Kona Grill Birthday Weekend

Does it have to be Monday already again?

We had a blast this weekend and I didn't want to come home back to reality! Ha, but we had to ;)

I'll try to make this post quick because I'm also currently making rice and yogurt for this week and getting my lunch/snacks together for work tomorrow.

It felt like such a long weekend because we did so much! Here are a few recaps. One of the highlights of our weekend was that we ate at Kona Grill on the Plaza in KC and had sushi! Yum! As I've mentioned before I haven't had much sushi in my lifetime and have been wanting to try more ... and Kona Grill definitely did not disappoint! Erik and I ordered a sushi assortment and a salad to share. (with a few California rolls already missing;) I don't remember what the salad was called but it was very good and it had huge grilled asparagus spears in it. After dinner we walked around the Plaza a little bit and being the birthday weekend it was and all, we stopped by Coldstone. I got this ... Sinless sans fat cake batter ice cream with a brownie and graham cracker. YUM ... a perfect birthday treat.

Erik and I were even night owls for us, haha. We stayed out until almost midnight and we haven't stayed up that late in a long time!! (when you get up at 4:45 during the week, it just doesn't happen much).

There's so much more I could talk about and there's so much more we did but that's all for now. (Maybe a few more highlights to come later). Bottom line, I had an amazing birthday weekend all thanks to my wonderful, thoughtful husband! : ) And thanks for all the well wishes for the weekend on my last post! :) Hope your weekend went well!!!

POM, Roses, and Giant Brussels

HAPPY HAPPY WEEKEND! : )

You guys are great. I said I felt like I was talking about my birthday too much and you all told me I could, so thanks, haha! : )

So I ended yesterday's post with a picture of some roses. Those roses, are in fact the roses Erik gave me for my birthday : ) Even though we're celebrating this weekend and I get to go shopping, he still surprised me (when I sort of disappointingly) thought I wasn't getting anything on the actual day of my birthday (and that's the way we had planned it). He even waited until late at night when all my hope was gone, haha, and while we were at youth group he had his mom bring them over to our house and sit them in "my spot" next to my laptop on the kitchen table where I always sit. I'm so blessed and thankful for him!

In other news, I came home to a package today from POM Wonderful!! (I love packages: )Thanks, Molly at POM and thanks, POM! You can expect my review of POM Wonderful pomegranate juice sometime next week. I already used some POM to make a VERY tasty dinner tonight ... so check back!This post is rather random and really has no point, so I apologize for that. I almost didn't even post tonight but I'm going to be out of town this weekend (It's my birthday weekend, woo hoo!!!!:) ... so I just couldn't be "away" that long!

Okay, one last thing ... did anyone know that Brussels can be this huge?? (**note: two "regular" sized Brussels vs. two giant ones)

Ha, Erik and I were at the grocery store and looked at where the Brussels normally are and I see these huge Brussels with the normal ones and I just had to get some! I wonder what the these looked like on the stalks and how huge the stalks must have been?!?! Ha, this is one of the many reasons I just love Brussels!

I'll be back in a couple of days. I'm very excited for this weekend ... I don't know what all we're doing because Erik likes to surprise me and I like surprises but he told me I'll love it and I believe him!! : )

So, until then ... hope you all have a happy, blessed and lovely Spring weekend!

"Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave."
-Martin Luther-

Breakfast for dinner!

It's almost the weekend, everyone!! : )

Though I must say, this week has been pretty good. (I suppose it helps when it's your birthday week, lol). I feel like I've mentioned my birthday an awful lot and I don't want to wear you guys out with myself, ha, but for some reason the celebrations/presents have been really spread out this year. (Not that I mind too much ... I mean you only turn 21 once buuut at the same time, I don't want talk about it too much! Ha, so if you're sick of hearing the words "my birthday", please come back next week ; )

Last night my quick dinner was an egg sandwich with some roasted Brussels and corn. I roasted the veggies (well, the oven did, but i prepped them;), and my husband made my egg sandwich for me. (I requested it ;). I have been majorly craving pancakes lately so last weekend I looked up healthy recipes for some kind of pancakes and I found the perfect one! Sooo, I've been telling Erik we have to have pancakes sometime for dinner (he wasn't too fond of the breakfast for dinner idea). Buuut, when it's around your birthday time you can get away with things like this ;) sooo tonight that's exactly what we had! We had homemade almond pancakes with an apple almond syrup, homemade turkey sausage bites, and some scrambled eggs (which consisted of 2 whole eggs and 3 egg whites).

Almond Pancakes
- 1 cup almond flour (I just ground up raw almonds with our coffee grinder)
- 2 eggs
- little bit of water (less than 1/4)
- 2 tsp olive oil
-2 Truvia packets (or some type of sweetener/sugar ... that's just what I used)
-dash of sea salt
*Mix together and make like regular pancakes. Makes 5-6 pancakes.

Almond Apple Syrup
*Blend together finely chopped half of an apple, splash of almond milk and 1 T agave nectar

How did the pancakes turn out? We loved them! I haven't had pancakes in so long and it's great to find a healthy version that I don't feel guilty eating that taste wonderful! And Erik was even glad we had breakfast for dinner ; )

And finally, I'm SO glad the weekend is upon us!!

You'll have to come back to see what it's about buuuuut ... here is a picture preview of tomorrow's post:

"It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength."

-Charles Haddon Spurgeon-

Chicken Fajitas and Birthday Treats

THANK YOU everyone for the very kind and very sweet birthday wishes!!! : ) You all helped brighten my day! (Though since we're going to "officially" celebrate on Saturday I'm trying to hold off a little excitement until then ; )

Ha, my husband is sweet. We went to bed last night kinda late for us and after what felt like only a few hours the lovely alarm goes off. I thought, man, I sure feel tired, did we go to bed that late?? My husband hops out of bed and goes into the bathroom and I reached over to the lamp beside the bed and turned it on and then realized, wait a second! My alarm was supposed to go off before his because I was going to work out earlier than normal. So, I looked at my phone only to see it was actually midnight :p ... at that same time my husband comes back into our room and says, "Happy Birthday!!!!" haha. Then we went back to bed : )

I made birthday treats for work today but first .... last night's dinner of Chicken Fajitas: I ate two of them on La Tortilla Factory small Garlic & Herb wraps. Next up, birthday treats!!! I made Nikki's Healthy Cookies from 101 Cookbooks. The only thing I did different is that I used cacao nibs in mine and not quite as much as this recipe called for. Here's pre-oven: And post oven: If you like banana/coconut/almond mixture, you would love these. My husband and I both thought they were pretty addicting. And they were very easy and quick to make.

Along with these cookies, I brought peanut butter and almond stuffed dates.

Thanks again for the wonderful birthday wishes!!! : ) I will be updating you later of our "official" weekend birthday celebrating plans ; )

What do you have planned for the weekend?

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."
-C.S. Lewis.

Birthday, Spaghetti Sqaush, and Nice Weather!

Good day, everybody! : ) Spring is in the air!!

How was your St. Patrick's Day? Hopefully good. I've never really gotten into St. Patty's Day for some reason. And I don't like to toot my own horn, but probably because the day after St. Patty's Day is my birthday!!!! So, I usually have just done all my celebrating the day after! ;)

Though this year since it falls on a Wednesday and we help with youth group on Wednesday nights, we're going to do something for my birthday this weekend... therefore, I'll talk about birthday things more later on in the week.

Last night we had spaghetti squash for the first time and we really liked it! I cooked some chicken breasts in a large skillet with 1/2 cup brewed green tea (tip: tea is a great substitution for vegetable/chicken broths), some kale, 1 tbsp minced garlic, little garlic & herb seasoning, and a pinch of red pepper seasoning. After putting the chicken/kale mixture onto the cooked spaghetti squash, I sprinkled it with Parmesan cheese and a little red wine vinaigrette. Yum!

Since it was so nice outside, after dinner and making our lunches/snacks for work today, we went outside and walked around and tossed a football to each other. Here's my husband posing like a dork with our Wal-Mart glow-in-the-dark football, haha.

And now I'm off to do some weights, enjoy this nice weather and maaaybe make some birthday treats ; )

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

-dan zadra-

Mashed Sweet Potatoes With A Twist

Happy Monday evening/Tuesday!!!!!!!

(I think it should be a happy Monday evening/Tuesday, hence all the exclamation points ; )

Wow ... I was amazed, encouraged, and blessed by all the feedback from the previous post. You are all so great and if you could relate, just look at the comments from yesterday, you're not alone!! : ) Ha, so many of you when adding things about yourself described me exactly and put things into words exactly how I was thinking them! I was surprised at how many of you completely related. So anyways, thanks for all your feedback : )

Well, to do a little weekend recap ... unfortunately I didn't get many good picture of our eats (and we sort of splurged this weekend and ate bad more than we should have!). Buuut one thing of note that we had with dinner Friday night was Mashed Sweet Potatoes With a Twist.Ingredients:
-1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
-3/4 lb sweet potatoes cubed (I used two medium sized sweet potatoes)
-1 medium head cauliflower, coarsely chopped
-1/2 cup greek yogurt
-1/4 cup almond milk

Directions:
-Place potatoes and cauliflower in a pot or large skillet, cover with water and let boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until very tender. Drain well.
-Combine garlic, potatoes, cauliflower, greek yogurt, and almond milk into a food mixture and pulse until smooth. Remove, serve, and enjoy : )

Also, Delicious Fresh Fruit Salad:
Ingredients:
-Half of a cantaloupe
-6 large strawberries
-1 pear
-1 apple
-1 banana
-Large handful of blueberries
-1 cup greek yogurt
-1/4 cup almonds

Directions:
-Chop all fruit into bite sized pieces, place in large bowl, add yogurt and almonds, mix together, refrigerate and enjoy.

And finally, here was lunch today: 1 cup brown rice with a can of tuna, some shredded fat free cheese, two spoonfuls of leftover mashed sweet potatoes, sliced mushrooms, with a little bit of spinach and kale, topped with three red ripe strawberries.Hope your week has started well!! : )

"Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength."

-Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Fruit & Freedom

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent".
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Hello everyone!

This weekend has gone by really fast for me ... ha, I'm still not sure where it went.

I'm just sitting here on a nice Sunday afternoon eating a fresh fruit salad (yum ... it has freshly sliced cantaloupe, strawberries, half of a pear, and blueberries. I was feeling like some leafy greens for some reason so I added a little bit of kale just for fun). Anyways, while I'm eating this, I've been thinking. For reasons I won't exactly get into, this weekend has been kinda tough for me. But it's also made me think and that's a good thing ; )

I've always been a very shy and mostly quiet person. And though I didn't always realize it, I'm very much a people pleaser. I don't ever want to do anything that upsets anyone. It sounds horrible to me for something I do or something I say to make someone upset or disappointed in me. I never want to disappoint anyone even a little bit by anything I do, and if someone's feelings of disappointment are because of me, I feel SO bad. And if someone is doing something they don't necessarily want to do, but they're doing it for me anyways, I feel really bad as well. Along with this, I've always gotten my feelings hurt VERY easily. (Ha, just ask my family and/or my husband!!)

I feel like it's hard to explain because it can affect so many areas of life and how I interact with people. It makes me afraid and self-conscious to do something in front of someone I don't know because I'm afraid the way I do it won't be the way they expect me to do it and then they'll think less of me. Now, when I reason this out in my head I realize none of this is true and my common sense of course tells me it's not true. But those feelings always seem to take over and I listen to the negative voices in my head telling me that I'm not good enough, or that someone else is better so why try, or that everything is my fault, etc etc.

Anyways, all that being said I've realized some things lately ... it's impossible to please everyone and not everyone is always going to like what I do ... and that's okay! I feel like this has hindered me from becoming me and finding what I'm passionate about because I've been so busy trying to make everyone else around me happy and not disappointing anyone. I let people control me by trying to always, always please them and taking words they haven't even meant in a mean way and twisting them all around in my head and beating myself up for something.

Which brings me to the above quote ... "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent". I love that. Anyways, there's an honest, short synopsis of what I've been thinking about this weekend. I'm becoming more and more conscious of where I let others define me by trying to be who others want me to be. But I feel VERY done doing that. I'm ready to be me! In many aspects with God's help and my husband's help I feel like I'm becoming just that ... and this blog helps because a lot of people I know read it and suddenly, I don't care what they think! (And thanks for reading all you people I know!! ; ) Out of fear, I would normally not want to be so open about anything in my life, even about all the food my husband and I eat, haha, but I'm just done caring and it feels great. I feel like I have, in some ways for the first time in my life, found something (healthy eating, nutrion, etc) that I am passionate about and enjoy doing just because I enjoy it.

It reminds me of a song we just recently starting singing at church called "The Living Tree" written by the worship leader at our church, Eric Stark. Part of it says:

"Let’s live each day on God’s good earth
In the wonder of each new days birth
Let the sun shine hot upon your face
Be fully alive in God’s good grace
Be fully alive in God’s good grace."

That's what I want to do and it's what I'm on the road to doing : ) No matter what, there is always hope in Jesus ... not empty, fleeting or fake hope, but REAL hope for REAL life, for REAL situations. And because of this, despite the rough spots I can truly say that I love this journey of life! : )

This week I plan to freely "live each day on God's good earth in the wonder of each new day's birth. I'll let the sun shine hot upon my face and be fully alive in God's good grace!"

Thanks to everyone who actually read all of this, and may you let the sun shine hot upon your face and be fully alive in God's good grace : )

Medley of Eats

Friday already? YES!

Thanks for all the great comments about how much water you drink. Some of you really inspired me to try and drink even more!! It's funny because I'm already starting to realize how my body is now craving water when it normally wouldn't. Like this morning as I was on the treadmill I started getting super thirsty and before my drinking-more-water adventure it never bothered me if I didn't have any.

Anyways, today up til now I've had about 94 ounces of water, and will likely have a little bit more before the day is done ... and it's getting easier to drink so much. The first few days I felt like that's all I was doing all day long but now I'm finding my body really wants it!

Dinner last night was a fish medley, haha. When I was taking some fish out to defrost it, I didn't know which kind I wanted or what kind my husband would want sooo I took out a few fillets of salmon, talapia, and mahi mahi and just cooked them all up! I seasoned them all with the juice of a lemon and some pepper. We had them with a little bit of brown rice and veggies. My favorite was the salmon.

And my lunch today was also an odd assortment that tasted very good! I baked some chicken breast with sliced apples and cinnamon, then chopped the chicken breast up and ate it with brown rice, a few veggies and topped it off with sliced strawberries.Weights tonight went a little bit better than last night, but I'm still not loving it yet. (Ha, but I want to!!) Lifting has just always been a challenge for me (because I have no muscles and it's hard for me to discipline myself enough to stay at it and not just quit) but I've decided I really want to do this soooo maaaaaybe tomorrow will go better ; )

Erik and I are going to go watch a movie now and relax a little bit.

Enjoy your Friday! : )

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

-martin luther king, junior-

Protein, Carbs, and Water

Wednesday already ... and I'm glad! I'm ready for the weekend already!

Day one of my new workout/slight diet change has overall gone successfully. I sometimes have a love/hate relationship with lifting/weights. Sometimes I really like it and other times I hate it. Well, tonight I hated it. Ha, so it was slightly discouraging but I'm not about to give up! As a part of slight diet change, I'm including more protein and carbs into my day so today for me that meant eggs with my cereal for breakfast and lots of brown rice throughout the day!Breakfast: Kashi Whole Grains Puffs with sliced banana and almond milk along with two eggs seasoned with cinnamon and a little bit of pepper.

I've been trying to drink more water, too. Of course there's the rule of thumb we've all heard, around eight 8 ounce glasses per day. I also read one should drink 1 ounce of water per 2 pounds of weight. So, if you weighed around 125, you should drink around 64 ounces per day ... (which is very close to eight 8 ounce glasses). Then of course, according to how much you work out, weather, etc you should add more.(Here's what my 52 ounce water jug that I have at work looks like, haha).

Anyways, I definitely don't normally drink that much so as a part of my updated workout plan, I'm going to drink more and see what happens. Today I got in about 83 ounces of water and was pretty stinkin' proud of that.
How much water do you drink in a day?

My lunch was rice, seasoned lean ground turkey meat and some veggies with balsamic vinegar and various seasonings.I didn't take pictures of all my eats today so this is all I'll share but overall with my added carbs, protein and water I felt very satisfied and full.

"Well-ordered self-love is right and natural."

-Thomas Aquinas

Have a great Wednesday evening and Thursday!!! : )

---And be sure to check out this wonderful looking birthday giveaway at Off Her Cork!

Hummus Turkey Burgers

Good day!

Where did all the nice weather go??? It's not here!

For dinner last night we had Hummus Turkey Burgers. Yes, they taste as good as they sound ; ) I had some hummus in the fridge already and here's the recipe I used (but I used regular chickpeas, as we didn't have any sprouted at the time). What you will need:
-Hummus of your choice
-Lean ground turkey meat
-Your favorite burger toppings
-Whole Wheat bread or buns

Directions:
-Mix together 1lb. raw ground turkey meat with 1/4 cup hummus
-Form mixture into 4 patties and season with your favorite seasonings. (I like to use Mrs. Dash's Garlic & Herb, onion powder, and some pepper)
-Cook on grill or skillet until done (We use our trusty George Foreman)
-Top with your favorite burger toppings This burger is on 2 slices of toasted Ezekiel bread with sliced tomatoes, rice cheese, lettuce, red peppers, and low carb ketchup on it, served with my favorite ... Brussels!

For dessert, a creation of my husband's ... Warm Cacao Peanut Butter AppleIngredients:
-1 apple, chopped
-1 teaspoon cinnamon
-1 1/2 teaspoons almond milk
-1 Tablespoon peanut butter or nut butter of your choice
-1/2 Tablespoon cacao powder
-1/2 Truvia packet

Directions:
-Put chopped apple in microwaveable safe bowl and sprinkle with cinnamon.
-Microwave a minute and a half
-Add almond milk, peanut butter, cacao powder, and sweetener, stir together and enjoy!

In other news, I've lately felt kind of like I'm in a workout slump, and yet lately I've been really wanting to workout more. However, I want to have a goal in mind so I can stay motivated and see results. So I've decided to set a goal to really tone myself up. So my wonderful husband is putting together a meal/workout plan for me and I'm very excited to get started!! My diet isn't changing much, basically just adding more carbs and protein. Why am I doing this?? Mostly, because it sounds like a fun challenge and I feel like a challenge!

And the quote for today ...

"People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering."

-St. Augustine

May your Wednesday be filled with everything good! : )

Simplicity

Hey everyone! As you can tell I've added some tabs to the side of my blog so you should check them out if you haven't already : ) (I've also discovered if you're using IE, it cuts part of the writing off and I don't have a clue why! So this is why you should all use Mozilla! haha)

How was your Monday? Mine felt dreary. It's cloudy and rainy outside and I've had a a little headache all day. Buuut, that's okay, I'm still smiling : ) I didn't get to workout this morning because my husband's car is being fixed so I had to drop him off at work, which meant I didn't have time. But I'm feeling a workout mode coming on so hopefully I can hit it harder than I have been for awhile. (Of course it helps when I'm in the mood. Why sometimes I am way more than others, I don't know, I can't seem to control these things. But when I am in the mood, I'm glad!)

My wonderful Erik cooked me a very yummy dinner last night of Chicken whole-wheat Fettucine. (note some of my new dishes and serving bowls;) We put some greek yogurt (my husband's great idea) and parmesan cheese on top and it tasted SO good. It made it creamy like alfredo but was MUCH healthier. Now I'm home for a few minutes drinking tea and eating a snack of an apple, some carrots and a few almonds. (It should be noted that I microwaved the apples for a minute with cinnamon sprinkled on them and then added a half a pack of Truvia onto them ... mmm!) Hopefully my tea will help my headache to subside. Maybe the time change is just still affecting me. I've gotta run and pick up Erik and then we're going to do our taxes ... yay! haha.

See you all later! : )

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Happy Sunday!

Hey all!!

How's your weekend been going? I haven't been around much this weekend, but have had a great time with my parents! (I even helped my mom sign up for Facebook ... she's gettin' all hip, now;)

We went birthday shopping yesterday (since my b-day is the 18th) and I got new dishes and bowls. Thanks, Mom and Dad! Here's a picture of my mom and me. And here's my dad playing with the dogs. (Ha, it was pretty entertaining ... he was making weird noises and it was bothering the dogs so much because they didn't know what it was.) Aaand, here's Erik and I messing around. (Ha, we were just goofing off and taking pictures ... we got some pretty funny ones out of it.) Finally, to end this short post with some food, here was this morning's breakfast eaten with a sliced banana inside, cinnamon, and almond milk. I haven't done much commenting this weekend with my parents in town but I have been reading!! : )

Hope you all have had a great weekend!

Recipes

Welcome to my recipe page!  My husband and I love to cook and bake all with a healthy twist, and here is a compilation of some of the things we’ve made. 

It’s ever growing, so keep checking back for more!

* = vegetarian
** = vegan
*** = raw

Enjoy!

Main Dishes

• Creamy Sweet Potato Soup **
• Quick & delicious roasted vegetable quinoa **
• Cheezy vegan fondue dip **
• Spicy Sweet Potato & Black Bean Enchiladas **
• Rice & Lentil Loaf **
• Warm Sweet Potato Quinoa **
• Grown-up Mac N “Cheese” **
• Warm tomato and sweet pepper pasta **
• Curry Kale Potatoes **
• Turnip Greens & Black Bean Quinoa **
• Chickpea  Burgers *
• Grown-up Mac N Cheese *
• Sloppy Lentils **
• Everything vegetarian soup **
• Quick & easy pasta dinner *
• Spicy Yam & Turkey Tacos
• Mini Meat Loaf
• Baked spaghetti & meatballs 
• Portabella mushroom pizza
• Quick & easy tuna sandwich

Sides/Appetizers

• Homemade Kettle Potato Chips **
• Baked sweet potato fries **
• Mashed herb sweet potatoes **
• Delicious vegan stuffing **
• Vegan “crab” rangoon **
• Raw carrot falafel ***
• Pumpkin Spice Roasted Chickpeas **
• “Cheesy” kale chips ***

Sauces/Salsas

• Simple citrus guacamole ***
• Cashew sour cream ***
• Simple Fresh Salsa ***
• Easy cashew cheese ***

Breads/Breakfasts

• Quick & Easy Mini Cinnamon Rolls **
• Cinnamon & Nutmeg Jelly Donut Bites **
• Carrot Cake Balls **
• Carrot Cake Raisin Bread **
• Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins **
• Blueberry Lime Muffins

Drinks

• Avocado & Banana Fruit Smoothie ***
• Homemade Dairy Free Hot Chocolate **
• Carrot Beet Juice *** 
• Raw vegan chocolate milk ***

Cookies/Brownies

• Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies **
• Chocolate snowcap cookies **
• Simple peanut butter balls **
• Oatmeal Raisin Cookies **
• Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies **
• Delicious vegan brownies **
• Make-your-own Raw Cookies **
• Chocolate Brownie Cookies
• Flourless Double Chocolate Cookies 

Pies/Cakes/Cupcakes

• Chocolate banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting **
• Double layer apple upside down cake **
• Brownie Pumpkin Pie **
• Raw Cheesecake Bites ***
• Raw Strawberry Cheesecake ***
• Vegan chocolate cake with avocado buttercream **
• Raw coconut banana pie ***
• Raw raspberry “cheesecake” ***
• Raw Apple Pie ***
• Jonsi’s Raw Raspberry Pie ***
• Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes **
• Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes

Ice Cream/Misc Desserts

• Pumpkin Cashew Ice Cream **
• Raw Banana Cashew Ice Cream ***
• Cashew Ice Cream with almond butter ***
• Cashew Ice Cream ***
• Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups ***
• Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream
• Black Current Good Belly Ice Cream

Misc

• Peanut Butter Frosting **
• Homemade Sucanat Powdered Sugar **

Recipes

While I don’t claim to be a great chef or a wonderful cook, I love food and I love experimenting in the kitchen with healthy meals and treats!

Most of these recipes are simple, fast and easy (which is mostly all we seem to have time for). Time is no excuse not to eat food you know is good for you and your body will thank you for years to come! : )

While I certainly enjoy spending days baking up healthy treats and cooking more complex dishes, mostly we just like fast, easy, and tasty!

Main Course/Dinner
-Stuffed Eggplant
-Honey Mustard Glazed Mahi Mahi
-Turkey-Bean Tacos
-Rice Bowl with Shrimp and Broccoli
-Lemon Chickpea Turkey Stir-Fry
-Moroccan Stewed Chicken
-Wrap Pizza
-Hummus Turkey Burgers
-Chicken and Kale Spaghetti Squash
-Salsa Turkey Meatloaf
-Chicken Pine Nut Veggie Soup
-Tuna Rice Bake
-Zucchini Lasagna

Lunch
-Spinach Salad with Salmon
-Raw Lasagna
-Delicious Egg & Cucumber Salad

Side Dishes
-Sweet Potato Fries
-Roasted Veggies
-Mashed Sweet Potatoes With a Twist
-Delicious Fresh Fruit Salad
-Apple & Carrot Salad

(Easy ways to make frozen – or non frozen – chicken breasts taste great. Great addition to salads, wraps, or just by themselves)
Baked Chicken Breasts
-Baked Pizza Chicken
-Almond Cheese Chicken
-Lemon Pepper Chicken with Coconut
-Apple Carrot Chicken
-Sweet Potato Chicken
-Garlic & Herb Apple Chicken

Desserts
-Frozen Strawberry Cereal Bars
-Warm Cacao Peanut Butter Apple
-Raw Strawberry/Cacao Macaroons

Snacks/Miscellaneous
-Greek Yogurt
-Roasted Chickpeas
-Broiled Almond Bananas
-Almond Pancakes
-Almond Apple Syrup
-Pomegranate Strawberry Syrup