Veggie Eats - Tuesday and Wednesday Recap

TUESDAY

 Breakfast

I wanted a bowl of Cap'n Crunch, but I was a good girl and made a green drink with half the kale.

Dinner 

My husband loves french onion soup.  Chances are if french onion soup is on the menu, he'll order it.  So when I suggested french onion soup due to the ridiculous amount of onions we had, the husband was all about it.  What husband wants, husband gets... once in awhile.

However, in my husband's mind soup is not a meal.  So I had to make sausage and Israeli couscous stuffed peppers because husband likes meat. 

Yes I forgot to take a picture of them cooked.  

And I love Israel couscous.  If you have never had it, you need to try it!  So good.

WEDNESDAY

Lunch

I made zucchini noodles aka zoodles with a tomato and sausage sauce. 

Easy, quick, and it used 2 vegetables. 

Dinner

BLT, BLT!

The only thing that would have made this better was some avocado.  I love me some BLATs.

And here's what is left of the vegetables:

And meal suggestions with the remaining vegetables would be greatly appreciated!

Zoodles for days

I LOVE spaghetti and meatballs.  It is the epitome of comfort food.  My waist, however, doesn't love it so much.  I use to be able to polish off anything I wanted and still have a banging body.  The joys of youthful metabolism!  Now I have to work for it.

Zoodles are a great alternative to pasta.  For those of you who haven't jumped on the zoodles bandwagon they are noodles made out of zucchini (or any other vegetable for that matter).

Thanks to zoodles I can eat my beloved spat and balls at least once a week.  Is it as good as traditional spaghetti and meatballs?  No.  But it's a great quick and healthy substitute.

There are lots of different ways to cook noodles, but I tend to microwave them for 2 minutes in a microwave safe container.  The trick with zucchinis is you have to make sure you drain any excess liquid or you will have a soggy bowl of zoodles.  Zucchinis are great and filling, but loaded with water so do not skip this step.  Once the zucchini noodles are cooked I place them in a colander and use paper towels to absorb any extra liquid.

It's that easy.

Top your zoodles off with some healthy turkey meatballs, homemade marinara, and fresh grated parm and you have a filling meal in less than 10 minutes.

Dinner solved.