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This week's challenge is to go without microwaving any of your food. Can you do it?! It may require some advanced planning, but I think it's well worth it. (Did you know the Nazis invented the microwave?) The kitchen's desperate for a cleaning before yoga tonight, but all recipes will have active links soon - check back again!
On the menu this week are some more quick, easy meals. I've been getting positive feedback on the crockpot meals, so enjoy! Hopefully you were able to make stock during week 4, so you'll have a rich base for the soups.
All of the meals will include enough for two nights' dinners, for two people, so you'll be preparing dinner just three evenings (or if you're like me, all in one day to minimize cooking!). Adjust recipes accordingly if you are cooking for more than two.
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When necessary, prepare these early in the week so you have them on hand for recipes and munching!
Grain - Quinoa (keen-WA)
Bread - Yogurt Herb Bread
Soup - Butternut Squash Soup
Snack - Popcorn (Pop a huge pot so you have some to munch on all week!)
Must-Make Recipe of the Week: Gingerbread Pancakes
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Prep: Soak flour in yogurt for yogurt dough
Day 1
Breakfast - Smoothies
Lunch - Red Pepper Quiche
Dinner - Beef Stew
Day 2
Breakfast - Dirty Scrambled Eggs (scrambled eggs with bits of veggies mixed in)
Lunch - Crockpot Chicken and Red Quinoa (keen-WA)
Dinner - Beef Stew
Day 3
Breakfast - Oatmeal
Lunch - Red Pepper Quiche
Dinner - Crockpot Chicken and Red Quinoa (keen-WA)
Day 4
Breakfast - Kiku
Lunch - Yogurt Parfait
Dinner - Butternut Squash Soup
Day 5
Breakfast - Kiku
Lunch - Turkey bacon sandwich on sourdough or homemade bread
Dinner - White fish, steamed greens with lemon and garlic, and quinoa
Day 6
Breakfast - Gingerbread Pancakes
Lunch - Butternut Squash Soup
Dinner - Leftover White fish, steamed broccoli with lemon and garlic, and quinoa
Day 7
You'll probably have enough leftovers to take you through the day! Most people enjoy a meal or two out once a week as well, so these recipes should take you through.
Snacks
Power Bars
Crispy or sprouted nuts
Natural yogurt (no added sugars or "vitamins") with unsweetened coconut, soaked nuts, and cocoa powder
Hummus with veggies or crackers
Homemade popcorn, popped on stove in coconut oil
celery with all natural peanut butter and raisins
potato skins or sweet potato fries
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Do healthy people actually own microwaves? It kills me to see microwave directions on health food products. I don't even know how to work a naziwave. hee hee! Please share about the Nazis- that sounds interesting...maybe I'll google it if I get time.
ReplyDeleteMoney talks, and powerful industry leaders have effectively silenced research that may point to the microwave being a hazard. And of course, because the modern American life is so scarily busy, the microwave is an "attractive" alternative to the slower oven or stove top. I'll definitely be doing some posts next week on the history and (relatively scarce) research RE: microwaves.
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ReplyDeleteYour link for Butternut Squash Soup connects to Beef Stew. FYI
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