menu

I don't think I am doing anything profound or fancy but since I like to know what others are eating (especially while losing weight) I figured I would post about my meals.

Mon-Tonight we are having some salmon.  My parents went to Alaska and caught these themselves and we have had a bunch in our freezer.  I don't love it.  But I can tolerate it.  Maybe I need a good recipe hehe.  And with that I am serving some brown rice.  I make the rice by sauteing the dry rice with some olive oil, onion and garlic, oh and celery if I have it.  then I put it in a pot with the right amount of veggie stock and simmer for 30 mins or more til tender.  And I will probably make frozen peas cause my kids love them (an I will be lucky to get anyone to eat the salmon)

Tues- We will have hamburgers made with the beef from a quarter steer we bought last year.  We know where it cam from and what it was fed and how it died.  I love that! With this I will make some big chunky fries (which I will only have a couple of) by cutting some yukon gold potatoes into 8ths and sticking them in a bag with some olive oil and Mrs Dash.  shake it up and lay out on a cookie sheet or 9x13 pan.  bake for 30-45 mins.  I have some corn on the cob from last summers farmers market that will be added as well.

Wed- BLT's on homemade bread with all natural bacon made without nitrates and nitrites.  we will have some carrot and orange bell pepper spears and maybe a fruit salad

Thurs- I will make a crustless quiche.  I start by sauteing olive oil, onion, garlic, til tender then add a few chopped mushrooms.  when they are soft I add a couple of big handfuls of spinach.  cook til it wilts then put that in a pie dish.  I sprinkle that with some feta cheese and then whisk 5 eggs with a dash of milk pour over the cheese and bake.  I think it's 350 for 45 mins. then I will whip up some home made biscuits (for the kids and hubby).

Fri- I will be gone for dinner (at a conference for Christian mothers) but will thaw some homemade chili I had left last week.(I cooked the beans and everything!) for the family. Not sure what I will be eating while at the conference.  I probably won't be great but I will try to have portion control and pick wisely what to eat.

I will post more here about other menus as I go.  I like to make my own homemade refried beans and we do eat a lot of beans around here :)  They use butter and are very good and easy.  And I make bread once or twice a week.  I need to cut back on the amount I eat, but it is whole wheat and I know all the ingredients so I know my family is getting good things to eat.

Like I mentioned in my previous post, I will be planning on making smoothies for breakfast and salads for lunch (though I was starving not long after today's so we will see what I can do to help ramp it up tomorrow).  I would love to know what kinds of things others are eating on this quest for health and weightloss...

well, screaming toddler at my feet means time to go make dinner