Ever eat dinner and afterwards feel like you nibbled on a cracker and called it a day?? That’s a total WTF feeling. It’s also an “ugh we’re on a diet” feeling. We all know that feeling sucks!
Marie and I have both been texting back and fourth about how we are feeling not so healthy and a little heavier, thanks to the holidays and bad winter eating habits. Chilly weather for me equals snacking and not much motivation unless your asking me to snuggle and watch netflix. I’ll throw on my best sweatpants for that.
As for fitness, running, walking & playing outdoors sports (which is my favorite type of working out) are all pretty much out of the question for this girl if it’s below 40 degrees. So I have to make it up somehow, and that somehow is changing my diet up a bit. This change has left me feeling hungry and I hate it. I also don’t have a lot of time to be chef Courtney. I need the easiest & quickest meals during the week due to my work hours.
I found one meal that takes about 20 minutes to throw together and is tasty…and filling…praise the lord!
What you need is:
beef (for stir frying)
Lawry’s Sesame Ginger Marinade
Red Pepper Flakes
Rice (white or brown) I used a ready in 10-minute brown rice
Salt (optional)
Pepper
Olive Oil
Kale
What to do:
I throw the beef into the marinade before I leave for work in the morning so it can marinate for hours & hours 🙂 First things first, I preheat the oven to 300 and start to boil water. I then begin to brown the beef in a sauce pan and add the red pepper flakes to give it a pop. I LOVE me some hot spicy food, so the red pepper flakes are an optional ingredient. While the beef is cooking, throw your rice into boil and begin on the kale. Using a nonstick pan, spread out decent sized pieces of kale. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt, pepper and then pop into oven and bake until edges are brown. Usually takes around 20-25 minutes. Annnnd Presto, in about 20 minutes you have some yummy steak bites, rice and kale chips to fill you up! This is the perfect meal for someone like me who gets home around 7:30 and doesn’t want to have to eat at 9 o’clock at night. The Kale chips are the perfect add-on to any meal to make you full and ready for bed!
Enjoy!
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