South Beach Diet - What's for Dinner?

I am braindead and without a plan for dinner. (I know, Nessa, I know....) What are you all having?? I still need to head to the store in a bit, so am wide open for suggestions.

:chef: Help a girl out!!!!

1/4 Shrimp, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 2 tablespoon butter, Some Parsley.
Shrimp Scampi very very good!!

We are having some kind of steak kebabs with peanut dipping sauce from the original SBD cookbook. Edited to add: The Internet is a wonderful thing. Here is the recipe:

This superb South Beach Diet™ beef shish kebab recipe is made ever more flavorful with the addition of a delightful peanut sauce recipe used for dipping. Sirloin steak is used for the beef kebab recipe, and the enticing flavors of onion, garlic lime, and other spices certainly make this one of our favorite sirloin steak recipes out there. Appropriate for all phases of The South Beach Diet™, try this steak recipe and let the taste speak for itself. This is truly an amazing shish kebab recipe!

Serves 4

Ingredients
Remember when you were young, and you thought everything tasted better with a little peanut butter on it? Well, after tasting this recipe, you'll be sure you were absolutely right.

1/2 cup light soy sauce
2 tablespoons granulated brown sugar substitute
2 tablespoons sugar substitute
4 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 pounds sirloin steak, 1 1/2" thick, cut into 1" pieces
1/2 cup creamy unsweetened natural peanut butter
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 green bell pepper, cut into squares
1 red bell pepper, cut into squares
1 large onion, cut into wedges

Instructions
In a shallow dish, combine half of the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar substitute, 1 tablespoon of the sugar substitute, and 2 of the pressed garlic cloves. Add the steak and stir to coat. Let stand for 20 minutes, stirring once.

Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan over high heat, combine the peanut butter, water, lime juice, ginger, ground red pepper, the remaining half of the soy sauce, the remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar substitute, the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar substitute, and the remaining 2 cloves pressed garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Remove it from heat.

Coat a grill rack with cooking spray. Preheat the grill to high.

Thread the steak, peppers, and onion onto four metal skewers. Place on the grill rack and cook, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until the steak is no longer pink, and a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion registers 160°F and the juices run clear. Serve with the peanut sauce.

Recipe from The South Beach Diet Cookbook.

Nutritional Information:
481 calories
23 total fat (6 g sat)
104 mg cholesterol
23 g carbohydrate
46 g protein
4 g fiber
863 mg sodium

We're having this later in the week and it would be easy!

President's Chicken - Phase 1, 2 and 3
posted by Dolly-VA at another SBD forum
The original recipe came from miamiblues at: LowCarbFriends.com.

Sauce:
1/4 cup Smart Balance or ICBINB
juice of 1 lemon (larger the better!)
1 garlic clove, pressed
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp pepper (I left out and let everyone pepper their own)

4-6 boneless chicken breasts

Preheat oven to 400.

Melt butter in microwave. Add remaining sauce ingredients and stir well. Place chicken breasts in a shallow baking dish; pour sauce over the chicken. Bake for 21 minutes, flipping chicken every 7 minutes, then broil for 5 minutes or 'till done

Ph2 Friendly....

Black Bean and Rice Bake

2 Cups Cooked Brown Rice
1/2 Cup salsa
1/2 Cup eggbeaters
1/2 Cup Green Peppers, finely chopped
1/2 Cup Mushrooms
1.5 oz LF cheese
1 garlic clove, minced
LF Sour Cream (optional)

Mix all together in a bowl. Put in 8x8 dish sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out dry. Top each serving with LF sour cream, if you want.

(Edited because I forgot the cheese!)

I had bqued steak, on a bed of onions, peppers and mushrooms, and beans. Very filling.

Tonight we're having Portobello Burgers topped with romaine and tomato with deviled eggs. The recipe is on the Phase 1 entrees I believe. This is *if* the store has portobellos today. If not, I'm going to choose one of the artichoke recipes from the thread below.

Kara

We had Taco Salad... It's one of our favorites... fast and good!

Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, Orange Peppers, Spiced Meat (we usually use ground turkey and spice it ourselves, the envelopes of taco spice usually contain starch), Jalepanos, Black Beans, Avacado, FF Sour Cream, Salsa... NUMMY! :drool:

Taco salad sound yummy, I think that may just be on the menu for tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.

These all sound so good- I need some quick and easy entrees in my arsenal to keep up the variety. :chef:

DH and the girls really wanted pizza, so I ate an entire bag of brussel sprouts. Not quite the dinner I was envisioning, but I was low on veggies for the day! I attempted to cook a piece of salmon, but it was awful. Their pizza looked SO good- it was the DiGiornio one with a garlic bread crust. (food porn, I know!)

Kiko, I totally understand. I'm getting ready to eat a whole bag of frozen stir fry vegetables. Woo. Hoo. That taco salad sounds good though!

But I did eat the rest of my black bean and rice bake and it's even good reheated. I've been trying to find new things that will keep DH happy too. Here's another one we enjoyed recently (Ph2):

Pasta with Creamy Garlic Cheese Sauce

Makes 4 servings
8 garlic cloves, peeled
3 cups small broccoli florets
6 ounces whole wheat penne pasta
2 cups evaporated skimmed milk
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon whole wheat flour
1 1/2 ounces 2% Italian cheese, grated or finely shredded
1 1/2 ounces freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt

In large pot of boiling water, cook garlic 3 minutes, until softened. With slotted spoon, remove garlic from water. Mince garlic; set aside. In same pot of boiling water, cook broccoli 3 minutes, until bright green and just softened. With slotted spoon, remove broccoli from water; set aside.

In same pot of boiling water, cook penne 8-10 minutes, until tender. Drain, discarding liquid; set aside.

Meanwhile, in large nonstick skillet, with wire whisk, combine milk and flour, blending until flour is dissolved. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with wire whisk, 4 minutes, until mixture is bubbling and thickened; stir in minced garlic.

Reduce heat to low. Add cheddar and Parmesan cheeses, pepper and salt to milk mixture; cook, stirring constantly, until cheeses are melted. Stir in cooked broccoli and penne; cook, stirring frequently, just until heated through.

tonites dinner sucked

I had gazpacho
then i had carrots and hummus
then i had leftover chili

i had my pop at 9 and i'm ready for bed

last night's dinner was leftovers too
seseme encrusted grilled tuna
roasted veggies
I forgot the quiona....

tomorrow will probably be
chicken
stir fry veggies
brown rice

We went to Chuck E Cheeses this afternoon and while the kids ate pizza, I had a big salad. Now, I'm eating some turkey. I'm really craving some salt, though. Are pickles allowed?

dill pickles are fine... or sugar free.... mt olive makes a nice bread and butter pickle with splenda.

I had Thai Grilled Beef and String beans (pg 214 from the Quick & Easy South Beach cookbook). I cooked the green beans in the microwave, cooked the steak on the George Foreman and sliced it thin and then made the sauce separately. I dished up Brian's meat, green beans and some fruit for him before I mixed the meat and green beans in with the sauce. I also made deviled eggs and sliced up a fresh peach for Brian and DH. We all ate every bit.

Lisa, as soon as I read the eight cloves of garlic in your recipe I knew it would be good! I LOVE GARLIC!!!

Kara

Tonight I made the Spinach Frittata posted here- http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117199.

I actually had all the ingredients on hand- it was quick, easy and I am super full. I just used salsa I already had- YUM!

tonite (after working a 12 hour day) I had grilled chicken and roasted grilled veggies.

After I got off the phone with the Australian guys around 7:30, I threw together the fastest meal I had planned this week, shrimp creole (rice for DH), broccoli, and salad.

I had grilled chicken with sauteed peppers, onions and mushrooms in tomato sauce, and served it over a bed of raw broccoli slaw. :T

Kara, it's AWESOME. I love me some garlic too!

My youngest sister lived with us for a year when we were back in the D.C. area. A couple months ago, she and I were walking somewhere, and she said, "Kara, it totally smells like your house!" There was garlic cooking somewhere. She didn't even realize that was the smell of garlic, but we use it so often that's what she associates with the smell of our house! No heart disease here!!!

Kiko, how yummy is that spinach frittata? The other ones are just as good!!!

Kara

Weezle If it is okay with you, I am going to move these two recipes to the Phase 2 thread.

No problem! Share, share!