Some advice from Mrs. Harshaw...

Here are a few ideas that will hopefully make thingseasier for you.

First start with Friday's dinner. We always eat salmon, carrots, and pasta for that meal as a pre-ride meal for Clint's big Saturday ride. A favorite meal is baked spaghetti. I make it with:

1 can of healthy request tomato soup
1 can of healthy request cream of mushroom soup
2 servings of Boca Ground Beef
8 oz. of pasta noodles
1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese skim
(I usually get 4 servings out of that, which means it makes at least two meals for the family)

Another dinner would be Apricot-Glazed Chicken

Nutrition info per serving:
calories-380
fat-5.3 g
Protein-37.2 g
Sodium- 170 mg
Fiber-1 g
Carbohydrate-19 g
(I would probably serve that with some kind of veggies.)

Grilled Turkey Burgers:
Nutrition info per serving:

calories-452
Fat-14g
Protein-31g
Sodium-629 mg
Carbohydrate-53 g
Fiber-4 g
Saturated Fat-5g
(maybe pick some veggies to go with the burger. The turkey burger recipe makes enough that he can use one for lunch the next day. )

He also likes Chicken tacos. I already have the recipe entered into fitday as a custom food: Basic Soft Chicken Tacos. The other chicken dish we like is the Chicken Stir-Fry with Broccoli, Water Chestnuts and Mushrooms. I think I already have that one in fitday as well. Another dish we really like but that I don't have nutrition info on is a fire cracker pasta salad:

I make it with:
16 oz. of penne pasta
1 cup of diced bell pepper
1 1/2 cups of Ranch dressing
1/3 cup barbeque sauce
1 cup diced chicken
1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
(that makes enough for about 6-8 servings. I have never put it into fitday to see what the numbers are)

We also like a Penne pasta casserole with turkey sausage:
Nutrition info:

calories-330
Fat-11g
Protein-22g
Sodium-819g
Carbohydrate-36g
Fiber-4g
Saturated Fat-3g.
(Keep in mind this dish makes enough to get two meals out of it.)

These are just a few ideas and I will keep thinking about it. I got a new cookbook in that has a few recipes that I would like to try, so I can send you some ideas about those for the future. These are some ideas to think about over the long haul. Maybe mix some of these in with other ideas that you have. Also, the mid-morning snack is not necessary. The afternoon snack works well with either fresh fruit or maybe a yogurt. Let me know if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance. I will try to keep thinking about what other dishes might work well.



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