Chicken broccoli and cheese on a biscuit

Morning snack - Stonefield berry yogurt and spinach, egg and cheese bake

Lunch - Chicken broccoli and cheese on a biscuit, almonds, datelets, pomegranate

Afternoon snack - Cortland apples

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I've been terrible about posting lately.  I just started a master's program in nutrition at American University and have just been exhausted trying to keep up with everything.  I hope today's post makes up for it a little.  I made the following two recipes in less than 25 minutes.  What's great is that I now have multiple meals done!

Spinach, egg and cheese bake

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

1/3 c chopped fresh baby spinach

3 Tbs shredded Mexican mix cheese

4 medium eggs

salt and pepper to taste

Method

Set oven to 375 degrees.  Combine all ingredients in a bowl.  In a muffin tin, add 2 tablespoons of the mixture to each slot.  (I used silicone molds, but you can use cupcake liners for an easy traveling meal!)  Bake for 12 minutes.  Enjoy!

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Chicken broccoli and cheese on a biscuit

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup baked chicken cut in cubes

1/3 cup quinoa

3/4 cup chopped steamed broccoli

1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1 can of biscuits (I used homestyle, Wegman's brand)

salt and pepper to taste  

Method

Set oven to 375 degrees.  Combine all ingredients in a bowl.  Use 1/2 a biscuit in each muffin slot to make the base of the bake.  Add a little less than 1/4 cup of the mixture to each muffin slot.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Enjoy!

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As many of you know, I'm a vegetarian so I made myself a vegetarian version.

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped steamed broccoli

1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1/3 cup quinoa 

salt and pepper to taste

Method

Set oven to 375 degrees.  Combine all ingredients in a bowl.  Use 1/2 a biscuit in each muffin slot to make the base of the bake.  Add a little less than 1/3 cup of the mixture to each muffin slot.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Enjoy!

Datelets

Morning snack:  Wasa whole grain crispbread with almond butter, drizzle of wildflower honey and cinnamon and clementine

Lunch:  Baked breaded"chicken", brown rice, steamed broccoli and datelets

Afternoon snack:  Red pear and pink Goldfish

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My elementary school cafeteria would serve these tiny pieces of delicious sweetness when I was a kid.  I was always so happy to see that little plastic bag on my lunch try.  But I never knew what they were.  Then one day, 25 years later, I was at the Dutch market and there they were!  Yes!  What were they, you ask.  They're actually dates chopped up into little pieces and then covered in some kind of flour to avoid the pieces from getting stuck together.  If you've never had them as a treat, give them a try.  They are definitely LQ approved!

The Dutch market is a great place to get all kinds of other delicious items.  I get all kinds of things like, datelets, mushroom popcorn kernels, cheese, meats, produce and different kinds of seasonings.  The only downside, and the reason why I hardly ever shop there, is that they have limited hours.  The one I go to is only open Thursday - Saturday.  But because it's an awesome market it's generally jam packed!  Not to mention it's pretty far.  So to be honest, I only go there when I need to stock up on datelets....yum!