Friday, April 3, 2009

other Yummy Meals this week

Orecchiette with Broccoli and chickpeas

grilled veggie and feta Paninnis

pineapple tofu stirfry

fruit salad ( kiwi,strawberries,oranges,blueberries,rasberries,blackberries, and apple) so yummy in the AM after a good run paired with A large Coffee :)

vegetable fried rice

I Absolutly looove cooking and www.eatingwell.com is a fantastic website to find yummy meals to make and they have the perfect servings for 2 people, it even gives you the calories and other nutritional information, check it out :)

dinner tonight

Cheese and spinache stuffed portobellos


4 large portobello mushroom caps 1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese1 cup finely chopped fresh spinach 1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese, divided2 tablespoons finely chopped kalamata olives1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning3/4 cup prepared marinara sauce


1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.2. Place mushroom caps, gill-side up, on the prepared pan. Sprinkle with salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Roast until tender, 20 to 25 minutes.3. Meanwhile, mash ricotta, spinach, 1/4 cup Parmesan, olives, Italian seasoning and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a medium bowl. Place marinara sauce in a small bowl, cover and microwave on High until hot, 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes.4. When the mushrooms are tender, carefully pour out any liquid accumulated in the caps. Return the caps to the pan gill-side up. Spread 1 tablespoon marinara into each cap; cover the remaining sauce to keep warm. Mound a generous 1/3 cup ricotta filling into each cap and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan. Bake until hot, about 10 minutes. Serve with the remaining marinara sauce


I will also be making some sort of whole wheat buttered noodles with fresh parmasean cheese and pesto sauce....