Some recent eats around MyVeryFirstKitchen, and for lack of a better theme to tie everything together, we will go with PROTEIN POWER snacks/meals
1. Baked tofu + green beans
(extra firm tofu, pressed with paper towels & baked for 20 minutes with seseme oil + bragg’s liquid aminos + spices, flipped half way through, at 425)
2. Smoked salmon chunk + carrots + peanut and pumpkin butter + brussels sprouts and parsley from the garden
3. Spicy Black Beans from scratch (these have such an amazing texture compared to canned beans. Plus, NO SODIUM!)
Instructions: Soak beans overnight (or in the morning before you go to work/school) with double/triple the water. After 8-12 hours, rinse beans thoroughly. Add fresh water (double the amount) to your pot/pan and with the rinsed beans and slowly bring the water to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1-2 hours, or until your beans are the consistency you want and the water is absorbed. Easy!
4. Snack Plate: Celery + almond butter + raisins, pumpkin and cinnamon
5. Tortilla Pizza + Veggies + Cheese
(high protein La Tortilla Factory tortilla’s or Flat Out Wraps)
6. Dessert lately has been alot of Greek yogurt + toppings:
Raspberries + dark chocolate chips + pom seeds + crushed Newman’s o cookie
Random eats but good ones, especially the new addition of yogurt to my dessert menu (18 grams protein/serving)
*some snacks/meals that don’t exactly follow my protein theme of the day*
Brussels Sprouts + Shallots (before)
After:
These were awesome! I have never pan “fried” brussels sprouts before, I always roast them in oil + maple syrup
Lots of veggie salads + Annie’s salad dressing (the best!)
ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE
Sorry for the overload of eats!
Which Annie’s dressing do you like? I tried green goddess, after hearing so many good things, and didn’t like it!
Hi Kristina!
My favorite Annie’s dressing are honey mustard, gingerly, (the lite varieties are tasty too! but have more chemicals of course). ALSO, just to show my deep love of Annie’s products, her condiments (mustard, ketchup, BBQ) are AWESOME and have no HFCS and are organic:) Her herb flavored oils are also amazzzing.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting K!!
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THanks for commenting on my blog!
I’m glad I found yours,I see that I’ll enjoy reading it
I will try them!!! I love your blog, and the way you break down recipes is really clear and helpful… keep posting!
Hi I just found your blog and wanted to say hello.
I love all your meals in this post and defo want to try the brussel sprout recipe, I’ve always roasted them too.
Thanks you! And thank you for saying hello
Hi I just found your blog and wanted to say hello.
I love all your meals in this post and defo want to try the brussel sprout recipe, I’ve always roasted them too.