Salads

Pan-fried Breaded Smelt and Salad (Recipe Link)

Pan-fried, breaded, wild-caught lake smelt. Wow, like eating fish and chips in one dish… so yummy, so crispy! Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red pepper, baby tomatoes, cucumbers, Ranch dressing. These are whole smelt; no need to clean them, you just eat the entire little fishies; you can’t even tell they have bones or…

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Cheeseburgers and Salad

Air-fried cheeseburgers (4 oz each) and Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red pepper, baby tomatoes, a few raspberries, Balsamic mayo (1/2 T mayo, 1/2 T Balsamic salad dressing). I actually ate four burgers (see photo below). This was a delicious meal!

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Tabbouleh Salad with Hemp Hearts (Recipe Link)

This pretty tabbouleh (tabouli) salad is made with hemp hearts instead of bulgur wheat, so it’s pretty low in carbs and also grain free. Note: I added a little Balsamic vinegar to the original recipe. The original recipe is here. Variations: Add chicken (in the salad or on the side), feta cheese, goat cheese crumbles,…

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Brisling Sardines (Sprats) and Potato Hash

Brisling sardine hash with green onions, a small potato (I’m on maintenance and can afford a few extra carbs), ginger/garlic/chili paste, salt; Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red peppers and salsa mayo. Delicious! However, this meal was low in protein (only 16 gm in the fishies), so I will likely need to eat something…

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