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Avocado Toast with Citrus and Chia Seeds

Light lunch before tonight’s festivities! Avocado Toast: Whole wheat bread, toasted Smashed avocado Citrus cumin salt Chia seeds Olive Oil Fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Good Morning 2015

A fresh start to 2015 with breakfast in bed!

Blood Orange Chia Seed Pudding

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.

Red Rock Goat Cheese Bruschetta Crostini

I’ll be 30k miles up during Super Bowl Sunday but I’ve been asked for some favorite appetizers… Red Rock Goat Cheese Bruschetta Toast crisps/crostini- Toast sliced baguette drizzle olive oil and rub fresh garlic on toast Jarred sun dried tomatoes Julienned basil Roasted garlic- cut off top of the heads of clump of garlic, put in aluminum foil and drizzle with EVOO and S&p. Cook for 40 minutes at 400. (YUM!!) Almond crusted Goat Cheese- Form cold goat cheese in patty or log. Use macadamia nuts, almonds, hazelnuts or your favorite nuts. Crush or pulse nuts until fine. Cover goat cheese in nuts pushing them into cheese so they stay. Sauté in EVOO on both sides until nuts are toasted and cheese is getting soft. Your guests or family can make their own Bruschetta or you can eat the whole plate yourself, because it’s that good! #appetizer #superbowl #superbowlfood #yum #foodie #snack #goatcheese #brunch – See more at: http://iconosquare.com/viewer.php#/detail/909038819561784458_1513970336

Costa Rican Rice and Beans

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.

Baked Fried Chicken

This “Fried Chicken” is finger lickin’ good and not bad for your waist line! My husband and I ate boneless skinless chicken breasts and the kids love the drumsticks and thighs or “chicken bones” as my 7 year old likes to call them. Marinate chicken (your favorite kind) in buttermilk and a dash of hot sauce for an hour. I add 2 eggs directly to the buttermilk mixture and mix it around to coat the chicken. Meanwhile in a large plastic bag add 1/2 corn flakes and 1/2 potato chips (I used reduced fat kettle chips). Crush until you achieve your desired consistency. Add seasoned salt and pepper to dry mix but remember your potato chips are salty too. Dredge chicken in cornflake mixture until coated on both sides. Lay on greased cookie sheet. Add a dash of cayenne on top of the chicken for those who like it hot. Drizzle a little EVOO on top of each piece of chicken which will help crisp the top. Bake at 400 degrees for ? Sorry, I didn’t time it. ~20-30 minutes…

Baked Oatmeal

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.)

Baked Oatmeal, dessert edition

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.

Coconut Pancakes

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!

French Toast

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.