Coach G - Fit Family Fun!

After 4 days off from work and taking the weekend off from meal prepping last weekend, it's back to the routine now. My stomach also needs a break from all the thanksgiving leftovers we've had over the past few days, This meal prep was a very simple one and took about two and a half hours to get done. I was done before the bread and the slow cooker were! It seems my husband was missing his lunches, he requested stuffed spuds for lunch. Dinner Prep   Swedish Meatballs - I made this using fat free half and half and extra lean ground beef. Beef and Vegetable Stir Fry Crock Pot Cashew Chicken Vegetarian Three Bean Chili Lunch Prep Stuffed Spuds I also always bake a bread and it is a delicious Ezekiel bread. The machine bread recipe can be found  here As always I encourage your comments and look forward to hearing from you

This is a quick, healthy, and very simple recipe. Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1.5 lbs beef sirloin, sliced 2 garlic cloves 1 tsp grated ginger 12 oz mixed veggies of your choice (I like to use, broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots) 1/2 C teriyaki sauce Instructions Heat oil in a medium pan on medium high heat. Add beef and stir for about 7 minutes Add garlic and ginger and stir. cook until chicken is cooked through. Add vegetables, stir and let it cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables start to get tender. Add Teriyaki sauce and let it cook for 5 minutes. Serve over rice. Makes 4 servings.

These past few weeks I've been on a tidying binge. Clutter has been stressing me out. Actually a lot of things have been stressing me out lately!  I've been going through all the rooms trying to find better ways to organize. Finally I tackled my work room or as it's recently been dubbed "the room of requirements" where basically everything ended up. I cleaned it up and finally got see my work desk tidy and clutter free for the first time in a long time. Working down here also helps to keep my stress levels down so it's a win win situation. I worked on a jewelry piece on Saturday evening and put it in the kiln on Sunday morning. It sat in the kiln for about 4 hours so what to do in the meantime? Cook of course and help alleviate the weekly stresses of worrying about  dinner time and lunch time. Last week I made a spinach lasagna and if my husband were reading this blog... ahem... he would have figured that out instead of being disappointed by the lack

Ingredients: 2 C baby spinach and arugula mix 1/4 C chopped cucumbers 1/4 C shredded carrots 1/4 C chopped red bell pepper 1 chopped green onion 5 cherry tomatoes 1/2 C cooked steak Your favorite dressing. I like an oil and vinegar dressing on this. Instructions: Layer the ingredients in the order given above and enjoy!

Ingredients 4 large whole wheat tortillas 4 tbsp Fire Roasted Artichoke and Spinach Hummus 2 oz baby spinach and arugula mix 2 C cooked steak, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped Instructions Layer the ingredients on 1 tortilla in the following order: 1 tbsp hummus, 0.5 oz greens, 1/2 C steak, 1/4 of the red bell peppers. Fold two sides and roll the tortilla Serves 4

Ingredients: For the red sauce: 2 tsp olive oil 1 lb lean ground beef 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp pepper 1 tsp salt 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves 29 oz canned tomato sauce 2 tsp Italian seasoning For the white sauce: 4 tbsp unsalted butter 4 tbsp all purpose flour 2 C reduced fat milk 1/4 tsp salt 9 oven ready lasagna noodles 1/2C reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese Instructions: Preheat oven to 350F To prepare the red sauce: Heat oil in a medium pot. Add beef and break up into small pieces. Add the spices, salt, and pepper, and brown beef. Add the onion and cook until translucent. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomato sauce and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium low and let it simmer for 20 minutes. To prepare the white sauce: In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter and add the flour. Cook until the mixture starts to brown, Slowly add the milk while stirring constantly.

Daylights saving time gave me an extra hour today since I woke up early. I had time to go buy a new bookshelf for my daughter, build it (I actually enjoy doing that), and re-organize her room. After I was done I started with my meal prep. I discovered 4 new recipes this week and seem quite good. I also like that they include a starch, protein, and veggies. I ended up going for kale salads for lunch because I doubled up my kale order last week. I wanted 3 bunches and didn't realize that each "bunch" was actually two bunches. Kale overload!!! As usual I tweaked some of the recipes to make them a bit healthier. Dinner prep  C rispy Parmesan Garlic Chicken With Zucchini -This looks really delicious but requires 8 tbsp of butter! Instead of using 4 tbsp butter to dredge the chicken I used egg whites.   Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna. I've made some modifications to this recipe and I'm working on a video to add. Slow Cooker Sausage, Spinach A