Recipe: Stir Fry and Spicy Tuna Patties

I sure do love a good stir fry. I put two cups of frozen stir fry veggies and one cup of frozen broccoli into a pan with 1/4 cup water, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon ground ginger, and 1 teaspoon granulated garlic. I cooked it until the water was pretty much evaporated. To make the patties, I drained a can of chunk light tuna in water, added 1 tablespoon of sour cream, a dash of tabasco sauce, and about 1 tablespoon dried chopped onion (as a binder). I gently shaped the mixture into four round patties and browned the outsides on a pan with cooking spray. They probably would have held together better if I had actually used oil to fry them, but I'm trying to be healthy here :)

Recipe: Teriyaki Salmon and Chop Suey

My grandparents sent us home with lots of leftovers, which I want to use up before they go bad. But I get tired of eating the same thing over and over, so I wanted to use the leftovers to make something else. So what I came up with was a bed of white rice (1/2 cup), surrounded by 1 cup of vegetable chop suey, topped with 2oz canned pink salmon, and drizzled with teriyaki sauce. Fresh salmon would have been amazing, but in addition to losing weight, I'm trying to be better about budgeting and saving money. So canned salmon it was. I've had a few cans of this sitting in the pantry, and have never really known what to do with it. Like I said, fresh salmon would have been wonderful, but this was pretty dang good too. It wasn't as visually stunning as it could have been with a nice grilled salmon fillet on top, but the taste was all there. It came out to about 250 calories (I thought it would be more) so I decided to make myself a second plate. It was delicious, satisfying, and filling. Since I don't actually know how to make chop suey, I'll just make stir fry veggies next time. And there will definitely be a next time. And next time I'd love to make it with brown rice (the white rice was leftovers, as was the chop suey). And have more vegetables. After eating this tonight, I've been craving vegetables. Do you know how wonderful it feels to actually crave vegetables? This is definitely something new to me, and I'm totally stoked because it means my body is growing accustomed to being healthy!