Protein power

Now that DB and I have gotten in the swing of regular workouts together I'm shifting him onto my eating plan because he's got this disorder where he mindlessly snacks on whatever he sees and although that's fine now I'm anticipating his metabolism slowing down any minute now as 30 is upon him. So for lunch today I made a big pot of quinoa and made some all natural chicken meatballs and tossed them in 2 tbs of teriyaki sauce. I put the quinoa in a bowl, seasoned it with salt, pepper and ginger then put a bed of raw spinach which softened with the hot meatballs on top and then I added some orange pepper and some Thai basil.

I had a lot of quinoa left so for dinner I made a chicken brocolli bake which I used to make with brown rice but tonight I subbed in quinoa.

First things first I put the quinoa in a baking dish 

Next I sautéed 1 large onion, 1 garlic clove sliced and and 8 sliced mushrooms. I seasoned these with salt and pepper and once they were mostly browned I added 1 cup of homemade chicken broth. I took this mixture and poured it over the quinoa

Next I added a layer of broccoli

And then a layer of spinach which I sprinkled with more salt, pepper and garlic powder

While this was all going on it had 3 organic chicken breasts cooking on the stove. We don't eat or buy a lot of meat so when we do we make sure it's all natural, organic and free range or grass fed. Anyway! Sliced the chicken and layered them across the top, poured another cup of broth over it, covered it in foil and baked it at 375 for about 30 minutes.  While that was cooking I made a salad (butter lettuce and heirloom tomatoes is my go-to fave) and that was it. Super protein packed for the macho man in my life