Cauliflower Breadsticks

Cauliflower Breadsticks! Hardly any calories for the whole pan!

•1 large head of cauliflower ...
•2 cloves garlic, grated or minced
•2 large eggs, lightly beaten
•4 oz low fat mozzarella cheese
•1/2 teaspoon onion powder
•salt
•pepper

•Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
•Chop the cauliflower into chunks and place into microwave for about 5 minutes or until soft
•Place the cauliflower into a food processor and blend until it's a mashed potato texture
•In a medium bowl, stir together cauliflower, eggs,cheese, and seasonings
•Lightly spray a baking pan with spray oil and coat with the mixture (about 1/2 inch thick)
•Bake at 450 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until the top starts to brown
•Add additional cheese to the top and enjoy!

Mini Zucchini Pizza

Mini Zucchini Pizza

For when you are craving Pizza but want to avoid all those ...carbs!

Ingredients
1 Zucchini
Shredded Mozzarella
Spray Olive Oil
Shredded Parmesan
Salt and pepper
Dried Oregano
Fresh Basil chopped
Pizza Sauce

Cut zucchini about 1/8 inch thick. Spray each side with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Broil or grill each side for about 2 minutes. Top with pizza sauce, mozzarella, oregano and basil. (Or add more toppings!) Cook for 2 more minutes, or until cheese is lightly browned. Sprinkle with Parmesan before serving. Enjoy!

Bread substitute

This recipe is great for diabetics, people with gluten allergies or people just trying to cut out carbs.

Instead of bread - make oppsie bread instead YUMMMMM

Will you have a hard time living without bread? Ooopsies are a good option. It’s a “bread” without carbs and can be eaten in a variety of ways.

Oopsies

6–8 depending on size.

3 eggs100 grams (3.5 ounces) of cream cheesea pinch of salt1 teaspoon baking powder or cream of tarter (can be excluded)

Separate the eggs, with the egg whites in one bowl and the egg yolks in another.

Whip the egg whites together with the salt until very stiff. You should be able to turn the bowl over without the egg whites moving.

Mix the egg yolks and the cream cheese well. If you choose, 1tsp of cream of tarter or baking powder (this makes the Oopsie more bread-like). 

Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mix – try to keep the air in the egg whites.

Put 6 large or 8 smaller oopsies on a baking tray.

Bake in the middle of the oven at 150° C (300° F) for about 25 minutes – until they turn golden.

You can eat Oopsies as bread or use them as a bun for a hotdog or hamburger. You can also put different kinds of seeds on them before baking them, for instance poppy, sesame or sunflower seeds.

Edible Glitter

Quick and easy, tailored to your own color preferences!



Zucchini brownies

Brownies made with zucchini, bananas and applesauce, yielding a brownie with only 120 calories, 2 grams of fat, and a whole bunch of vitamins and minerals, and egg free!

Weight Watchers: 2 pts/serving (makes 24)

Ingredients
1/2 c applesauce
2 small of medium bananas, mashed
1 1/2 c sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 c finely shredded zucchini
2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 nuts, chopped

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan.  In large bow, mix the applesauce, mashed bananas and sugar.  Add vanilla and cocoa and mix together.  Then add baking soda, salt, and zucchini and mix together.  Add flour and nuts and mix.  Spread evenly into the prepared plan.  Bake for 25 minutes until brownies spring back when gently touched.

Craft ideas

Love this idea for an easy and cute decoration!

Homemade granola bars

I don't like all the preservaties and added sugar that is added to most processed food, so this recipe was a treasure to find! :-D

No-Bake Chewy Granola Bars
(recipe makes a 9x13 pan)
recipe by Carole Jones of My Kitchen Escapades
2 cups quick cooking oats (or pulse whole oats in a food processor a bit)
1 C rice crispy cereal
1/4 C shredded coconut
1/4 C butter
1/4 C honey
1/2 C brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix -In variations listed below

1. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the oats, cereal and coconut. Set a small saucepan over medium high heat and melt the butter. Add the honey, brown sugar and salt. Stir together then leave it alone as it comes to a boil. Once the boil has reached all the way around the edges of the pan, begin timing. Allow this mixture to boil for 2 minutes and 15 seconds. During this time, you may need to turn the heat down a bit so it doesn't overflow, but be sure it keeps boiling.
2. Pour the mixture over the oats, using a rubber spatula to get all the sugar mixture out of the pan. Mix the ingredients together until the oats are completely coated. Add in your desired mix-in then press very firmly into a lightly greased 9x13" pan. If you like your bars thicker, you can use a smaller pan. If you do not press firmly enough, the bars will fall apart when you eat them. Place them in the fridge for 20 minutes then cut to size.

Chocolate Chip
Add 1/2 C of mini chocolate chips to the finished mixture before pressing into the pan, allowing it cool just a bit or you will end up with melted chips. Sprinkle on a few extra chips over the top after they are pressed into the pan.

White Chocolate Cranberry
Add 1/3 C of white chocolate chips and 1/3 C of Craisins to the finished mixture before pressing into the pan, allowing it to cool just a bit first or you will end up with melted chips.

Candy Bar
Add 1/3 C of Heath bar pieces, 1/3 C of mini M&M's and 1/3 C of chopped pretzels to the finished mixture before pressing into the pan.

Peanut Butter
Add 2 Tb of peanut butter to the finished sugar mixture before pouring it over the oats. Once mixed with the oats, add 1/2 C peanut butter chips before pressing into the pan.

Raisin Nut
Add 1/3 C of chopped raisins and 1/3 C of chopped pecans to the finished mixture before pressing into the pan.

Soft caramels

Ingredients:

1/4 c butter

1/2 c sugar

1/2 c brown sugar

1/2 c light karo syrup

1/2 c sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

Combine all ingredients

Cook 6 minutes, stirring every two minutes

Stir and pour into lightly greased dish

Let cool

Cut and wrap in wax paper.  Store in an air tight container

Pages for pintrest

So this blog is going to be about pages that I need to upload to pintrest, and this is the easiest way when they aren't already on a website other than Facebook. :-)

I'm totally making some of these for gifts! :-D

Strawberry vanilla protein pancakes

I'm carb-cycling, so I need new options.  Here is one way that I can have pancakes:

Ingredients (2 servings, about 6 pancakes):

3/4 cup whole wheat flour
pinch of salt
1/3 tsp baking powder
2 scoops vanilla protein
Greek yogurt
1 egg
5-7 strawberries
1/2 cup of milk of your choice
1 tsp vanilla extract.

Mix all ingredients besides yogurt, 1 scoop of vanilla protein and strawberries together, fold in strawberries and add mixture to the skillet (total of 6 pancakes), flip over mix when you see bubbles forming on the top of your pancakes, removed once the sides get golden. Mix strawberry Greek yogurt with second scoop of vanilla protein and use as topping for your pancakes with strawberries and bananas if you like!

Fruit salsa and baked cinnamon chips

A new twist on an old favorite!  Can't wait for strawberries to go on sale to try this recipe!

For the fruit salsa:

2 kiwis, peeled and diced2 Golden Delicious apples – peeled, cored and diced
8 oz raspberries
1 (16 oz) carton of strawberries, diced
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tbsp brown sugar 3 tbsp fruit preserves, any flavor (I used strawberry; would only use 2 tbsp next time)

For the cinnamon chips:
10 (10 inch) flour tortillas melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray

For the cinnamon sugar:
1 cup white sugar 2 tbsp cinnamon

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar, and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 degrees.

2. Coat one side of each flour tortilla with melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray. Sprinkle tortillas with desired amount of cinnamon sugar, cut into wedges, and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Spray again with cooking spray (not necessary if using melted butter).

3. Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture. This salsa can also be served with cinnamon graham crackers or cinnamon pita chips. Best when made and eaten the same day otherwise the fruit gives off so too much juice and it gets runny.

Always looking to change up my routine...

So here's the first addition of a good workout that will get your heart-rate up, and along with other ones I add, you can mix and match cardio with different muscle-groups.

This is what I'm doing today.  I'll start out with the cardio, then I'll do the legs, and repeat until I can't go anymore! 

The nice thing about these workouts, is that they use all muscle groups.  Notice that there are exercises that use both the arms, abs, and legs.  This allows you to "focus" on one core group, but use all the muscles in your body.

I always recommend timing yourself.  Because if you do this workout a second time, you can see if/how much you've improved!

The reason for this workout is because I'm having potato soup/sourdough bowl for dinner tonight!

My love of food

Ok, so I love to eat good food and so I workout.  I'm not lucky enough to have the "good" genes to be able to eat whatever I want and stay thin.  So I literally work my tail off so that I can eat the yummy food that I see.

Part of that is also finding healthy food that tastes good too.  Some of the recipes that I come across can't be pinned to Pintrest...so I decided to start a blog that puts them together so that I can find them.

So this blog will not only have recipes and photos of good food but will also have workouts and inspirations.

So here is the first recipe...I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds yummy!

Apple Oatmeal Pancakes

Makes 1 Serving (4 to 6 small pancakes)

Ingredients:
... • 6 egg whites
• ½ cup oatmeal (dry)
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened apple sauce
• Pinch of cinnamon powder
• Pinch of stevia
• 1 apple, diced finely
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• Cooking spray


Directions:
1. First heat a frying pan until hot and then reduce to medium temperature. After mixing together all the ingredients in a blender (except for the diced apple), spray some pam (or other cooking spray), drop by spoonful onto the pan.
2. When bubbles start to form, place evenly on pancake some of the diced apple.
3. Let them set in before flipping the pancake.
4. Makes about 4-6 pancakes depending on the size.


Nutritional Facts:
(Per Serving)

Calories: 240
Protein: 28g
Carbohydrates: 32g
Fat: 0g