Being Creative

Well i am on day 4 now of fruits and vegetables and will be heading out shortly for our girlie retreat. Since I have asked my daughter to come along with us I had to pick up more then just fruits and vegetables for our meals as she would not go for that.

My daughter loves east indian food. So yesterday she asked me to make her chana masala with Naan. The dish is made of chick peas with onions, tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of "spicey powder", add water simmer for 40 mins. to soften the chick peas and then served with naan which is a pita like bread. It was very tastey!!

*One hundred grams of mature boiled chickpeas contains 164 calories, 2.6 grams of fat (of which only 0.27 grams is saturated), 7.6 grams of dietary fiber and 8.9 grams of protein. Chickpeas also provide dietary calcium (49–53 mg/100 g), with some sources citing the garbanzo's calcium content as about the same as yogurt and close to milk...as per wiki (another one of my favourite sites)

So for the weekend we purchase whole wheat naan, i figured you must be able to create a pizza using this, so off i went to google and presto found tons of recipes for naan pizza. I have included one of the links below, we are going to create this over the bbq so it will feel like we are doing something with the bbq this weekend.

For Saturday nights dinner i picked up whole grain thin pasta and of course tons of vegetables and going to make a stir fry!!

So far what i like about this life style change is the planning and creative thinking of what we are going to eat next. I also like the fact that i am paying more attention to food labels...wow once you do that you will be like what the hec is that word, also notice all the artificial flavouring when it states pure on the outside of the bottle...hmmmm that's kinda weird...

Well off we go for our girlie retreat, here of the picture of the naan pizza and link!!



http://www.nigella.com/recipe/recipe_detail.aspx?rid=80