Favorite regular meals

Anne2325 wrote: »

Dinner:
Vegetable fetticcini

2T thinly sliced onion
3 small zucchini (50 cent diameter)
2-3 shakes of Cavenders Greek Seasoning (or salt & pepper, or Tony's, etc. what you like)
If you have it 2T dried tomato snipped to 1/2" shreds (mine is from my garden so no oil added)
2 triangles Bonnie Bell Low fat cheese (swiss, white cheddar, dried tomato & mozzarella, Chipotle, what ever you want)
3oz already cooked protein cut into small pieces (chicken, shrimp, pork loin, etc.)

Run zucchini through one of those twisty vegetable spaghetti makers on the large holes (saw them at CVS in the "on TV" aisle, bought mine at Bed Bath & Beyond). You could also just very thinly slice it into ribbons.
Saute onion on medium heat, in a couple of squirts of spray oil until transparent/golden. Remove from pan.
On fairly high heat, saute zucchini in another few squirts of oil until it starts to look translucent, 5-8 minutes.
Add in the cooked onion, the spice, and the dried tomatoes. Cook another 2-4 minutes
Turn down the heat to low and drop in the Bonni Bell cheese, break up cheese and gently fold around to coat the vegetable mixture - 2-3 minutes. You may need to add a tablespoon or two of water to keep everything fluid if the juice released from the zucchini cooks away to fast. It should not stick.
Fold in the protein for another minute or so until heated through.
Enjoy

Shredding up the zucchini is the longest part of the prep.

badgermama220 wrote: »

I love this thread! I'm just starting my journey to be healthier. My problem is the TIME it takes - I've found quick meals to make but they aren't the healthiest. I also only shop at Aldi's to keep the budget on track, so some of the frozen/ready made options just aren't there.

My new favorite breakfast: Simply Nature Instant oatmeal and Flax.
Favorite dinner: grilled chicken breast marinated in balsamic vinegar, steamed corn on the cob, fresh fruit salad (bite size cut strawberries, apples, and whatever else I've got fresh, dressed up with a scoop or two of greek yogurt)

avskk wrote: »

Favorite breakfast: light English muffin (or bagel thin), Laughing Cow cheese, scrambled egg. Alternately, Greek yogurt, fruit, turkey bacon.

Favorite lunch: deli turkey and cheese on a sandwich thin/in a wrap with spinach and tomato, side of baby carrots and cucumber slices, handful of popchips. Alternately, two turkey franks with mustard, cottage cheese with diced raw vegetables and salsa, fruit.

Favorite dinner: pan-grilled pork loin chops with garlic and thyme, two whole steamed artichokes with lemon butter. Alternately, roasted chicken thighs, lemon-steamed broccoli, quinoa.

I like food way too much, man. I didn't even have to think.

avskk wrote: »

I have been known to eat four whole artichokes at once. I actually quibbled over that meal, because my FAVORITE favorite dinner would just be three artichokes and lemon butter... but that doesn't sound very balanced.