New Recipes and Free Clean Eating Challenge!

Planning food ahead just makes life soooo much easier, doesn't it? If you haven't tried it, maybe you should! My husband and I work a minimum of 40 hours Monday thru Thursday and often find ourselves working 2-6 hours Friday thru Sunday, so having a meal ready for you when it's time to eat makes our day run better. Sometimes our meals are repetitive, but that's okay with us.

On the weekends, I try to make a new recipe/meal or try something we haven't had in a while. I typically make the recipe my own with a few tweaks :)

Today, I cooked up 2 new things! Here are some pictures and the recipes!!

Stuffed Turkey Peppers

Serves: 4
Total time: 45 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup quinoa
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 cups onions, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 lb 99% lean ground turkey
• 2/3 cup low-sodium natural tomato sauce
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 10 grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• 4 assorted medium sweet bell peppers (I used yellow)
• 2 oz part-skim mozzarella

DIRECTIONS:

1. Bring quinoa and 1 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high. Reduce heat to medium, cover and continue to boil for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, add oil and onions to a large sauté pan over medium-high. Sauté onions for 2 minutes, then add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add turkey, sauce and seasoning. Cook until turkey is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and black pepper, cooking, covered, for 5 minutes. Preheat oven to 400°F.
3. Fill a large pot half-full with water and bring to a boil. Cut tops from bell peppers and remove all seeds. Add bell peppers and tops to water and return to a boil. Cook, covered, for 4 to 5 minutes or until tender. Remove bell peppers and dry on paper towel.
4. Drain rice and add to turkey mixture. In a glass dish, stand bell peppers and fill with turkey-quinoa mixture. Sprinkle with mozzarella and add bell pepper top. Bake for 15 minutes.

Roasted Green Beans

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw Green Beans (I have no idea the amount I used)
• EVOO
• Black Pepper
• Sea Salt
• Garlic Powder
• Chipotle Chili Spice

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Wash and cut ends of beans.
3. Put them in a large mixing bowl.
4. Add approx. 1 tbsp EVOO and slosh around until all the beans are coated.
5. Add seasonings (I guessed on the amount) an slosh around until all the beans are coated.
6. Put the beans on a baking sheet and bake approx. 12 minutes.

I unfortunately did not get a picture of the beans. I pretty much prepare all our veggies this way. Broccoli and Cauliflower needs to be cooked for about 20-25 minutes though. Asparagus should be cooked for 15 minutes. I am sure these times could vary from oven to oven though. :)

Lastly, I want to give a shout out to some ladies who are on their LAST day of my FREE 7 Day Clean Eating Challenge!! These ladies really gave this their all and I am soooooooo PROUD of them!! I haven't gotten all of their results in yet, but the ones I have are looking good!!
I typically run these FREE challenges every month. If you are interested, please email me at ddtwaring@aol.com :)

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK!! :)