Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Not-So-Crabby Sandwich

What you'll need:
- 10 minutes
- fake crab meat / Surimi (in frozen section) its easy and delicious!
- ripe avocado
- whole grain wrap, roll, bread
- lettuce 
- tomato
- spices, lemon juice
- low-fat mayo


Protein:
Before: Frozen fake crab, defrost
After: Roughly chop up crab, add a tsp or two of mayo, add salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder

Vegetable:
Before: Raw lettuce, tomato, and avocado
After: Wash and slice up lettuce and tomato to be sandwich-ready. In a bowl mash up avocado with back of fork, add salt, pepper, garlic powder, Mrs Dash tomato/basil spice or just dried basil, and a lemon juice squirt

Carbohydrates:
Before: Cold or frozen whole grain item ( I used a roll)
After: Toast it up!

Build!
Place the avocado mash on the whole grain item, add lettuce/tomato slices, and top with crap salad!


AFTER!


, Sarah

**Dessert: 1/2 Cup of blueberry sorbet from Trader Joes topped with a handful of chocolate chips... mmmm!




Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Veggie Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

What is needed:
- 1 hr
- firm tofu
- onion/scallions
- few mushrooms
- tomato sauce
- red pepper (1/person)
- couscous
- lettuce and whatever veggies/nuts you have around for a side salad.
- olive oil, balsamic vinegar, spices



Vegetables:
Before: Chop the onions and mushrooms into small pieces. Slice the top the pepper and core it (use tops for salad:) if they don't stand upright on their own, slice the bottom to create a flat surface. Toss together chopped lettuce, and raw veggies in a bowl.
During: Saute onion/mushrooms in a drizzle of olive oil on stove. Top the raw salad with an olive oil-vinegar-salt-pepper dressing.

Protein:
Before: Dice up tofu into very small pieces
During: Add into saute pan and cook for additional 8-10 minutes approx. Add salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder. Spill in about a 1/4 cup of tomato sauce, just enough to coat the veggie/tofu mixture

Carbohydrate:
Before: Pour raw couscous in a bowl or pot.
During: Add the appropriate amount of boiling water, cover the pot/bowl, then fluff after about 10 minutes. Mix the couscous into the veggie/tofu or vice versa!


Build:
Stuff each pepper with the couscous/tofu mixture; cover with foil and pop in the oven at 350 for about 45 minutes.

After!


** Chop vs. Dice: Chopping is irregular pieces and Dicing makes uniform pieces
*My apologies for the multiple pot clean up, I will do better in the future, but remember to always coat the pans for the oven in foil or parchment paper!


, Sarah