Egg Frittata Sandwitch and ideas for baking fish

This was a fun recipe to create.

Egg Frittata Sandwich
1 minced garlic clove
1 small diced onion
2 small chopped zucchini
1 large handful of spinach
3 medium diced roma tomatoes
7 eggs
1 heaping Tblsp of Sour Cream (I use fresh made Piima cream)
Whole wheat English muffins
Mozzarella cheese slices

In a cast iron pan on the stove, melt about 2 Tbsp of butter, add all the veggies and saute until barely tender. In another bowl, mix eggs and sour cream. Then pour into the veggie mixture and put into the oven that has been preheated to 350 F and bake for about 20 mins or until done (might be less). In the meantime cut apart whole wheat English muffins and line them in a pan. Place a slice of mozzarella cheese and toast until cheese is melted in oven. When Frittata is done cut out a piece to fill the sandwich. Very tasty!

Two different flavoring for baked fish ideas (can use any kind of fish)

*We took some fresh caught steel head and put them on my baking stone, then lightly brushed with smoke flavoring and then sprinkle lightly with celery salt. Bake until fish is moist and flaky (varies on the size of fish, 5 mins to 45 mins)

*My friend told me about this and I am excited to give it a try! Tear off a large piece of tinfoil, place fish in the center and pour on top Italian salad dressing and then add sliced real lemon pieces. Enclose the fish and seal and bake in oven until done.

Fish, Brown rice and Wild rice and Broccoli and Cauliflower

Well just like the title this is a simple nutritious, balance meal. Cook the Brown, mixed with wild rice until done. Steam fresh cut Broccoli and Cauliflower until tender. And bake any kind of fish (I just buy a variety of bags of frozen ones from the grocery store) Season the fish with Mrs.Dash Herb blend on the top of the fish before baking. Check fish every 10 mins, until it flakes and is still moist, and not hard.

Lifestyle change and Tuna Salad

So this has been a long time in the planning. And I decided to not even attempt it during the holiday season. I have committed myself to going completely off of sugar again. It has been 10 years since I did that and I wasn't very good a menu planning at the time. Since then I have learned many things and continue to learn. My lifestyle goal is to be able to pretty much stay off of sugar for the rest of my life (with a taste every now and then). So in order to do this, since I LOVE to eat and create new dishes, I get to try out a lot of different things, until they are delish to me! The main reasons why I went off sugar is I was tired of being addicted to it and craving it. I am also tired of the lingering weight that hasn't gone away in many years, no matter how much I exercise. I haven't gone off just sugar, but yeast, white flour and temporally fruits (till I get my blood sugars re stabilized over the next month or so) If any of you are attempting to go off sugar, be forewarned of the strong headaches the first couple of days.

I anticipate better health, looking better and eating fresher foods as well. Since most of my foods for the next couple weeks are mostly vegetables, meats, beans and some grains. My recipes will include that. When I start eating a treat every now and then I will work on still making it as healthy as possible. So yes that means I will be sweetening with either Agave or Stevia (buy the non bitter brand from KAL) and using Carob instead of chocolate. (Since I get migraines from eating my beloved chocolate, it has to go as well) Other ingredients you might want to invest in are other flours and grains (buckwheat, spelt, Quinoa, etc) And other oils such as Safflower and Food Grade Vegetable Glycerin oil. If you don't have a certain ingredient or oil listed you can use a different one, including flours as well, you will just have a different end result. Just the initial cost of some of these ingredients is pricey, but not too bad after you get going.

So enjoy a "Fresh" outlook on eating and I hope some of you are brave enough to try some of my recipes. Some of them will be just basic veggies and meats and no special ingredients. I have many different variety of salads with protein (that is the part that makes you feel full) and will post all of them, just to give you an idea how to spice up a daily salad :0)!

Tuna Salad (This sounded so strange to me at first, but I really enjoyed it!)

Torn Curly leaf lettuce

Torn Red Cabbage

Cut Cucumbers

Tuna (from water based canned)

Lemon juice

Cut up all ingredients and layer how you want toss with a light coat of lemon juice.

My Grandma Palmer's Homemade Clam Chowder

Top; is final result- Bottom is veggies cooking

Ingredients; 2 cans of minced clams, 6 chopped celery stalks, 2 cups chopped, peeled potatoes, 2 finely diced medium onions. 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup flour, 2 cups of milk(or half and half) and salt and pepper, clam juice bottle-opt. (I always get celery with the most leaves and chop them up fine and add it into the soup as well, I have heard that the leaves are the most nutritious part of the celery)

First you chop all the veggies and put into a pot, then you open the cans of clam and pour the juice in the veggies. If you want you can add the extra bottle of clam juice. Then barely cover the vegetables with water. Cook until barely tender.

In the meantime you will need to make a white sauce- Melt butter, then stir in flour, then slowly add milk and wish smooth or if you are a fast stirrer, that works fine as well. When it is nice and thick and creamy add to vegetables, add the minced clams and stir and heat until desired thickness. Season with salt and pepper.

I haven't made this in a long time, but we sure do love it and the kids beg for it! ( I put this in the fish label, because it is a seafood)

Green Dinner (mostly;o)!

Dessert was a fun green jello. I split a large box of lime jello and made the first 1/2 and mixed it with 1/2 cup plain yogurt. Then after it sat in the fridge (45 mins), I made the rest of the jello and let it set in the fridge. Then I made Dream Whip and after it was whipped I added a small vanilla pudding and green coloring. Then I topped it with sliced kiwis!

Dinner was "Green Spinach" with a side of lemon, baked fries with seasoned salt on them (put it on before you bake). Then flounder (yes, this is actually a fish) lightly fried in olive oil for 2-3 mins and seasoned while cooking, with oregano (green), garlic powder and onion powder and a little sea salt. Got good revues from the munchkins!

Copied Friend Recipe for lunch

So I totally copied a friends recipe, but it was so yummy I could not resist! I have been cutting out yeast breads and sugar as much as possible. (Overloaded during holidays!) And this is something that was surprisingly delish and fast and easy and filling! I just sliced some cukes. Used a fresh can of water tuna drained, mixed minced garlic and some chopped dill pickles and barely added some Miracle whip. I just found my own recipe on how to make my own Mayo, so I will try it out and see if it is as good. I put the tuna filling in between two slices of tomatoes. I cut it with a fork and knife and the juice of the tomato blended so refreshingly with the tuna mixture!

Grilled Trout

This is a really fast and easy recipe and one that we really enjoy. We actually have a lot of fish in our freezer for food Storage. My husband over last summer caught his limit every day in the Mackay, ID reservoir. So before we would freeze them, we gut them and cut off their heads and wash them off really well. Then I froze about 3-5 fish per gallon freezer bag. Once defrosted I add a cup of flour and about 1/4 cup of Lemon Pepper. Seal bag and shake until fish are coated. Then you can grill for about 7-15 mins or in the winter I put them in the oven and bake at 350 for 1/2 hour. We actually had this last night. I also always serve either cooked spinach with lemon juice or a fresh spinach salad and either a wild rice blend or some form of potatoes.