Week Of Healthy-ish Food (sort of)

I totally forgot we had to go out of town last week . . . again. So we'll start out with Monday-Wednesday and I'll get around to Thursday-Sunday next week. It was a nice start though.

Monday

Parmesan Crusted Tilapia 
Okay, so nothing "crusted" is ultra healthy for you, but it's fish and I need to figure out how to make it bearable for my family. No one eats fish in this house unless it is drenched in tartar sauce and breaded beyond recognition. So we gave the above recipe a try.

Verdict: Freakin awesome. I loved, loved, loved it. The kiddo did too, but filled up on salad first so she didn't finish her fish. Can you say lunch tomorrow? The husband said "It's not as good as pizza, but I'd eat it again if you put it in front of me." In my book, that is a win
* Took this for my lunch on Tuesday and realized our microwave is broken. Awesome surprise, it was just as tasty cold.

Tuesday

Cold Oatmeal
I'm sure you have all seen this on Pinterest, the Mason Jar oatmeal trend. Well, I don't have Mason Jars or half the healthy ingredients listed in this blog, so I just winged it using Tupperware instead of mason jars and regular old oats without chia seeds.  I made three different kinds to see how they would turn out.
1) Oatmeal, frozen strawberries, greek yogurt, and soy
2) Oatmeal, cranberries, walnuts, greek yogurt and 1%
3) Oatmeal and 1%

Verdict: Way better than cheerioes which is our normal morning ritual. Number 1 was by far the best. We gave this one to the kiddo who said it was the best thing ever. Number 2 was good, but a little runny. And number 3 sucked. Super runny and the oats seemed very raw yet. Hubster threw his away. So, sort of a win as long as we stick in between 1 and 2.
*Side Note: Mr. Steak and Potatoes refused to eat his cold. His look of horror as I served him this cold dish was hilarious. You'd think I gave him fried cat lips. So we nuked it...nothing exploded.

Wednesday

Chicken Strips

I had to find a new way to do chicken. I love chicken and could eat it every night but the family is really tired of 3 ways I make it and they never tire of chicken strips. So we gave this one a whirl. The hubster was in a particular shitty mood and fought me on cornflake breading. So I told him to make his own. He made some with turkey chuncks, regular breading and broiled them instead of baking. We also tried the homemade honey mustard.

Verdict: Epic win because his sucked and mine rocked. The only problem was the cornflakes were a little too crunchy for my sensative preggo teeth. But the kiddo thought they were better than "yucky McDonalds".  And even the hubster admitted defeat. The homemade honey mustard was actually pretty good and way better than what I had in the fridge. I should also mention that this was super quick. It took about 15 minutes to make and 15 to cook.

So far, so good. Let's hope this week when I tie things up works just as well.

~Coffee Mom