pudding with a few toffee pieces on top! Yumm-O!

not tonight- but at some point this week: Turkey/turkey sausage meatloaf- with peppers & onion, mashed sweet potatoes, and seasoned greenbeans with mushrooms= cant wait!!

Tonight we're having salads.... but nothing boring! Mine will be:

Grilled chicken made with various spices
lettuce
corn
tomatoes
green chilis
black beans
light sour cream
avacado
drizzle of BBQ sauce

For my husband, who won't eat the above.....

grilled chicken
lettuce
hardboiled eggs
cheese
croutons
ranch

I'm having the following throw together protein boost for dinner. My meal planning fell apart today and what I did eat wasn't my preferred ratio of carbs to protein so I'm trying to make up for it.

1/4 c lentils
1/4 c barley
2 cups water
1 boneless, skinnless chicken thigh
1/8 teaspoon of salt
+/- 1/4 tsp of:
garlic powder
onion powder
cumin
black pepper

bring water to boil and add all ingredients stirring to mix spices
bring to boil and reduce heat (I am using #2 on my small burner electric stove)
cover and let simmer stirring occasionally until barley and lentils are cooked (not sure how long as I've never done this before)

Hopefully it will taste as heavenly as it smells.

FYI - ratio of grain to water is 1:4

im going to give the biggest losers black bean soupa try tonight

I baked some store bought turkey breast tenderloins and made mashed sweet potatoes with a little lite butter and honey. Yummy!

Bump!! Some awesome recipies on this post :-)

Mine is Tariyaki Chicken (which has beeen marinading in teriyaki allllll day)
Served with veg (broccoli, carrots and trim beans) and brown rice :-)

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