Saturday, March 29, 2008

This week's Dinner Plan

Saturday: Chicken tacos
Sunday: Cook out! Marinated steak tips and chicken breast, grilled veggies, low fat mac n cheese made with whole grain pasta and salad
Monday: Chicken Enchilladas and a side salad
Tuesday: Low fat egg rolls with sweet and sour chicken and ginger green beans
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Vegetable "fried" rice with Ahso chicken
Friday: Sushi!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Recipe Reviews

I tried the two recipes from my new weight loss surgery cook book.

The first one I tried was the Teriyaki Turkey Burgers. The burgers were tasty, but a bit dry. The sauce that I made along with the burgers probably would have helped with the dryness, but it seemed to be a little greasy, so I skipped it. I poured a bunch on D's burger, and she loved it.

Next time, I will just make regular turkey burgers, and serve them with low fat mayo on an english muffin.

The second recipe I tried was the Beef Stroganoff. The recipe called for tomato sauce and red wine. It probably would have been good if I wasn't expecting stroganoff. It just didn't taste anything like stroganoff. The wine taste was probably less subtle than it was supposed to be.

Next time, I'm just going to modify a more traditional stroganoff recipe on my own to make it low fat, and I will let you know how that is!

I have more recipes to try, but so far, I'm not overly impressed with the first two recipes, but that could be a fluke.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Soup's On!

This week I'm trying two recipes (*below) from my Eating Well after Weight Loss Surgery recipe book. Here is my dinner plan for the week:

Saturday - Teriyaki Turkey Burgers* on whole grain toasted english muffins with fresh carrots, celery and cukes
Sunday - Beef Stroganoff* over whole grain egg noodles (yes! they have those!) with asparagus
Monday - Chicken with artichoke hearts and crushed tomatoes over (you guessed it) whole grain rotini with a side salad
Tuesday - Grilled Salmon with cucumber dill sauce, whole grain rice pilaf and cucumber spears
Wednesday - Steak Salad with mixed greens
Thursday - Grilled lemon pepper chicken thighs with roasted mixed vegetables
Friday - Sushi!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Dinner Plan for the week

Sunday - Corned beef and veggies
Monday - Corned beef and veggies again!
Tuesday - Chicken, Artichoke hearts and tomatoes over whole grain pasta
Wednesday - Grilled Chicken Salad
Thursday - Pork chops with whole grain rice pilaf and green beans
Friday - Teriyaki Steak on the grill, mixed veggies on the grill
Saturday - Sushi

I have been better about having tuna as a sandwich during the week to get in more Omega 3s. I eat the whole can and mix it with pickles, celery, 1 tbsp of low fat mayo, and I eat it in a whole grain wrap.

I made New England Boiled dinner today, and we are going to Jimmy's for the same thing again tomorrow. Let's just hope I didn't overdo it with sodium!

Monday, March 3, 2008

Meal Plan

Monday - Chicken with artichoke hearts and tomatoes, over whole grain pasta in a light white wine sauce
Tuesday - Pork chops with whole grain cous cous and a side salad
Wednesday - Chicken thighs with whole grain orzo with lentils and teriyaki green beans Thursday - Tuna salad wraps with fresh cucumbers
Friday - Sushi! (Salmon and Tuna) Saturday - Flying to AZ!