Veggie Flatbread Sandwiches

Grilled veggies with olive oil in a saucepan toasted with provolone cheese on whole wheat sandwich thins and grilled in the toaster. One is eggplant and tomato, the other zucchini and squash.

Grilled Chicken Peach Salad

Grilled chicken, peaches sauteed in a pan, raisins, romaine, crackers, yummy and sweet.

Eggplant Tomato Pasta

Grilled chopped eggplant and tomatoes over angle hair with olive oil. This was inspired by eating well's eggplant pasta. 

Chicken and Apple Salad

Grilled chicken, grilled apples (the sourish green ones), romaine and raisins. 

Chicken Veggie Salad

So my first experience cooking chicken breast went well. Just used a pan and some olive oil on the stove. Cooked sweet potatoes and red peppers over romaine topped with flatbread crackers.

Ornage Triscuit Salad

Cooked squash and carrots over romaine, topped off with reduced fat triscuits makes the perfect crunch!

Angel Hair and Squash

Angel hair, my favorite pasta, and butternut squash cooked in the oven :)

Pesto Pasta and Veggies

Use whole wheat pasta and add pesto, this is fresh pesto from a local farmer's market. For a side I zapped butternut squash and asparagus in my microwavable bowl. Careful, wheat pasta is more filling than regular so you may not need a lot!

Ham and Apple Sandwich

They used to serve this at my dining hall and I loved the idea and taste so here's a healthy version.

Just used olivio butter spread on whole wheat toast, layered low fat ham and two 

small (or one large) apple and grilled. Lovely taste combination and texture.

Veggie Chips

My first attempt at homemade chips, oven preheated to 400 degrees for 25 minutes, cut up squash, sweet potato, ad eggplant dipped in olive oil with sea salt on a baking sheet. They didn't come out crisp enough and were more like grilled veggies, but still very tasty. Next time will try baking longer and thinner slices.

Tomato Eggplant Pesto Pizza

Wheat bread with fresh pesto, tomato, eggplant, and provolone cheese, toasted. 

Butternut Squash Salad

So I bought this HUGE butternut squash, and realized I had no idea how to prepare it, I just knew I loved the taste. As with all my veggies, I put them in a small microwave plastic pot, zap it for a minute or two, and its as easy as that. For this dish I also grilled the squash on a tray in the oven. This salad also has turkey, Wheat Thins Flatbread crackers over romaine. Tasty :).

Turkey Avocado Salad

This salad requires no cooking and contains my favorite salad ingredient, avocado.

So simple - avocado, turkey, and Wheat Thins Flatbread crackers over romaine.

Tuna Provolone Salad

After making the tuna with kraft's olive oil mayo, I added it to a salad of romaine lettuce along with strips of provolone cheese, black olives, and crumbled crackers.

Sweet Potato Simple Salad

Tonight's salad - romaine (from the farmers market - so cheep and fresh compared to grocery store!) sweet potato, brussel sprouts, black olives, crumbled cracker, and that's that.

Amazing veggie burger discovery that I have to share - Dr. Praeger's Veggie Burger. Super healthy and most importantly delicious - it's not dry and tiny like other veggie burgers (I've been eating the Morning Star brand). Very green and moist, either on the grill or with a quick microwave. Even featured on the Dr. Oz show best frozen foods. I can' wait to try their other products, let me know if you have any reviews!

Brussel Sprout Salad

You'll be seeing a lot of salads from me on here. I love salads but they can get dull if you don't come up with new creations. I enjoy them because they are very healthy, take awhile to eat so you can enjoy it, and there are many ways to be creative with ingredients.

This salad is romaine lettuce topped with low fat turkey, one hard boiled egg, half a tomato, a third avocado, and lined with brussel spouts which I boiled and salted. I use crumbled crackers like Kashi's  7 grain crackers as a healthy alternative to packaged croutons. The dressing used is Marie's balsamic vinaigrette.

Tomato Avocado Sandwich

A simple sandwich for my first blog post ever. Tomato and avocado with a toasted on wheat bread. I used Kraft's olive oil mayo, a healthy and tasty mayo alternative. This lunch takes five minutes and contains two of the best fruits for your skin and body. Here's a link to the great mayo product I discovered.