Taco Salad

For this meal, I used one of our not necessarily healthy staples, the fresh cooked tortilla, and topped it with the leftover lettuce of the week that needed used up, black beans from the freezer (can I just say yum, they were a great thing to have on hand and I think they were even better than freshly cooked. I think I may cook up a few pound of them to get a little stockpile going) tomatoes that I put lemon over a dash of salt and lemon pepper,  and guacamole (made with the same recipe as the verde verde), oh and of course our other obsession chimichurri... soooo good.... and I think total "cook" time was like 6 minutes! YYYUUUMMM.

French Toast with Fruit Syrup

This is another little breakfast idea that I thought I would put up. It is run of the mill french toast made with wheat bread, egg, dash of kefir milk, and cinnamon, topped with the same syrup as in the oatmeal. Real tasty!

Teriyaki Rice Noodles

This was not an epic fail but the husband didn't love it... that being said I thought it was tasty, tangy and light. So give it a try if you are game. I used the teriyaki glaze from the other day but put it over boneless breast this time. Cooked it up then put it over rice noodles. For the colorful top I stir-fried some apples and carrots in garlic, ginger, a bit of curry, and olive oil. Then I added some craisins. In the blender I added my smoothie fruits, peach and pineapple with chicken broth and honey (I know it is weird but I really did like it!) then added it to my odd stir fry, put a little bit of cornstarch as thickener, and let it sit. After everything was done I added the stir fry topper on and ate it up. Like I said I really thought it was a tasty little salad type dish but whatev...

Cinnamon Oatmeal and Fruit syrup

This is not rocket science but was tasty so I thought I would share. I made this mainly for thing one and two, but not too shabby! You make oatmeal (obviously) but add cinnamon while cooking, then in another pan you add your fruits (mine are frozen that I have on hand and pretty much use for everything, but fresh would be healthier and more delicious) add a tiny bit of water, a couple dashes of cinnamon, and a couple drizzles of agave. You heat the fruits up a bit then let them sit a little bit, then you kind of mash them, but not all the way. Then pour the fruit over the oatmeal! MMM... beats sugar and milk! This is the toddlers bowl, he and the baby got a dallop of yogurt because they are not on a diet ;). Anyway nice little breakfast, my toddler thought it was ice cream!

Lentils with Chifles and Rice

Don't be fooled by this dish. although there are not one million colorful veggies, it is healthy. The quick stuff first the rice is regular ole rice. The chifles are an Ecuadorian staple and are really easy to make! You just take the verde, or plantain banana (the ones that look really weird at the store and are green and have a flatness to their peel) and peel them. Then you take a cheese grater and use the part that cuts them to slice them, you can go long or round whatever floats your boat, then you heat oil (I know this is not the healthy part of the meal) I used part olive oil and a little bit of veggie oil, anyway you cook them until they are floating on top. You can salt them with sea salt to taste. We dip them in chimichurri, but what don't we like with that stuff? Anyway easy peasy. Ok so the healthy part of the meal is the lentils. They are so easy to make and the kids and husband LOVE them. You take the lentils put them in broth (once again I use the bouillon without msg) add ketchup, orange (either juice or an orange squeezed) garlic salt and parsley, and if you are a fan, Italian seasoning. I also added the plantain banana because I had it on hand but it is not a must, just a perk! Also if you are doing dairy cheese is delicious! Anyway you cook them until they are soft, I prefer these after they have sat for a while, but whatever and however is up to the cook!

Chicken Salad Pita

This is a meal that you really do to your likings. I put chicken (boiled to take off the extra fat), peas, and grapes in this one. You take mayonnaise preferrably the olive oil kind and a little bit of water so it waters down a bit, then add pepper and garlic salt to taste. These are pretty tasty! We usually do put cashews for a little crunch but I was out and with the kids I worry about them being a little to hard to chew. Also some delicious options are pineapple (fresh, or frozen prefferably) and celery is really tasty in these as well (of course this is one of those unpardonable veggies in this house ... I am working on it ha.) Anyway you take the salad and put it over a of course.... fresh cooked tortilla!!! Or they are great on whole wheat pitas as well, but I really cook with what is on hand and around the house! Anyway these are really great for the summer and take hardly no time at all to throw together!

My Shame

So I broke down alright! I have had dreams of this pizza and finally caved. Even though I succombed to temptation I will tell you I know that my healthy diet is doing us some good, because not only did we feel extremely guilty eating this, I not used to eating the bread and cheese, got extremely sick, so I guess that is a good sign? ha.

Orange Chicken and Fried Rice

So the other day I tried an orange marinade that I was for the most part unimpressed with. So because it wasn't what I expected it left me with a bit of hankering for the real deal. So I found a recipe at all recipes for an orange chicken and I really liked it. I didn't follow the recipe spot on but rather the ingredient list. I cut most of the brown sugar for... you guessed it agave, honey, and this time I used a little bit of cane sugar. It was pretty tasty! For the chicken I wanted fried unhealthy but opted for a somewhat healthier lighter cornstarch battered chicken. All you do is take a little soy, a little garlic, water, and enough cornstarch to make the mixture feel smooth. Then you let the chicken soak in it while it batters the chicken (you do stir it once in a while as well). The I took a skillet and cooked it in a couple tbsps of olive oil, it was a good compromise, it makes for really moist chicken! The fried rice was revisted with carrots! Ha anyway we were way happier with this orange chicken sauce!

Black Bean and Chicken Burrito with Chimichurri

So around here we really love black beans. The kids especially love them! Usually I have been popping open a can flavoring and feeding them to the fam, but I decided it is time to domesticate a bit more and go from "scratch". They are really easy to make you just need to boil them for a while so I prepared them with time. Instead of just boiling them in water I added garlic, garlic salt and parsley, and chicken broth (I get the glass jar kind without msg). You really can't overdo the seasoning to easily because they are pretty hard to take on flavor. Anyway I did about a half pound, had enough for this meal, lunch the next day for the kids, and then I froze about two meals worth. So not only are these beans way more nutritious it is a huge savings! I added chicken to our beans because I had some leftover from a different meal, you can do the same and pan fry, grill, or boil chicken. It could easily be a vegetarian deal though as black beans are FULL of protein!  Anyway the rest of the burrito was pretty basic with our obvious FAVORITE around here, the fresh cooked tortilla, a bed of lettuce, peach salsa (or tomatoes), and then the chimichurri sauce from the other day! Even though it is pretty simple this was a pretty tasty, quick meal!

Orange Chicken and Fried Rice

I found an orange chicken marinade on the fabulous blog I always talk about, and I actually followed the recipe pretty spot on, I did substitute a little honey out for agave but other than that right on the money. I liked how the chicken cooked up as far as texture went, the flavor was good but I would have liked a more jelly? orangey flavor to it. But all in all not bad! The fried rice is white rice (you could do the brown rice for an extra umph) that I cooked early in the day and let it air dry (it is important that the rice in not fresh) then I took olive oil heated it and added the rice. I then seasoned the rice with garlic and parsley salt (my favorite spice) then after all the rice was coated poured ketchup, soy sauce, and agave over the top. Then I took scrambled eggs and peas (I usually like carrots and chives (the husband never complains about the onions in this specific dish) but had none on hand) then I just kind of mix it and let it fry a little more with all of the sauces and add more of the ketchup, soy, or agave as needed! This rice is actually really really delicious! Anyway this is another one of the non intense veggie dishes. With the rice you really could add more veggies and it would be great I really didn't have a ton of time to play around. A few ideas would be squash, bell peppers, and maybe celery (another sworn enemy of the husband) anyway enjoy!

Fish Taco with Peach Salsa

So I know that this is not as intense with veggies but sometimes it is nice to eat food that is good and not necessarily unhealthy. Since starting this challenge I really feel we have been making better choices and adding so much more health to our diet so a break from intense veggie dishes should be fine! Anyway I took the all time favorite uncooked tortillas, cooked them up and put rice on them then added pan fried tillapia (I just took run of the mill bread crumbs <gasp> and fried them in olive oil <another gasp> I actually added a little vegetable oil because sometimes I am not the most skilled frying things in the olive oil.) And topped that off with Peach Salsa, I would have preferred the mango salsa that they had but it was spicier and with the toddler I figured it better to go mild. I Also added fresh chopped cilantro and parsley, because if you have not noticed I am in love with them currently. All in all pretty good. We don't eat a lot of Mexican food around these parts so my husband actually opted for fish and rice topped with ketchup ha ha... you can't win them all!

Hawaiian Hay Stacks

So once again I didn't feel much like cooking (are we seeing a pattern hmm..) Anyway so I made white rice but this time I added some grated carrots to add color and  maybe put a little extra nutrition? Anyway then I made the same teriyaki sauce from last night, only this time I made a smaller batch and I used it as a sauce not a glaze (I didn't boil it first, and I cut the cornstarch) and I cooked frozen chicken breast in the oven. I then made chicken broth and thickened it to my liking and shredded the cooked teriyaki chicken and added it to the broth gravy, I also like to add the sauce from the chicken pan. These are fun because you really can do whatever on them. I put green bell peppers, tomatoes (those are the must have), peach (sounds weird but taste great), a little bit of cheese, and then chow mein noodles. Please note I made the rice into "hay bales" ha. We love these around here, and they are quick! They are also really filling and you can make them really nutritious. As a note I really like to add chives to mine but the husband is not a fan so I don't and didn't have them on hand. Anyway, great go to meal!

Teriyaki Chicken Thighs with Orange, Carrot, Craisin, and Pear Salad

So I actually followed an exact recipe for this chicken! I got it from a great blog, it is homemade teriyaki glaze. I did substitute half of the brown sugar for agave and honey (I couldn't make up my mind!) Anyway this was a really great sauce!
The salad I took some carrots kind of cooked them in olive oil so they would be a little soft then I took chicken broth and orange juice, a speck of butter, and pinch of cornstarch and poured over the top of them, I let them simmer for a while until I thought they had gotten a bit of flavor and I poured them into a bowl to let them soak up more of the sauce, while they sat there I added craisins (actually they are not as healthy as one would suppose, but not terribly unhealthy either so I gave them a place in the recipe). I then had part of a pear leftover from my son's afternap binge (he has to eat like every five minutes so his long nap almost does him in ha) and I just diced it and threw it in! I took a mixed green salad and cut extra spinach into it then put olive oil, agave, lemon pepper, and vinegar on it. I mixed the carrot, craisin, and pear dish after it had cooled) with the greens and there you have it. This recipe was pretty great! I actually thought it would be great if you didn't want the greens to just take the carrot thing with hte chicken and sauce over rice noodles? Anyway I really like the teriyaki sauce, it was a geat recipe! We have to see how the husband reacts too the confrontational salad ha!

Potato Spinach Fritatta with Spinach Pesto

So one time I heard something about a fritatta and I thought hmmm I wonder what it is (besides a very fun word!) So I looked it up and hey you know what it was pretty delicious I found a recipe that called for what I had on hand. I wanted to finish off the week's veggies because we all know they go bad quick. So anyway because it is Friday and I have a million things to do I made this super quick pretty tasty dish. The basic is you take potatoes thinly sliced and cook them (sautee? them) the recipe just says potatoes and olive oil but I seasoned my potatoes with italian seasoning and garlic, I was happy I did too because even as much as I seasoned a few bites lacked a bit of burst (does that make sense?) Anyway then you add your other softer veggies, notice how I never use onion, the husband pleaded that I never resort to it ha ha. Anyway you take your mixture of milk (I once again opted for kefir milk) and eggs pour over the top and sprinkle with cheese ( I litterally sprinkled because I am trying to stay away from it. I actually wished that I had feta on hand because that would have been a tasty little edge!) Anyway then you leave it to cook. Look at the recipe link for specifics, but it was pretty tasty! To top it off because I still had some spinach I made another round of spinach pesto because can anyone ever eat too much pesto? No... And as a side note the baby loved this! And it was so easy to eat she really went to town! Anyway... Wish me luck for the weekend on my healthy voyage, I already know I am in trouble because the town days in Utah are in full swing and I have my little fat loving heart set on some curly fries!! But the important thing is I am eating and feeding to my family more veggies!

The Verde Verde ( Clever name right?)

MMM... yes I know this is another tortilla meal but no one was complaining around here. First of all I cooked up the tortillas then I put guacamole, chicken, rice, and tomatoes. For the guacamole I used avacado of course, a dash of garlic salt, and then instead of sour cream I used the cream off of my kefir milk, and then added a little bit of lemon juice to add zest and stop from browning. For the green chicken I started pan frying it with a little bit of garlic and olive oil, after tasting the guacamole I realized I was in the mood for lemon, so I decided to make a cilantro lemon chicken. Soo.... after I had already started the chicken I pureed some cilantro, garlic, and lemon juice together. I then topped the chicken with it. I like my chicken really thin and flavorful (of course there is probably no one that likes unflavorful food, I was just saying) anyway so I cut it in half and then into strips, I then doused (spelling?) in lemon pepper, and added diced fresh cilantro, to top it all off I put a little agave in because I like the way it brings the flavor out. Midway through cooking I did empty out some of the watery juice that cooks off the chicken, but I wish I hadn't because I think that would have just made the lemon cilantro flavor of the chicken just burst, so I would def keep that juice to put on the sandwhich. Anyway I then put tomatoes on, and once again for the sweet South American husband I added white rice. This was a HUGE hit! We loved it! This is def a keeper around here! One think too that I think I would have liked it maybe a bit of fresh squeezed lemon on top.... Anyway give it a try! We also did oven fries but I forgot to take a picture. Oh well...

Veggie Pizza Quesadilla

So this little recipe is AMAZING! I took tortillas (the cook fresh kind) and put blue cheese dressing on (I am still trying to not go way overboard on cheese and dairy but this dressing is actually made with Kefir and was delicious). Then I cut potatoes and pan fried them in olive oil, garlic salt, and a touch of italian seasoning and put on as my next layer. After that I sliced tomatoes and spinach (I didn't even hide it this time and the husband and toddler ate it up) and put on top, I put it in the oven on broil for a few minutes just to soften the veggies and make the flavors combine a little more if that makes sense?. The green sauce is actually a spinach pesto, that was excellent. It was easy to make and a fabulous alternative to basil pesto. I put the spinach leaves in only a couple of basil leave (my little plant has yet to produce more delicious leaves) then garlic, a touch of vinegar, olive oil, a sprinkle of parmesan, and a bit of water. I liquified it up and dabbed it on top (I did this after it was out of the oven). This started out as a pizza but I didn't want to take the extra time to crisp the tortilla after I had to cook it as well (come on I am on a time limit), so I found folding it over was way easier to eat, and it was OUTSTANDING!!

Black Bean Patties

So today I feel really lazy unmotivated to cook, but the toddler and baby are not that great in the kitchen so what do you do? Anyway I found this recipe for black bean croquettes that I thought looked pretty different and tasty. I however am as stated a few times not that great at following recipes so here is what I did. I used 1 and a half cans of black beans and rinsed them off. Then you mash them up with garlic and curry who is surprised?. Then I threw in some fresh cilantro, frozen corn, diced tomatoes, feta, very sneaky thinly diced spinach, then I had that Chilean sauce on hand (you could always do pico de gallo or just plain ole salsa. I mixed that all really well then added bread crumbs(I just eyed the amount of crumbs and I made mine out of pretzels that were all natural, you could buy bread crumbs or make actual crumbs whatev). I mixed it all up and then pinched the dough into smaller sections. The original recipe was for balls but I read the comments and some people had said they made patties to make them stick better and also they would use any leftovers for mexican smashburgers(which I thought sounded really great, especially after trying them). Anyway you take more bread crumbs mix with a little olive oil and then press the black bean "dough" into the bread crumb olive oil mixture, then bake them at 350 degrees until crispy on the outside. Because I made these and am feeling lazy this is all I served on a plate ha ha, but you really could serve these a lot of different ways, I thought they would be great kind of a hamburger style or with a salsa and guacamole or just with a fresh salad. Anyway they were a hit with the kiddos and the husband has yet to see the masterpiece but I am sure he won't complain will like them as well, just be sure to add a lot of flavor because on the website I got it from most of the people said there was not enough flavor. I even put lemon pepper in the mix to jazz it up. Anyway that is my lazy meal I wish it were pizza.

Tropical Chicken with Spinach Salad and Rice

So I found a great blog with a lot of great healthy recipes on it. She had apricot chicken as one of her recipes over way healthier rice. I thought the picture looked fantastic but I don't like apricots so I made up my own version of her featured recipe. I have frozen fruits that I have been using for smoothies so I put pineapple, peaches, and mangos in about 2 TBS of vinegar and she said honey but I used about 1-2 TBS of agave. Then you let your fruit sit. I browned the chicken and she said to just use s&p but I actually used curry on my chicken(the recipe calls for curry later and I thought why wait!) Anyway then you take the chicken and put it in a dish. You add about 2 cups of chicken broth, add cinnamon, a dash of garlic, a dash of italian seasoning, and then take about 2/3 cup of your fruit that you have soaking puree it until only slighlt chunky and add it to the sauce. Let it all simmer and then add the chicken and the leftover soaking fruit. I topped mine off with a little more cinnamon and then you let it simmer for about ten minutes. We really loved this, I really liked it especially the chunks of fruit soaked in the broth for my baby, she loved it! And what a healthy dish!
The spinach salad was just romaine lettuce and spinach chopped up, and then I drizzled a bit of apple cider vinegar and agave over it put some lemon pepper in and feta on top. And once again the white rice was for the husband! Anyway I will probably try a few more of this woman's recipes out on here!

Pad Thai-ish Dish

(ATTENTION: Before you start reading be warned grammar in this post is especially horrible, kids are not very cooperative today). Anyway you take chicken and put it in a fry pan (you def could do without the chicken but we do like chicken, I have seen recipes that use tofu? but I am not so sure about that ha) anyway you put olive oil in the pan and put garlic and of course curry cook the chicken until it is all the way cooked then put agave on top, turn the heat up and get the sauce sticky so it really coats the chicken (you can also just boil the chicken but I love curry and like the extra flavor). After the chicken is done you take the chicken out and cut it into small strips, but keep the brothy sauce stuff in your pan. Add to it some soy sauce, a little bit of ketchup, agave, and peanut butter. I know it sounds weird but it is good. Anyway you heat the sauce to a boil and it will become really sticky and thick. Take it off the heat and add milk, now here are your choices- I used Kefir milk, because we are trying to be healthier, you can use regular milk or coconut milk is great! You could also do rice milk or even non fat yogurt. Anyway you take the milk add it in until it dilutes your mixture and makes it delicious (this is why I usually don't share recipes... ha ha ha) anyway then you add curry to taste which for me is A TON! and then you put the sauce over rice noodles! This is our favorite dish! For extra pazaz you can squeeze lime on top and sprinkle nut of choice. Also you can scramble eggs on the chicken if you like and that is tasty too!

Out we GO

We ate at a FANTASTIC place. It was not the greatest health food but I ordered a salad on the side? Oh well we are still doing a pretty good job being healthy so I don't feel too bad. Anyway we found a great Chilean restaurant in Orem, UT. They have a dish called Milanesa and it was fab, I was going to take a picture but I ate it too fast ha didn't have the camera. It is basically a carne asada thin steak with light breading then a little bit of red sauce on top, then they layer ham on it topped with cheese and then have a hard boiled egg over that.... ok so that is not healthy at all.... but I had a tiny side salad as well, oh and then you of course smother it in the pico de gallo sauce. Anyway the place is called Lomitos and if you get a chance you should definitely give it a chance!

The Breakfast Beast

So this is really just your run of the mill breakfast burrito the name was to make it sound exciting. I used olive oil to make hash browns then cooked turkey sausage (you could go meatless but we are eating a ton of veggies and what not and have basically felt like we are going to starve. Anyway then I took both the hash browns and turkey sausage and poured eggs over the top to make scrambled eggs. On top I put agave(instead of syrup) and then we had a sauce called piebre that we put on the top. The sauce is just pico de gallo but blended really well to make a paste. I know that sauce mixture sounds weird but really it is good. Anyway once again this is not all veggies but I did substitute out some of the unhealthy things for healthier choices.

The Green Smoothie

Since we have started our "health kick" we have been drinking these smoothies in the morning. You can really do whatever you feel like  . I put kefir milk(you could do lowfat yogurt or rice milk, if you are doing it for kids and want the extra fat for them you could do almond milk or coconut milk or whole milk yogurt.) peaches, bananas, agave, carrots, and spinach. Anyway everybody around here loves them and they are a great dose of vegetables.

The Very Confused Burrizza

So today we had a pizza like could be if it wanted to be burrito. I wasn't sure which way to go with it. For the crust  I used a tortilla I like the ready to cook tortillas from Costco but it would be great on a pita kefir dough or any other sort of flat bread/tortilla thing. I made the red sauce out of spaghetti sauce (I use the Rinaldi sauce because even though there is cheese in it, the cheese is actually made from goat's milk) in that sauce I hid some veggies from the husband, I pureed carrots and spinach for a little boost of nutrition. The green sauce is a homeade basil pesto, once again I kind of made my own recipe because I didn't have the pine nuts and I didn't want too much cheese, ok so I did use some parmesan cheese. I know I know... anyway after that comes the black beans. I used beans from the can I know that fresh made beans are more healthy but what's a girl to do right? I added to the beans garlic and a splash of lemon pepper, then I semi-smashed the beans after that I put on tomatoes and cilantro(that I admit were lightly salted). Anyway for the toddler I wraped his like a burrito and for the husband (who is being a real champ) I melted cheese on top and sectioned like a pizza, it looks way more delicious because cheesemakes everything more delicious.

Anyway it was pretty good and quite filling, and really you could do endless things with this idea when I run out of ideas I will probably do a similar try at this but with more veggies and feta on top.

The bread was a cheat but the Chimichurri was FAB!

So both my husband and I dream about this Argentine sauce, chimichurri and I found a recipe for it! It is sooooo simple and AMAZING! I however used my own recipe because I am lazy as you can tell don't do very good with a ton of instructions. I simply put parsley, vinegar, olive oil, a little cilantro, and garlic(I bought a tube of fresh garlic it has been great, it keeps for 3 months tastes great and is already peeled and you just squeeze it out, which is great because usually handling garlic makes your hands smell for an eternity!) and pureed it, I will try it with the basil too because I actually bought a little basil window plant for just such an occasion! Anyways then I mad a loaf of french bread from pillsbury! MMMMMM... great way to end a night maybe not the greatest way to end the night of a diet but meh who cares! Plus the sauce is outstandingly healthy! It is great on ravioli meats and bread! Give it a try! You will not regret!! If you are trying to go healthy which apparently is too hard for me, you could always use a pita chip or kefir bread would probably be great! Anyway, peace!

Asian Chicken Salad Wraps with Rice

So these wraps are pretty tasty, for the kids I had them eat the chicken filling over the rice and the lettuce cut up, you could also easily make it into a salad salad but I look fancier it looks more exotic like a wrap!  For the chicken filling you boil the amount of chicken breast you need, shred it into a fry pan add soy sauce, agave, a little bit of ketchup ha we have a favorite condiment, garlic fresh or powder and then I have a sweet chile sauce that we use a lot I think I got it from an Asian market I hope I never run out of it because I don't know where I would replace it, anyway you mix it all together and I heated it just a little so that the flavors mix together it is kind of a teriyaki flavor but you don't want to cook it too much, add diced water chesnuts(as thin as your fam likes) then to top it off I put in some cilantro, I also ended up eating fresh non saucey cilantro on top of my wrap. You take your mixture and put in on a lettuce leaf, I had romaine hearts that is why mine is silly looking and was imposible to roll is oblong, if you get the head of leafy romaine they are more plyable, if you are going for nutrition probably stay away from iceberg because it is mostly just water and not too much nutrition. Also if you have kiddos you could also put it onto a tortilla or something I guess. Then the rice is white rice, because well I am married to a South American, and it was a nice touch to the teriyaki!

Honey Lemon Chicken Sandwhich with Oven Fries.

So tonight was kind of hard to do too fresh because as I said we really haven't been eating very fresh, so I had no produce except fruit, and I am just not that creative yet fruit is a little hard to incorporate into a dinner.
So the bread part of this meal is made with kefir milk. Now if you have access to kefir great! because it is so healthy and makes some really delicious things! I use it for almost everything! If you don't you could always use a tortilla or maybe a whole wheat but, just watch out for corn syrup it is added to pretty much everything!
Then for the chicken you simply heat olive oil in a fry pan add the chicken drizzle the chicken with olive oil then season to taste with lemon pepper and garlic. After the chicken is fully cooked you put honey (or agave) over the chicken and turn the heat on high, the sauce around the chicken will kind of carmelize and you move the chicken around to get that flavor on the chicken, mmm delish!
Then I put tomatoes on top which gives it more nutrition and really adds flavor!

For the oven fries you simply cut the potatoes as thick as you like put them on a pan add garlic seasoning (or seasoned salt) and olive oil and I added a dash of curry because I am obsessed with it it is really great for digestional health and make sure the fries are all coated well with the oil and seasoning, then bake them at 350 degrees until they are soft! Tonight dinner was pretty tasty probably not the MOST HEALTHY but pretty darn close ha!

OH! Then of course I put a chipoltle sauce on the sandwich, which is just mayonnaise(we have the kind made with olive oil and is pretty low in fat and then has more of the healthy fat) with chipoltle seasoning, I added a tad bit of ketchup(the hunts that has no corn syrup) as well so the sauce would be extra unhealthy tasty on the oven fries!

The Idea

Ok so as stated we are trying to try out more healthy choices for dinners, we are going to do other meals too but I will mostly just be blogging dinners. I am trying to cut out cheese (mostly just for The husband and myself) sugar, bad fats, and cook fresher meals. I will still be using condiments and what not because like I stated this is not a weight loss program just trying to be a little more on the healthy side. I do have a cupboard of shame cupboard that I will keep unhealthy items (example: barbecue sauces(as these are full of high fructose corn syrup sugar), lemonade (don't worry the powder kind not the frozen concentrate), sugar, and what not that I will allow myself to take from a few times a week, I will get back to that rule after I see how hard eating healthy really is. As a note as well we will probably go out to eat once and a while and I will blog that, that is really the point of the blog I guess to be a sort of food diary. Anyway onto the first night.