Hello friends! I have a couple of recipes here that I would like to share with you first. Last night, one of my facebook friends asked me for my creamy buckwheat cereal recipe. I only follow the cereal directions on the back of the box, but an old friend from high school posted under my link today and shared her wonderful buckwheat cereal recipe. I thank her very, very much! This looks absolutely delicious, and I can't wait to try it! Here is what she posted:
"I make a delicious cream of buckwheat cereal from raw buckwheat groats. I rinse and then soak the buckwheat in the fridge in a jar...it will last a couple of weeks. This brings out the nutrients and makes it softer. I put about 1/4 cup of the soaked groats in a blender with a banana, some cinammon and about 2 inches of water..add some sea salt, blend it up and cook it on the stove on low heat. It's ready in 5 minutes and it's delicious. It's also great with fresh fruit, yoghurt, flax oil or a little maple syrup or agave nectar drizzled on top. Um Yum! ♥ (It's my famous buckwheat recipe..lol..everyone who comes over to my house requests it. Good luck u guys..and let me know if you make it!" ♥
Here is another great recipe from a friend of mine on facebook. I am going to make this over the weekend. This is a recipe for Quinoa Stuffed Peppers. You will see a picture of this yummy entree at the top of the blog. (I tried to put the picture down here by the recipe, but failed. Still learning this blog stuff.)
This dish freezes well for future meals. Quinoa provides whole-grain goodness and a serving of protein.
Directions
1. Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and celery, and cook 5 minutes, or until soft. Add cumin and garlic, and sauté 1 minute. Stir in spinach and drained tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes, or until most of liquid has evaporated.
2. Stir in black beans, quinoa, carrots, and 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 20 minutes, or until quinoa is tender. Stir in 1 cup cheese. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour liquid from tomatoes in bottom of baking dish.
4. Fill each bell pepper half with heaping 3/4-cup quinoa mixture, and place in baking dish. Cover with foil, and bake 1 hour. Uncover, and sprinkle each pepper with 1 Tbs. remaining cheese. Bake 15 minutes more, or until tops of stuffed peppers are browned. Let stand 5 minutes. Transfer stuffed peppers to serving plates, and drizzle each with pan juices before serving.
Ingredient list:
Serves 8
1 medium onion, finely chopped (1 cup)
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 ribs celery, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
1 Tbs. ground cumin
2 cloves garlic, minced (2 tsp.)
1 10-oz. pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
2 15-oz. cans diced tomatoes, drained, liquid reserved
1 15-oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup quinoa
3 large carrots, grated (1 1/2 cups)
1 1/2 cups grated reduced-fat pepper Jack cheese, divided
4 large red bell peppers, halved lengthwise, ribs removed
Thank you, my other great FB friend for sharing this! It really looks good! I will post more recipes on here as I go along.
Today was a good day. Nothing spectacular happened, but that is ok. My meal plan went smooth and I just worked around the house and got a few things done. Not much to do on a gloomy rainy day, so my son and I just stayed home. The poor kid has a cold, so he didn't feel like doing anything. I feel bad he is sick over his Spring Break. :( However, tomorrow we are going to go bowling with some friends.
I went to a turbo kick class tonight at the studio where I teach Zumba. Our main instructor added a turbo kick class once a week to the schedule, and let me tell ya....it kicked my butt! I am a creature of habit, so I favor Zumba over any exercise. But this class worked different muscle groups, and it sure worked me out good. I look so funny doing kickboxing, though! I feel very uncoordinated. I definitely punch like a girl. LOL I won't give up. I think it is good to mix up your exercise and have variety. I thank her so much for adding this class! I did mention in an earlier blog that I wanted to shake up my exercise this week. I want to try a spin class at the gym that I go to. Get me out of my comfort zone a little bit!
Here is my picture of the week. My son settled down long enough today to snap it with my phone. Thank you, son! I know it is not a whole body shot, but most of the weight that I have lost has come off of my upper body anyway, and that is A-OK with me! :) I feel happy, glowing, and blessed. I hope you are all feeling the same!
Goodnight friends. See you all tomorrow. Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast-
Smoothie with 1 c. almond milk, 1/2 c. strawberries, 1 apple, and handful spinach
1 hard boiled egg
1 c. green tea
32 oz water
Mid-morning snack-
10 baby carrots
16 oz water
Lunch-
Bowl of vegetable soup
16 oz water
Mid-afternoon snack-
1 c. freshcut pineapple
16 oz water
Dinner-
Chicken stir-fry
16 oz water
After-dinner snack-
1/2 c. mixed nuts
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