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Trader Joe's soup and canned chunk chicken

If you like soup, and want to keep things healthy and light on calories, this is a good option on a weeknight when you don’t have a lot of time.  This recipe uses products from Trader Joe’s that are inexpensive and convenient.  Probably best served in the fall, winter, spring months, but we love soup so we make it in the summer as well.   Make sure you have the fan handy or the A/C on.

Serves: 2, ~400 calories per serving

Total Time: < 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• Trader Joe’s pureed soup in the tetra boxes (~$2.79)
• Trader Joe’s chunk chicken in a can (~$2.50)
• Your choice of veggies (spinach, carrots, celery, etc.) or potatoes
• salt, pepper, cayenne (optional)

Instructions:

• Open canned chicken and put in saucepan
• Open soup box and pour all of it in
• Add veggies.  For carrots, celery, potatoes, it’ll take a little longer to cook.  For spinach, you can add that in at the end.
• Add salt, pepper, and cayenne or crushed red pepper flakes to taste or for that extra kick.

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A super quick, easy, healthy recipe that takes less than 10 minutes.  It’s so easy, we almost didn’t post it!

Total Time: < 15 minutes

Ingredients

• asparagus spears (6-8 per person)
• fresh lemon
• sea salt
• black pepper
• olive oil spray

Instructions

• Preheat the grill, low-medium heat (you’ll need to experiment with the temperature for your own grill).  Or you can use a grill pan indoors.
• Wash the asparagus spears and slice (or hand snap) off the tough ends of the spears.
• Put them on a plate and season with salt and pepper.
• Spray with olive oil to coat; then using a fork, roll the spears over so some of the uncoated side shows; then spray again.
• Put them on the grill for around 4 minutes, then roll the spears over with your tongs, and let them grill for another 4 minutes.  This should give you spears that are cooked but still slightly crisp.
• Plate the spears and squeeze lemon juice on them.  DONE!

You may have to try this a couple times to get the heat and cooking time right on your own grill.   If you have lemon salt, that could be a good alternative if you don’t have a lemon handy; although we haven’t tried that yet.

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