Healthified Italian Sub
Today, it dawned on me: I am kitchen appliance dependent.
Nearly every meal I cook up makes use of my oven, stove top, or George Foreman grill. If the meal is not something that typically requires one of these appliances I FIND a way to use them. A sandwich, for example, can go from “meh” to “ohmmmmmmm myyyy gawddd” with just a quick bake in the oven.
Take a gander at today’s lunch:
Why oh why can’t I put a toaster oven in my cubicle??? Google searches for “cubicle toaster oven” and “George Foreman in my cubicle” turned up with disappointing results… (Yes, I actually spent 30 minutes looking at this) Alas, at least I get to use my gadgets for weekend lunches!
Today’s delicious healthified Italian sub consisted of:
- 1 Pepperidge farm 7 grain deli flat
- 4 ounces lean turkey breast
- 1/2 a slice Sargento Pepper jack cheese
- red onion
- tomato
- banana peppers
- 4 slices turkey pepperoni
- 1 tbsp Ken’s Steakhouse Lite Italian Romano dressing
- Couple sprinkles of Franks Red Hot
- dried oregano
- black pepper
All together nah:
I popped this guy into a 400 degree oven for 10-15 minutes, until the cheese was nice and melty:
Then sandwiched the two halves together:
YEESSSSSS.
Of course I also had a good size salad on the side, which rounded out this lovely Sunday lunch.
Love me some veggies 
<3
Stats on the sandwich: 312 calories, 33g carbs, 9g fat, 28g protein, 6g fiber
Healthified Gyros & Tzatziki Saucziki
Tonight, I had a craving for gyros. Mmmmmm…. Can’t remember the last time I had one of those.
The task at hand: satisfy this craving as healthfully as possible.
I decided to go with ground turkey for the meat to stuff my gyro. I combined the following ingredients and formed a meat “log” which I cooked on the george foreman grill for about 7 minutes.
- 5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey
- sprinkling of dried oregano, S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, red pepper flakes
Then I sliced the meat into long strips and placed atop a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita:
And topped it off with the KEY component of any gyro: Tzatziki Sauce! I mixed up the tzatziki sauce about an hour before grilling the meat. It consisted of:
- 2 tbsp Oikos plain greek yogurt
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp grated cucumber
- S&P, Dill weed
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Tzatziki ingredients in the bowl:
All together now!
I used some of the leftover cucumber to make a small cucumber salad (sliced cucumber, dill weed, white vinegar):
YUM!!! This really hit the spot! I do want to note that the meat was a little on the dry side. I personally didn’t really mind because I doused it in the yummy Tzatziki sauce. Next time, I’ll either add some of the shredded cucumber to the meat or try shredded zucchini and/or onion.
Stats on the gyro: 278 calories, 24g carbs, 4g fat, 39g protein, 7g fiber
Despite this delicious dinner, the night did not end on such a happy note:
What’s that, you ask? Ohhhh… that…. Whelp, that’s my iPhone, chilling in some rice, because I apparently dropped it on my way in the door and let it sit outside in the rain for three hours. 🙁
Hopefully this rice trick I found on google with do the trick and suck all the water out!
QUESTION OF THE EVENING: What was the dumbest thing you did today?
P.S. to respond to this question click the little blue button that says “Leave a comment” … look right below this line… just a little further… You can do it! 😉
Healthified Gyros & Tzatziki Saucziki
Tonight, I had a craving for gyros. Mmmmmm…. Can’t remember the last time I had one of those.
The task at hand: satisfy this craving as healthfully as possible.
I decided to go with ground turkey for the meat to stuff my gyro. I combined the following ingredients and formed a meat “log” which I cooked on the george foreman grill for about 7 minutes.
- 5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey
- sprinkling of dried oregano, S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, red pepper flakes
Then I sliced the meat into long strips and placed atop a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita:
And topped it off with the KEY component of any gyro: Tzatziki Sauce! I mixed up the tzatziki sauce about an hour before grilling the meat. It consisted of:
- 2 tbsp Oikos plain greek yogurt
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp grated cucumber
- S&P, Dill weed
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Tzatziki ingredients in the bowl:
All together now!
I used some of the leftover cucumber to make a small cucumber salad (sliced cucumber, dill weed, white vinegar):
YUM!!! This really hit the spot! I do want to note that the meat was a little on the dry side. I personally didn’t really mind because I doused it in the yummy Tzatziki sauce. Next time, I’ll either add some of the shredded cucumber to the meat or try shredded zucchini and/or onion.
Stats on the gyro: 278 calories, 24g carbs, 4g fat, 39g protein, 7g fiber
Despite this delicious dinner, the night did not end on such a happy note:
What’s that, you ask? Ohhhh… that…. Whelp, that’s my iPhone, chilling in some rice, because I apparently dropped it on my way in the door and let it sit outside in the rain for three hours. 🙁
Hopefully this rice trick I found on google with do the trick and suck all the water out!
QUESTION OF THE EVENING: What was the dumbest thing you did today?
P.S. to respond to this question click the little blue button that says “Leave a comment” … look right below this line… just a little further… You can do it! 😉