I already shared that lots of people ask me for meal plans (see my post about meal planning
In addition, I want to share two of my favorite ‘green food’ recipes, to go with my last article on why Green Foods are so good for you. They follow the meal plan!
Cancer Dietitian’s Week of Recipes:Monday: Mexican 5 Bean Soup (cooked in the crockpot). Recipe from Zonya’s cookbook. Seriously, my fav cookbook BY FAR! Always a great gift too. Served with green salad and homemade dressing.
Tuesday: Pan fried tilapia topped with homemade mango & avocado salsa and served over quinoa. Served with butternut squash soup (cooked
in the crockpot).
in the crockpot).
Wednesday: Homemade Pizza served with Massaged Kale Salad.
Thursday: Chili (cooked in the crockpot) over potatoes (also cooked in a crockpot – not the same one!). Serve with chopped tomatoes, plain greek yogurt, shredded cheese and fresh chopped chives (from my garden!!!).
This Friday I am presenting for the NC Survivorship Summit in Greensboro, and then will drive to SC in order to present Saturday morning at the SC Dietetic Association Annual Meeting. Then I will drive back home in time for the Cancer Services’ Annual Auction & Benefit. Phew! Everyone’s on their own for those meals. 🙂
This Week’s Recipes:
Mexican
5 Bean Soup: You have to buy the cookbook for this recipe.
5 Bean Soup: You have to buy the cookbook for this recipe.
Homemade Salad Dressing: For a dressing recipe, check out the Kale Salad with Balsamic Honey Mustard recipe. The dressing would be great on any salad! OR – here’s one of our fav things for making salad dressing, from Pampered Chef. You can probably find something similar at Bed, Bath & Beyond and I also saw it for sale on ebay.
Butternut Squash Soup: Use this recipe, from Chef Jeff at the Triad Community Kitchen. Use butternut squash for “winter squash”. And instead of roasting them, you can just throw everything in the crockpot and cook on low. Then puree when you get home from work!
Homemade Salsa: Dice cilantro, onion, tomato, avocado and mango. Mix with fresh lime juice and salt, to taste. YUM!
Homemade Pizza: I use the whole wheat dough ball from Trader Joe’s (it’s about $1.19). I like to roll it out and bake it on my pizza stone for 10 minutes before putting on my sauce (simple marinara in a jar), toppings and cheese.
Massaged Kale Salad: This is seriously SOOO good! You could also use this dressing for Monday’s salad.
Crockpot Black Bean Chili: Here’s the recipe, which has had great reviews from different people, including volunteers and someone who came to our auction last year and stopped me to tell me it’s one of her favorites!
Baked Potatoes in a Crockpot: Yep – it’s as simple as piercing with fork, wrap with foil and place in crockpot. No liquid needed. For a recipe, check this out.
Crockpot Black Bean Chili: Here’s the recipe, which has had great reviews from different people, including volunteers and someone who came to our auction last year and stopped me to tell me it’s one of her favorites!
Baked Potatoes in a Crockpot: Yep – it’s as simple as piercing with fork, wrap with foil and place in crockpot. No liquid needed. For a recipe, check this out.
I’m not going to make the grocery list for you. That is something you will have to do yourself, haha! Use your fav grocery shopping app or print out this list: http://orgjunkie.com/wp-
2 Great Green Food Recipes!
With each color I’ve discussed in the Color Matters: Cancer Fighting Foods series, I have shared a recipe. For the green foods, I have two favorites. One has already been shared above – the Massaged Kale Salad. I consistently get good reviews on this one! From a wide variety of people too. Men, women, kids, uber health snobs and normal eaters alike. A must try!
The second recipe is for a Green Smoothie. It’s one
that I’ve used for taste tests and demonstrations and every time I make
it, it’s so yummy! If you haven’t tried a green smoothie yet, you must.
Trust me – I thought it was the craziest thing I’d ever heard of too but
I’m always up for trying something new. It is really good! And how else
are you going to fit in spinach to your breakfast?
that I’ve used for taste tests and demonstrations and every time I make
it, it’s so yummy! If you haven’t tried a green smoothie yet, you must.
Trust me – I thought it was the craziest thing I’d ever heard of too but
I’m always up for trying something new. It is really good! And how else
are you going to fit in spinach to your breakfast?
Have a great week!
– Julie
– Julie
Jerry R. Lowe was admitted to the California Bar in 2004 after graduating from the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University. During law school, Mr. Lowe was privileged to serve as an extern for the Honorable Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, justice of The Ohio Supreme Court, as well as clerk for one of Ohio’s finest bankruptcy firms. He has hands-on experience in , ,.