Starting Blocks
The image of starting blocks seems appropriate for this recipe (plus I’ve never taken a photo of this meal). It’s an ideal introduction to the Zone and the blocks that make up your meals. It’s also inexpensive, tasty and simple.
If you’re taking a more primal/paleo approach to zoning this will have too much grain for you. However if you are trying a different approach to your nutrition and seeing how the Zone diet could fit into your lifestyle this eases you into it nicely. As CrossFit Clitheroe are encouraging their athletes to try Paleo or Zone for a month during their ‘Eat Clean November‘ this seemed like a good time to share this recipe.
Chris and I are on 5 blocks and 3 blocks for meals; this recipe is for 16 blocks and does 2 nights.
2 tins tuna = 8 protein
8oz cheese (grated) = 8 protein
1 small tin sweetcorn = 2 carb
1 tin tomatoes = 2 carb
1 onion chopped= 1 carb
4 1/2 oz dried pasta = 11 carb
3 tbsp cream cheese = 16 fat
finely chopped garlic
oregano, salt and pepper to taste
- cook pasta
- fry onions and garlic till lightly browned
- add the cream cheese, tin of tomatoes, tuna and sweetcorn and heat till bubbling
- add seasoning
- stir in cooked pasta
- divide between two dishes – 1 for each night
- sprinkle half the cheese on each dish
- for tonight’s meal, melt cheese under grill then split into your block ratio as appropriate e.g. 5/3 4/4
- put tomorrow night’s in fridge when cool (takes about 40 – 45 minutes to reheat on gas 5 with a bit of foil to keep moisture in)
I like the look of this. We used to eat a lot of pasta, but more or less gave it up when we started to use zone. We really miss pasta, so this will be a good one to try.
Thanks Lawraine, if you’re used to not eating pasta it’s worth keeping an eye to see if you react to it when you reintroduce it.
Dick is a 4 and I am a 3. If I reduced grated cheese, cream cheese and pasta, by 1/8th,would that make it right for us?