Yum! I just devoured this beautiful bowl of Blood orange chia seed pudding and Greek yogurt! Combine chia seeds and fresh squeezed blood orange juice. Let sit in refrigerator until most of the liquid is absorbed. Add honey if using plain Greek yogurt or as is if using vanilla Greek yogurt. Top with mint (YUM) and slices of blood orange.
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Back at it! Shakeology Protein Shake Almond milk Spinach or Kale 1/2 Banana Berries Trader Joes Green Pressed Juice Cinnamon Ice Link to the shakeology shakes in my profile. I love all the vitamins, protein, and probiotics in this shake. It also comes with awesome exercise coaching (and it’s my amazing sister @tiffanymooresimmons).
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Dreaming of this Cost Rican breakfast from Sunday as I’m munching on my Quest bar. Costa Rican Rice and beans (from what I gathered as I watched the cook) 2 cups cooked black beans, plus 3/4 cup bean cooking liquid 3 cups cooked long-grain white rice 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 onion, diced 1 bell pepper, diced 1/2 cup diced celery 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp thyme S&P to taste Chopped cilantro for garnish Sauté onion, garlic, thyme, pepper, and celery in oil. Add beans, rice and liquid once cooked through. Continue cooking until incorporated. Serve with corn tortillas, eggs, avocado, and fried plantains.
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Healthy breakfast, after school snack, and huge hit with the whole family! Mix- 1 C quick cook steel cut oats 1 C quick cook oats Dash of salt Dash of cinnamon /nutmeg 1 tsp baking powder In another bowl mix- 2 C almond milk/milk 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla Dash of maple syrup Layer 1/2 of banana slices and berries on greased 8 x 8″ pan Layer half of dried oat mixture over berries Repeat Pour milk and egg mixture over oats and Barry/bananas making sure everything is combined. Bake at 375 for 40-ish minutes (you can add a layer of brown sugar for the last five minutes of cooking) Pour coconut milk over each individual serving.)
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Baked Oatmeal with a sweeter twist! Combine wet and dry ingredients of previous post (omit berries but keep bananas and add one scoop of Peanut Butter and mix). Bake with same instructions but top with a dollop of peanut butter, toasted coconut, sliced banana, and mini chocolate chips. Drizzle with Coconut Milk.
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I dream in food so when the thought of lemon curd and maple syrup came to me, I ran to the kitchen to make a big stack of coconut pancakes! Syrup- 2 parts maple syrup 1 part lemon curd (TJs has a great one) Combine and warm through Trader Joes Toasted Coconut pancakes- I added more water and 2 eggs to make them more of a crepe consistency. Stack and enjoy!
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Yum and YUM! I always have all kinds of nuts and coconut in my freezer. For this French toast, I combined toasted slivered almonds and coconut in my blender for 30 seconds or so. You don’t want a paste but you want it fine enough that it coats the bread. Prepare French toast as normal. Cut bread into strips and dip in egg mixture and then coconut almond mixture. Spray griddle well. You may have to sauté 3-4 sides of sticks or you can have your oven preheated to 400 and stick them in for 5 minutes at the end. I like sticking them in the oven so the family can all eat at one time. This worked well with uncut bread as well but my kids loved the sticks.
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Hosting a morning meeting, and wanted to keep it healthy and fresh. I hate sitting down to a meeting and feeding my face with doughnuts and muffins (because if its in front of me, I will!) Sambazon Superfruit packs are the easiest way to make Acai bowls at home. I’ve only found them at Whole Foods in the freezer section. Blend Sambazon pack with – 1/2 C Almond Coconut milk Handful of berries 1/2 banana Spinach Blend to desired consistency (It should be very thick, similar to ice cream.) Add your favorite toppings! Fruit, banana, granola, coconut…
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You’ll want to eat this by the handful (and I did as I was mixing it!) This granola is more of an art then science. Add your favorite things or omit anything you don’t like. It last forever in a sealed container and is so addictive you’ll wish you made more. My husband and kids love it on yogurt or just to snack on. Rough recipe – I literally threw handfuls of my favorite things in. Combine: 11 C Quick cooking old-fashioned oats 3 C sliced almonds 2 C Flaxseed 1 C sunflower seeds 1 C pecan pieces or any other kind of nuts 2 C coconut flakes Dash of cinnamon Dash of salt In a sauce pan heat through 1-1 1/2 C oil 1 C honey 1/2-1 C brown sugar 1 -2 Tb vanilla extract The oil, honey, brown sugar mixture vary on what I making the granola for. For guests or special occasions I add more, for at home use I do a lot less so it’s healthier.
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Loving the healthy Spa menu when I know my feet won’t hit the floor much today!
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