Weight Loss Wednesday: Beautiful Food

When I started Bright Line Eating, I was amazed at the beautiful food I got to eat. Not even kidding! There's something about the deep greens of spinach against the yellow cherry tomatoes, red peppers, and white onions... and so forth. Or a beautiful plate of spaghetti squash and meatballs. The first time I sank my teeth into spaghetti squash? Oh. My. Gosh. So yum!

All Bright Line Eating (BLE) recipes are simple because we weigh everything. Here is my favorite tuna salad recipe (made for lunch):

4 oz of romaine salad mix, spinach, cherry tomatoes, & bell peppers (any color)
1 oz pickle, finely chopped
1 oz onion, finely chopped
1/2 oz mayo
1 boiled egg, peeled and smashed
2 oz tuna

Arrange the 4 oz of salad veggies on the plate. Mix the pickle and onion together with the mayo, egg and tuna. Scoop on top of the salad greens. Serve with your choice of 6 oz fruit (my favorite with Tuna salad is grapes). Enjoy!

I highly recommend BLE Boot Camp for anyone interested in trying the BLE way to lose weight and keep it off. I have hypothyroid, and I've lost near 70 lbs eating this way. Can't beat that! :)

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