It has been awhile since I posted trying to enjoy my summer, doing private art lessons and having fun! I have been consistently working out but my food slips up more often since it is summer but it all comes down to being disciplined. I have got back on making better food choices but have a few more cheats then normal. I am happy with my results thus far but I do know food makes a big difference in how my stomach looks. I cleaned up my eating for about three days being pretty strict and it looked less bloated which is what I need since I am heading to Costa Rica next week (wooooooooooooooooooooooo.....that's the excitement talking...lol). But anyway that is the update about me and my progress for now so lets get to talking about the good stuff....FOOD!
I know lots of people hate feeling deprived. My motto with eating healthier is to eat the healthy things I like that taste good to me which are several things but we all get that feeling once in a while of wanting to give in. So several times I have worked on making things that I love healthier! So important when wanting to stay on track along with the weekly cheat meal. If you don't need a cheat meal great for you and pass it up but I usually can't stay sane without one lol!
Sooooooo here we go! Any of you like fried tomatoes? My papa had me eat them and now I really like them. It is a great snack or accompaniment to a meal.
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
 Go find some great, firm green tomatoes from your local grocery store or farmer's market! Get some whole wheat flour (if not trying to make them to healthy guess you could use regular flour, sea salt, pepper (love fresh cracked black pepper), Panko crumbs, and white or yellow corn meal, egg whites and olive oil! Only measurements really needed are equal parts of the panko crumbs and corn meal depending on how many tomatoes you have, and 1 and a half tablespoons of olive oil in the pan for each batch you cook. These can be baked to eliminate the oil just put them on a wire cooling rack while the cook. |
Cut the tomatoes not too thin and not to thick!
Get 2 or 3 egg whites and whip them with a fork until they look foamy like this...
I didn't want too many dirty dishes so I put the whole wheat flour on the left and mixed some corn meal and panko crumbs on the right of the plate.
Dip the tomato in the flour, then place it in the egg whites and then dip it in the panko corn meal mixture.
Put the tomatoes in a non stick skillet with 1 T to 1 T and a half of olive oil. Have it hot and ready on Medium heat
Cook until it is Golden brown or a little browner in my case! haha! I like them crispy anway!
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Serve warm and enjoy!
WONTON TACOS
I am going to give you a link with step by step pictures and recipe to this yummy recipe. Here I will write a few of the things I changed while I made mine and put my own spin on it!
Here is a picture of the finished project! I tried to make cilantro lime rice healthier with brown basmati rice but the texture wasn't working for me (I am still working on making good brown rice) so next time I will use the boil in the bag kind again. The jasmine rice came out good! Just add a little cilantro, salt and lime to taste. Add a little at a time until the rice tastes how you want!
Let's see, I put the shells in the muffin pan and cooked them on 350 degrees before I put in the re-fried black beans, meat and cheese mixture. The original recipe calls for ground turkey but you could use bison or ground chicken as well to keep it healthier. I didn't make guacamole but just topped it with avocados, chopped tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes (next time I will try cherry tomatoes). So that is pretty much the only modifications I made. Check out the recipe and enjoy! My friend Summer made it already and loved them as well and so did her little boy!
Enjoy these yummy treats friends!
