WLS Recipes...

This is the area where I will be posting recipes I have come up with for those of us who don't eat regular food anymore!  And...they are yummy (or I totally wouldn't eat it)!  HaHa!

Shrimp & Quinoa Pseudo-Pasta  (My very picky husband and my toddler even loved it!)

1 cup quinoa rinsed and cooked

1 Tbsp butter

2 big handfuls of pre cooked frozen shrimp thawed and tails removed

1 large zucchini

½ large sweet vadalia onion

2 small cans of basil oregano tomato sauce

1 can Italian stewed tomatoes drained

1 Generous handful of Italian blend shredded cheese

¼ cup half and half

squirt of lemon juice

salt and pepper

Italian seasoning

Garlic (jar)

Combine chopped shrimp, butter, garlic, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning in pan and cook on medium high heat.  Add stewed tomatoes, zucchini, and onion.  Let simmer for a few minutes uncovered.  Add 1 can tomato sauce, half and half, and lemon juice.  Continue to simmer.  Start cooking quinoa as directed on packaging.  Add cooked quinoa, second can of tomato sauce, cheese, more pepper and garlic (if desired).  Top with shredded cheese if desired.  ENJOY! J

The next recipe is compliments of a friend with a few of my own modifications:

Stuffed Peppers:

4 Bell peppers

1 cup quinoa

1 ¼ cup beef broth

1 lb ground beef

½ onion

1 can diced tomatos

Salt

Pepper

Garlic

Italian seasoning

Red pepper

Cut tops off peppers and clean them out.  Cook quinoa in beef broth.  Brown ground beef with onion and diced tomatoes and spices.  Mix cooked quinoa with beef mixture and stuff peppers.  Bake at 375 for 40 minutes.  Top with shredded cheese and return to oven until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Iced Protein Coffee:

8 oz water

6 oz skim milk

1 scoop favorite vanilla protein powder (we use vanilla bean V-Core)

1 Starbucks via packet

SF vanilla/caramel/hazelnut (your preference) coffee syrup to taste

Ice

This one is so good my husband (who doesn't drink coffee) even likes it!