Healthy Recipe Ideas

January 15, 2019 | by admin

We are here to help YOU stay on track in 2019. YQR Local Leader, Jen, shared a couple of her go-to healthy recipes us! Check them out below.

Freezer Vegetable Beef Barley Soup

This recipe made FOUR freezer meals. You will need 4 large freezer bags. It is such a quick and easy meal to heat up on a busy weeknight!

• 12 cups beef broth (3 tetra-packs)
• Extra beef bouillon or stock for flavouring if necessary
• 28oz can tomatoes
• 10oz can tomato soup
• 2 cups shredded carrot
• 2 cups shredded potato
• 1 ½ cups chopped onion
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 1 cup barley (or more)
• 1 Tbsp parsley
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• Salt
• Pepper
• 1 tsp thyme
• 2 lb ground beef (uncooked)

Add everything to pot except beef. Boil. Simmer 1.5 hrs. Brown beef in a pan. Add beef to soup and simmer another 30 min. Store in freezer bags. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to your refrigerator to thaw. Heat to serve.

Oat Balls

I eat these every morning for breakfast - whether it is at home, in the car, or when I get to work! My 5 year old daughter loves them too! You can swap out any of the ingredients to make them your own!

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut
• 1/2 cup ground flax
• 1/2 cup flax seed
• 1/2 cup bran
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (or dried cranberries or any other dried fruit
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup water - or more if not sticking together!

Combine all ingredients in a big bowl. Chill for half an hour. Form into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Store in the freezer. Best served chilled. These keep for a long time!