What I Ate This Week
Sunday: Grilled Turkey Burgers with Wholly Guacamole. Served on a fluffy Whole Wheat Brioche Bun.
Monday: Sauteed Shrimp with Spinach Asiago Polenta Tart
Shrimp was sauteed in butter with some sea salt and cajun spice mix. And I was loving this polenta tart. Recipe will be up soon.
Tuesday: Greek Yogurt Mac n’ Cheese with chicken sausage, spinach and peas. I was inspired by this recipe…but I didn’t use bacon or goat cheese or mozzarella. Just used some sharp cheddar. I loved the idea of adding the pasta water (instead of using milk) to create a creamy sauce.
Greek Yogurt Mac n’ Cheese: Boil 2 cups whole grain pasta. While pasta is cooking, add in 3/4 cup green peas. When pasta is done cooking, reserve 1 cup pasta water and drain pasta + peas into a colander. Pour cooked pasta + peas into the original pot and add in 3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar, 1/4 cup reserved pasta water, 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, 1 1/2 cup spinach, 2 tbsp dijon mustard, 1/4 tsp sea salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. If needed, add more pasta water. Stir everything together and serve warm.
Wednesday: Black Bean Burger + Sweet Potato Fries. We served the burgers with a greek yogurt sauce made from plain greek yogurt + sriracha + lemon juice.
Black Bean Burger recipe was posted to instagram!
Thursday: Nachos!
Made with leftover chicken, black beans, corn, broccoli (on my half) & Cabot chipotle cheddar (was sent a sample from Cabot…absolutely loving that cheese). We served the nachos with guac & greek yogurt.
Then we went and saw Divergent. Holy Attractive Male…that actor is good looking.
Friday: Leftovers!!! Parmesan Chicken + Corn Tortilla Chips + Guac
Saturday: We ended up going to Jimmy John’s for dinner. I hadn’t been before…I was super unimpressed. I didn’t even take a picture. I’m more of a toasty, delicious sandwich person…so Jimmy John’s isn’t really for me.
Leftover spinach polenta tart + chicken sausage. Served with berries on the side.
Delicious parmesan chicken made by Andrew + acorn squash + broccoli.
Saturday I volunteered at an Urban Harvest event. There was a potluck involved and those wonderful people let me eat…so much good food. This zucchini cornbread I had was high on my favorites list! So good! Also, an unpictured scoop of banana pudding was to.die.for.
berries + plain 2% greek yogurt + pb-banana toast
breakfast bake + eggs
This breakfast always reminds me of cake…pumpkin breakfast bake + greek yogurt.
Then a Saturday morning breakfast at Croissant Brioche spent catching up with my sisters. I had a smoked salmon quiche + latte. Such a great morning.
So for my dietetic internship, I recently started my School Food Service Rotation at a school district just outside of Houston. A definite perk is warm chocolate chip cookies…made with half the butter replaced with applesauce.
And now it’s Sunday again and the week is coming at us! I really loved going to see a movie Thursday night though…it makes the weekend seem longer!! I’ll have to convince Andrew that we need more Thursday date nights in our life!
Yum! Just looking at all your weekly eats is making me hungry! Looks delicious Kylie – Thanks for sharing!
That quiche looks so delicious. And zucchini cornbread?! I need that.
I need to try that Mac and Cheese too!