Thursday, April 17, 2014

Prep your food - Easy lunchbox with sweet potatoes, Bolognese and broccoli

This is a very easy lunchbox that you can prepare the night before or the same morning. I used left over Bolognese, remember to make some extra food when you're cooking, you'll thank me when you have yummy healthy lunch at work. If you're not a picky eater that requires a different lunch every day this dish could be prepared for several days and be kept in the fridge.

Bolognese
1 lb ground turkey
1/2 cup onion
2 cans of diced tomatoes 14.5oz (I used Hunt's Basil, Garlic and Oregano)
1 clove of garlic (2 if you're a garlic lover)
Salt
Pepper
Hot sauce

1. Chop the onion into small pieces, mince the garlic clove and cook together in a pan.
2. When the onion is golden brown add the ground turkey and cook in the pan until done, add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Add 2 cans of diced tomatoes to the ground turkey, stir and cook on a low heat. Stir occasionally. Add hot sauce to taste. 

Grilled sweet potato
1 big sweet potato (for 2 meals)
A little bit of extra virgin olive oil (PAM spray bottle is easy to use)
Pepper

1. Set the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cut the potato in 1/4 of an inch pieces, separate the slices on a baking sheet, spray with a little bit of olive oil (don't go too crazy, olive oil is high in calories), add pepper and grill in the middle of the oven for 30min or until potatoes are soft. Quick tip: put the potatoes on a plate and cover with a wet paper towel, cook on high in the microwave for 5 minutes. You won't get that nice "grilled taste" to the potato but you'll get the job done.

Steamed broccoli - cook in the microwave as above for the Quick tip on the sweet potato, broccoli only needs about 2 minutes though.

Enjoy!

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