Saturday, May 31, 2014

A different take on frozen pizza

One organic cheese pizza
Dice favorite fresh veggies
Dice leftover meat
Arrange on pizza
Add favorite cheese
Drizzle bbq

Bake according to pizza directions.

Viola -  pizza batter than delivery for a quarter of the price.

Crock pot chicken stock


Chicken carcass/chicken bones
Onion-diced
One celery stock-diced
A few carrots-diced
One sprig of parsley
One bay leaf

Fill crock pot with water
Add all ingredients
Cook for 10 hours
Strain all bones, skin & veggies
Throw away veggies.
Chicken bones can be used again.

*I have been saving veggie scraps in the freezer and adding them to this recipe.*

I have also been adding a little bit of this every night to Choppers food.  He LOVES it.  Choppers now begs for me to "fix" his food.  It is very satisfying to know you used 100% of a chicken.

As my Iron Man training has been ramping up, I have been looking for low calorie, low cost, EASY recovery "nutrition".  I have read lots of benefits to drinking chicken broth like tea. I have also seen chicken broth at aid stations.  Last weekend, I heated this up and took it in a thermos for a post workout "meal".  It was very satisfying. 

Monday, May 19, 2014

Grandma Diane's Macroni Salad

1lb of cooked macaroni
1/2 bottle of red pimentos
3 chopped celery stocks
4 green onions
3 chopped or grated boiled eggs
6  oz can of sliced olives
2 table spoon of sweet relish
1 teaspoon of pepper
Pinch of Salt
1 can of tuna
1/4 cup of mayo
1 knife of mustard

Mix in big bowl
Dust top with Paprika

Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins

 1 cup quick cooking oats
1 1/4 cups of all purpose flower
1/2 cup of sugar
1 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp sald
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup fresh blueberries

Heat oven to 400
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl
combine egg, milk and oil into dry ingredients
Fold in blueberries

bake 18-22 minutes until golden brown