Guest Chef Time: Fatty Gets Fit style.

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This week’s guest chef is a blogger who makes me laugh and, though you have to p-u-l-l it out of her to make her talk about it, is a pretty damn amazing woman as well.

Seriously.

Get over there and ask her about her job.

(well, after you’ve read her food musings I mean…)

What an honor to submit a recipe for guest chef Thursday! I stalk your website during breakfast every morning. It is very motivating to know there are people out there, just like me, aspiring to be healthier! I’ve followed Weight Watchers, for over a year and a half now. I use the POINTS system, which works for me.

Anywho, I’m a young woman with not a lot of time. Or money. This “unfortunate” combination leads to LOTS of experimentation in the kitchen. I usually whip up something that seems elaborate, but is actually quite easy. I mainly end up using frozen veggies, canned beans, whole wheat pasta or brown rice and a serving fish/chicken/shrimp/turkey. I *love* to cook. I *love* to eat my cooking. I enjoy weirding people out when I prepare a meal and watch them eat it.

The other night, I was craving Mexican. And since I’m saving my money, and had some random left overs laying around, I entertained the thought that I could make my own burrito. *garbage style*

Here’s my recipe for Jillian’s Left-ova Pantry Style Burrito

YOU WILL NEED:

Joseph’s Brand Flax, Oatbran & Whole Wheat Lavash bread (1 wrap)


Goya Black Beans (1 can) (Low sodium are good, for obvious reasons)


1/3 cup Mexican cheese shredded (I used WW brand)Frozen peppers and onions (any brand is fine, as many as you want)Jalepeno rings from a jar (any brand is fine, as many as you want) slice if you want smaller pieces


1 teaspoon (or more) of Joseph’s Humus Tahini

1/3 cup of left over rice (For this recipe, I had some Zatarain’s Carribean Style rice with pineapple & coconut but ANY rice will do) (Seriously)


Open the beans, drain and rinse.

In a saucepan add: beans, onions, garlic, frozen peppers, jalepenos

Simmer this until the beans are tender and the frozen veggies have cooked


Get the wrap ready!

Spread thin layer of humus, cheese and rice.

Add the beans (1 cup)

Wrap it up!

Then heat up on each side until wrap is brown and ENJOY!!!!

It’s pretty yummy *and* it’s only 7 POINTS if you, like I, are following weight watchers.

VEEERRRYYYY filling as well.

You can add salsa, guacamole or sour cream to it, ground seasoned turkey meat, whatever you have laying around that would taste authentic!

I made another one that night and ate it cold for lunch the next day. Awesome AND portable.

OH

you want dessert?

Quaker Chocolate Rice Cake
Cool Whip Lite
Strawberry or (fruit of your choosing)

Make it open faced using 1 rice cake, a blob of whip cream and fruit or make it a sandwich. Even freeze it?! The possibilities are endless….

Thanks Jillian!

Especially for the dessert and the *cool whip craving* you’ve triggered in me this morning… (processed? I know. delightful? fo’ shizzle.)

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  1. Wow, even I think I could manage that! I spent a good hour pouring over a menu online for my boyfriend’s birthday dinner at a Mexican restaurant (next week – we have to order in advance) and I couldn’t find ANYTHING healthy. AT ALL. I was starting to question the nutritional wisdom of Mexico as a nation.

    Thank goodness it’s possible to make spicy AND healthy at home.

    Love FGF, thanks for the recipe!

    TA x

  2. I love FGF, TA so thanks for your comment.

    while I do think to myself HOLY CRAPBALLS I COULD BE HER MAMA 🙂 I also think how much more TOGETHER she has her shit life than I did at that age.

    ahhhh, MizFit edging toward middle age.

    it’s a beautiful thing 🙂

    M.

  3. yaaay! i’m maintaining my quasi-internet celebrity status! Thank you for the nice intro (I think you are amazing too!!!) and for publishing me!

    Maybe I should go and see if Perez Hilton has a blog up about me yet?

  4. Love FGF! Jillian = very funny. 🙂

    TA? I know! What is with restaurants?! Even salads suck these days. And it’s really embarassing (from experience) to just ask them to “please toss every veggie you have in a bowl. Then please bring it to meee?” Lol.

  5. and with the special requests, amanda, Im utterly convinced that the chef and the servers ARE rolling their eyes and spitting in my food.

    Id say Im irrational but Ive worked in the industry….

    and FGF?
    Perez DOES have a long post about you, your tattoos, and has doodled on your face with photoshop as well.

    YOUVE OFFICIALLY MADE IT!

    Miz., who is waiting to be shown on TMZ wrestling her Toddler to the ground for the last french fry at ‘Donalds.

  6. I love the way FGF rolls! This is totally how I eat when I’m just cooking for me. Proof to yesterday’s caller that it’s really not that hard…

    Mickey D’s again, Miz? What ARE you trying to do to me? Man, those fries are my heroin. I CANNOT risk entering that place. All resolve falls away. But now that I know that the fillers in their “beef” is what makes me sick…I have an easier time staying away. And as for that parfait? Please, one can make a better one at home – and even add protein powder or the dreaded CHIA! Less sugar, more fruit, no reinforcing of Mickey D’s as real food. {steps off soap box}

    🙂

  8. ahh, Marianne.

    The thing is while one could make a FARFAR better parfait at home and easily AND the Tornado mightwould eat it when mama is feeling *beyond* isolated & fearful she’s gonna bash her head against a wall (or van gogh her ears she’s not sure which) should she hear the word MIIIINE again nothing hits the spot like a field trip.

    And better McD’s than, say, the wine aisle at Target 🙂

    What’s that?

    You’re inviting us over?

    We’re on our way!

    Miz.

  10. This is a great recipe for those of us with kids screaming they are starving as we try to cook a gourmet meal ; I love the rice cake idea too. Thanks for the idea Jillian! Going to spend some time checking out your blog….what a rewarding job that must be. You are giving back in a big way 🙂

  11. Oooohhh I LOVE the rice cake idea! I *heart* all the Quaker flavored rice cakes, but never thought to do anything with them LOL

  12. rumor has it, Marcy (read: MizFit would *never* resort to anything like this to feed a sweet craving ;)) that the cakes are also good:

    Smeared with peanut butter (or my NEW FAVE & UPCOMING FREEBIE BARNEY BUITTER) and topped with ONE tablespoon of chocolate chips/drizzled with 1 tsp of choc.syrup

  13. rumor has it, Marcy (read: MizFit would *never* resort to anything like this to feed a sweet craving ;)) that the cakes are also good:

    Smeared with peanut butter (or my NEW FAVE & UPCOMING FREEBIE BARNEY BUITTER) and topped with ONE tablespoon of chocolate chips/drizzled with 1 tsp of choc.syrup.

    Topped with cottage cheese & a packet of splenda/some stevia and a sprinkling of cinnamon.

    Spread with the nutbutter o’your choice & cinnamon *and* some shards of almonds.

    Just a few tips I’ve ‘heard’ of…

    😉

    M.

  15. I love easy throw together recipes like this! Nothing better! I always like to throw fat free refried beans on this type of mexican mix as well (yum, yum, yum).

  17. Mmmmm, cool whip. Thanks for the link to yet another blog. Gah, I’m never going to get anything done!

    Miz – need a playdate? Hop in the car and come on over. I’ll have parfaits for the kids and wine in some BPA free Nalgene water cups for us.

  18. Jilly, Perez contacted me and asked for dirt from back in the day. I did not talk. I will not talk. not even a litle bit. about those wild & insane parties on Terrace Place…

    love you girly 😉

  19. uh, Robin thanks for the offer and all but I roll straight from the bottle these days.

    We’re on our way!

    M., who is highly aware that today isnt about McDonalds (or McDougal’s as we call it. movie anyone?) but just in case youre headed there STOP HERE FIRST. Thanks Hungry Girl!)

  21. Great recipes! I’m more of a fruit & cream & dark chocolate kinda girl myself (I’ll only use one godiva square though), but BK would definitely eat the burrito.

  22. Loving the easy Mexican recipe! Since I’ve been pregnant, I would guesstimate that I’ve eaten my body weight in chips, salsa, and guacamole. This would be a much healthier way to satisfy that craving!

  23. Thank you for the burrito recipe – will definitely try. I never got into rice cakes so maybe just whip cream and fruit for me.

  24. That’s cool…I do something similar to the burrito with a quesadilla style. Although, I’m scared to add all the really healthy stuff (flaxseed and such) for fear of taste.

    I’m secretly scared to really find out the filler in McD’s burgers. Note to self, find out someday when feeling brave!

    Man, I guess I should have listened to you for the getting over our fears! Maybe that’s 2 things I’ll try to do this week!!!

  25. Robin? YEP. and what can we learn from that movie about our quest for fitness?!

    (dramatic pause)

    NOTHING.

    Debra? no? no ricecakes?! I adore them in all their wonderously plain glory (im odd that way). I know where you live work I may have to drop you by a bag just in case youre tempted to try again.

    DBJ? I adore the flax. love. LOVE. Lucky for you Ive no idea where you live OR work 🙂

    M.

  26. “I enjoy weirding people out when I prepare a meal and watch them eat it.” Jillian is my new hero!! Seriously – I love the recipe and the entertainment value:) Frozen cool-whip? Yum!

  29. Love the idea of *garbage style*! I did that a while back, but with pasta (I know, and it wasn’t even whole wheat, but it was a small/regular portion size). I dumped in some light alfredo sauce, a can of mushrooms, some shrimp out of the freezer (cooked them first, LOL) and a jar of marinated artichoke hearts. Mmmm, mmmm. I kind of want to make a garbage breakfast burrito now, even though I’m not hungry. Maybe that’s what we’ll have for dinner tonight. Hmmm, off to the middle eastern store to pick up some Lavash. Whee!

    Oh, and although I love ground flax, I don’t think I would ever put it in a burrito. Miz? Really?

  30. did someone as *me* about taste? flax?
    I’m not the one to ask (or so Ren Man tells me on a daily basis), but for what it’s worth I say YES.

    (But I’d sprinkle that sh** on my ice cream in the name of texture & omega 3’s…)

    M.

  31. Oh…this sounds so good!! I’m off to town (AGAIN!! Every freakin’ day this week!!) so must look for Lavash bread.

    Thanks for sharing, and love the *garbage style*!! Hehehehehe

  32. Yum! thanks for the meal idea!

    I think I would be very, very happy notweirdedout to have that dessert prepared for me, frozen (ummm), and stared at as I ate it. Sadly I cannot keep cool whip in the house as I lack the self-control not to eat it with a spoon and end up in a sugar coma. Your restraint is inspiring!

  35. Great rice cake tip. I spread a little peanut butter (I’m a Saratoga Peanut co. fan — but I CAN’T WAIT for the Barney Butter giveaway?!?!?!) on mine, usually. Cool whip lite, though. I will try it! Anything to keep me away from the m&ms…

  39. Mmmm, going to have to try this out–my hubby adores Mexican food.

    Also, I personally love Cool Whip. Funny thing is, can’t stand meringue, which seems similar in texture at least. Maybe it’s because my step-dad always called meringue “calf slobber” when I was growing up.

  41. “calf slobber” ??!!! got to remember that so I can terrify small children someday. 😉

    I’m not a big fan of cool whip but I suppose it is “better” for you than marshmallow fluff……which I used to eat straight from the jar. Sometimes I’d put M&Ms or chocolate chips in it. jeez. I’m feeling sick just thinking about it.

    The Burrito sounds good. Will have to try.

    ……and another blog to add to my read list!

  44. Love that recipe. On the hunt for Lavash bread. Never heard of it. Sounds great. My hubby would even accept that meal ( from one who must have MEAT)

  45. Miz? About the spitting in my food, you’re probably right.

    …

    I thought about it, and I’d verifiably prefer veggies and chefspit than love handles, no? 😉

  54. Thanks that was a great read. I can’t believe it myself, but my wife and I will have been married 10 years next week. Our first anniversary was in Italy, and we had some incredible shrimp pasta in this little cafe in Rome. I’ve been looking all over the web for an easy recipe to see if I can make some myself, and I even found a shrimp pasta recipes homepage dedicated to them! Thought you might like to know, you can find anything on the net nowadays it seems!

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