Beaglebea's Blog: No excuses

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

No excuses

So I really have no excuses for not posting more frequently. So much going on, I lose track of time and then it’s off to bed. I will try to get better, so please bare with me. So for this post, I’ll try to not bore you too much… how about a quick recap of what’s new and the food I’ve eaten.

Food pics first…..

Chicken tomato bake

First I cooked some boneless, skinless chicken thighs. Then in a casserole dish, layer together: chicken thighs, onions, spinach, garlic. Then I added a jar of tomato sauce. Top off with some grated cheese and stick in a 350F oven for about 35 minutes. Serve with whole-grain pasta or rice.

Turkey 6 bean spaghetti

Another quick and easy weekday meal. In a large pot, sauté onions, garlic and carrots. Then golden in color, add ground turkey. Cook until no longer pink. Add a can of beans of your choice (I used a 6 bean mix), a can of diced tomatoes and a jar of tomato sauce (about 475mL). Cook for about 20 minutes or until sauce has thickened a bit.

Asian-inspired Stirfry

Slice thinly some pork tenderloin. In a wok, sauté the pork with 2 Tbsp green curry and some grated ginger. Then add stir-fry veggies of your choice. I used baby bok choy, broccoli, red peppers and mushrooms. After about 5 minutes, add some fish sauce, 1 Tbsp peanut butter, worstershire sauce and reduced sodium chicken broth. Allow to simmer for a few minutes. Then add your pre-soaked rice noodles and continue to cook for about 10 minutes, or until the noodles are al dente. Sprinkle with some peanuts before serving.

BBQ Salmon with Mushroom Risotto and garlic veggies

I used my BBQ for the first time this spring to whip up this awesome goodness. For the salmon, I made a rub of brown sugar, dill, cumin, salt and pepper. I mixed the rub a bit with some olive oil and then basted the salmon fillet. It took about 15 minutes on the BBQ, skin side down over low heat. (The skin was burnt, but the salmon juicy and nice and firm).

For the Risotto…it actually contains mushrooms, but they were underneath, so you can’t see them. I added saffron to my risotto to make it nice and yellow.

And some other stuff…..

I had a follow up appointment with my doctor a little while back and found out I am pretty anaemic, even after taking an iron supplement every day. I eat a lot of iron-rich foods too, so this is a mystery to me and my doctor. I’m tired of always feeling easily exhausted. So I was given several referrals, one of which was for a surgeon. I had an appointment last week and he’s scheduled me for a colonoscopy and gastroscopy. Not fun, but I do want to get to the bottom of this anaemia.
I’ve been training for my 8km adventure relay race. It’s less than 2 weeks away now…May 1st is the big day…eek I just got the trail route today and am hoping to be able to run/walk it next week to familiarize myself with the route before the event.
I won a free week of bootcamp and loved it, so I joined for month. This is now the second week and I can already feel it. After the first week, I could barely sit down on the toilet or walk the stairs as my legs were shot. It hurt to sneeze too… we worked out abs. Classes are Mon/Wed/Fri.
I went to a concert Friday night…. Fefe Dobson came to town and put on an awesome concert.