How Many Calories?
Posted on December 29, 2011 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
“It’s easier to get up the will-power to turn down a 900 calorie double-burger with cheese and sauce and opt for a 400 calorie chicken sandwich or salad when you know your entire daily needs are about 1600 calories.”
– Joan Carter, a CNRC registered dietitian and instructor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in [...]
Sunday Dinner
Posted on June 12, 2011 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables, food | Leave a Comment
This was the Sunday Dinner I prepared for the wife and I tonight. So good.
No need to add a bunch of crap to veggies to “make them taste good.” That’s weak. All I did was add spinach to a bowl. Then I added cherry tomatoes (sliced in half), steamed broccoli and sauteed zucchini (sauteed in [...]
What We Eat
Posted on August 19, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, food | 2 Comments
What the Average American Consumes in a Year:
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Pretty interesting chart. Thought it was worth sharing.
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Zucchini, Mushroom, Garlic and Spinach Salad
Posted on June 3, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables, food, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
Had this last night w/ grilled chicken. Few cloves of finely chopped garlic sauteed in olive oil. Add chopped zucchini and mushrooms. Let it all cook together for a bit. Add some feta cheese and then add some chopped spinach. It was really good on top of the chicken.
I think I’ve posted this before but [...]
Memorial Day Choripan
Posted on May 31, 2010 - Filed Under food | 2 Comments
We had a great Memorial Day holiday. I ran 10 miles in the morning and in the afternoon we grilled up some veggies and some chorizo Argentino to make choripan.
Choripan. So good. : )
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Cinco de Mayo Feast
Posted on May 6, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, food | 1 Comment
This is what I made for our Cinco de Mayo feast yesterday. Oven-baked chicken chimichangas. Topped with sour cream, fresh avocado and tomatoes. Also, I used pinto beans and corn inside this time, in addition to the chicken, cheese, and salsa.
Had to have the chips, salsa, and guac to go with it!
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Time for Healthy Eating
Posted on March 31, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition | Leave a Comment
We can all find the time to eat healthier. Sometimes all it takes is better planning.
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Fed Up With Lunch
Posted on March 10, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition | 1 Comment
Maybe you’ve seen this and maybe you haven’t, but I wanted to pass this along. Fed Up with Lunch: The School Lunch Project is a blog by a teacher who is eating school lunch everyday. Read why she’s doing it and some other FAQs.
It’s pretty interesting to see the food that the schools serve and [...]
Easy Turkey Burger Recipe
Posted on January 28, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment
Made turkey burgers for dinner the other night. Oven-roasted red potatoes along with them. Delicious and easy to make.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1-1.5 lbs Ground Turkey
1 Zucchini
1 egg
Worchestershire Sauce
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Salt
Peppper
Whole wheat buns
Whatever toppings you want.
What I did:
Put ground turkey into a large bowl. Shred up zucchini into turkey. Add the egg, and everything else. Mix together [...]
Kitchen Fun
Posted on January 14, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables | 7 Comments
I had some fun in the kitchen last night. Decided to try something new for dinner and see if it would work out. First, let me post a picture of my little kitchen helper:
And by helper, I mean she found a drawer she liked and took everything out and left it on the floor. Oh [...]
