Roasted Garlic Barley Rosotto

Ingredients
1 tbsp Coconut Oil or Butter
1/2 Cup Onion (finely diced)
1/4 Cup Carrots (finely diced)
1/3 Cup Pearl or Pot Barley
1 Cup Vegetable Broth
1/2 Cup Water
1/4 tsp Thyme (dried)
1/4 tsp Ground Pepper
1/4 Cup Roasted Garlic Finley diced (Cut off top of 2 bulbs, add a little butter, and bake in oven for 30 minutes)
1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese (grated)

Instructions
Preheat a medium pan to medium-high heat and add the oil, onions, and carrots. Saute for 2 minutes and then add the barley. Saute for 2 minutes more, stirring frequently. Add the vegetable broth, water, thyme and pepper and bring to a boil. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to low. Simmer for about 25-30 minutes until most of the water is absorbed. Now add the roasted garlic and cheese, stir until the cheese is melted. Serve and enjoy!

This recipe makes enough for 2 people

Nutritional Info
Calories(k/cal) 562.4
Fat(g) 21.8
Saturated 16.3
Monounsaturated 3.0
Polyunsaturated 0.9
omega-3 0.0
omega-6 0.2
Carbohydrates 72.7
fibers 13.1
sugars 6.6
Protein 18.9

Happy Valentines Day!

We celebrated Valentines Day a day late. Saturday night the house was full with people. Sunday everyone headed bay to the Bay since it was snowing pretty good and they didn't want to get stuck up in Tahoe.

It was nice to spend the entire weekend in Tahoe relaxing and hanging out with friends and family!

For our Valentine's Dinner Russ made Fillet Mignon, Roasted Garlic Barley Risotto and Salads. For dessert we had chocolate and Carmel raviolis!

It was a great dinner!!!

Healthy Dinner - Texas Thin Crust Pizza

Our trainer recently let us borrow her Gourmet Nutrition Cook Book. We have been trying recipes from it here and there, and they are all pretty good!! Last week we made Texas Thin Crust Pizza and it turned out really good! It took about 20 minutes from start to time time we ate which was awesome! If you like pizza I would definitely try it!

Ingredients

Olive oil cooking spray

6 oz Ground sirloin or extra lean ground beef

¼ tsp Salt

¼ tsp Pepper

¼ Cup small yellow onion diced

¼ Cup red pepper diced

2 tsp Garlic minced

¼ Cup Tomato diced

2 tbsp BBQ Sauce

1 Whole Wheat tortilla

½ Cup White Cheddar grated

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. Preheat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat. Lightly coat with olive oil spray, and add the ground meat. Season with salt and pepper. Sauté the beef until lightly browned and cooked all the way through. Add the onions, pepper and garlic and sauté for 1 more minute. Add the tomatoes and BBQ sauce, stir until combined and remove from heat. Lightly coat a baking sheet with spray and place the tortilla on the tray. Spread the beef and vegetable mixture evenly, leaving the outside half inch for crust. Top with cheese and place in the oven. Bake until cheese is melted and tortilla is nicely toasted (about 10 minutes). Serves 1 large or 2 small

Nutritional Information

For a large

Calories (k/cal) 552

Fat(g) 28.5

Saturated(g) 15.9

Monounsaturated(g) 9.4

Polyunsaturated(g) 1.4

Omega-3(g) 0.3

Omega-6(g) 1.0

Carbohydrates(g) 21.4

Fiber(g) 2.6

Sugars(g) 13.2

Protein(g) 52.5

Menu This Week

Sunday - Leftover Carne Asada Quesadillas

Monday - Leftover Turkey Tortilla Casserole

Tuesday - Carne Asada Tacos (depending on how much we have left)

Wednesday - Chili

Thursday - Chicken Caesar Salads

Friday - TAHOE here we come, we will probably be eating out

Saturday - Chopped Beef Brisket Sandwiches, with homemade Mac & Cheese and Green Beans, and Snicker doodle Cupcake for dessert since its Valentine's Day and Tav's Birthday.

Sunday - Lasagna with garlic bread and Caesar salad

Monday we will be driving home from Tahoe so I'm we will be eating leftovers!

We are having a ton of Carne Asada since we had people over on Saturday and made way too much! Not to worry, its yummy so we dont mind!

I got a new toy!!

I was finally able to convince Russ to let me buy a Cricut Expression! For those who don't know its a die-cutting machine for scrapbooking. I am soo excited, I have had so much fun with it already! Now I just need more time so I can catch up with my scrapbook! I'm about 8 months behind time!

Foto Friday!

This is from when I was in Texas in January. It was 75 degrees one day and then next morning I walk outside and see this on the trees!

Friday Nights - What to do?!

My sister has convinced Russ to join her playing indoor soccer on Friday nights for the next 10 weeks!

Friday's are normally our nights to hang out at home and relax. I will probably go to some of the games but they can get kind of boring. Now I need to think of something to do for my next 10 Friday nights!