Sylvia's Scenario

I made this recipe last night and I thought it was different because it's a shrimp dish without tomato sauce or curry which seems to be in most my shrimp dishes lately.  This recipe is full of fiber from the artichoke hearts and kale and it's so hardy you don't really need pasta with it. Plus, you can make it in 30 minutes in one pan; my kind of meal.  I got the recipe from a food blog called  Julia's Album.   Her theme is to provide simple weeknight meals to make your life easy.  This one was super easy, too.  I always have a bag of Trader Joe's frozen artichoke hearts in the freezer (as well as their frozen cauliflower rice) and I love recipes with them.  I miss getting new recipes from dietitian, Hannah Freese, RD, since she discontinued her nutrition business so now I'm always on the lookout for new recipes that fit her guidelines.  I did switch out the spinach in the recipe for kale and used full-fat coconut milk instead of heavy cream. ...

Now that I’m back from my latest travels, I’ve been slowly getting back into my normal routine.  I am trying to eat 30 grams of protein per meal as recommended by the dietitian I was working with, Hannah Freese, RD.  She has discontinued her business but she helped me so much with controlling my weight and to follow an anti-inflammatory diet after my joint replacement surgeries.  I now only eat two meals daily and these little turkey sausages have really helped me start my day out right.  Quite frankly, it is hard to eat 30 grams of protein at breakfast but this recipe helps a lot. I've noticed that when I stick to her guidelines, I am not as hungry during the day plus I have no urge to snack.  Each of these patties are 2 oz. of ground turkey meat or 14 grams of protein; the egg is 7 grams of protein, I'll have a slice of toast (Ezekiel bread) with 1 Tbsp. peanut butter which is another 9 grams of protein and then I've met my goal of 30 grams.  Another brea...

Soup season seems to last longer than we'd like to admit.  But, yes, it's still soup season.  We're having spring fever around here and, yes, the weather is getting warmer, sunnier, and overall just very nice and pleasant outside.  But I'm still craving the warmth of a hot soup.  We had this minestrone soup recently and everyone loved it.  My sister made it at her house but she's not sure where she got the recipe so I'll just give her all the credit. Her preparation of this dinner was a job well done! She and her husband live in Washington D.C. and they were also having spring-like weather but a dinner of hot soup still tasted really good to all of us.  We planned this trip to see Nick who spent a week there for work.  We jumped at the opportunity to go see him since it's a lot closer than going to Spain.   Plus, my sister lives there and she and her husband are a lot of fun and it's so nice to get caught up with each other's lives.  We saw N...