Tip #1 Always have nutrient packed bulk food in the cupboard. If you add a cup of spinach to your rice or pasta dish, you just cut the fat and carbs in your serving size. I just had a a fabulous brunch that took me about 8 minutes to make.
So...brunch was a nice surprise. I love opening the fridge with no plan and coming up with restaurant quality meals!! I just grabbed my left overs mixed em and stacked em and YUM!!! While I was making dinner last night. I made Some Seeds of Change, Whole grain Tuscan Rice. Took it from the stove to the fridge in the pan. So, this morning, I threw about a serving in a pic sauce pan. I had a serving of sliced chicken, assiago and spinach sausage. With of course, some bulk spinach that was left over from earlier in the week. (because I always make 1 extra serving of things so I can reuse it in something else later.) I put that sausage mixture on another 1/3 of the pan and filled the rest with a cup-ish of fresh spinach and a touch of olive oil. Mix it all up till the spinach is wilted and everything was warm. Make enough room for an egg. The pan already has a little olive oil and natural juices, so no need to add butter or additional fat. So the over medium egg sat attop a phenomenal mix of sausage, spices, whole grains and spinach. It was comfort food full of protein, fiber, iron and lots of other goodies. Not to mention...I'll be full for hours!!!
Tip #2: Take a BIG spoonful or 2 off of your plate before you start. You can always go back for 2nds that way. And, sometimes you won't. Those calories add up!!! I also threw a nice serving scoop of it the sausage, spinach and rice mixture back into the rice in the fridge to shrink my portion and free up some cheat calories :)
Good Bulk items that are easy to have on hand at all times without worrying about waste.
- Spinach (This gets added to almost every meal i eat. Super easy and you just add it at the last 5 minutes of cooking)
- Edammame
- Pasta (I'm partial to 100% whole wheat THIN spaghetti or cappellini. You can't even tell its wheat.)
- Chick Peas
- Beans (Butter, Kidney, lima, white, whatever works for you, I change it up all the time)
- Whole Grains
- Any roasted vegetables ( When I'm cooking another meal, I throw in some bite size potato, and various veggies. Bake them with some olive oil and choice of seasoning. By the time your finished cooking and eating dinner. You box up the roasted goodness and throw it in the fridge!! A great snack, bulk food or side for an up coming meal. How happy am I in the morning when I get a fantastic side of home fries in about 5 minutes?!?!! And, its only 1 serving, so I don't over indulge. :)
Ok...time to do some real work....It'll be snack time in no time :)
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