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Guest Post: Healthy “Fast Food”

February 17, 2011 By 3 Comments

This is a guest post written by Kathryn Henry, a writer for TeachStreet. TeachStreet is a website that provides online and local classes, including cooking classes and nutrition classes. Kathryn and her husband recently started a vegan, gluten-free diet. She writes about their experience with healthy eating on her blog, The Accidental Vegans.

Back in November of 2010, my husband and I were tired of eating junk. With a two year old and a newborn, we had gotten in the bad habit of eating pre-packaged foods or things that my husband could grab at a drive-thru on the way home from work. We were both feeling “blah” and unhealthy. It was time for a change. After doing some research, I found a blog called Plate + Simple, which outlines a healthy-eating lifestyle. The author, Hilary, recommends doing a vegan detox to “reset” your body.

We decided to try the detox for just a week. We both felt so much better after just a few days that we kept going . . . and going . . . and going. It is now almost three months later, and we are happier, healthier, and lighter. My husband has lost over thirty pounds and I am wearing pants I haven’t fit into since before I got pregnant. We eat healthy, wholesome food and don’t count calories, carbohydrates, or fat grams. [Read more...]

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Recipe – Sausage Salad

March 4, 2009 By 4 Comments

Today’s post is one of my favorite quick meals to prepare.  It’s fast, tasty and very nutritious.

Needed Ingredients

  • 1 tomato
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1/4 onion
  • 1 cup of fresh spinach leaves
  • 1 cup of mushrooms
  • 1/4 avocado
  • 1 red pepper
  • 2 sausages
  • a bit of olive oil

Note, the ingredients matter.  If you want good flavor, you’re going to invest in fresh, organic produce and non crappy sausages.  I usually buy venison or rabbit sausages at the farmers market but you can find decent stuff at the supermarket too.  Just don’t go with some crappy factory produced sausage filled with god knows what.  Even with the extra cost of good ingredients, this is still cheaper than eating dinner in a restaurant by the way.

Preparation

Chop up all the vegetables except the onions and mushroom into very little pieces.  By little I mean no bigger than 1/4 or 1/3 of an inch (or 1cm for you metric folks).  Pour them into a bowl.  Now chop up the onions and mushrooms into similarly small pieces and pour into another bowl.  When you’re done crying from chopping the onion (which usually takes me about 10 minutes), chop up the sausage into small piece and toss into a frying pan with a bit of olive oil.  Start cooking it and, about 4 to 5 minutes it’s done, toss in the chopped onion and mushrooms.  Continue cooking for a few minutes, making sure to stir everything well.  When the sausage is cooked, pour everything out into your other vegetable bowl, mix well and serve.

Notes

  • You do NOT need dressing for this.  Believe me, the sausage, onions and other vegetables have enough flavor without you drowning them in ranch sauce.
  • You do NOT need a side of french fries, mashed potatoes, rice or any other silly calorie laden dish with this meal.  It’s perfect just on its own.
  • Glass of wine is fine, I’m told by my local butcher than reds go well with this meat, but really, there’s nothing better to drink than water!
  • You may want to adjust the quantity of meat to vegetables to suit your own tastes.  This ratio works well for me since it’s one of the few meat dishes that I eat.  However, 10 sausages to 1 tomato is probably not a good ratio.

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Anyone have their own favorite quick and healthy recipes?

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