Char-LEAN
Dinner
Most of us know that the biggest benefits of eating healthy are that we will stay physically fit, feel better, and have fewer illnesses. We can lower our risk of illnesses like heart disease and diabetes as well. Another key benefit of eating healthy is being able to maintain a healthy weight. In this age of epidemic obesity, this is one of the simplest weight loss plans.
Here are the 5 major benefits of eating healthy every day:
1. Eating healthy is probably the easiest and most important way in which you can keep active and shield yourself from the many diseases that are now common as we grow older, including heart disease and diabetes. By eating healthy you are boosting your energy levels, improving your bodily functions, and helping to improve your immune. By eating a healthy diet and combining this with exercise you could end up leading a longer and more vibrant life.
2. Your daily food intake should include some amounts of grain, fruit, vegetables, milk (or other dairy products), beans, oils, and protein. There are vitamins and minerals in healthy foods which can boost your immune system and shield you from many common illnesses. In some cases, by eating a healthy diet you can actually reduce the risks that are often linked with such serious diseases as cancer and diabetes.
3. You will enjoy life more and have more energy to face the tasks before you. Healthy eating can reduce your stress levels. Combine this with daily exercise and you will increase this effect even more.
4. You will sleep better and be more rested when you wake up.
5. If you are currently overweight, you will be able to lose that weight more easily - and maintain it long term! Most people who lose weight with fad diets gain it right back again when they go back to their normal eating patterns. With a healthy diet that you maintain for life, you will lose that weight once and maintain it long term.
Once you implement a healthy diet, you will be surprised at how fast you will start reaping these rewards. The benefits of eating healthy will continue to reward you for the rest of your life.
2 pounds LEAN meat.I use either turkey breast chopmeat or lean ground beef
one 29-ounce can tomato sauce
one 29-ounce can kidney beans (with liquid)
one 29-ounce can pinto beans (with liquid)
1 cup diced onion (1 medium onion)
1/2 cup diced green chili (2 chilies)
1/4 cup diced celery (1 stalk)
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
2 teaspoons cumin powder
3 tablespoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups water
1. Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat; drain off the fat.
2. Using a fork, crumble the cooked beef into pea-size pieces.
3. In a large pot, combine the beef plus all the remaining ingredients, and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cook, stirring every 15 minutes, for 2 to 3 hours.
Makes about 12 servings.
Tidbits: For spicier chili, add 1/2 teaspoon more black pepper. For much spicier chili, add 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and a tablespoon of cayenne pepper. And for a real stomach stinger, add 5 or 6 sliced jalapeno peppers to the pot. Leftovers can be frozen for several months.
Chicken teriyaki - 16 oz Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (Thin Sliced)
9 Tablespoons Teriyaki Sauce
1.25 cups of water
1/4 cup crushed garlic
1 table spoon Vegetable oil
Directions
Put one table spoon Vegetable oil in the skillet on Medium flame, move around the skillet to cover the bottom. Put Marinade and chicken in the skillet, cover , flipping the chicken occasionally.
cook on medium to low flame for 30 min
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 175.9
- Total Fat: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 65.0 mg
- Sodium: 1,625.4 mg
- Total Carbs: 7.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 25.8 g
Chicken sausage with peppers and onion
Andouille chicken sausage gluten free, all natural You can buy this at Costco 4.5 grams of fat per link 0 sugars 13 grams of protein - Baked in the oven and I cooked peppers and onions in a few drizzlesof olive oil Yummy and CARB free dinner!
Pork Chops My Man's Fav!
Marinate pork chops with a few splashes of worcestershire
Boneless Roast Pork
Ingredients
Directions
- In a saucepan, combine tomato sauce, red wine, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, black pepper, cayenne pepper, basil, and cheese. Simmer on medium low for about 30 minutes to give the alcohol in the wine time to evaporate, and all the flavors time to blend.
- Add the calamari to the sauce. Continue to slowly simmer for about another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Calamari is done when it is plump. Do not cook on higher heat or for a longer period, as calamari is famous for becoming rubbery. Leave out the pasta!
Extremely reasonable I get them for about $3.99 per box sometimes $2.99.
If you have the freezer space stock up!
Morning Star Patties
For that busy night, serve with soup on the side. These are the chick patties. They also carry a great tomato basil, my husband loves the black bean burger. He tops his with this sauce: whistershire sauce, mustard, a tiny dap of ketchup and BBQ sauce .
Shrimp, calamari, crabmeat, scungilli with fresh garlic, celery, drizzle lemon juice & olive oil, salt garnish with fresh parsley
Broiled Salmon
Broiled Salmon with olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper garnish with parsley, spray olive oil cooking spray on the aluminum foil so there is NO clean up just toss! Very simple! A rule of thumb for cooking salmon is to bake for 10 minutes per inch of thickness @ 375 degrees. Serve with a tomato salad!
Sauteed chicken in a pan with olive oil cooking spray. Season chicken with salt & pepper. Cook till golden brown. Mix the following:
Pulled Pork Cook a boneless roast pork in the pressure cooker for 8 hours you can add a cut up onion if you want my kids don't like it so I left it out but you can even put a whole onion for taste and just pull it out at the end. Put enough water to cover the roast, add to the water, 1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce, 4 splashes soy sauce and a splash of Worcestershire sauce and cook for 7 hours, 1 hour before your ready to eat take it out and pull it apart with 2 forks and drain all the water. If you have onions save the onions then return back into the crook pot add a nice amount of your BBQ sauce with a nice big spoon of duck sauce mix and cook for 1 hour, occasionally stirring. I promise perfection! Serve with baked beans and corn!
Char-LEAN Buffalo Chicken
