This is hands down my favorite type of home cooked meal. It's quick and easy to put together, healthful and most of all, delicious. I used to believe that healthy food equaled boring and plan food. For me, "diet food" was gross and unappealing. Low-fat, low-carb, low-calorie. It was cold and bland, like cottage cheese. And then I came to my senses and realized that this isn't diet food at all, this is real food. It's satisfying and flavorful. It's food that makes my heart sing. It's life food. No sacrifice here.
Whole wheat couscous with garlic and olive oil, topped with sauteed mushrooms and fresh parmesan.
Roasted butternut squash (I swear, the most dangerous vegetable to cut!) with sea salt, olive oil, garlic and cayenne. Roasted at 425 degrees for 30 minutes. And a dark mixed greens salad and cucumbers with my own creamy dressing.
For dessert I had four peanut and date balls. Which are exactly as they sound: roasted, salted peanuts and pitted dates in the food processor with a dash of vanilla and water. Form into balls and store in the refrigerator. They are addictive and taste a lot like peanut butter cookies, or the dough.
Hi Lorrie,
Just wondering if you could confirm the recipe you used for the creamy dressing in this post? I found one in an earlier post that included mayo and salsa…but this most recent one doesn’t look like it has salsa in it.
Your food photos look amazing, by the way. I cannot read your blog after dinner because I don’t want to be tempted to start snacking!
Jane
Couscous is amazing if done right! And butternut squash is like my favorite vegetable EVER. I really love what you did here. Not a big fan of dates, but I will definitely give your dessert a try.
I notice all the foods you eat are all natural. That is what I have been doing trying to only eat all natural foods and I notice a lot of weight loss. I am not a fan of squash but all the other foods look good. I have been learning about all natural weight loss and getting diet reviews from weightnatural.com
That couscous with mushrooms looks SO incredible… actually, the whole plate does!