Day 10- WE MADE IT!!!!!

We made it, and so did you!!  Thanks for hanging in there with us!

Day 9

Day 8

Roasted Vegetable Salad

Pre-heat oven to 375.

Cut up red pepper, yellow pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, sweet potato, brussels sprouts, onion, and any other veggies that taste good roasted (or bump any you hate).

Put in baking pan with olive oil, garlic, and a few pinches sea salt.

Bake for about 1:20, stirring occasionally, until soft.

Scoop veggies over a bed of baby romaine or other non-spinach lettuce leaves.

Drizzle balsalmic vinegar and a little olive oil.

This is really good!  When you're off the low iodine kick, add goat cheese and candied walnuts.

Enjoy

Day 7

Day 7 is all about snacks!
1.  Chips n guac!  Buy a bag of corn tortillas with sea salt (these are out and about in lots of stores).  Make guacamole!  Scoop the guts out of one avocado, and combine with about a third of a big tomato (chopped), half handful chopped yellow onion, and pinch of sea salt.  This is quick, easy, delicious, and makes you forget you're on a low iodine diet.

2.  Apples or celery with unsalted (natural) peanut butter.

3.  Fresh pineapple.

4.  Go to a store that lets you scoop your own candy out of the big clear bins.  Gummi bears!  Just leave the red ones behind...

5.  Strawberry and banana smoothie.  Blend fruit with ice and orange juice.

6.  Water ice (Italian ice)

Day 6

Chicken Marsala for Sunday Dinner!!
This is good whether you're on the diet or not :)

What you need:
2-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts pounded thin and cut in half

Pinch of sea salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

3/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon dried leaf basil

1 tablespoon olive oil
1-2 tablespoons unsalted margarine (optional).  When you're off the diet, bump this for butter.
8 oz sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup Marsala wine

What to do:
Pound the chicken with all your pent-up low iodine diet frustration.
Combine flour with sea salt, pepper and basil.  Mix it up,
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
Lightly coat chicken pieces in flour mixture.  Place in skillet.
Cook chicken 3 minutes until lightly brown on first side.
Flip chicken.
Add mushrooms to the skillet.
Cook for 2 minutes until the second side is lightly browned.  Lightly stir.
Add marsala wine to chicken/ mushrooms.
Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, turning once.

Can serve over whole wheat pasta with a side of broccoli or asparagus and a glass of chardonnay :)

Day 5

Day 5 is Saturday.  

Pearl of wisdom for the weekend- starvation is less painful when unconscious...sleep as long as you can!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully you've made it to brunch-time when the sugar plums stop dancing in your head...

Mushroom egg white omlette with side of sweet potatoes

What you need:

Egg whites

Mushrooms

Onion

sea salt

pepper

What to do:

Make an omlette!

Serve with side of sweet potatoes:

Peel sweet potato and slice into very thin spheres

Lightly coat the bottom of a skillet with vegetable or canola oil

Cook covered on low-medium heat until potatoes are soft enough to eat.  You'll need to stir potatoes every so often.  Can add a bit more oil if needed but would recommend starting with just a bit and adding if needed.

Season with sea salt and pepper.

Day 4

Lesly's Bok Choy over Rice

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 clove of garlic minced 

1 tablespoon minced onion

2 heads of  fresh bok choy 

1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt

1/2 cup of shredded baked chicken leg or thigh

1 cup of steamed rice!! Directions

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat

 add garlic and onions

  cook for  1 minute

 add bok choy

Cook 3 to 5 minute  until greens arewilted and stalks are crisp-tender

Season, to taste, with SEA SALT.  

Serve over white rice.

Enjoy!!!!!!!