May 182011
Clean eating can be pretty easy if you plan ahead. I have been pretty much following the Supreme 90 Day diet plan included with the system (don’t forget to check out my giveaway here) with a few of my own recipe additions. Basically I eat 5-6 times/day, 3 meals and 3 snacks each containing lean protein, a complex carb, fruit and/or veggies and a healthy fat. Eating 5-6 times/day cab be time consuming if not planned out in advance so I plan all my meals on Sunday and then go shopping for all the ingredients I need for all my recipes. Last night’s meal was my take on a healthy jambalaya, it was an easy, healthy meal that I will definitely have again!!
HEALTHY JAMBALAYA
- 1 lb. chicken breast, cut into 1-in. cubes
- 1/2 lb uncooked shrimp, cleaned and tails removed
- 1 bunch of scallions, chopped (about 4-5 scallions); reserve 2 tbsp. for garnish
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (14.5oz.) can diced tomatoes (any type you like, I used fire roasted with garlic)
- 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1 tsp. cajun seasoning (or more if you like it spicy)
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- tabasco to taste
Heat olive oil in large skillet over med-high heat. Add in chicken and brown, about 3 minutes on each side. Then add in scallions, peppers, and garlic and cook for a bout 5 more minutes until veggies have softened. Then add in tomatoes, chicken broth, rice and cajun seasoning. Bring to a boil then lower heat and cover, cook 40-45 minutes until rice is done, stirring occasionally. Stir in shrimp at very end and cook about 2 minutes until pink (shrimp doesn’t take very long to cook) and then remove from heat. Sprinkle with extra scallions and serve. You can add tabasco to taste, I usually just add it to my portion and let everyone else add it to their portion if they like it.
Enjoy!!
Don’t forget to enter my 2 giveaways this week: Supreme 90 Day and Bondi Band. The winners for both giveaways will be announced on Friday.
In honor of the clean eating theme check out Fitness For The Rest Of Us and Huff and Buff, they are both giving away 2 signed copies of Rocco Dispirito’s Now Eat This! Diet books!!! While you are visiting be sure to browse around their sites for lots of great info and more giveaways!!!!
Do you have any favorite clean eating cookbooks or recipes?
Just a quick question: Are your giveaways open to international readers too, or only residents of the US and Canada? I've won a few, just to be told afterwards that the postage is too expensive and that I have to give up my prizes…
Hi Runnergirl: I see that many giveaways are US/Canada only due to the expense of shipping, I have not thought too much about this until now unfortunately the Supreme 90 Day is US/Canada only but if you want to enter the Bondi Band giveaway I would be happy to ship that one internationally. Sorry about the confusion I will be more specififc during my next giveaways!!
Thanks so much! Off to enter the Bondi Band giveaway then!
You wouldn’t happen to know the nutritional information for this dish would you? Generally speaking, do you have a guesstimate?
No really sure, maybe 350 calories per serving.
Looks great Toni! Yummy for dinner this week.
Thnaks!!
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