I'd like to share a really neat yummy with you. Buy a jar of Tikka Masala sauce (I really love Sharwoods) and a can of chick peas. Chop up some onion and red pepper and sautee it, then throw in the chick peas and the sauce and cook according to directions on the Jar. It's really yummy and a great vegetarian substitute for chicken. Chick peas are a great source of fiber and protein and have a very low calorie count per serving.
Chickpeas, mature seeds, cooked no salt Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 160 kcal 690 kJ
Carbohydrates
27.42 g
- Sugars 4.8 g
- Dietary fiber 7.6 g
Fat
2.59 g
- saturated 0.269 g
- monounsaturated 0.583 g
- polyunsaturated 1.156 g
Protein
8.86 g
Water
60.21 g
Vitamin A equiv. 1 μg
0%
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.116 mg
9%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.063 mg
4%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.526 mg
4%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.286 mg
6%
Vitamin B6 0.139 mg
11%
Folate (Vit. B9) 172 μg
43%
Vitamin B12 0 μg
0%
Vitamin C 1.3 mg
2%
Vitamin E 0.35 mg
2%
Vitamin K 4 μg
4%
Calcium 49 mg
5%
Iron 2.89 mg
23%
Magnesium 48 mg
13%
Phosphorus 168 mg
24%
Potassium 291 mg
6%
Sodium 7 mg
0%
Zinc 1.53 mg
15%
As you can see they are quite the little super food! I love having this with a 1/2 cup of brown basmati rice cooked in coconut milk with a bit of naan bread on the side. You can actually get whole wheat naan too! I prefer the white stuff - its an exception to my rule hehe.
In other news... once me and the MR. are over this horrible cold we are going to start doing p90x together. For those of you that don't know what that is - it is a seris of butt busting cardio, pliometrics, resistance training, weight training, kick boxing and yoga that you do over 90 days.
I'll keep you in the loop as I journey through that.
I was thinking of keeping a photo journal of my mid section, arms and back throughout the 90 days. (3 pictures weekly) I think it would be a great way of marking my progress, but I'm a little shy to put my current "flabby" pics up hehe.
What do you think?
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