Day 2: Here's a recipe

Today is day two of my lifestyle change.  I did my workout this morning and feel great for doing it.  I have a super healthy lunch packed today, which I will include the recipes for if you are choosing to join me in your own life change.  I have Tuna and White Bean salad, Weight Watchers 0 point soup, left overs from last nights dinner and a Visalus shake.  I already had a banana and two glasses of water at home before leaving for work.

The salad recipe I pulled from the BeachBody website, as well as some stuffed peppers my boyfriend and I had for dinner two nights in a row.  They were so tasty and incredibly filling.  The pictures provide links to each!

 One serving (about one cup) is 8 points. 

One pepper is 4 points.

I added half a pack of fajita seasoning to the pepper stuffing for extra flavour.  We used ground pork for them, instead of the beef it calls for.  We eat hardly any beef in our house.  We are hunters and eat a lot of wild game which is a lot leaner and has none of the hormones and other nasty things you can find in processed beef.  Our chickens usually come from a local Hutterite colony, but we will be raising our own this year.

A lot of our meals at home are things thrown together in a pot, some sort of sauce and done.  I made the same thing last night, but counted everything out quite carefully only to find it was almost as healthy as the peppers!  It has no name other than what we call the general concoction of meat, pasta and mushroom soup.

400g ground pork

2 large carrots, grated

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 Can of mushrooms

1 Tbsp olive oil

2 Cups of pasta

2 Cans of Campbell's mushroom soup

Fry the grated carrots, onions and garlic in the olive oil.  Add any spices you like.  I used basil, paprika and a bit of Frank's Red Hot Sauce.  After a few minutes, add the ground pork.

Cook pasta according to directions, drain and add to pork mixture once it is cooked through.  Add the two cans of mushroom soup and mix it all together. 

1 Cup of mixture = 6 points.

I had two cups of this last night for dinner, with a glass of skim milk and I was FULL!  Part of my weight gain issue is that I don't eat enough.  I was really behind on points so that's why I had so much.  It was quite tasty and I was surprised to see how few points it was worth if it was measured out properly.

I hope this recipe works out as well for you!