try new healthy recipes

Four frozen strawberries
Four ice cubes
2 T frozen OJ concentrate
3/4 c water
1 T rice protein
1/2 t agave nectar
1/4 c egg white (pasteurized)
1/4 c raw cashews

Blend and sip.

I’ve made kasha (buckwheat) for breakfast lately and even found cornmeal to make what my grandma made me when I was a girl and got to stay overnight: cornmeal mush! I love it!

In the past week I’ve made a couple of bean soups. One was made by strictly following the recipe. It’s called Tuscan White Bean Stew and is completely vegetarian. The other one I’m going to call Tuscan Chomato Bean Soup.

This past Monday my DH and I varied our Cookies ‘n Cream smoothie recipe by substituting the frozen banana with frozen cherries, thus creating the “Cherry Bomb.”

This afternoon we substituted frozen strawberries for the banana and ended up with a “Strawberry Blaster.”

Yum on both counts!

I tried another soup recipe from Dr. Hyman’s UltraMetabolism cookbook.

It’s very good! My DH and I will be making this again.

My DH invented this today. It was fantastic! A very good nondairy healthy smoothie:

6 ice cubes
1 frozen banana
1/4 c. applesauce (plain)
1/2 c. soy yogurt
1 1/2 c. almond milk (unsweetened)
1 brown rice cake
2 T. honey
1 T. almond butter
1 T. cocoa nibs
1 t. cocoa (unsweetened)
1 t. vanilla

Put all in a blender. Blend until no ice chunks are apparent. The cocoa nibs will look like mini chocolate chips in this frothy smoothie.

Makes two large servings. Sip with straw. Smile.

We tried a new way to have wild Alaskan salmon. The fillets were frozen and came with a simple recipe for preparing without advanced thawing! Yay!

Brush oil on both sides of the fillet, fry skin-side-up in a pan for 3-4 minutes. Flip and sprinkle on seasonings (used lemon pepper). Add a bit of chicken broth, cover for two minutes. Remove lid and continue cooking until opaque (4-6 minutes).

Tasty.

I’ve re-opened this goal.

_{That’s an excellent feature, to re-open a goal. Thanks Robot Coop.}

My DH and I tried some new recipes during the past two months. We plan to try many more. It’s been fun and motivating.

I’m putting this on the “done” list and marking it “want to do it again!”

Last night my DH and I tried a new stir fry recipe using shrimp, green beans, shredded carrot, and cashews, seasoned with red pepper flakes, orange juice, and orange zest.

Consensus: It’s a keeper!