I would like to amend my September goals. The new addition: wash all the dishes every night. I have this tendency to leave them for a couple days. Then the massive but manageable mountain of dishes turns into a soul-crushing impossible task (yes, I'm feeling a bit over-dramatic today).
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| Tonight's Dinner. Delicious! |
So, here was tonight's dinner. I think it was even good enough that it made up for all the dishes I now have to wash. I was famished after playing tennis tonight, and it definitely hit the spot: honey glazed salmon, honey balsamic green beans, and mini stuffed bell peppers. Here are the recipes if you feel like giving them a try. This large meal was about 300 calories- 1/2 of salmon filet, 1/5 of green bean recipe, and 4 stuffed bell pepper halves. This left me enough calories to enjoy some dark chocolate guilt free.
Honey Glazed Salmon
This is a super quick and easy recipe for making sweet baked salmon. If it's too sweet for you add a bit of lemon juice to the glaze. This is my go-to recipe for quick salmon.
Ingredients
2- 5 oz salmon fillets
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon honey
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
cooking spray
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Spray baking sheet with cooking spray, and place salmon fillets on it.
- To make glaze mix olive oil, honey, garlic, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Spread glaze over salmon.
- Bake for about about 20 minutes (until the fish flakes with a fork).
- Enjoy!
Honey Balsamic Green Beans
This recipe is from Hungry Meets Healthy. It's quite simple and so good. I'll definitely be making this again.
Ingredients
1 lb fresh green beans
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
salt and pepper (to taste)
Directions
- Boil a large pot of water. Add green beans. Blanch for 2 minutes.
- Remove the beans from water, and immediately cool in ice bath (to stop cooking process). Or, do it my lazy way. Dump off boiling water, and run cold tap water over the beans until cool.
- In a large saucepan heat olive oil on medium heat. Add garlic and onions. Cook until onions are translucent (~5 min).
- Add green beans, cover, and cook for 10 minutes (stirring occasionally).
- Stir in honey, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Cook uncovered for several minutes until green beans are cooked as desired.
- Enjoy! These are surprisingly delicious. I couldn't get enough green beans.
Mini Cream Cheese Stuffed Bell Peppers
I whipped these up quickly yesterday when I remembered I had to bring an appetizer to a barbecue. I just mixed them up with stuff I had on hand. I was so excited to see these mini peppers on sale last week that I picked up a bag with no idea what I was going to do with it. I'm so glad I did, because these were fabulous and easy.
Ingredients
~19 mini bell peppers
6oz light whipped cream cheese
1/2 cup plain nonfat greek yogurt
1- 15oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
4 green onions, chopped
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons cilantro, dried
salt and pepper to taste
paprika (as garnish)
Directions
- Slice mini peppers in half. Remove stem and seeds.
- Place pepper halves on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl combine cream cheese, yogurt, green onion, black beans, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper.
- Spoon cream cheese mixture into bell pepper halves.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Broil for 5-10 minutes.
- Enjoy!
Do you hate washing dishes as much as I do? Any tricks for making this chore less onerous? Do you cook more when trying to lose weight and eat healthy?
