Good morning! Happy Wednesday and middle of the week to you! I’m currently aching from my run this morning and workout yesterday. More on that tomorrow! Today I want to share some recent flavors with you.
It’s another edition of What I Ate Wednesday and the continued focus of Fall Into Good Habits. On Monday I shared my challenge to eat clean this week. I have been focused and trying to make this a habit! As I said Monday, it’s all about creating and sticking to a plan and this week I have stuck with my meal plans! You can read all about my Healthy Dinner options this week and other eats below. Make sure to stop by Peas and Crayons to read about what foods others are eating! Thanks to Jenn for linking us all up! Some of my favorites:
- Laura @ Sprint to the Table
- Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli
- Lauren @ Oatmeal with a Fork
Flavor
On Monday night I tried Juli’s recipe at paleOMG for Pumpkin Cashew Coconut Curry Chicken. And as her blog title names, OMG! This recipe was amazing!! The secret ingredient to a great “rice” for this recipe was Cauliflower. Who knew that you could take this:
And make this:
The only changes I made to this recipe was less cayenne and no red pepper flakes and it was still spicy so make sure to taste as you make it because it’s spicy! But let me tell you guys, this was the best dish I have had in a while. Juli is a cooking genius because my husband hates Cauliflower and he loved this Coconut “Rice”. If you don’t have a food processor you can make this recipe and serve it over regular rice or quinoa and it would still be amazing!
Make sure to check out Juli’s site for this recipe. And you NEED to watch her cooking video that goes with it. I was laughing so hard watching her dance, I wish I could be friends with her.
Yesterday’s dinner was a remake of the Stuffed Zucchini’s I made before but this time I changed up the recipe from Real Simple.
Quinoa & Ground Turkey Stuffed Red Peppers & Zucchinis
Serves (4)
Mixings
- (2) Red Bell Peppers- cut in half, seeded and cleaned out
- (2) Zucchinis- cut in half and seeds scooped out
- (1) lb of Ground Turkey
- (1/2) Cup of Cooked Quinoa
- (1/2) Can of Great Northern Beans
- (2) Garlic Cloves- chopped
- (1) Tomato- chopped
- (1/3) Cup of Shredded Parmesan- for topping
- (1) Tsp of Salt & (1) Tsp of Pepper
- The inside of the Zucchini chopped up
Preheat your oven to 400. Cut the Red Bell Peppers and Zucchini’s in half and scoop out seeds so there is room for the “stuffing”. Cook the ground turkey fully and then mix all ingredients in the same pan leaving out the Parmesan.
Stuff the peppers with the mixture.
Place in baking pan, cover with foil and bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes.
Remove the pan from the oven and add Parmesan on top. Place the pan back in the oven without the foil and bake for another 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
They were so delicious and great with the Ground Turkey. Of course you can make these vegetarian without the Ground Turkey and they still have plenty of protein with the beans and quinoa!
Some other eats from yesterday:
Mango Greek Yogurt with Blueberries and a side of Eggs
Avocado, Turkey & Tomato Salad
Fitnessista’s Amaze Balls (sub chocolate chips for Unsweetened Cocoa)
What is one of your favorite “healthy” snacks? I need some ideas!
I hope you guys enjoyed my eats and try some of them out. Tomorrow I have a new workout coming for you!
Hi Natalie! Thanks for mentioning me and the retweet last night!
That curry looks delicious! I’ve been on the hunt for a good curry recipe, so I’ll have to head over there and check it out! Can’t wait for the workout tomorrow! Happy Wednesday girl!
This curry recipe was so so good! The workout will be up soon
Hope you are having a great week!
thank you SO much for the shout out! your eats all look so good. i’m a cauliflower rice addict – also parsnip rice. mmmm…
favorite sweet-healthy snacks include carrot back protein batter, microwave brownie parfaits, and – of course -various PB & jeggs creations.
I had never had cauliflower rice until this week! Now I should try the parsnip rice too
Thanks for the snack ideas!
Both those recipes sounds great. I made PaleOMG’s pumpkin curry sliders and those were good too. Cauliflower is the best because it’s so versatile.
Oh Pumpkin Curry Sliders sounds delicious! I need to check those out.
I love different variations on hummus – sweet potato hummus, hemp seeds hummus, zucchini hummus – or different dips (i.e. eggplant baba ganoush) with veggies for a snack! Another good one is 1/2 sweet potato (steamed or mashed) with 1 tbsp almond butter and sometimes I had a few pieces of apple and cinnamon and almond milk.
I love hummus! I made sweet potato one time and it was great with cinnamon in it!
Thanks for these recipes! I’m always on the lookout for new recipes to try and these look delish.
Happy WIAW!
Thanks Shannon! I hope you try them
Wow! These recipes look great! I’m esp intrigued by the cauliflower rice! I’m def going to make it for the hubby! He loves his rice so let’s see if this will fly with him!
I love to stuff zucchinis and I’m obsessed with quinoa so this is perfect! I like to use dates to make my own larabars..the sky’s the limit with this one..can add anything you want. I’ve been sneaking in some protein powder also
Thanks Min! It’s usually hard to convince my husband to eat healthy items like this, he would normally want regular rice but he liked this so I think yours will too! And I still want to make your larabar recipe
You eat so “clean” – great inspiration! I needed some extra inspiration. I love cauliflower rice! Haven’t made it in a while and I was actually craving some cauliflower pizza yesterday as well… I think I need to get me some cauliflower
Thank you! I have yet to try the cauliflower pizza yet but it looks so good!
Thanks for the shout out Natalie! That chicken curry sounds amazing! I picked up a head of cauliflower the other day with the intention of making either “rice” or another cauliflower pizza crust…but I’m having a hard time deciding so I may just have to make BOTH! But now I know EXACTLY what I’m going to make with my rice! This is the first I’ve seen of Juli’s blog but it looks like she has some pretty tasty recipes…I’ll have to check it out!
Favorite healthy snacks: Greek yogurt/cottage cheese with fruit/cereal/granola/trail mix/ok, basically anything
and veggies dipped in mustard! I’m a mustard ADDICT!
I know I just found Juli’s blog and I’m looking forward to trying some of her other recipes
I love Greek yogurt with trail mix too! But I honestly have never thought to dip my veggies in mustard! I need to try this, so simple!
I must try the califlower rice for Dad – maybe he won’t notice it is not real rice – much better for him. Your food presentation makes everything look so yummy! Love you. Mom
Yes you should! I bet he won’t even notice! Love you!