Week 2 Meals

Week 2 – les gooo. I shopped at the god-awful time of noon on a Sunday filled with chaos and picked-over shelves. I’m going to put a positive spin on it and use it as a reminder to avoid the grocery store at all times between the hours of 10am-5pm on Sundays. Anyways – I had some yummy recipes this week with plenty of diverse flavors that helped my taste buds never to get bored.

Week 2 Meals:

• Chicken and White Bean Enchiladas [CWBE]
• Healthy Chicken Stir Fry [SF]
• Snacks – grapes, strawberries, carrots

Grocery list:

• White onion
  • [CWBE]
• Chopped green chiles
  • [CWBE]
• Cannellini beans
  • [CWBE]
• 3 chicken breasts (butterfly = 6)
  • [CWBE] + [SF]
• 3 Jalapeños
  • [CWBE] + [SF]
• 1 plain greek yogurt
  • [CWBE]
• Flour tortillas
  • [CWBE]
• Verde enchilada sauce
  • [CWBE]
• Cilantro
  • [CWBE] + [SF]
• Green onions
  • [CWBE] + [SF]
• Baby carrots
  • [SF] + snacks
• 1 Red bell pepper
  • [SF]
• Snow peas
  • [SF]
• Frozen broccoli
  • [SF]
• cooked Minute Brown Rice
  • [SF]
• Grapes
• Strawberries

Left over from previous weeks: chicken broth

 

My interpretations:

• Chicken and White Bean Enchiladas
  • As you can probably tell from the listed ingredients, I did not buy chicken bullion. I subbed a little bit of chicken broth instead – I personally didn’t notice a difference.
  • I added a lot of green chiles and jalapeños to make sure that there was plenty of flavor.
  • I subbed plain greek yogurt for the sour cream because I hate sour cream and it’s healthy – HOW CONVENIENT!
  • I poured the verde enchilada sauce into the ‘homemade’ sauce because I’m addicted to anything verde flavored. I poured the rest of the can once I had placed the prepared enchiladas into the baking dish.
  • These were delicious and still taste good heating them up!
  • I topped each tupperware with cilantro + green onions.

• Healthy Chicken Stir Fry
  • Marinating the chicken made a huge difference with flavor, definitely recommend it. 
    • I only got one bell pepper because I am cheap.
    • I only bought baby carrots and did my best julienning them since I am cheap (and did not want to buy large carrots).
    • I am on a mushroom kick so I specifically looked for a recipe with mushrooms – YUM.
    • Overall this recipe turned out well for me, which I was kind of surprised about because I normally suck at thickening sauces. SCORE
    • I topped each tupperware with cilantro + green onions.

I loved these recipes and how different the flavors were. 10/10 recommend both of them! Until next week!