This is my journey and journaling of a new healthy lifestyle. My goal is to lose 100 pounds, and I hope to do it within a year. Included in this blog are some of the lower calorie recipes and links I have been asked to share. Enjoy.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Calorie Break down (and) Apple Pork Stir-Fry



My sister asks what I eat daily and to break it down. Here is an example, and what I ate today:

Calories

105 - 3 slices of turkey bacon (breakfast)
70 - 1 11.5 oz can oz V-8 Vegetable Juice (breakfast)
120 - 1/2 cup oatmeal (early afternoon snack)
300 - 2 Chicken Fresco Tacos from Taco Bell (mid afternoon lunch)
370 - Apple Pork-Stir Fry (dinner)
120 - Mini Cheesecake - no topping (after dinner)

Total: 1085 Calories. (Add another 50 calories for swiping peanut butter from the jar.) Total: 1135

I'm not breaking it down and posting every day. It pretty much stays the same with the exception of dinner, and maybe another snack of oatmeal in the later evening.

Apple Pork Stir-Fry

1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup apple cider or unsweetened apple juice
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 boneless pork loin chops (4 ounces each), cut into strips
2 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup sliced fresh carrots
1/3 cup sliced onion
1/3 cup julienned sweet red pepper
1/3 cup sliced water chestnuts
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup apple pie filling
1-1/2 cups hot cooked rice

In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, cider and soy sauce until smooth; set aside. In a large skillet or wok, stir-fry pork in oil for 5-7 minutes or until no longer pink.
Add the celery, carrots, onion, red pepper, water chestnuts and ginger; stir-fry until vegetables are tender. Add pie filling.
Stir cornstarch mixture and stir into pork mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with rice. Yield: 3 servings.

Nutrition Facts: 1 cup pork mixture with 1/2 cup rice equals 370 calories, 8 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 36 mg cholesterol, 494 mg sodium, 56 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 18 g protein.

This recipe was a little sweet for me. But if you love apples, applesauce, and that kind of sweetness, then you'll love it. My boys did.

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