Recipe: Cabbage Soup

So here is a quick entry for basic Cabbage soup

Chop up: 

3 Carrots

5 Stalks of Celery

1 Onion

2TBS chopped Garlic

Place veggies in a large pan or dutch oven
Add 1/4 cup chicken broth or 1-2 TBS olive oil

Saute for about 5 min.

Chop up 1 head of cabbage as shown below ( I did two as I was making  double recipe).

 Chop in half

Cut out stalks

Slice into thin strips. *Note: I did this very quickly so my cabbage was quite large in my soup. If you are looking to impress, be careful to make sure all of the strips of cabbage  are separated from one another.

Add Cabbage to your bowl.

Add 6-8 cups of Chicken Broth or water with a 2 cubes of chicken bullion

Boil/Simmer for about an hour or until the cabbage is tender enough for you to enjoy!

Recipe: Healthy and Lite Coleslaw

This is an amazingly fresh and healthy 'coleslaw.'

I put coleslaw in quotes because with out mayonnaise it's probably not actually a coleslaw but it's the the only coleslaw I like! (I can't stand mayo)

It's super quick and easy and is really fresh.

Ingredients:
~A few apples
~1-2 tbs lemon juice
~2-4 cups shredded green cabbage
~2-4 cups shredded red cabbage
~1/2-1 cup craisins


Vinaigrette
~2 Tbs Olive Oil
~2 Tbs Red Wine or Balsamic Vinegar
~1 TBS Apple Cider Vinegar
~1-2 TBS Mustard (Spicy brown or whichever you prefer)
~ (you can also add a tbs or two of honey to sweeten it up a bit)


Directions
Chop up apples

Add lemon juice to keep them from turning brown and for flavor.

Chop up the Cabbage (I only had green and didn't do a great job as i was in a hurry!)

Mix the vinaigrette together. Whisk it until everything looks incorporated.

Add apples, vinaigrette, and Craisins to the cabbage.
Toss everything together and you're done!

Blog: SF Diet Day 1 Complete

So the NSA (No Sugar Added) diet is underway.  I was fully prepared with food (see prev. post) so even though I was super lazy and didn't cook anything today except egg whites for dinner.

Pre-Workout:
Banana + 2% Cottage Cheese
Post Workout:
Watermelon
Almonds
2% Cottage Cheese
Throughout the day and in no particular order
more Almonds,  too many more.... :)
more Cottage Cheese w/ frozen Blueberries
Carrots w/ Humus
Homemade Hashbrowns in waffle iron! (AWESOME)
Fresh Mango
Frozen Mango
large Egg White Omelet w/Carrots, Parm and Garlic Salt
Banana with PB x2
Romaine w/Cucumber, Tomatoes  and Humus
1% Milk
Fish Oil pill

I feel pretty good today! Minus the fact my body isn't recovering well from this stupid injury I'm getting over.

I'm hoping to feel more up to cooking tomorrow! Wish me luck