Trying to be a Healthy Mom

Start of a new year and New Year's Resolutions.

So, lets list some basic goals

1. Be More Active than last year.
2. Set a good (better) healthier example for my son.
3. Cook healthier for my family ALL the time.
4. Try to keep the pace of 1 5K race per month up.

Healthy New Recipe (I had some inspiration!)

Healthy Slow Cooker Gumbo

I made this recipe today based on it's freaking cold-(high today is 1 degree, wind chill -9) and we had this all in our house.

2 cans of stewed tomatoes and juice.
1 can of black beans and juice
1 cup long grain rice (we had white, but normally I prefer brown)
2 cups of some meat (we had brats on hand precooked so I used those)
1 can of stock (beef or chicken)
1 onion

Ended up adding about 2 cans of water as well as the rice began to cook!

I will add some shrimp once its almost done for something different!

Slow Cook, on High for 4-6 hours or Low for 8-10.

As you can see, there is no added fat or nothing too high calorie!

I put all the ingrediants in a "calculator" and determined the following for a 1 cup serving. BTW-this made about 8 servings so probably will freeze some of it.

Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving

Calories:
284.7 kcal

Water 241.71 g
Carbohydrate* (66%) 47 g
Protein (17%) 13.46 g
Total Fat (17%) 5.38 g
Monounsaturated 1.51 g
Polyunsaturated 0.66 g
Saturated 1.24 g
Cholesterol 23.51 mg
Dietary Fibre 8.79 g
Alcohol (0%) 0 g

Vitamins
Vitamin A 294.43 IU
Thiamin 0.36 mg
Riboflavin 0.16 mg
Niacin 2.94 mg
Pantothenic acid 0.69 mg
Vitamin B6 0.15 mg
Folate 123.18 mcg
Vitamin B12 0.54 mcg
Vitamin C 12.73 mg
Vitamin E 1.4 mg ATE

Minerals
Calcium 83.65 mg
Iron 4.46 mg
Magnesium 82.8 mg
Phosphorus 193.35 mg
Potassium 690.71 mg
Sodium 602.67 mg
Zinc 1.88 mg
Copper 0.41 mg


This should last us probably for lunch/dinner and leftovers for tomorrow. I will try and post healthier meal options as they come to me. Something with zucchini is in the works for this week based on we have a bag of frozen in the freezer!

I hope you have a healthy, warm and happy day!

The treadmill during nap time is my game plan.