Chili ~pressure cooker

We have discovered a LOVE for our pressure cooker, well, I guess I should say my husband has, lol. He is the master chef in this house but anyway, I am happy to share his amazing recipes!!  This is a standard chili recipe made in our 6 QT pressure cooker.

Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef (we used ground sirloin)
2 cans great northern beans, drained
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can rotel
1 can chili beans with sauce
2 TBSP onion powder
2 TBSP garlic powder
3 TBSP cumin
2 tsp chipotle chili powder
1/2 tsp ground pepper
2 tsp ground aleppo pepper
3 TBSP sriracha

Directions
I watched him make this and it is SO SUPER easy!
Cook ground beef in pressure cooker on saute until browned.
Add tomatoes, rotel and beans.
Add spices.
Stir.
Put top on pressure cooker and set for 15 minutes.

Banana oat breakfast muffins

I have tried SO many oat-type muffins, many good and some very bland.  I have come up with this combination to fit what my hubby and I love in a good oat based muffin.  I always double this recipe because we love them so much!! 

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas
1 egg
1/4 C plain greek yogurt
1/2 C unsweetened natural applesauce
1 TBSP honey
1 TBSP cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda 
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 C old fashioned oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Start at top of list and mix all ingredients in large bowl in order to first mash the banana, mix with egg and other liquid ingredients prior to adding dry ingredients.  
Grease muffin pan.
Add mixture to make 12 muffins.
Bake at 350 for 20 min.

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FREE Clean Eating Group

Alrighty friends...it's that time again! I like to run these free 5 day clean eating groups to share what I have learned about clean eating and the benefits of this lifestyle every once in a while! 

We kick off on Monday, February 13th and I will be sharing information, substitutions and TONS of clean eating approved recipes! Even kid friendly, husband approved recipes!

These 3 delicious recipes will make their debut within the group before even going viral here on my blog or Pinterest! Oh, BTW do you follow me on Pinterest---you must! 

Don't miss this group! It's gonna be a good one, I may even throw in a prize or 2 for sharing your success and struggles with making healthy food choices because let's be real, adulting is hard.  

Complete this form for entry into the group(it's free, no catches) or friend me on Facebook and ask to be added!! 

See you on the 13th my friends!! 

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Applesauce Chicken

Preheat oven to 350.

Filet 3 chicken breasts. Place in greased pan.

Top with

Himalayan pink salt
Black ground pepper
Rosemary 1tsp
Paprika 1tsp

For the baking sauce: Mix these ingredients in medium bowl.
1 1/2 cups unsweetened natural applesauce
3 TBSP dijon mustard
2 TBSP Apple cider vinegar

Mix sauce well.

Cover chicken and spices with baking sauce. Bake 30 min at 350, uncovered.

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Cheesy baked Zucchini

Cut zucchini as seen (we used a crinkle-cutter).  Place in gallon bag with 2 TBSP Greek dressing and 2 TBSP Parmesan cheese. 

Shake bag and contents and place on greased cookie sheet. Do not overlap any pieces.  

Cook for 10 min at 400* then broil on LOW for another 10 minutes.  

Enjoy!

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Sausage & Zoodles

Clean eating recipe with a little wine....a little will never hurt! 

1. In large pan over medium heat 

          2TBSP EVOO 

          8oz baby bellas, sliced

          Saute until tender.

2. Add 1lb sliced pre-cooked Italian chicken sausage and brown.

3. Add 2 tsp minced garlic, 1/2 tsp thyme, 1TBSP parsley.

4. Increase heat to high and add 1 cup white table wine.

5. Reduce liquid by 1/2, stirring constantly. 

6. Add zucchini zoodles and fold into mix until heated through. 

7. Remove from heat and plate immediately. Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with parmigiano cheese. 

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Salad a Day

I eat a lot of salads. I enjoy them for lunch and I do not easily get tired of the same ingredients on my salad, but I know many people who get bored easily eating the same things each day. Spice it up and you will never get bored.  Strive to eat as many colors as possible on your salads and your nutrition level will increase! 

The salad ingredient list is endless...it truly is, but you just have to experiment! Pick your essential vegetables and spice up your salad with any combination of these.....



Avacados


Sweet peppers
Mandarin oranges
Pecans/nuts
Chick peas 
Tofu  
Shredded cheese
Feta cheese
Black olives
Sunflower seeds
Berries
Banana peppers
Chicken
Steak
Walnuts
Blue cheese
Crazins


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Pecan craisin Chicken

Ingredients:
2 TBSP coconut oil
3 large chicken breasts, cut into chunks
1 cup craisins
1/2 tsp himalyan pink salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 TBSP paprika
1 tsp rosemary spriggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup slivered pecans

Directions: 
Start by placing craisins in bowl, add water and lemon juice, stir and set aside.  Heat skillet over med high heat, melt coconut oil in pan and add chicken. Add salt, pepper, paprika and rosemary, coat chicken in spices and cook until chicken is fully cooked.
When chicken is fully cooked, add craisin/lemon juice/water mixture and turn heat to high.  Reduce liquid by half stirring constantly.
When reduced, remove from heat, add pecans and stir.  Let rest 5 min before serving.  Enjoy!!!

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Shredded brussel sprouts

A new favorite veggie in this house! As many of you know, 

my husband is the cook of the house. I enjoy prep work for 

the week--breakfasts, lunches and snacks and he cooks 

dinner. It works for us and gives us variety because I am not 

the best cook. haha.  However, I saw the inspiration for this 

on Pinterest and thought, lets try it! LOVED IT!! The best 

part...it was husband approved!!!

Ok, super easy recipe.....

Cut up as many sprouts you would like, place in pan over 

med-high heat, add some olive oil, Himalayan pink salt and 

pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally 4-5 minutes. Then add

desired amount of minced garlic and stir another 1-2 

minutes.  I added around 2 tsp garlic per 3 cups dry 

shredded sprouts.  Serve immediately.  It was that easy and 

if I can cook them and enjoy it, almost anyone can!!!!

Shrimp Pesto

Pesto Ingredients:

1 "bunch" Cilantro
2 TBSP olive oil
4 oz Macadamia nuts
3 TBSP lime juice
3 TBSP vegetable oil
1/2 tsp ground allspice

2 lbs Shrimp

Directions:
Place all ingredients in food processor and blend. Set aside.  Cook shrimp according to directions and mix cooked shrimp with pesto.  I think this pesto would be great with chicken also.  
We paired it over zucchini noddles, but would also be great with brown rice or quinoa.  

Peanut Tofu

We simply took our peanut chicken recipe and paired it with tofu and it turned out great!!

Ingredients:
2 packages of Tofu (we like firm tofu best)

Sauce Ingredients:
3TBSP  peanut butter
2TBSP lime juice
1TBSP  light soy sauce
1TBSP honey
1TBSP Sriracha

Directions:
Cut up two packs of tofu. Drain and dry and place on baking sheet and place in oven at 350 degrees for 25 min, stirring at 15 min.  As this cooks, mix your sauce. When tofu is baked to desired texture, take out of oven and mix in with sauce.  We enjoy it over quinoa or brown rice and most times we add some steamed broccoli! 

Enjoy!! 

A day in the life of a Fix Extremer..

I have been wanting to share what a day looks like while completing the 21 day fix extreme.  To prepare, I took snapshots of everything I ate and took some raw footage of my double workout that I completed that day!! Now, I will say that I am in the highest calorie bracket of the program and I am following the 21 day fix nutrition guide with 21 day fix extreme workouts.  

I hope this gives you all a peek into what a day full of nutritious foods can look like and how much I actually eat in a day to not only FUEL my body for the workouts I complete but lose weight in the process!!

Breakfast...my favorite meal of the day.  I had Bulgar wheat with 1 TBSP coconut oil, 2 egg muffins and strawberries. Talk about filling! It was delicious, nutritious and a great way to start my day!

This particular day I was able to workout in the AM, I set out to do a double workout including Pilates extreme and Upper fix Extreme.  It was intense, but fun and SOOO worth it! I then set out for a walk and attempted jog. The walk was great, the jog, not horrible, but I can't do long at all because of a diagnosis of compartment syndrome in both lower extremities.  Foot drop kicks in and I just have to rest.  Anyway, this is why I LOVE Beachbody workouts, I get a killer workout and no pain!!! I could not upload the video, I will con't to work on that.....moving on.

My second favorite meal....Shakeology of course! Today was Sweet Indulgence.  Recipe here! 

Lunch was a salad with Tofu and balsamic vinaigrette  dressing and baked sweet potato fries.   My afternoon snack was the BANGIN combo of veggies and hummus. I love hummus, any kind, I could eat it with a spoon. SO...this little blue container gets used a lot. I NEED portion control for my hummus.  

Now, dinners in our household are cooked by my husband. He is a better cook and he found out quickly that I realistically could eat chicken every night and be fine with that, he prefers variety.  This particular evening, we had pork chops and saute zucchini. 

There you have it.  This is a very basic day for ME, as far as nutrition goes while doing the 21 day fix nutrition plan.  These foods are foods that I incorporate a lot into my weekly meal plans. oh yeah...wanna see my full meal plan?  

Written this particular week, sometimes I get fancy and type it, no such luck last week. 

Many people ask me where I get ideas for different dinners and recipes and I usually respond with "in my challenge groups." I provide recipes for my challengers to increase their options for clean eating meals but they in return share great recipes with me. Wanna join my next group???

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Banana pancakes

This may be the most simple, delicious "pancake" ever!! 
Easy
Simple
Quick
Those are three words I love! Let me know how you like them

Ingredients
1 somewhat ripe banana
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon

Mash banana in medium bowl, add eggs, beat eggs and mix together. Add cinnamon and vanilla, mix.  Pour into pan in small pancakes, this makes it easier to flip! 

Enjoy with a little honey on top! 

Garlic green beans

Ingredients

2 C fresh green beans
2 tsp sesame oil
1TBSP low sodium soy sauce
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 cloves garlic, minced

Over medium high heat, add sesame oil and green beans.  Saute green beans until desired and add soy sauce, sesame seeds and garlic and mix until green beans are coated. 

Cottage English muffins

This "recipe" comes from my childhood.  My mom would make these for my sister and I and we liked them! Little did I know they were healthy and good for me! 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Take English muffin, halve it and place on cookie sheet. Add cottage cheese and sprinkle with wheat germ.  Place in oven and cook until the English muffin is golden brown on the edges.  

Add a banana for an instant SMILE!!!

Shamrock Shakeo

St Patty's Day is in the air...what does that mean to you?
To many people...it is Shamrock shake time!

Since going clean, it's hard to drink THAT green, so I cleaned it up today and had a Shamrock Shakeo!!

Ingredients: 
1 scoop Greenberry Shakeology
1 TBSP PB2
2 TBSP vanilla pudding powder
1/8 tsp mint extract
8 oz unsweetened almond milk
ice to preference

Blend in blender and enjoy!
May the luck of the Irish be with you!

Clean Spanish Tortilla

Ingredients:

12 eggs, well beaten
1 lb cooked sausage, sliced (We used all natural chicken sausages-Italian seasoned)
1/2 lb sweet potatoes, sliced and cooked to fork tender
1 medium onion, roughly chopped
2 TBSP EVOO

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350
In a large, oven safe skillet, saute onion in EVOO over medium heat
When onions begin to brown, add sweet potatoes
Continue to cook onions and potatoes until potatoes begin to get brown and crispy, add cooked sausage.

Add eggs to mixture - do not scramble eggs!
Use a spatula to pull the cooked egg from the side of the pan
Tilt the pan so the uncooked egg liquid fills where the eggs were just pulled back from the sides, as if making an omelet.

When as much of the liquid eggs have been moved to the sides, place in oven and cook for 10-15 minutes, or until the top of the tortilla is firm and no eggs are left uncooked.

Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.

This recipe is so versatile. Experiment with different types of sausages, spices and always let me know how things turn out!! Enjoy!

Peanut Chicken

This was a throw together sauce by Mike, my hubby and favorite cook.  It may not be 100% CLEAN but no one is perfect! 

We used 2 LARGE chicken breasts, butterflied them and placed them on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Combined this mixture, microwaved for 30 seconds, stirred a bit more and placed mixture over chicken.  

Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 min or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.  

Sauce Ingredients:

3TBSP  peanut butter
2TBSP lime juice
1TBSP  light soy sauce
1TBSP honey
1TBSP Sriracha

21 DAY FIX

The 21 Day Fix is one of the best Beachbody programs out there in my opinion.  It is the total package with 30 minute workouts, an easy to follow nutrition guide, color-coded portion control containers for no-fuss meal planning and food prep and add in daily support from me as your coach, it is a no brainier!! 

OH WAIT...there is more...it is ON SALE for 5 more days!!!

This program is sure to fit into anyone's busy scedule with 30 min workouts, 7 days a week for only 21 days! You get your results in 21 days!! Could you stand to lose up to 15 lbs in 21 days??

 How many of you find yourself frustrated because you are working out daily, but not seeing results or losing the weight? It could be as simple your nutrition, and ability to portion control with the foods you are eating. This program will help you shed those unwanted pounds and inches in only 21 days!



When this program was released about a year ago, it was a game changer for MANY MANY people. A large emphasis is placed on the importance of nutrition. It comes with 
color-coded containers that represent the basic food groups. It takes the guess work out of nutrition! No more calorie or carb counting and forget tracking points. No more measuring your servings using the palm of your hand, etc. If it fits in the container, you can eat it! When eaten in the right quantities no foods are off limits! Yes it is that simple! Over time you learn portion control and eliminate the need for the containers. 




What fitness levels can do 21 Day Fix?
• ANYONE!  Each workout has a modifier to show easier moves and test groups included fit people as well as people with 100+ pounds to lose, to be sure that anyone could be successful with this program.

What's included in 21 Day Fix?
Essential Package:
• 7 color-coded portion-control containers
• Shakeology® shaker cup
• 6 easy-to-follow 30-minute workouts
• 21 Day Fix Start Here quickstart guide and workout calendar
• 21 Day Fix Eating Plan that shows you exactly what to do
• 3 Day Quick Fix Guide, Autumn's secret weapon for fast weight loss
• Dirty 30 bonus workout

What equipment is needed?
• Dumbbells or a resistance band are used in some workouts.

Do I have to do the workouts, or can I just follow the portion-control Eating Plan?
• Both the workouts and nutrition plan are essential to get the best results, however if you're worried about being out of shape, you can follow the modifier and do

what you can, rather than skipping the workouts entirely. You'll feel stronger in no time.

What makes the 21 Day Fix workouts so effective?
• the 21 Day Fix takes all of the guesswork out of working out. You know which workout to do each day and can be confident you're working your whole body efficiently in just 30
minutes a day.
• The workouts yield consistent calorie-burning results, unlike a treadmill workout that can
have very inconsistent and inaccurate calorie counts.
• The 30-minute boot-camp style workouts keep your heart rate up throughout, so you have an effective and efficient workout that burns maximum calories.

***My next accountability/challenge group starts February 9th!!***

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CANNOT wait for you to be the next success story!!

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Choc-maple nutter butter

*1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
*1 TBSP maple syrup
*1 TBSP nut butter
*1 cup almond milk

Add ice to your preference and I fill with water to the 3 cup mark on my blender.  Blend and enjoy!!!