You may remember
my commitment
to lose 10 pounds in 12 weeks (I don't blame you if you don't
remember--it was in July, after all. I barely remember). And you may
have noticed that I never posted a follow-up. Why? Because not only did I
not lose 10 pounds, I
gained 5 pounds. Looks like I dropped the
ball a little bit on that one. Anyway, in the spirit of New Year's
Resolutions, Ryan and I New Year's Resolved to re-join Weight Watchers
and re-lose the weight we lost last year and subsequently re-gained. (I
think
the cruise
was the beginning of the end for us.) It's been about 3 weeks now and,
drumroll please, I have lost 5 pounds and Ryan has lost 16. Hooray for
us!
I'm not writing this post because I want to be
showered in congratulations--but seriously, feel free to congratulate
us--but because I want to spread a little eating light love. I have a
hard time trying new recipes that haven't been recommended to me by
someone. But, as of late, we've been pushed into trying oodles of new
recipes in our quest to eat a little lighter. I'm assuming other people
have made a goal to lose weight or get in shape this year (anyone?), so I
thought it would be friendly to share a few of my favorite light
recipes. The best part of each of these recipes is that they don't even
taste "light." So, without further ado, here they are (in no particular
order):
Avgolemono (Lemony Chicken Soup)
O.M.Gsh. This soup is fantastic. I may have licked my bowl clean. And, best of all, it was extremely easy to make.
This
soup has a little kick to it, but nothing too crazy. I really enjoyed
the coconut undertones. And we made it in the same week as the
Avgolemono, so I just made all the chicken at one in the crock pot,
which saved a lot of time.
These
quesadillas are quick. I substitute feta/mozzarella for the
fontina--fontina is a little out of the price range I'm willing to spend
on cheese--and spinach for escarole because there is not one store in a
50-mile radius that sells escarole.
This
recipe requires kind of a lot of prep work--a lot of chopping of
potatoes, mushrooms, and onions is involved. But it is definitely worth
the effort. Tip: crumble your sausage into really small chunks, or it
doesn't spread throughout the gratin well.
The
ratio of beef to mushroom falls heavily on the side of mushroom--but
you don't notice the difference. If you don't have a food processor,
though, I don't think you'll be able to grind the mushrooms finely
enough.
I
was a little skeptical of this one, but it came out fantastically. We
had to bake the corn bread far longer than the recipe suggested--just a
heads up.
Possibly my favorite light recipe of all time. We like to add chopped, cooked chicken to make it a little more substantial.
It had me at pizza. And then bacon. Yummmmmm.
(All pictures and recipes from
Cookinglight.com I really like them. And, if you want more, I post all the recipes we've tried and the recipes we plan to try on my
pinterest board.)
O.M.Gsh. This soup is fantastic. I may have licked my bowl clean. And, best of all, it was extremely easy to make.
2 comments:
YOu are amazing! Good for you! Yippee. Tell me your trick. How do you not eat sweets. That is my biggest problem. I work out, eat pretty well, but love the sweets. HELP!!!
Ooo those recipes do sound good. Especially that spicy thai soup. And congrats! You're doing much better than I am with that resolution.
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