So last night I made a new recipe. I was basing the recipe on which would mean the least ingredients to have to carry home on the bus after the gym. I ended up with Wowie Maui Meatballs, which are kebobs with a ginger barbecue sauce. They turned out delicious!
Yes, that is white rice you see on the plate. Basmati, to be specific. I just can't do brown rice very often. I have switched all of my pastas and breads to whole grain (and love them), but for some reason the brown rice seems like a huge chore to eat. I figure a healthy lifestyle is all about balance, so if I want to eat my white rice, I will. I just measure it out and get my fiber by other means the days I decide to eat it.
Anyways - this recipe calls for low-fat meatballs, and I love making home made meatballs for some reason, so I decided to go that route. This meatball recipe is also taken from Eat Shrink and Be Merry.
Here are my cute little meatballs - yes, I think meatballs are cute! haha
You can see there's lots of green in there - these meatballs are packed with spices and herbs and flavour!
As you can see, some of the fat does drip off while cooking which helps with the calorie content as well. Then I loaded them up on skewers with pineapple and bell peppers. Made the Wowie Maui Meatball sauce/glaze, and threw them on my George Foreman grill.
If any of you make this, just be sure to continuously be glazing the kebobs every few minutes so they don't stick.
1 Skewer 178 calories
6.3 grams of fat
11 grams of protein
20 carbohydrates
2.6 g fiber
556 mg of sodium (yeah - don't have these the night before weigh in!)
I will make these again, for sure. Loved the flavour combination with the fresh pineapple. If you are interested in the cook book at all, you can get it on Amazon or www.eatshrinkandbemerry.com (buy 1 book and they send you a 2nd for free!)
No comments:
Post a Comment