I woke up yesterday morning and within 5 minutes I was making biscuits! I made my soup for the office the night before and when I woke up, I remembered I never made the biscuits. No worries, because these are so simple. I adapted this recipe from this one.
Simple Cheese Biscuits
- made 13 biscuits – each one: 131 calories, 5 fat, 17 carbs, 1 fiber, 5 protein and 213 mg sodium
Ingredients:
- 2.5 cups bread flour (divided)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- pinch of salt
Mix 2 1/4 cups of flour and rest of the ingredients and blend with a wooden spoon, just until flour is mixed in. Put the remaining 1/4 cup of flour on your counter, knead the dough a few times to incorporate the rest of the flour, then roll out – with my size biscuit cutter (I think 2 inches?) I got 13 biscuits. Bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes (my oven took 12 minutes) until golden brown.
So good – flakey, with the saltiness of the cheese – the perfect companion to the beef and potato soup. I adapted this recipe from this one.
Beef and Potato Stew
I doubled the recipe, so this is for a crowd – makes 10 servings at 1.5 cups each. Each serving: 272 calories, 11 fat, 29 carbs, 5 fiber and 17 protein, 878 mg sodium
Ingredients:
- 1.5 pounds ground beef (I used 85/15)
- 2 large baked potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 6 cups low sodium beef broth
- 2 cups water
- 2 6 oz. cans of tomato paste
- 2 15 ounce cans of fire roasted tomatoes
- 2 10 ounce cans of mild rotel tomatoes
- 2 15 ounce cans of corn, drained
- salt and pepper to taste
- crushed red pepper to taste
Heat a stock pot over medium high heat. Brown the beef and drain any fat. I pureed the canned tomatoes, but feel free to leave them chunky. Add all the remaining ingredients except the corn, turn the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Since I knew I was going to be reheating the soup in a crockpot at work, I took the soup off the heat and poured in the corn then.
I thought it could use a bit more spice, so I added a few pickled jalapenos. 
Everyone gave this a thumbs up – especially since our temps never made it over 10 degrees!
Tony called me in the afternoon and asked if I had any thoughts for dinner – which is Tony speak for “don’t fucking pick pizza!” I said “what haven’t we had in a while?” He said “how about fish tacos?” Done! We both had beer battered fish tacos on the brain.
I don’t actually like a lot of fish. Tilapia, which I know a lot of people love, has a weird, dirty aftertaste to me. I suggested mahi mahi. You can usually find them in the frozen food section, and they thaw pretty quick.
I don’t really know to calculate the calories for this, because I had a ton batter leftover. I got the recipe from this site (cool food pics on this site too!) My camera was in the car so instagram stood in – I had two tacos – four pieces of fried fish, 2 tortillas, a tablespoon of black beans, a tablespoon of canned corn and lettuce. Delish!
I am thrilled that I have people joining my Play 60 Challenge! The goal is to move for 60 minutes. How did I do? I did 35 minutes on the treadmill on 7% incline.
And then I moved a lot at work – a total of 60 minutes of moving boxes from one side of the office to another – every time I picked up a box I did a squat – my thighs feel it today!
Total stats for the day:
- 1339 calories
- 62 fat
- 128 carbs
- 61 protein
- 11 fiber
- 95 minutes of moving!
Tony and I are going to grocery shop – I have my menu all planned, and our football food for tomorrow – Tony wants Hooter’s shrimp, and steak tartar. And I have a trip to the gym planned! I think I am going to try this workout:
I have no idea how long it will take me though! Wish me luck. Have a great weekend!
I love fish tacos, yours look good. I actually hate tilapia. Its a farmed fish and it comes from asia. Totally bad for the environment. Sometimes, when I’m craving a fish taco, I use fish sticks. I get these really healthy minimally processed sticks from Costco. Julie hates all fish, but she will eat those. Go figure.
Yep, when I first started eating fish tacos, I used fish sticks – so proud I’ve moved on to real fish!
Those fish tacos look so good! And they were instagrammed? No way! Gorgeous layout!
Your stew looks really good, too. I don’t know if you addressed this earlier and I missed it, but how did you come about cooking food for the entire office on Fridays?
In the summer time our office has a patio with a grill. Friday’s were our grill Friday’s and it was nice to eat lunch together outside.
I decided to do Souper Friday instead – sometimes we eat together, sometimes we don’t. I usually bring the soup in and heat it up in the crock pot, and send an email when its heated through – I have 10 people in my office, I ask for a $4 donation per person for my time and ingredients. I use the money to offset my family grocery shop – its a win for everyone!
Holy smokes! That workout looks darn near impossible! Bet you will feel great when you’re done.
I’m in for the 60 minute play challenge. Does ping-pong count? Got in a 41 minute walk/run this morning and played ping-pong for 35 minutes. Next I’m going grocery shopping. Hold up… maybe I should save the shopping for tomorrow – don’t want to move too much. 
Enjoy your weekend!
Ping pong counts! I haven’t played that in years!!
Have I mentioned that I want to work with you? Friday would be an EVEN better day with your soup!! Stew is always a comforting meal. That 99 workout looks just awesome
That looks like a crazy workout! I want those biscuits. I hiked for two hours today so I’m feeling carby.
Hooray for hiking!
Holy crap. That’s quite the workout lined up. Good luck!!
I moved for 60 minutes today! I did 42 minutes on my road bike (it’s on an indoor trainer), and a 20 minute run on the treadmill at my gym before lifting a few weights, foam rolling and stretching. Felt phenomenal.
Great job Michelle!! I thought our weather was supposed to be warmer today!
I am crazy about fish tacos. I had some today. Yum!
The Ninety-Nine sounds like a great workout. Let us know how it was!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
The ninety-nine…that would take me a week to do.
I made your Black Bean soup for my co-workers on Wednesday. They loved it! Thank you so much for posting such great recipes. I would love to work in your office
That’s great – thanks Sarah!
Let me know if you did the 99! I did two 12 minute workouts + a 20 minute workout on You tube yesterday – the 20 minute one was with weights and my arms are killing today!
Nope – I didn’t end up doing it, but I plan too soon! I lost my mojo this weekend for some reason.
Those biscuits look amazing!
Tilapia tastes muddy because it’s a fresh water fish. And depending on where it is raised, the taste will be affected. I find many fresh water fish to have that dirty, muddy flavour. I’m a fish snob – it’s gotta be from the ocean for me to eat it!
That work out looks intense, but weirdly fun. If I could find any time in my crazy week (and energy), I would totally try it, because it doesn’t require any equipment.
Idon’t like many fish either but I do like tilapia and cod fish and canned tuna.
I like the variation of workouts you choose everytime.
You had me at ‘cheddar biscuits.’ These are the PERFECT partner for a warm chili. Will try soon!
Temps less than 30 make me cringe, I don’t know how you do it!! The stew does look like a great way to warm up though, especially with the additional jalapenos, yum!