Weekend Deliciousness

For the most part, this weekend was gorgeous! On Friday, I decided to make stuffed peppers for dinner. I had a few peppers that I needed to use and thought that stuffed peppers would be a great clean meal for me and my family. I also decided that being a pescatarian wasn't for me. My diet is too protein heavy for me to keep my food interesting enough for me to not consider other meats.

First, I started with the peppers. I cut them in half and took the seeds out. I then threw them in a pot of cold water and put them on the stove until the water came to a boil. This helped to soften their texture a bit so that the baby could enjoy it as well.

In the meantime, I preheated the over to 350 and started my filling. My filling consisted of ground turkey (I used 93% lean and drained all of the fat), spaghetti sauce (be sure to check the sugar content on any prepackaged pasta sauce. I used Classico Tomato Basil and it had no added sugar.), spinach, garlic, and quinoa. The quinoa was made earlier in the week for use throughout the week.

Once the peppers reached a boil, I rinsed them with cold water so that they were easier to handle and stuffed them with the mixture. I topped them with mozzarella cheese made with 2% milk (lower fat content)

And then we ate. And it was very delicious. By the way, excuse my very amateur photos. I am not doing this blog to show off my photography skills, or lack of. :)


On to Saturday. Saturday was a good day. It was my last BFL workout for this challenge and I swam! It was great! On to dinner. The night before, John and I were watching Jamie Oliver serve Bison burgers. In my clean eating books, I had heard quite a bit about bison and how lean the meat is. It was time to try it! We headed out to Czimer's game meat market. At 6.99 a pound we bought a few packages of frozen burgers. We seasoned them with a bit of sea salt and some ground pepper and threw those babies on the grill. In the meantime, I prepared some asparagus using a tbs of olive oil and some freshly ground black pepper. I also made an arugula, tomato, basil and 2% mozzarella salad with Trader Joe's Fat Free Balsamic dressing (This is by far the best fat free balsamic you can buy). I actually topped my burger with this salad inside of a whole wheat bun. Once I had remembered to take a picture, it was almost too late....


Bison tasted a lot like beef, only leaner and fresher. If that makes any sense. At 6.99 a pound, I don't think it is going to become a staple, however, when I am craving a burger, I Bison does the job! Did you know that Wrigley Field now sells Bison Burgers?