Well, I just spent some quality time (as in about 3 days) making up the menu for the next few weeks and Christmas. My husband seemed to think I was nuts to spend that much time going through recipes and figuring out what healthy things we would eat. Yet since these dietary changes are new to me, the cooking methods involved are also sometimes foreign so cooking takes a bit longer as I wing my way through this.
Without any further ado, this is what will be on our table for the next 2 weeks.
Sources will be listed for all of these in case you're interested in trying them out:
Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook:
pg 233 Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
pg 177 Arugula Salad
pg 284 Coconut Lime Chicken
pg 266 Sensuous Veggie Bean Enchiladas
pg 296 Creamy Cranberry Dressing
Food Allergy Survival Guide
pg 263 Apricot Slaw
Hyvee Holiday flyer:
Peach Caramel Upside Down Cake (will attempt to make this "clean")
Delicious Living magazine:
pg 32 Baked white fish w/ tomato & dill
Eating Well December 2010 edition:
pg. 36 Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
pg 43 Cranberry Apricot Squash
30 Minute Kosher Cookbook
pg 143 Stuffed Hamburger Swingers
Sugar Solution (regular book, not the cookbook)
pg 332 Indian Spiced Potatoes & Spinach
Groovyhooks blog:
Chicken Vegetable Pasta groovyhealthyways.blogsp
ot.com/2010/12/chicken-veg
etable-pasta.html
Braised Paprika Chicken groovyhealthyways.blogsp
ot.com/2010/12/braised-pap
rika-chicken.html
Squash, chickpea and lentil stew groovyhealthyways.blogsp
ot.com/2010/12/squash-chic
kpea-red-lentil-stew-8-hours.html
Hilary's Heavenly eggs groovyhealthyways.blogsp
ot.com/2010/12/hilarys-hea
venly-eggs.html
Christmas Menu
Ham
Cranberry Apricot Squash (Source listed above)
Holiday Scalloped Potatoes (modified to my needs) porchsittingandsharing.b
logspot.com/2009/09/holida
y-scalloped-potatoes.html
banana cranberry bread porchsittingandsharing.b
logspot.com/2010/11/cranbe
rry-banana-bread.html
salad
Roasted veggies - tomatoes, squash, carrots, onions, etc
Clean Eating Green Bean Casserole www.thegraciouspantry.co
m/clean-eating-green-bean-
casserole/
peanut butter peck cookies themommybowl.com/2010/12
/04/peanut-butter-peck-coo
kies-for-12-days-of-christmas/
poppy seed cake (I will be trying to healthify this recipe, but if that flops I will make it the traditional way and workout extra hard) porchsittingandsharing.b
logspot.com/2009/12/moms-p
oppy-seed-cake.html
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Richard Simmons Thanksgiving Dahy Shopping List
Here's a little inspiration for the holidays. I've tried the salad and it's really good!!!
November 20, 2005
THANKSGIVING DAY SHOPPING LIST
Today I start cooking for Thursday`s dinner extravaganza. Love that word,
don`t you? But before I cook a thing, I`ll visit the grocery store before
going to Slimmons to do my radio show. I sat down at the butcher block with
a menu and made out my list. I`ll get everything today except the turkey,
which will arrive on Wednesday.
First stop, the produce section. I`m serving a tossed green salad with Fiji
apples, mushrooms, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, chopped fresh chives, green
onions, and Italian parsley. I`ll be serving this salad with a parmesan oil
and vinaigrette dressing. It`s so easy to make. Put your oil and vinegar in
a blender, add a tablespoon of parmesan cheese, and whip up. You won`t
believe how good it is!
I`m baking my bread for the stuffing this year, one loaf buttermilk and one
loaf whole wheat. I`m putting together a very traditional stuffing recipe.
You know, celery, onions, and the teeniest bit of sage. This year, I`m
adding chopped roasted chestnuts and roasted corn kernels cut from the cob.
I`ll get yams that I will bake and then whip them up like mashed potatoes
with "I Can`t Believe it`s Not Butter" and a dollop of fat free sour cream.
I`m roasting vegetables on the grill this year, because the temperature will
be between 80 and 90 on Gobble Day. So on the grill goes artichokes that
have been steamed for 40 minutes and vertically cut in half. I`m also making
kabobs with Brussels sprouts, cherry tomatoes, and zucchini slices.
I wanted to make biscuits, but my thighs said no. The stuffing will be quite
enough.
Every year I make my own version of the cranberry relish. This recipe is on
the backside of the Ocean Spray Cranberry package. I usually use oranges or
tangerines to put in the relish, but this year, I`m doing chunks of
pineapple.
I know you`re dying to know what I`m making for dessert. A simple pumpkin
pie made with low fat eggnog, nutmeg, and cinnamon. How`s that sound?
Are you cooking this year? If so, do what I do. Carefully plan your dinner
and write the menu out. Look through your kitchen and see what ingredients
you already have on hand. Next, make out a list of what you will need for
next Thursday`s dinner. Now that I`ve told you what I`m having, you tell me
what you`re serving.
Have a productive Sunday!
Love,
Richard
November 20, 2005
THANKSGIVING DAY SHOPPING LIST
Today I start cooking for Thursday`s dinner extravaganza. Love that word,
don`t you? But before I cook a thing, I`ll visit the grocery store before
going to Slimmons to do my radio show. I sat down at the butcher block with
a menu and made out my list. I`ll get everything today except the turkey,
which will arrive on Wednesday.
First stop, the produce section. I`m serving a tossed green salad with Fiji
apples, mushrooms, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, chopped fresh chives, green
onions, and Italian parsley. I`ll be serving this salad with a parmesan oil
and vinaigrette dressing. It`s so easy to make. Put your oil and vinegar in
a blender, add a tablespoon of parmesan cheese, and whip up. You won`t
believe how good it is!
I`m baking my bread for the stuffing this year, one loaf buttermilk and one
loaf whole wheat. I`m putting together a very traditional stuffing recipe.
You know, celery, onions, and the teeniest bit of sage. This year, I`m
adding chopped roasted chestnuts and roasted corn kernels cut from the cob.
I`ll get yams that I will bake and then whip them up like mashed potatoes
with "I Can`t Believe it`s Not Butter" and a dollop of fat free sour cream.
I`m roasting vegetables on the grill this year, because the temperature will
be between 80 and 90 on Gobble Day. So on the grill goes artichokes that
have been steamed for 40 minutes and vertically cut in half. I`m also making
kabobs with Brussels sprouts, cherry tomatoes, and zucchini slices.
I wanted to make biscuits, but my thighs said no. The stuffing will be quite
enough.
Every year I make my own version of the cranberry relish. This recipe is on
the backside of the Ocean Spray Cranberry package. I usually use oranges or
tangerines to put in the relish, but this year, I`m doing chunks of
pineapple.
I know you`re dying to know what I`m making for dessert. A simple pumpkin
pie made with low fat eggnog, nutmeg, and cinnamon. How`s that sound?
Are you cooking this year? If so, do what I do. Carefully plan your dinner
and write the menu out. Look through your kitchen and see what ingredients
you already have on hand. Next, make out a list of what you will need for
next Thursday`s dinner. Now that I`ve told you what I`m having, you tell me
what you`re serving.
Have a productive Sunday!
Love,
Richard
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