Wed. July 25th

Baked Salmon with Broiled Summer Vegetables for Dinner!

Daily Tidbit:  Simple recipes, ingredients and preparations can sometimes make for the most delicious meals!  Take my dinner (pic above) for example, this was one of the BEST meals I have had all summer!  And it was only 3 ingredients plus salt & pepper:  Fresh Veggies, Salmon, Canola Oil spray.  Simple delicious food at its best!  (Did I mention it was also easy, fast, and healthy?)

To get some ideas for other yummy and healthy recipes with 5 ingredients or less, check this out:

www.hearthealthyonline.com/healthy-recipes/5-ingredient-recipes/5-ingredient-recipes_ss1.html 

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Breakfast: Cheerios with Walnuts & Blueberries

1 cup of Cheerios

2 tbsp Walnuts

1/2 cup of Blueberries

1 cup Fat Free Milk

5 oz. OJ

Regular Coffee, black

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Chopped Veggies with 1 tbsp of Ranch

Chopped Veggies with HBE

Lunch: Chopped Raw Salad with Eggs

1 cup Mushroom chopped in food processor

1 cup Carrots chopped in food processor

1 cup Broccoli chopped in food processor

1 cup leftover Curry Veggies and Beans and Almonds from Monday

1 tbsp of Ranch Dressing

2 Hard boiled Eggs, chopped on top

Water with Lemon

Tip:  This was a lot of roughage for a plate so to make it easier to eat I decided to chop the big raw veggies in the food processor one at a time and then mix together and toss with the other ingredients.  Also when I'm trying to limit the dressing to 1 tbsp, I find there is better coverage on the food if I first toss everything together in a big bowl with the dressing and then plate it (as opposed to putting salad on plate and then adding the dressing).  This way the dressing has a chance to touch every morsel of food and you can enjoy the dressing's flavor with every bite using less dressing.

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Snack: 1 Almond.  I know that sounds ridiculous.  I was transferring the bag of Almonds to a glass jar for better storage and I went to throw away the bag and realized there was one lonely Almond left inside.  Waste not want not!  I ate it.  I meant to have a 'real' snack, but got busy and didn't think about food again until dinner time (this almost never happens!)

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Deliciously Broiled & Salted Summer Veggies!

My Dinner Plate - Delicious & Filling!

Dinner:  Baked Salmon with Broiled Veggies

1 fillet Wild Alaskan Keta Salmon (courtesy of freezer case at Target), sprayed with Canola Oil spray can, baked in toaster oven at 350 for 12 minutes.

Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Red Onion, & Mushrooms sliced with Mandolin slicer, topped with Canola Oil spray and salt/ pepper and Broiled until slightly brown.

White Sangria (homemade - Pinot Grigio with Nectarines, Peaches, Gala Apples & Watermelon, marinated in fridge for 6 hours)

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Dessert:  Gala Apple.

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