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3 ingredient cookies
My FAVORITE recipes have less than 5 ingredients! As i’ve stated before, the less ingredients the more inclined the recipe is to be CLEAN and EASY. I’ve given up sugar for 40 days. Desserts are my one true weakness so giving up refined sugar always proves difficult. I’m able to sustain by finding substitutes for sugar overall,…
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Mason Jar Salad #2 | Strawberry Spinach
Another amazing mason jar salad creation, I’ve made this salad countless times before – this time I put it in a jar. I will say the advantage is – 1. it makes the perfect sized salad and 2. I don’t have to carry a bottle of salad dressing to work. Check out the gorgeous…
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Spicy Tabb Tuna Burgers
Ask and you shall receive! Tuna burgers are super easy, filling and great for a snack, lunch or dinner. Not to mention tuna is full of protein, clean and low in calories – you can’t go wrong. The star of this weeks EASY lunch mealprep – I’ll enjoy these with avocado and cilantro. Ingredients…
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Banana, Blueberry, PB Smoothie
I’ve received a few questions about easy breakfast smoothies. This smoothie is for the super time afflicted, full of antioxidants, FIBER and protein. Throw all the stuff in a blender for a minute and you’re out the door. Banana (frozen)- 1 Blueberries – 1 cup -fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B6 Peanut Butter –…
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Salad: Mason jar Magic #1
I’ve created magic once again! After months of stalking and pinning on Pinterest, I decided to try something new with my ever-loving mason jars. For the first time I prepared stacked salads in mason jars for the week. If you are a faithful reader of this blog, you’ll realize I try to keep my recipes and…
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Roasted Beet “Candy”
Literally 3 ingredients. A lunch dish or a side piece these beets will have you beating with a new drum. Historically I’ve never been a fan of beets, my father prepared them from a can, boiled and thickened with flour. Horrific. As an adult I thought they tasted like dirt, while not entirely untrue – that earthy…
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Interesting Oats
I grew up eating oatmeal. Usually Quaker oats “minute” oatmeal, must add LOTS of sugar, butter and or whole milk. Those days are long gone. My dad made the oatmeal soupy, I suppose to stretch the breakfast on cold winter mornings as thin as possible. I hate soupy oatmeal, enter – me not eating oatmeal…
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Berries: A Fall Romance
This one was easy. All kinds of berries are in season! I’ve been creating more smoothies without bananas, though beloved, I don’t always crave the overly sweetness of the ripe. The tartness of the cranberries paired with the light sweet of the strawberries is a nice combination. Add the basil and you get a bit of…
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Spring Roll #formation
Preparing Asian inspired food intimidates me, but I love it. Spring rolls are near the top of the list, prepared in any way but very specifically when eaten raw, they leave a fresh and light feeling of fullness. Depending on the ingredients used you can really focus on the flavors and not the packaging. Obviously I…
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Grilled Cheese Tomatoes
Grilled cheese, hold the bread! USUALLY on Saturdays I wake up with a craving for pancakes or something smothered in jelly or honey – then I act accordingly and make my favorite smoothie. There are the RARE occasions I yearn for a savory approach to breakfast and I usually scramble and spice eggs to scratch that itch,…
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Breakfast: Smoothie Prep 101
This week I took to prepping smoothies for breakfast. As most of you know I frequently replace meals with smoothies throughout the week – but i’ve not yet figured out the easy winning preparation for smoothies at work. In my office we actually have a magic bullet base so I have frozen fruit during the day…
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Banana Choco Protein Bites
Forever in search of the perfect “healthy – but satisfying” snack, I struggle with selection just like everyone else. The worst foods are the easiest accessible and also CHEAP. The strongest muscle I have against my cravings is my mind and I’ll admit – I don’t always win – i’m the MVP of justification. I came across a super easy solution that also…
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Spicy Pineapple Salmon skewers
I like to be excited to eat the lunches I meal prep. My excitement doesn’t allow for any temptation of purchasing expensive and perhaps unhealthy food throughout my work day. I LOVE the control I have over the ingredients I eat on a daily bases and knowing there aren’t any additional additives or preservatives gives me…
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The smoothest, greenest smoothie
Another post gym smoothie – meal substitute idea. This is a frequent for me, simply because I ALWAYS have these ingredients around the house. The texture of this smoothie is silky velvet, the color VIBRANT and it smells heavenly. You can also add half a green apple if you crave more sweetness. Quick, delicious &…
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Garlic Roasted Cabbage STEAKS
This is super easy, super filling but super light! If you have a taste for garlic you’ll LOVE this, the first time I made these cabbage rounds I ate half of the half of the head. Factor that there are about 325 calories in a medium sized cabbage and half a head is a…
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Watamelonwata: Infused Watermelon Water recipe
Instead of cucumber this week I subbed in watermelon when infusing weekly water. Nothing against watermelon, I just live in NYC and actually carry groceries with my hands. Hint: Melons are HEAVY! I instead purchased prepackaged (lazy I know) fresh watermelon chunks to use in this easy detoxing recipe. Although I’m not bored of my usual…
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Colorful Quinoa Salad
Always shaking things up – I wanted a filling salad for lunch that I didn’t need to add dressing to each day. This quinoa salad turned out perfectly, the acid from the vinaigrette and the earthy taste of the quinoa compliment each other well. use this recipe to add some excitement to your meal…