@>--- Apple & Pear Salad ---<@

What you will need:


1 bunch of romaine lettuce - chopped
2 apples - cored and sliced
2 pears - cored and sliced
1/4 cup of raisins (optional)
1/4 cup of pecans or almonds (optional)

4 TBSP Raspberry Dressing

In a large bowl add the ingredients and mix well to coat the salad with the dressing. Enjoy!

Very Berry Salad

What you will need:

1 head of romaine lettuce - chopped

2 cups of strawberries - cored and sliced

1 cup of black berries

1 cup of blue berries

4 TBSP Raspberry dressing

In a large bowl add the lettuce, strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Mix the ingredients well. Add the salad dressing and mix well to coat the lettuce with the dressing. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes then serve! Enjoy!

~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.

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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Italy Meets India!

So I have food left over from last weekend when I went to the farmers market and I decided to do something about it!




Ingredients for Sauce: 
2 lbs of tomatoes
1 lg banana pepper
7 garlic cloves
1 bunch of green onions
1 inch of ginger
2 stalks of thyme

Directions:
Blend all ingredients in a food processor.
Ingredients for Dish:
1 green zucchini
1 yellow zucchini
1 Japanese Eggplant
3 shallots
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tsp basil flakes 1 tsp parsley flakes 1 tsp pink salt 1 tsp black pepper







Directions:
Cut the vegetables. Add the oil to the pan and turn on the heat to medium. Add the cut up vegetables and cook until tender. Add the seasonings and continue to cook down the vegetables and stir. Finally, after the vegetables are soft add the sauce and turn to simmer for 10 minutes. Serve & Enjoy!

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