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those interested in my south beach menu plan...
Here is a very ghetto version that I quickly typed up!
Dinner Ideas:
Grilled chicken over broccoli rabe with cannellini beans (boil broccoli rabe, drain, saut? in 2TBS olive oil with minced garlic, salt and pepper, then add about 1 cup fat free chicken broth ? bring to simmer. Add rinsed beans. Serve with grilled chicken.
Salsa chicken ? spread salsa over chicken breasts, bake until cooked through. Throw shredded low-fat cheddar on top and broil for a minute to melt cheese. Served with steamed broccoli.
Taco salad ? brown 1lb. turkey meat, drain. Add taco seasoning packet & 2/3 cup water and cook for a few more minutes. Shred 1 head iceburg, dice a few plum tomatoes and an avocado. Put lettuce on plate, add taco meat, tomatoes, some salsa, avocado and some low-fat shredded cheddar. I toss with a fat-free ranch or low-fat homemade ranch (1 cup buttermilk, ? cup each LF sour cream and LF mayo, salt & pepper, chives, and some other seasonings)
Baked pork chops w/ roasted asparagus: trim visible fat from pork, add some minced garlic and a few dashes of soy sauce to each side. Put on roasting pan rack OVER a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 7 minutes on each side, then put under broiler for like 2 more minutes. Spritz asparagus with olive oil PAM, sprinkle with Adobo (and some lemon sometimes) and bake until desired tenderness.
Shrimp with vegetables: slice a zucchini ? saut? in 2TBS olive oil until almost cooked through, add 1 container grape tomatoes (whole) and sprinkle with some kosher salt. Cook for a few minutes, add about ? cup fat-free chicken broth, bring to a simmer. Add 1 bag baby spinach and leave it until it starts to wilt. When all wilted, move everything to the outer edge of pan and add shrimp (I did like 16 or 18 for MH and I) ? sprinkle with Adobo and lemon (as much as you like). Cook shrimp, toss it all together, and you?re done!
Taco burgers: 93% lean ground beef, ? jar salsa, egg? mix all together, grill, top with shredded low-fat shredded cheddar and broil for a minute? serve with avocado slices.
Lunch:
Leftovers!
Big salads
I make 2 big pots of soup in the beginning of the week? lentil and minestrone (following South Beach guidelines, so they arerecipes modified from my regular ones) and eat that.
Turkey, low-fat ham and low-fat cheese rollups (I like to roll up, slice, and then put on top of salad for a kind of antipasta)
Breakfasts:
I make veggie and egg ?muffins? in the beginning of the week and eat 1 or 2 for breakfast every day?. Turkey bacon is also allowed. Muffins include stuff like spinach/feta, mushroom, artichoke, roasted pepper? any veggies I have and like go in it!
merry christmas from my little elves!
Re: those interested in my south beach menu plan...