~Banana & Berry Breakfast~

What you will need for this recipe is:

5 Strawberries (large ones are preferred) - chopped or sliced
1/4 cup of blue berries
1 banana sliced.

In a container add the strawberries, blue berries, and banana. Then transfer to a bowl, mix and eat!

Kale Stir Fry

Things have got me in a place where I need to start making better choices for my health so I will begin with a Kale Stir Fry.

Today I am making a stir fry using:

1 bunch of kale - shredded
3 peppers (red, yellow, orange) - sliced
1 bunch of green onion (scallions) - chopped
2 cloves of garlic - minced
Coconut oil

In a skillet add 2 tbsp of coconut oil, and saute the scallions in the skillet. Next, add the kale and allow it to cook down while stirring frequently. Add the peppers and garlic and continue to stir while the peppers are cooking down (becoming soft). Once all this has been done, remove the skillet from the heat and serve. I will post a pic after it has been cooked!

You can also add scrambled eggs to make this more of a breakfast meal too! cook scrambled eggs and mix with some of the stir fry you just made.

SweetPotato And Egg Brunch

This morning I was very hungry! Took my husband to work and had to begin working myself. It's awesome to work from home because I was able to make myself a delicious and healthy brunch. I had a sweet potato and scrambled eggs.

1 sweet potato
4 eggs

Turn oven to 400 degrees. Put sweet potato in foil on a cookie sheet and bake for 70 minutes. Then pull out of oven, cut down the middle and slice across, add butter and put aside. Scramble 4 eggs, add black pepper, pink himalayan sea salt and cayenne pepper.

Add the eggs on top of the sweet potato. Delicious.

Peaches N Cream Shake

I was really wanting to try something new and of course Vanilla and Peaches are a great combination so I said, 'Why Not'? And Boy I' sure glad I did this, it was very delicious!

Ingredients:
 1 Scoop of my Vanilla Protein Powder
 2 Fresh Peaches
 16 oz Almond Milk
 8 ice cubes

  Directions: Remove the seed from the peaches and blend items in the blender.

 

BerryDelicious Smoothness

 BerryDelicious Smoothness

 

 1 Scoop of Green Protien

6 Strawberries

1 Banana

1 Green Apple

16 oz Almond Breeze Almond Milk

8 Ice Cubes

Blend, pour into a glass of your choosing, top with coconut, 

almond slivers and for fun you can always add a strawberry to the rim! 

Enjoy!
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Have you considered Shakeology but not sure how it tastes, does it keep you full and is it something you would like to invest in for your health? I will soon have individual packets of Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla available! I will be mailing them out next week, so if you would like to try a couple packets, they are $6 each or you can do a combination package of 7 packets for just $38 and I will include a free shaker cup OR Shakeology Tote Bag (normally $6). No shipping charges I will mail them for free. Let me know asap as I will be preparing the packets SOON! DON'T MISS OUT! You can contact me at: takehealthyback@gmail.com

Bomb Digitylicious Smoothie

 The BOMB DIGITYLICIOUS!

 

1 Scoop Vanilla
1 Cup Fresh Organic Strawberries
1 Banana
8 cubes of ice
16 oz Almond Breeze Almond Coconut Milk (unsweetened)
Blend.....pour, top with dried cherries and almond slivers and enjoy. 

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Have you considered Shakeology but not sure how it tastes, does it keep you full and is it something you would like to invest in for your health? I will soon have individual packets of Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla available! I will be mailing them out next week, so if you would like to try a couple packets, they are $6 each or you can do a combination package of 7 packets for just $38 and I will include a free shaker cup OR Shakeology Tote Bag (normally $6). No shipping charges I will mail them for free. Let me know asap as I will be preparing the packets SOON! DON'T MISS OUT! You can contact me at: takehealthyback@gmail.com

Hey Ma! Chocolate Ice Cream for Breakfast!

Good morning! What are you having for breakfast? I had a bowl of chocolate ice cream!!! Wwwaaaaaa???? "How is that healthy?" you might ask yourself.

Well all you need is:
2 frozen bananas
1 scoop of chocolate powder
1 cup of Almond Breeze Almond Milk
1 Handful of coconut
Almond slivers
Cinnamon

Directions:
In a blender add the frozen bananas, Almond Milk, chocolate powder in a blender. Blend until smooth and thick like ice cream. Top with coconut, almond slivers and cinnamon. Enjoy!

Delectable Mashed Potatoes & Almond Green Beans

I made a dish today with 4 white potatoes. I washed and slit the potatoes long way at an angle three times and then sideways 3 times. Then put them in a pot of water and boil until soft. Drain potatoes.  Add 1/8 c green onions, 4 garlic cloves (minced), lavender, thyme, salt, pepper, 2 tsp of butter, dried seasoned tomatoes and dill. Mix well.

Then cut off any ends of the beans and wash them well. Add them to a pot of water and 2 tbsp of olive oil. Bring just to a boil and remove from heat. Sprinkle sliced almonds.

This was dinner tonight, delicious!

Rhubarb - Strawberry Delight

As I shared previously this week I am making meals with the food I purchased from the farmers market this week. Two of the items happen to be strawberries band rhubarb. I found a recipe and with a few modifications I have an even healthier,  but still delicious.

I found this recipe but made some adjustments....1 instead of brown sugar I used granulated sugar and only 1/2 of what was called for. 2 instead of oat flour, I used coconut flour because I had no oat flour. 3 instead of white rice flour, I used gluten free flour 4 instead of sea salt, I used pink salt, now I remember I do have sea salt. 5 instead of coarse sugar, I used 1 packet of Stevia, but I still have my butter....http://www.bojongourmet.com/2012/05/gluten-free-strawberry-rhubarb-crumble.htm

Raspberry Attack!!!

As you know I have been making smoothies for breakfast lately and have never felt more healthy in my life! Try is recipe and let me know what you think.

1 banana
1 container of raspberries
1 scoop chocolate vegan powder
8 ice cubes
16 oz Almond Breeze Vanilla Almond Milk

Blend well in the blender and serve immediately!

This put a smile on my face and I hope it does yours too.

Squashed Eggplant

I don't know about you, but for the longest time I was no fan of eggplant. Yesterday at the farmers market I purchased two Japanese eggplants. The funny thing is, I didn't know what type of eggplant the were because I had only been accustomed to one type before. So while I was searching for recipes to cook this bad boy, I came across the following article and learned there are several types of eggplants and different ways to cook each of them, Cooking Eggplant.

So today, I decided to cook the eggplant with onion, garlic, white bell pepper, banana pepper, zucchini, a yellow squash of some sort (it looks like a mini ufo - lol), pink salt, pepper, thyme, and lavender.

Saute the garlic and onions in a pan with 2 tbsp of olive oil. Then add the eggplant, just before the flesh turns brown, add the zucchini & squash. When the eggplant is brown and the zucchini & squash have been cooked down add the pink salt, pepper, thyme and lavender. Mix the mixture for a few minutes to get the aroma, then add the white bell pepper and broccoli. Cook this down for about 5 minutes and serve.

I have an eggplant left to cook, if you have any eggplant recipes that you enjoy, I'd love to hear from you!

My Weight Loss Success Story

For the longest time I had been battling my weight, just like every other American. However, I don't want to be skin and bone like the models. You can be skin and bones, but that does not mean you are healthy. I want to be healthy, tone and a good size/shape/weight for the body that was given to me. 

To begin I had to look at myself in the mirror. I mean I really looked at what I had allowed and I cried. Never in my life did I want to be overweight.

Check out this video to learn about my story:

My Weight Loss Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KulrICJmKOs

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me! I also have a Facebook group called TakeHealthyBack! I'd love to hear from you!

It's an EXCUSE!

Today was a wonderful first day of summer! This morning it was raining, but I was not going to allow that to stop me from going to the Farmers Market in Old Town today!

Many people say, I'd like to eat healthy, but it's expensive; I can't afford it, I have other things I am doing right now, I don't like vegetables/fruit and the list goes on (I have heard it all - so I believe). So to prove that eating healthy is not expensive as society, media and big companies say it is let me share with you what I did today!

First I went to the ATM got $80.00, I shouldn't need any more than this right? Ok, keep reading and you will see.

My first stop was to this stand where I got 3 yellow zucchini, 2 green zucchini, 3 cucumbers, 3 large tomatoes, rhubarb (2.5 lbs), and 4 white potatoes~ Guess how much? $10! In the grocery store this would cost you about $13 (depending on your grocery store).

Then I got two heads of broccoli for ----- $1 each!

I went to another area where I got a pumpkin squash and a yellow flower looking squash for $7.50.



Across the way was another stand where I got
purple beans (yeah strange right!) and 2 eggplants for $5.00.

            Then I got some lavender for $4.00

Daisies for $5.50

                 Amish cheese curds for $6

                                                   Bath salts for 1 each! so I got 4 = $4.

                           And finally I got Sunflowers for $6 (with a free rose)!

A total of ---- (trumpet) --- $49!!! Oh yeah and I stopped by Dunkin Doughnuts and got a coffee and French Cruller (my fav!). So this left me with $31 - 2.75 (Dunkin) = 28.25!

Did this prove to you that you can eat healthy organic wholesome foods and not kill your budget? I sure hope so, because what I am going to do is prepare each of these items I purchased and post the recipe on here.