Low Fat Chop Suey – Who would have thought…

Who would have thought Chop Suey would be so delicious?! When you the words chop suey doesn’t it make you think of some old sayings. Never did I realize it was a dish, and a delicious dish at that. I picked the recipe of the week for the group Craving Ellie in My Belly this week. When I was looking through recipes to pick I had some criteria:

Healthy – which they all are because they are designed by Ellie

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Spicy Seafood Lettuce Wraps

It was such a gorgeous day today! 77 and Sunny – cool morning and night, Fall is here! I love Fall!

After another busy day in third grade, I came home to make dinner, walk and get some stuff done.

Dinner was easy, as usual.

Spicy Seafood Lettuce Wraps

1/2 bag of frozen cooked, peeled, cleaned tailless shrimp 1/2 bag of raw frozen scallops 2 cans water chesnuts 1 can chickpeas- drained soy sauce lime juice hot chili sauce (asian)

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15 Minute Meal

Here is a super easy meal that you can make with only a few ingredients and a little time.

Super Simple Soy Salmon

1 or 2 pieces of fresh salmon 3 tbsp. soy sauce big drizzle of maple syrup Simply marinate the salmon in the soy sauce and maple syrup Broil the salmon for about 12 minutes. The sauce will get black but not burn and the fish will stay really moist and flavorful.

Super Simple Broccoli Water Chesnut Salad

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Peanutty Cabbage – Apple Slaw then Pretzels, Pretzels, Pretzels

Last night we had our friends Katie and Kurt over for dinner and wedding work! They are getting married in less than 2 weeks! Last night Katie and I worked on making their favors – chocolate covered pretzels with white chocolate drizzle. See the details below.

Before we started the process and after we went to 2 Krogers to get the pretzels and chocolate, we need to fuel up with some healthy cookout food! We had:

boneless skinless pork chops(marinated

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Coconut Infused Brown Fried Rice

This meal makes the top ten list for sure! It was a mix of everything in the cupboard but it came out great! I would gladly make it to share with company or for a quick weeknight meal!

Here is what went into it:

Coconut Infused Brown Fried Rice

2 packs of boil in a bag brown rice 1/2 can of light coconut milk 1 c. water

Mix water and coconut milk and bring to a boil. Cook rice in

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Asian Pizza (rewind to Friday)

Friday was a busy day! It started with a morning workout and then a long/quick flying day at school.

Breakfast: Fruit and Oatmeal

Lunch: Leftover chickpea/blackbean burger over spinach with a BIG bag of microwave 94%ff Kettle corn!

Snacks: hmm.. there was an apple at school, some chips and salsa before dinner and I don’t remember what else!

I was really happy we had no plans at all for the evening, so when Brady’s brother, Tyler,

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