Joys of Healthy Eating

So, here's what you do -

Make spaghetti on Sunday night for Monday dinner. Spaghetti sauce is always better the next day you know - plus it will make Mondays dinner a breeze. No jar stuff! That stuff tastes nasty and has all kinds of things in it you don't want to eat, and you certainly don't want your kids to eat.

Reserve a cup of sauce before you add meat - if you are going to add meat. You'll need the sauce for Wednesdays dinner.

Monday night, heat up the sauce, cook your pasta, throw together a salad and put out some sliced Italian bread. Wa-la.

Make chicken breasts on Tuesday. Try organic chicken breasts (just not Tyson, they lie.) The difference in taste is amazing, and they really don't cost that much more. You don't really need more anti-biotics and hormones for dinner, do you? Anyway...

Simply wash and season the chicken breasts. You can use garlic, or McCormick roasted garlic, or McCormick Fajita seasoning for example.

Put enough butter, or olive oil, or coconut oil just to coat the pan. Don't be afraid of butter. You're not actually going to ingest much of it. Let's be real here. It takes about 5 minutes per side. I cook them covered. Keeps them juicier, and they cook through faster.

Cook up a couple extra ones while you're at it. Slice them, or shred them- Whichever you prefer - and throw it in the fridge.

(It takes about ½ of a chicken breast half per sandwich that you'll be making Wednesday.)

On Wednesday, you have the major ingredients ready
for the Killer Chicken Parmesan sandwiches.

Carole's Spaghetti Sauce

2 cans tomato paste plus 3 cans water
1 can petite diced tomatoes
2 teaspoons crushed garlic
2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning
½ teaspoon Oregano
Fresh Ground Black Pepper to taste (I like a lot, so I use
10 grinds)

In a 2 quart saucepan, place tomato paste and 3 cans
(not quite full) of warm water. Mix well. Add the
tomatoes, with juice. Add seasonings. Mix well.

If desired, add cooked meat - lean ground beef,
or Italian sausage chunks, etc.

Bring slowly to JUST starting to boil stirring occasionally.

Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for at least 20
minutes.

If you didn't make the sauce ahead of time -

Meanwhile, prepare salad, cook your favorite pasta according to package directions, and make garlic bread, or slice Italian bread for dipping in olive oil and Parmesan - or just dip in the sauce.

Here's another version. This one is my daughter's favorite at the moment.

Pesto Basil Spaghetti Sauce

2 cans Contadina Pesto Tomato Paste
1 can petite diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoons crushed basil
Fresh Ground Black Pepper to taste

Follow directions above.

Now for the Killer Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches on Wednesday.

This sandwich is soooo good! And every ingredient has a health benefit.

Secretly Healthy Killer Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches

French Bread (lower in fat)
Olive Oil (good for lowering cholesterol)
Garlic (numerous health benefits - used medicinally for centuries - also keeps vampires away)
Spaghetti Sauce (lycopene- cancer fighting - also anitoxidents)
Skinless Chicken Breasts (low fat - protein)
Mozzarella Cheese (low fat - calcium)

Reheat the chicken you saved last night and the spaghetti sauce from the other night.

Make garlic bread with french bread cut into sandwich sized pieces.

Brush with olive oil and sprinkle generously with garlic powder, or minced fresh garlic. Place in broiler set at 450 degrees (F) for about 2 minutes.

Place chicken on garlic bread. Cover with warm spaghetti sauce. Top with grated mozzarella cheese.

Place bottom portion in broiler only set to 450 degrees (F) just to melt cheese - about 2 minutes.

I put them on a piece of foil so I don't have to clean the broiler pan.

Top with other half of garlic bread and serve with a big tossed salad and a glass of red wine. You'll be stuffed and healthy!

Well, that will get you through most of the week without tearing your hair out.

Enjoy :)
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My daughter called me from her dad's house the other night. He was feeding her hamburger helper, and 2 slices of buttered bread for dinner. Seriously.

We had picked up a box of hamburger helper in the store to read the ingredients. There was nothing listed there that was food. It was all chemical conncoctions. And when you're used to eating real food, this chemical stuff tastes like... chemicals. It's nasty stuff. How can anyone eat that stuff?

And no salad, or vegetable of any kind?

You don't believe that's acceptable, do you? Please say no!

You do have some idea of what that stuff is doing to people, right? Cancer, diabetes, obesity, and all that.

If you don't know the dangers of processed foods, or you don't know how to get out of the trap and start eating right - here's a great healthy eating plan that anyone will love. Heck, my 17 year old daughter loves it.