Weekend Wrap - New Recipes!

Another busy weekend around here, but enjoyed the last free weekend before tax season gears up!  Much warmer weather, so it was nice to be able to get outside and let the kids play.

We are getting close to Day 30 of Hammer and Chisel now; hard to believe!! Hoping our results are good; we follow the meal plan pretty closely, however, I like to enjoy my wine on the weekends.  Plus, the chocolate chips from a couple of weekends ago have been calling my name - glad they are finally out of the house - ha!!  We will be reporting in measurements later this week!

We have been taking turns working out on Saturday, and we've managed to get our workouts done early in the day.  Otherwise, it's too easy to let the day get away from you and miss a workout!  Sunday is our rest day, so we spend a little time Sunday packing up lunches for the week, and then get to relax!

Here are a few new recipes from the weekend:

Flank Steak Roll Ups

2 1/2 lbs flank steak

Salt

Black Pepper 

Garlic Powder

Veggie filling:

2 zucchini

2 carrots

1 red bell pepper

1 green bell pepper

1/2 yellow onion

Balsamic Glaze:

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

1/4 cup beef broth

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

2 Tbsp red wine

3 Tbsp Worcestershire

2 sprigs of rosemary

Start by prepping flank steak.  Pound with meat mallet to thin, and cut into about 2 inch wide strips.  Season meat with salt, black pepper and garlic powder.

Slice veggies into matchstick size pieces.  Saute veggies with 2 tsp olive oil, about 3 minutes.  Place a few veggies onto steak, wrap, and secure with toothpick.  Place steak rolls in baking dish.

Heat olive oil, then add beef broth, balsamic vinegar, red wine, worcestershire, and rosemary.  Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.  Discard rosemary sprigs.  Pour glaze over steak rolls.  

Bake in oven at 350 for about 20 minutes (depending on your preference for beef).  

21 Day Fix Challengers - This is one of those recipes that is not an exact measurement.  I am counting 3 roll ups as 1 red, 1 green, and 1 tsp!

21 Day Fix Approved Chicken Salad

5 chicken breasts

4 stalks celery, diced

3 green onions, chopped

3/4 cup greek yogurt

1 tsp parsley flakes

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning

Boil chicken breasts, let cool, then shred.  After shredded, add additional ingredients, stir!  I am eating the chicken salad for lunch this week with a side salad and sweet potato fries.

Glad we finally found a chicken salad recipe without mayo that we both like!

21 Day Fix Challengers - I measured the chicken salad into a red container for my serving size.  I am not strict on measurements of green, as long as they are close, so I don't really count the celery and green onion.  The above recipe made 7 servings, so between 7 servings a few stalks of celery and green onion doesn't amount to much of a green!!  

21 Day Fix Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal

Steel Cut Oats, cooked according to package directions

*Apples

*Cinnamon

Slice apple(s) in half.  Place in baking dish.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Bake on 400 until soft, approximately 15 minutes.  Dice apples when cool.  Add one apple to one serving of oatmeal.  I'm not a huge fan of cooked fruit, but this is actually really good!  You can also bake the apples and eat as a snack without the oatmeal, if you are using your yellows another way throughout the day.  

*My husband makes 5 servings at a time, and he uses 5 apples and 1 tsp of cinnamon.  

21 Day Fix Challengers - Measure one yellow container of oatmeal and combine with one apple for 1 yellow, 1 purple.