Lean and Green Meals!

Cody and I have been trying to incorporate veggies into our meals along with lower calorie options. So I have been on a journey to create lean and green meals for week day dinners!


Cucumber Sandwiches

For the first meal you slice full cucumbers down the middle long way (or hot dog style) and scrape out the insides with a spoon or melon scooper to make hollow halves. 

Fill the insides with what you would a normal sandwich such as guacamole, ranch, deli meat, cheese, olives, spinach, tomatoes, etc. Place the other half of the cucumber on top for the other half of the "bread". 

This is a super low calorie "sandwich" option that is extremely tasty and easy to make! 

*Pro trip: hollow out the cucumbers really well so you can chew each bite well. If the walls are a little on the thicker side, it's difficult to eat.*

Mini Dessert:

For a mini dessert, take a mini oreo and fill it with a little bit of cookie dough, some red velvet dessert hummus (found at Publix), and some peanut butter! Delicious! 

Cucumber "Sushi"

Next on our list is cucumber sushi! (there is no fish in cucumber sushi). To make this fish-free sushi meal, take cucumbers and slice them in very thin strips on a mandolin (not the musical instrument). Then lay any type of meat such as pulled pork on the strips along with any filling of your choice such as ranch, olives, pickles, shredded cheese, etc. Roll each of the strips up and stick a toothpick through them to keep their roll shape. Voila, we are done!! This is Cody's favorite! 

Mini Dessert:

Take mini Nilla wafers and spray cool whip in between for a nice bite!

Zucchini Noodle Scramble

Our final lean and green meal is zucchini noodles (in the frozen veggie section at Walmart) cooked like pasta and crumbled up meatloaf (made with steel cut oats instead of breadcrumbs, Cody's recipe) and a squirt of Simply Heinz ketchup on top! This could also be made with just ground beef or ground turkey also! This is probably my favorite of the meals!

I hope this has inspired you to also try some lean and green meals! It's easy to escape the healthy eating route without realizing it. Luckily these meals are super easy to make and delicious if I don't say so myself;).

Love,

Kayla Raborn

4/27/19