The Healthy Tales

One thing I dislike about my job is that we have a busy season stretching from the beginning of January until the end of February and sometimes into March where we are working and ordering in delivery food every single day.  It gets very old, repetitive, and unhealthy.  One thing I promised myself this year was that I would not be ordering in junk everyday.  I would either bring food from home or I’d order a salad and use my own dressing.  I have to say that I have been successful so far thanks to lean cuisine and their expanded line of frozen meals.  I have not gained a pound but I haven’t lost anything either.  I guess I should be happy about the no gain when I’m sitting on my butt 12 hours a day.

So earlier this week, I decided that I would drag my slow cooker out and make something that I could bring to work.  I had a pound of ground beef and not a clue what to do with it.  So I pulled out my favorite cookbook and found  a recipe for Beef-Lite.  The recipe seemed easy enough and only had 4 ingredients so I gave it a whirl.  Overall it was a good and quick thing to throw into the slow cooker over night while I slept.

Beef-Lite

1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 package dry onion soup mix
1 10 3/4oz can of 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
1 10 3/4oz can of 98% fat free cream of celery soup

1. Spray slow cooker with fat-free cooking spray or insert 1 liner
2. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker
3. Cook on low for 6-8 hours
4. Serve over brown rice

This recipe made approximately 6 half cup servings when placed over a half cup of rice.  It was fairly tasty but could use a little seasoning but I’m not sure yet what I would add.  It comes out to about 5 weight watcher points per serving including the brown rice.  Not too shabby!