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Veggie Thursday: Pre-Thanksgiving!

November 18, 2009 by Kristin_Anderson Leave a Comment

Next Thursday is the ultimate Veggie Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. 

On the Thursday before Thanksgiving, I like to make a super veggie Asian style stir-fry. The taste and texture of the stir-fry is so very different then the Thanksgiving meal that I think it causes me to appreciate both a little extra. If you are stuck on what to whip up in the next few days or week, try having something totally different from what you will eat next week.

A friend/client who is an amazing cook gave me this great suggestion:

“I just made a vegetable soup with EVERYTHING that was going bad in my fridge.  Basically, I used the veggie platter that I had cut up for Sylvie’s birthday play date last week (broccoli, carrots, red bell pepper, celery) and made soup with it.  I sautéed a chopped onion in olive oil, then added those veggies plus a bag of frozen organic spinach from Whole Foods, dumped in two containers of chicken broth, and two cut-up Yukon Gold potatoes.  Boiled and then simmered the whole thing, and then I’ll puree it later on when it cools for a thick, hearty vegetable soup.  (The pureed potato thickens the soup and gives it creaminess without adding any actual cream or butter.)  I also have been making Sylvie and Steve pasta lately that might qualify as healthy:  whole wheat penne with turkey Bolognese, and then I add a ton of veggies to the sauce to make it a complete meal.  I make a batch at the start of the week (this week I used turkey sausage from Whole Foods instead of plain ground turkey, which made it more interesting) and keep it in the fridge for lunch or, if I don’t feel like cooking, dinner.”

Good Luck!

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About Kristin_Anderson

By practicing a wide range of off-ice training methods including ballet, pilates and track & field, former professional figure skater Kristin Anderson discovered that performing a diverse training regime leads to a more well-rounded athlete. She used her mixed method approach in her San Francisco and Los Angeles pilates studios, her M-TRAIN fitness app for the iPhone and iPod touch, and has carried her training philosophy over to her fitness company, My Daily Trainer. Losing and maintaining weight is as easy as 1,2,3 with Kristin's website www.mydailytrainer.com where you will find workouts, meal plans, a progress tracker and a lot of help from Kristin herself.

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