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Post by Jablea on Jan 12, 2013 1:53:22 GMT -5
Saturday - Bananas
You can hardly seem to do a smoothie without them. Oh it's possible, but they are a major player in the smoothie world. More and more of the recipies I'm seeing, including the ones shared here, are calling for frozen bananas.
Some of their rumored cures, bananas are supposed to be good for leg cramps, calms the stomach, and rub the inside peel on mosquito bites.
I use them for:
Banana bread, top off my morning cereal, homemade milkshakes, and now smoothies.
Jablea's Banana Bread recipe.
Ingredients
¼ cup grated zucchini
¼ cup plain or flavored applesauce
2 squishy ripe bananas
2 eggs
¾ cup sugar
2 cups flour mixture (see tips)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Directions
Mix everything together until smooth. Pour into glass bread pan.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour till knife or toothpick comes out clean.
Tips
-Frozen zucchini works great. Shred a fresh zucchini (skin and all) with a cheese grater. Scoop up ¼ cup balls and freeze ½ hour on cookie sheet. Throw several frozen balls together in freezer bag and store. When needed, pop out a ball, microwave, drain excess water.
-Flour mixture: substitute wheat and/or rye flour for up to half of the flour amount or completely.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2013 9:26:07 GMT -5
Emotional binge eating sabotaged my otherwise healthy week. Last two days were better though!
My theory: keep healthy food easily accessible and make sure the base is healthy with tasty "toppings"
Bought bagged salads and precooked shredded chicken to make it a meal. Nuts, apples, a little crumbled cheese etc makes it varied and tasty enough for at least one meal a day.
Found sm cartons of butternut squash soup (thanks again costco) with only 110 calories per cup. Thickened by veggies not cream makes it filling.
Scrambled eggs (mostly whites) with lots of sauteed veggies stays with you.
Favorite veggie based meal: saute sm onion, 3 cloves minced garlic, 1 diced chicken breast, 2 boxes drefrosted and squeezed spinach. Sprinkled with feta for taste.
Today, have to figure out how to make these sm potebello mushrooms into a healthy meal....
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Post by Jablea on Jan 13, 2013 2:08:04 GMT -5
Aha, you are one of our long-long-time lurkers. You must have come over from PF too? We need to get you posting more than thrice a year. ;D ok, I'm in. (thanks for the nudge, jablea!) I'm aiming to drop 10 lbs. Strategy: eat healthy plus exercise 30 min every day. I think I may have to drop my goal to match yours in the loss department and up my exercise plan too. How has the every day worked? Are you alternating aerobics with weights? |
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Post by Jablea on Jan 13, 2013 2:23:22 GMT -5
Sunday - Strawberries
So after bananas the next most popular ingredient in smoothies appears to be strawberries. Now we love fresh washed strawberries when they are dipped in sugar - ok maybe on my part it's been a partial excuse to get sugar? Well they always get old, or like today's bunch from the store, start out old. So thanks to you all, I've learned the trick this week of wash, hull, and freeze those that are close to kicking the bucket.
Before I share my smoothie from tonight a question for you all. Do you hull (cut out the leaf area) your strawberries or just throw them in leaf and all?
1 1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup left over fruit cocktail juice (from jello making)
1/2 cup left over juice and pineapple tidbits (from kid's pizza making)
2 cutie orangy fruit (peeled - they were getting old)
Mix the above (I tasted and it was really good just by itself)
then add frozen items
5-6 large strawberries (frozen whole)
1/2 or whole banana (frozen chunks)
I fed this to everybody else and then added a handful of kale for myself.
It made 6-7 3/4 cups servings.
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Post by Jablea on Jan 14, 2013 2:08:04 GMT -5
Monday - Almond MilkThe version I bought is 90 calories to a cup. My 1% milk is 110 calories a cup. I guess you can get unsweetened kind for 35 calories. Says it's made with real almonds, no lactose, no soy. Need to research more, or let you all tell me more about it. I've enjoyed using it in my smoothies so far. Pleasant aroma and creamier than the 1% or skim. Supposed to have higher calcium and higher protein. www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/the-healthier-choice-almond-milk-vs-milk.html
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Post by mahailia on Jan 14, 2013 10:51:38 GMT -5
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Post by Jablea on Jan 15, 2013 2:01:28 GMT -5
Thanks mahailia. Lots of comments on both of those sites too. I guess I'll have to consider whether my juicer is going to goodwill this summer or not.
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Post by Jablea on Jan 15, 2013 2:04:59 GMT -5
Tuesday - Pineapple
I keep buying fresh pineapple and then when we try to eat it there are all these hard bits and it seems you throw away a lot. After throwing in some leftover juice and tidbits into my smoothies this week I'm going to have plans in the future. We fell in love with straight pineapple juice when we visited Hawaii. It's just as good back here on the mainland.
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Post by flowergirl on Jan 15, 2013 8:26:36 GMT -5
ok, I'm in. (thanks for the nudge, jablea!) I'm aiming to drop 10 lbs. Strategy: eat healthy plus exercise 30 min every day. I think I may have to drop my goal to match yours in the loss department and up my exercise plan too. How has the every day worked? Are you alternating aerobics with weights? I have been faithfully meeting my goal so far!  I do a ten-minute workout with weights every day, and also keep a pedometer in my pocket and aim for 10,000 steps/day. |
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Post by stardust on Jan 15, 2013 14:42:52 GMT -5
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