valentine's dinner

It's valentine's day and I'm cooking seafood today.

Lettuce Wrappers with Shrimp

1 tbsp peanut oil

1 pound large shrimp peeled deveined, large chunky chopped

1/2 cup finely chopped celery

1/4 cup water chestnuts, chopped

1 clove garlic minced

1 tsp finely grated ginger

1 tbsp hoisen sauce

1 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tbsp rice wine vinegar

8 large leaves Boston lettuce

garnish lightly with toasted chopped peanuts

Heat oil med/high heat. Add shrimp and stir-fry till opaque. Remove set aside.  Stir-fry celery, water chestnut, garlic and ginger till crisp and tender. Add shrimp cooked earlier and add in hoisen sauce, light soy sauce and rice wine vinegar.  Cook till heated through and hot.

Serve: Divide cooked shrimp entree into 8 lettuce leaves and garnish lightly with toasted chopped peanuts. A serving is 2 prepared shrimp lettuce entrees. Recipe makes 4 servings.

Nutrition: per serving 80 calories, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 2 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 2 g dietary fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 210 mg sodium.

I saw this South Beach diet recipe and it is low calorie and really good.

Mmmm really good! If you like asparagus, add in some tender cooked asparagus one-inch pieces. Nutrition changes but in a good way.

sunshine

It's a cool 58 degrees this morning but the sunshine outside makes you want to jog out there. It will warm up to at least 76 degrees later today. I live in a climate that is warmer than most in the US so that being outside is possible. Outdoors brings into the body vitamin D into my system. Starting this month I am including at least 30 minutes or more of sunshine into my health diary. Lately, I scheduled in picking oranges for fresh orange juice, reading outside an hour or more and gardening.  Things are flowering now as my geraniums are looking fantastic.

Morning tea and also throughout the day

20 minutes Pilates Cardio

10 minutes shoulder exercises

28 g Whey Protein vanilla flavor mixed with water after workout

Lunch

100 g Spinach

20 g Walnuts

17 g Cranberries dried unsweetened

2 tbsp Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, 80 calories

40 g Chicken breast

Snack

150 g Plain yogurt

75 g Blackberries fresh raw

80 g Blueberries frozen thawed

50 g Strawberries frozen thawed

Dinner

113 g Tilapia Lemon Piccata by World Catch 1 packet

175 g Broccoli

100 g Brown Rice

This is 955 calories: 102 grams carbs, 77 grams protein, 33 grams fat.

Fiber 123%   Sunshine: 3 hr 15 minutes -  outside shade and sun

I use vitamins and mineral supplements on things I am low on.

Today's food, protein:carb:fat 30:40:30      The goal is 30:40:30