After a week's vacation spent eating Cheetos for breakfast, I needed a
clean break. The first step has been preparing healthy lunches to bring
to work, followed closely by eating less meat. With better
organization ahead of time, I've found that I have been able to make
'cleaner' lunches without too much effort.
When I was trying to figure out some easy recipes for lunches, I started looking around the internet. Most of the recipes that I found looked amazing, but involved a lot of work and time. I never have much energy in the evenings, and certainly not first thing in the morning. But then I remembered the receptcal of all things homey/inspiring/cheesy/useful/cutesie/annoying....Pinterest. What a brainwave! Between pins showing beautiful country kitchens and 25 easy workouts, I also found a bunch of easy, healthy recipes. My favorites this week have been for quinoa bowls.
Quinoa, a grain crop, is high in protein and fiber and can be mixed with almost anything to taste great. It is super easy to make - approximately one cup of quinoa added to two cups of boiling water until the water is soaked in and then let it rest for about five minutes before fluffing with a fork. Something even better - add a vegetable stock cube to the boiling water to flavour the quinoa. Once the quinoa is ready, it serves as a base to everything else.
Image from Closet Cooking.
I have also started roasting sweet potatoes and other vegetables and using them as toppings. The easiest has been to cut up a sweet potato in small pieces, lightly toss with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast at 350 for 20 minutes or so. So good!! Very similar to sweet potato fries, only hopefully healthier.
Image from Glow Kitchen.
