Yesterday was a day much like all of them this week — work, apartment stuff, and watching the Olympics.
But one thing was different because….we have groceries! We finally went on Tuesday evening, so yesterday was filled with some fresh food that even lead to a few recipes.
First, I made this smoothie for a mid-morning snack:
Chocolate Strawberry Banana Smoothie
1 cup of frozen strawberries and bananas
1 handful of fresh strawberries
1 cup of chocolate almond milk
1 T of oats
1 handful of spinach
It wasn’t the prettiest thing in the world, but it was delicious and filling!
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Apparently the theme of the day is food that isn’t pretty because that carried through to lunch.
I made a fresh veggie salad with spring green mix, zucchini, squash, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar.
Fresh veggie salad
Not pretty, but a great salad. I love sunflower seeds on my salads!
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Finally, dinner was so easy — not pretty, but hey, just sticking to the theme.
I had a headache after work today, so I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making dinner, so I came up with this super easy gnocchi dish.
Gnocchi with Creamy Ricotta Sauce
Ingredients:
1 sweet potato
1 yellow onion
1 T garlic
1 can of diced tomatoes
1/2 c of milk
1 c of low fat ricotta cheese
A pinch each of dried basil, oregano, parsley, and black pepper (you can use more of any if you would like)
1 package of gnocchi
Directions:
- Peel the sweet potato and cut into one-inch pieces. Add to a pot of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and let the potatoes cook for 10-15 minutes
- In a saucepan, sauté a diced yellow onion and the garlic over medium heat. Add the tomatoes and mix in with the onions.
Potatoes and veggies cooking
- Add the milk and ricotta cheese to the saucepan and mix everything together until the sauce is creamy
- Once the sweet potato pieces are soft, add them to the saucepan and mix into the sauce. Add the spices and mix
- Cook the gnocchi according to the package (about 3 minutes)
- Drain the gnocchi and add to the sauce
I made kale chips as a side, and finally made the pumpkin oat loaf recipe from my Foodie Pen Pal.
Kale before going in the oven
Pumpkin oat mini muffins
I didn’t have a small loaf pan, so I used a mini muffin tin instead. These were great with peanut butter and honey.
Well, off to work. Have a good Thursday!
I love finally having food after a wonderful grocery shop, it is makes it so much easier to make food decisions!
Me too! I love being able to actually make dinner finally!
I haven’t made gnocchi in far too long. It’s one of my all time favorite foods! Now I have a huge craving! I’ve never made my own ricotta sauce – looks delish!
Thanks! I love gnocchi so I make it way too much
I need a small muffin tin! I have a large one, but that only gets me 6 muffins or cupcakes. Blasphemy
Haha that’s no good! I love the minis!
Yesterday morning I put some Vanilla Chai Hemp Protein Powder in my oatmeal. It was the ugliest brownish green color…but it tasted so good.
I think ugly food is BEST.
[Pretty us good. But pretty is often pricey.]
I agree, love ugly food
I wish I was at your place for dinner last night
I’m printing that gnocchi recipe right after I write this!
I hope you liked it!!
So many great recipes here… the gnocchi one is catching my attention for sure. Thanks for the new idea lady!
No problem, enjoy
Even though I just made gnocchi not too long ago, and had a different meal planned for dinner.. you’ve totally changed everything. I’m thinking this may beat out tonights BBQ Chicken Salad. THANK YOU
BBQ chicken salad sounds so good too! Recipe please
Yum, those muffins look delicious!
Milo thought so…he ate quite a few when James and I went for a run. Oops!