Here's some food from the last month! Several repeat in similar themes: yogurt/fruit bowls, veggies + protein, noodles, snack trays. As always, click a photo to view full size/HQ.
(this first pic for sure was taken with the iPhone 11 and it is amazing)
I usually have oatmeal for breakfast, but it's really the fresh raspberries and blueberries that make it taste so good. I love your selection of good healthy meals that also taste great.
Thank you! And honestly, I didn't post recipes because they're all kind of based off of the same setup:
Chicken: 1. 2 chicken breasts directly in in 1 cup of stock (or heavily seasoned water) in the instant pot, sprinkled liberally with whatever seasonings I'm feeling (typically some combo of oregano, basil, garlic powder, turmeric, paprika, and/or Imperfect's "season all the things" which of course has TONS of spices, salt and pepper), occasionally white onions added for flavor. 2. Cooked manual high pressure for 10 minutes + 10 minutes natural release 3. Shred the chicken or cut into thin strips
Salad: Whatever greens you like mixed with a "dressing" made out of 1 scoop hummus (we always buy plain), a dash of lemon juice, garlic, salt pepper and a tiny bit of water for consistency. Toss all greens with the dressing. Top with parmesan or whatever cheese if you like.
Veggies: Steam for 10 min in the slow cooker (1 cup of salted water) and add butter/salt/pepper or fry in a pan with seasonings - paprika, salt/pepper, "season all the things" (I'm so lazy about using the oven). We use whatever we have, which is usually whatever Imperfect has - carrots, zucchini, onions, green beans mostly this summer and occasionally potatoes. Now we're starting to get cauliflower too!
And then assemble! My favorites this month were the salad+chicken+veggies bowl, and the veggies+chicken+noodle bowl. The noodles were cooked according to package direction and then I lightly oiled them with sesame oil.
I've been REALLY into Fage yogurt lately - just plain 5% fat, topped with granola (homemade or storebought), fruit, and honey. I buy the big tubs of yogurt. I also like one other brand that's less "thick" occasionally that has additional probiotics butI can't remember the name, but I prefer the really thick Fage the most. I will also add unflavored collagen powder if I'm worried about the protein content.
This sounds like a food prep route I should adopt, especially since I'm getting busier and busier and having more struggles with making dinner. And I've never made dressing from hummus but now I will because it sounds yummy.
I am conscious of the "prettiness" when putting the food together but I promise I'm not going hugely out of my way to make instagram-worthy meals. I just really like looking back like "Damn look how amazing that looks, what a good meal" XD
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Date: 2020-09-03 06:40 pm (UTC)Chicken:
1. 2 chicken breasts directly in in 1 cup of stock (or heavily seasoned water) in the instant pot, sprinkled liberally with whatever seasonings I'm feeling (typically some combo of oregano, basil, garlic powder, turmeric, paprika, and/or Imperfect's "season all the things" which of course has TONS of spices, salt and pepper), occasionally white onions added for flavor.
2. Cooked manual high pressure for 10 minutes + 10 minutes natural release
3. Shred the chicken or cut into thin strips
Salad:
Whatever greens you like mixed with a "dressing" made out of 1 scoop hummus (we always buy plain), a dash of lemon juice, garlic, salt pepper and a tiny bit of water for consistency. Toss all greens with the dressing. Top with parmesan or whatever cheese if you like.
Veggies:
Steam for 10 min in the slow cooker (1 cup of salted water) and add butter/salt/pepper or fry in a pan with seasonings - paprika, salt/pepper, "season all the things" (I'm so lazy about using the oven). We use whatever we have, which is usually whatever Imperfect has - carrots, zucchini, onions, green beans mostly this summer and occasionally potatoes. Now we're starting to get cauliflower too!
And then assemble! My favorites this month were the salad+chicken+veggies bowl, and the veggies+chicken+noodle bowl. The noodles were cooked according to package direction and then I lightly oiled them with sesame oil.
I've been REALLY into Fage yogurt lately - just plain 5% fat, topped with granola (homemade or storebought), fruit, and honey. I buy the big tubs of yogurt. I also like one other brand that's less "thick" occasionally that has additional probiotics butI can't remember the name, but I prefer the really thick Fage the most. I will also add unflavored collagen powder if I'm worried about the protein content.
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Date: 2020-09-03 07:33 pm (UTC)I really wish we had Imperfect Foods here.
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