Hi! I apologize for my delayed post! I passed OUT on Wednesday for the night at 8:30PM, then couldn't get my pictures to upload...a whole mess. But as a BONUS, you get 3 posts in 1 today:) We'll start with Wednesday night's dinner: Charred stuffed poblano peppers with Green Couscous...(based on this recipe)
First, we took the pobalanos (or any peppers you want to use) and seeded them. They tossed them in the broiler to toast up for about 20 minutes (flipping after 10 minutes)....
While the peppers were cooking, we got to working on the filing...which could NOT have been easier. You heat up a drizzle of oil and a few cloves of garlic before adding in 3 cups of corn (we used Trader Joe's Roasted Corn...yum!), a can of diced tomatoes, a diced onion and a teaspoon of cumin, salt & pepper to season it up. Let that all cook together for 7 or 8 minutes, or so....
Next, make a small slit in the tops of the peppers and stuff them with the corn & tomato mixture. Top with a little bit of cheese and then toss em back in the oven to allow the cheese to melt...
YUM!! These tasted like they should have been SUPER fattening, and yet they couldn't have been MORE guilt free! All the veggies just made tons of flavor with hardly any oil and zero grease. Gotta love homemade Mexican;)
As our side dish, we went a little GREEN:) We cooked up some Israeli couscous like last week....and then in the food processor mixed up some spinach, cilantro, lime zest, scallions, a drizzle of chicken stock & olive oil...
The herbs just made the couscous BURST with flavor, especially from the lime zest & cilantro. Just goes to show that you don't need a lot of fat to create AMAZING flavor! Herbs are awesome for that!
Whichhhhhh bring us to yesterday's lunch, that was almost equally as GREEN:)
In the non-green corner, I had my beloved pineapple Chobani yogurt for breakfast. Mango & Pineapple are so decadent & delicious! (that is, if you like yogurt I suppose;)
And in the VERY GREEN corner, I brought a salad with crasisns, chopped pecans & scallions, some leftover GREEN couscous and a pear....
But let's be real: The salad was just the vehicle to try out this dressing I got from Trader Joe's and OH-MY was it good!! :) And only 45 calories for 2 tablespoons...winner!
Anddddd speaking of Trader Joe's, it pretty much made our dinner for LAST night;)
When it was time to make our "TJ's pick" for the week, Scott knew just what he wanted to try:
I'm sure you "normal spice" folks will think this is a cake walk, but my "sensitive palate" was on FIYAH!;)
Thankfully, we had a NON-BLAZING side dish to balance it out:)
Mmmmmm...these little babies went from frozen to steamed in about 2 minutes in the microwave! They were little chicken & veggie bites sealed in a thin wrapper, made complete with their own "tangy soy sauce"....
LOVED these little guys...and 6 of them were only 160 calories. Not TOO shabby....better than a oil drenched egg roll any day;) (oh, but they weren't kiddin about THIS sauce either. It WASSSS tangy!)
The rest of the night was spent making some "all natural" cupcakes (more on those tomorrow!), FINALLY finishing "The Lost Symbol" (since it's due back to the library TODAY!) annnnddd catching up with ALL 20,357,209,357 hours of "American Idol" while chowing down on the last half of my Red Velvet "Sweet Eats" cupcake...
(don't worry...it had been in the freezer!:) The freezer is the best way to stretch out those desserts:)
Sooooo...since it's been a few days, I'll catch you up on my workouts:
Wednesday Morning: 20 minute Circle Pilates
Thursday Morning: 40 minutes dance, jogs, weights
Thursday Night: 40 minute treadmill interval routine (3 miles in 38 minutes....slowly getting there;)
Friday Morning: Biggest Loser-Power Sculpt -Level 2 & 3 (HATINGLIFE again lifting those weights;)
And in random blog news: I created a new tab at the top of the page for all of my "Food Finds" that I've mentioned on here! Honestly, the Trader Joe's section is almost embarrassing...but I can't sing their praises enough;) Hahahahahhahaha...so I thought you guys would enjoy the new little feature! I've also updated my "Cooking" page for all of the January recipes, even though I'll have to update it again soon since TUESDAY will be MARCH!! Can you believe it??!!
So anyway....I hope wherever you are that it's sunnier then it is here in Jersey! Oh my, it is a NASTY day! Rain, winds, possible flooding & thunderstorms...eeeeeeek! Oh well, at least it's Friday!!!! Rain, be dammed;) Have a great day everyone!
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