So, my husband and I are getting bored of just eating grilled meat and a veggie. So, yesterday, my co-worker bought two fresh basil plants, since she uses fresh basil in her smoothies that she and her husband eat. Well, she let me take some home last night, and since neither my husband nor I remembered to pull meat out and I had to go to the store to get our main protein anyway, I was going to get the makings for naked chicken parmesan. And I have to say, with the fresh picked/chopped basil, the fresh chopped garlic, fresh ground black pepper, sea salt, oregano, and parmesan cheese, that sauce was awesome. Now, I'm not a homemade girl all the way. When we were at Fresh Thyme Market, we found this brand of sauce called "Little Italy," out of NYC. It's a very simple sauce, with almost no seasoning. But with my special seasonings, the sauce turned rich and robust, and even had a slight sweetness to it- enough so that my husband, who LOVES sweet sauces (I used to add 1/2 c-1 c sugar to my sauce), felt no need to add sugar to it... and it only had 4g sugar per serving to start!
Tonight, I pulled out some chicken breasts, and since we still have some peppers and onions (we've been doing a lot of turkey sausage with peppers and onions), I think I'm going to try one of the stuffed pepper recipes he found. He's pointed out two that he really wants to try; a spicy chicken stuffed pepper, and a Philly cheese steak stuffed pepper. I think we're going to go for the spicy chicken stuffed pepper tonight. If you end up personally making this decision, or even trying the diet, you'll end up actually cooking. It's hard to go to a fast food place if you can only eat protein and veggies.
I think I'll keep doing these meal idea posts if you guys like... if not, let me know. :)
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Lady D
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