Thursday, February 9, 2012

Easy Taco Salad

I have become addicted to this one, its so quick and easy and tastes great. Mostly healthy too, has a little salt, but you can always go skimpy if you want.
Here's what you need:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 lb lean ground turkey
1/2 an onion, chopped
1 avocado, sliced
1 handfull of cherry tomatoes, halved
2 or 3 heads romaine lettuce, sliced
1 packet low sodium taco seasoning

What to do:
Add olive oil to skillet and heat to medium high
Add onion and heat till they are just starting to get some color on them, four or five minutes
Add turkey and cook until done
While turkey is cooking,clean and chop the tomatoes, avocado, and lettuce
When turkey is done, add taco seasoning and water and bring to a boil
Once boiling, turn heat to low and give sauce a few minutes to thicken
Toss lettuce with tomatoes, top with turkey, garnish with avocado and maybe a little hot taco sauce



Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Honey Lime Chicken

Tonight was night two of the dinners we froze this weekend. Check out the post on Making Meals Ahead of Time for more info. It was honey lime chicken, and it was good. I was off work today, so I took the premade chicken out of the freezer and threw it in the crock pot about 2:30. Then about half an hour before my wife got home, I put some carrots in the oven to roast and boiled some red quinoa. The chicken was really tender, the honey and pineapple had just started to carmelize, and it was the texture of pulled pork that has smoked on the bone all day (even though it was chicken, and it had been cookin in the crock pot). Some fresh avocado was mixed in with the carrots when they came out of the oven. Sounds like a few steps, but really with the chicken already made, the rest only took me a few minutes to throw together. Will do this one again.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Curry Chicken

We tried the Curry Chicken that we made yesterday, and it was really good. Like I said yesterday, I was a little skeptical, but honestly this stuff turned out nicely. I wondered if it would have enough moisture in it to cook right in the crock pot, and it did. I just took it out of the freezer and threw it in the crock pot on high. After about half an hour I walked by and noticed it was still frozen, so I took a meat tenderizer mallet and hit it a couple times to loosen it up. After that I just let if go for a total of about three hours. Can't be much easier.

I'll post of the rest of the meals from the "Make Meals Ahead of Time" post as we eat them, and let you know how they turn out.