Grilled Lime Flank Steak

Main Dish ingredients

• 2 limes for 1/8 cup juices
• 1 TBL soy sauce
• 1 TBL minced fresh ginger
• 1/4 t red pepper flakes
• 3/4 lb flank steak
• 1 large zip top bag

Main Dish instructions

• in a large zip top bag combine lime juice, soy sauce, ginger and red pepper flake
• add steak turning bag to coat
• marinate in refrigerator at least 1 hour turn occasionally
• heat oven to broil remove steak from marinade
• season with salt pepper to taste
• broil turning once until meat is desired doneness
• let rest 10 minutes before slicing thinly

Side dish ingredients

• 2 TBL red wine vinegar
• 2 TBL olive oil
• 1/2 shallot minced
• 2 t capers
• 2 ripe beefsteak tomatoes cut into 8 wedges

(I added spinach to mine because I needed a little something more.)

Side dish instructions

• in a small bowl whisk together vinegar oil stir in shallots and capers
• place tomatoes on serving platter and drizzle with dressing
• season with salt and pepper to taste.

Creamy baked chicken with spinach

Main Dish Ingredients

• 1/4 cup mayo
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/4 t garlic powder
• 1/4 parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
• 1 cup diced chicken from rotisserie chicken
• 10 oz spinach thawed squeezed dry spinach

Main dish instructions

• Preheat oven 350
• combine mayo sour cream garlic parmesan mozzarella in medium bowl
• in another bowl toss together 1/3 sauce with chicken and spinach spread in casserole
• spread rest of sauce mixture over chicken and spinach
• back for 40 minutes until golden brown

side dish ingredients

• 1 t Dijon mustard
• 2 TBL lemon juice 1/2 t salt 1 t black pepper 1 clove garlic minced
• 3 TBL olive oil
• 1/2 bag of chopped romaine
• 2 TBL grated parmesan

Side dish instructions

• combine mustard lemon juice salt pepper garlic and oil whisk until well combined
• toss with romaine lettuce sprinkle with parmesan and enjoy!

actually cooking

For about a week now I have been actually cooking. Like the real deal everything home made dinners. Now I got into this kick thanks to emeals. I have always struggled with meal planning even more when I started to work full time a few years ago. By the time I get home I’d be to tired to try and figure out what we have in our pantry to throw together and cook. So we’d end up just grabbing something on the go. Wyatt has become so accustom to fast food that he’d would expect a toy with every meal that we’d eat even if it was something we had at home. Sometimes he would even ask to eat something at home over fast food because that is how much we’d have it. I know I know. It was bad. 

Then I found out about emeals. I uploaded the app on my iPhone and tried the free trail and fell in love with how easy they made it for me. Everything was on there. What I needed to get for every meal for the entire week. It was amazing, plus the meals were so quick and easy to make that I started to look forward to them everyday.

I picked the low carb meal plan and I am so happy that I did because the food has been delicious and healthy and all home made.  I also made the choice that with this new eating healthy thing that I was actually going to get fit. I started to use the myfitness app (daily) and actually record all that I eat and Thursday I will be touring a Gym. Yep. I am going in on the fitness craze. I have never really be serious about getting skinny well because its not about self esteem or hating how I look for me because I am fine with how I look. I like my curves and I like who I am (most days) I want this because I need to be… my family needs to be healthy. Fast food everyday for a 5 year old. Not okay.

If you’ve been following along on instagram than you’ve seen what I have been cooking. Check out #audreyshomemademeals for all the meals I have cooked so far. I plan on posting a few here and there that we have really liked on the blog with recipes so that you guys could enjoy some good old cooking too. Also add me on myfitness app (email dailywyatt@gmail.com <--- the old blog name. hashtag lolololololol) YAY! fitness!

                             

                              (this has not been a sponsored post. I just wanted to share with you something I have really enjoyed.)

My Mom’s homemade pie crust recipe.

My mom’s homemade pie crust.

1 c flour

1 c shortening

1 t salt 1/3 c cold milk

1 T vinegar

mix all together then chill for 1 hour

roll it out and bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.

(you might need to double it for the top crust. I do just because I like a thicker crust.)