Thai Green Curry Chicken Soup with Zucchini Noodles

Probably my favorite use for leftover rotisserie chicken.  This was the first time I tried eating it with zucchini noodles and baby spinach.  I didn't cook the veggies at all and just let the hot broth cook everything for a few minutes.  The noodles had a perfect al dente texture this way, just the way I like it.

Another Indian-inspired Curry, with Sweet Potatos

This actually turned out pretty pretty good.  This was supposed to be a ground beef recipe but I subbed it with ground turkey.  I think I'm going to be obsessed with making curries.

Zucchini Pasta

Zucchini pasta is a replacement for my spaghetti noodles but has become its own unique dish.  It actually tastes really good sautéed briefly with butter first but mostly I'm pretty lazy and I'll zap it in the microwave for about a minute (to maintain an al dente texture) for eating with sauce.  As easy as it already is to make spaghetti, zucchini noodles are even easier because you barely have to cook it.  And it tastes awesome.

You can easily make zucchini noodles using this spiral slicer.  The prices on Amazon fluctuate and I waited until this was about $25 or so before I bought it.  In the mean time, a cheap (and not as good) method is to use a julienne peeler.  I picked up this same set for $5 at my local TJ Maxx at one point.  But now I mostly use my spiral slicer because the noodles come out so much longer. 

Comfort food

Brown Cow full-fat plain yogurt, fresh bananas and raspberries topped with some honey.

Sometimes, I just want something sweet, which I can only have very sparingly when I'm doing low-carb.  I checked my food log, figured out how many carbs I had left and figured out how much of this I could eat.  Sometimes, I'll even plan on eating something extra carby and eat a lot less carbs earlier in the day so I can have a treat at the end of the night.  Most people probably aren't going to do this, but I'm kind of having fun logging all my food.  If you're trying to lose weight, it might help a lot in the beginning to really stick with logging your food and amounts you're eating.

Low-carb lunch

Baby spinach, cottage cheese, sardines, cherry tomatos

(Mostly) Gluten-free 2014 :)

Venison burger, mashed sweet potato and broiled asparagus.

Paleo Keema Kari

I'm usually not that into Indian food but I really liked this.  This is actually a ground beef recipe but I subbed it with ground venison.

Garden bonuses

Came back from my trip to some surprises!  Didn't think my eggplant was really growing but I managed to get a few.  :)

Garlic fried chicken, beet greens and mashed kohlrabi

Crockpot roast chicken

Before

 After

With farmer's market carrots and onions, and roasted beets from the garden! :)  Unfortunately, I forgot to broil it for a few minutes to give it a nice brown on top.