Chicken Soup with Butternut Squash

What you need:

1.5 cups butternut squash, cut into small cubes

1 chicken breast 

1 onion, diced small

1tsp olive oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 handfuls fresh spinach

1 can chickpeas, drained

16 oz chicken broth

2 tbsp green curry paste

2 tbsp curry powder

1 carrot, chopped 

1 jalapeño, chopped 

1tbsp red chili paste 

What to do:

Place chicken broth, chili paste, curry paste, and curry powder in crock pot. Stir and add chicken, jalapeño, carrot, chickpeas. Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil for 5 minutes over medium heat.  Add onion and garlic to crock pot.  Cook on low for 4 to 6 hrs, until chicken begins to fall apart.  During last hr of cooking add spinach and butternut squash.

Chickpea Spinach Burgers from LivingPlate.com

Turned out great.

Chickpea Spinach Burger

Baby Kale Egg Bake

What you need:

1 Tbsp olive oil

Cooking spray

5 oz baby kale

1/2 to 1 cup shredded mozzarella 

4 egg whites

4 whole eggs

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 cup mushrooms any kind (optional)

Salt and pepper to taste

What to do:

Wilt kale over medium heat in olive oil for 2 minutes.

Spray caserole dish with cooking spray.

Spread kale in caserole dish.

Sauté onion and garlic in frying pan.  

Whisk eggs and egg whites together in separate bowl.  

Add mushrooms in with onion to sauté if you are using them.

When ready pour sautéed veggies over the kale. 

Pour eggs over the rest in caserole. 

Top with cheese. 

Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 minutes.

Turkey Meat Loaf

What You Need:

1 lb lean ground turkey
3/4 cup bread crumbs
2 eggs
3 tbsp worcestershire
3 tsp poultry seasoning
salt and pepper to taste
1 large yellow onion diced
1 red bell pepper diced
2 celery stalks diced
1/2 cup shredded carrots optional
2 cloves of garlic minced
1 tbsp tomato paste optional
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp ketchup

What to do:

Preheat oven to 375
While oven heats, chop and dice all veggies.
Saute veggies with the olive oil and garlic over medium heat.
While veggies are cooking, mix 2 eggs, worcestershire, seasonings, bread crumbs, and uncooked turkey in large bowl.
When veggies are soft mix into the bowl.
Pour into loaf pan.
Spread thin layer of ketchup over top.
Bake for 45 min to 1 hr.

I serve it with steamed carrots and broccoli.

Chicken Satay

Found a great recipe for chicken satay at SteamyKitchen.
Tried it today, was fast and easy.  Wife loved it.
Click here for the recipe.

Purple Kale Salad

What You Need:
1 bunch purple kale, clean and torn into bite sized pieces
1 large cucumber, peeled, and halved
1 lemon
2 avocados, peeled
Handful baby carrots, chopped
Salt
Pepper
Red pepper flakes

For the salad:
Place kale in a large bowl with carrots. Chop half the cucumber and one of the avocados and throw them in the bowl too. I put the avocado into a ziplock bag and toss with the juice from half a lemon once it is sliced. Get it coated evenly to keep the avocado from turning brown.

For the dressing:
Put one avocado, half the cucumber, the pulp and juice from half the lemon, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes into blender. Blend until thin and creamy.

I think a handful of cashews would go well in this salad.

Todays Workout

Back Squat
8 x 135
6 x 185
5 x 225
5 x 275
5 x 295
5 x 315
1 x 335
1 x 355
1 x 365

Bench Press
8 x 135
5 x 185
5 x 205
5 sets of 3 x 225

Bent Over Barbell Row
8 x 135
5 x 155
5 x 175
5 x 185
5 x 205
3 x 225
1 x 225
1 x 225

Bench Press and Rows were done as supersets

EZ Bar Curl
8 x 90
8 x 100
8 x 110

Overhead Tricep Extension with EZ Bar
8 x 70
8 x 70
8 x 70

Curl and Triceps done as supersets

Dumbbell Shrug
3 sets of 8 x 100 lb dbs

100 pushups

10 minutes on heavy bag