My Story

My name is Angel. I am on a journey to getting healthy; losing weight through exercise and good nutrition. I had a mental breakdown on July 20, 2010 because I love to be in the kitchen! I love the way food makes people feel. I love baking and decorating! This new way of life was keeping me OUT of the kitchen. My trainer suggested getting in the kitchen and being creative to find healthy ways to cook YUMMY food! I could share it with people who also need or want yummy food that is healthy, or healthier. So here I am and I hope that you can enjoy some of my YUMMY food!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Tacos Healthier

2 corn tortillas
1 oz. cheese shredded
1 Roma tomato
Lettuce chopped
 4 oz. Ground Turkey Breast
salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder, cumin to taste
Cooking Spray

Ok, nothing fancy here; just a good tip. Spray a cooking pan with cooking spray and let it heat up. Then put a tortilla in and crisp it do desired crispness. Flip tortilla as needed. Brown and season turkey. Fill tortillas with ground turkey breast, tomatoes, and cheese. I use the lettuce on my plate to have a mini taco salad afterward with the stuffing that fell out of the taco (no more tortilla though).

Nutrition Info (Approx):
  • Calories - 399
  • Protein - 38g
  • Fiber - 4g
  • Fat - 11.5
    • Saturated Fat - 6.5g
If you want to leave off the cheese, the nutritional values would be less. The cheese is 120 calories, 7g protein, 9g fat, 6g sat. fat.  Tonight I added up all of my daily values and found that I needed more calories and fat so I was able to have some cheese. Yum!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Easy, Healthier Garlic Bread

Sorry, no picture. :(

For a healthier version of garlic bread that tastes just as yummy, try this. Choose your bread, spray it with butter flavored cooking spray (0 calories), toast it in the oven or broiler, peel a clove of garlic and rub it directly on the bread! If you REALLY like garlic, go for two cloves. Basically this gives you the nutritional value of your bread choice with ALL of the flavor of Garlic Bread. YUMMY!