Trim Healthy Table- Post 2: Breakfast Casserole, Tuna & Amazing Fried Rice
Cooking Through Trim Healthy Table Post 2
Welcome to Post 2 of my journey cooking through the Trim Healthy Table cookbook. To read the intro to this journey check out this post.
Easiest Breakfast Casserole (p 328)
This was super easy to throw together, and it’s also really easy to modify based on your tastes or what you have on hand. I only had about 1-2 oz of spinach, not 4-6, and I don’t like the seasoning blend, so I just used some chopped onion. You could do bacon, other non-starchy veggies, whatever you want to make it yours. I have a note from when I made it before that I needed to add more egg, but this time it seemed fine, maybe because of less spinach?
This recipe gets 5 stars. We really like this and it makes for a few days’ worth of easy to grab & heat breakfast.
Open-face Tuna Pizzazz (p 297)
This recipe was super easy, as promised, once I got past trying to stir my tahini that had separated. My preferred method for eating a tuna sandwich includes mayo, lemon pepper, and some sort of bread or crackers (or a tuna melt on a ciabatta…), but that makes for a crossover at best or off-plan depending on the bread or crackers. This recipe was a passable substitute. Obviously a different taste profile, but still pretty tasty and definitely filling. It would really have been good with a cup of cherries on the side like the book recommends, but since I didn’t have any on hand I had to do with another sliced mini cucumber, which really isn’t any sacrifice, because I like them.
On a side note: I use the “Knock Your Sprouts Off” sprouted grain bread from Aldi. I’m not 100% sure it’s on plan, but its easy for me to get, all of the grains are sprouted, and at only 11 carbs each, a couple slices fit nicely into an E meal for me.
I give this one 4 stars because I’m sure I’ll make it again, but’s it doesn’t qualify as a ‘must-have’. The downside is that there’s not a toaster at work, so it wouldn’t work well there.
Chicken Fried Double Rice
This is one of our family favorites for dinner, and one of the recipes that made me fall in love with this cookbook. It is sooo full of veggies, and so delicious! I only make one modification to this recipe: I use 1/2 cup of soy sauce, but you should totally try it as written first and then adjust to your family’s tastes. The egg whites are actually one of my favorite parts of this dish. This recipe makes a really full skillet of food. If your family doesn’t scarf it all down for dinner, it makes for super easy, super yummy left-overs for lunch later in the week.
This one has had 5 stars from the beginning!
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