Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Week 1-Tuesday

Pasta Tuesday--Cheeseless Pasta Bake and Salad
taken from 6 Week Meal Planning 

What you will need:
2 cups cooked whole wheat pasta-We used Healthy Harvest Rotini
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup hummus-We used Wild Garden Traditional
1/4 red pepper, chopped thinly
10 leaves of fresh basil, chopped
1 large handful of grape tomatoes, chopped
1/3 tablespoon pepper
Sprinkle of salt
Pasta sauce to top-We used Prego

Direction
Preheat oven to 375 and grease three small ramekins-We don't have ramekins so we used an 8x8 baking dish
Cook pasta according to box and drain
While pasta is cooking: chop up red pepper, fresh basil, grape tomatoes and beat eggs
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except for pasta sauce
Pour mix evening into ramekins and bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until egg is firm
Remove from oven and drizzle with pasta sauce
ENJOY!
 This is the half of the dish we didn't eat


Salad

What you will need:
1 bag spinach or romaine salad mix
2 small tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, chopped
baby carrots, chopped
dressing of your choice- I added cottage cheese and a small amount of ranch 

 This is the half of the salad we didn't eat


Stars

Jessie: 3 out of 5
Jason: 2.5 out of 5

Thoughts:
Jason made the meal tonight since I had to be at a board meeting until about 8:00pm. Jason got to eat the meal right out of the oven whereas I warmed it up in the microwave. It took about an hour from start to ready to serve and there was lots of chopping involved. Jason said he gave it a 2.5 since there was no meat but if it was served again he would eat it. I really enjoyed the pasta even though mine was reheated but the salad wasn't my favorite. I gave it a try but I just really don't like carrots, tomatoes or cucumbers. I would defiantly have the pasta again but I would serve it with just a lettuce salad none of the veggies. 

2012 Summer Transformation
Weight: down 2 pounds 
Water: 133 ounces
Breakfast: 2 pieces white Goldfish bread with peanut butter and a banana
Lunch: leftovers Turkey Tacos and a low fat chocolate chip muffin
Snack: am-1 cup low fat cottage cheese
           pm-slice of banana chocolate chip bread
Dinner: Cheeseless pasta bake and salad
Exercise: none



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