How’s about I just post it?
I was also thinking (b/c I was just eating one) that I buy a lot of these fruit leather strips called “Stretch Island Fruit Leather 100% Fruit Snack.” They’re all fruit - no added sugar, no preservatives. 45 calories each and equal to 1 serving of fruit. I tend to run out of fruit really fast (it either goes bad or I eat it all) and rather than go to the store every 5 days, these are a nice way to have “long-term” fruit. I think they are like $.35 each and I keep a big bag of them at work.
Sunday I went to the store and bought a bottle of Newman’s Own Balsalmic dressing and used it to marinate some chicken breasts, which I grilled on the George Foreman. Been taking those to lunch every day and eating with a salad. Salad is the same dressing, Spring mix greens from Fresh Express, chopped cucumbers, dried cranberries, and sliced almonds. You can add a red onion if you like bad breath.
here’s the recipe for the lasagna (from the Amer. Heart Association cookbook):
2-16 oz. Cans of black beans – rinsed, drained and slightly mashed
1 C commercial salsa
2 C low-fat meatless spaghetti sauce
1 tsp bottled minced garlic
1 tsp ground cumin
15 oz. Low-fat, low salt ricotta cheese
1/3 c grated or shredded parmesan or Romano cheese
1 egg white
¼ c skim milk
vegetable spray
6 (3 ½ x 6 ½”) lasagna noodles (soak in very, very hot water 15-20 minutes before using)
1 c shredded low-fat Monterey jack
1 c shredded part-skim mozzarella
Preheat to 360 degrees
In large bowl combine: beans, salsa, spaghetti sauce, garlic, cumin
In medium bowl combine: ricotta, parmesan, egg white, milk
Spray 13 x 9 x 2” baking pan w/ veggie spray
Spread about 1 C of bean mixture in pan. Cover w/ 3 noodles (makes sure noodles don’t touch the sides). Cover the noodles w/ ½ of remaining beans. Spread ½ of the cheese mixture and ½ of the Monterey Jack and ½ of the mozzarella cheeses. Repeat layers of noodles, beans, ricotta, Jack, and mozzarella.
Cover dish w/ foil and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 more minutes (or until noodles are done). Let stand 5 minutes (but I think 10-20 is better b/c sometimes it needs to cook up so that it’s not so liquidy).
That’s all. It’s easy. =)
