Yogurt Parfait
Creating a Yogurt Parfait is a great low calorie treat and delicious way to enjoy Plain Yogurt! It’s the way yogurt was meant to be eaten and enjoyed! Ingredients: 3 cups Plain Yogurt 1/2 cup sliced Strawberries 1/2 cup Blueberries 1/2 cup Raspberries 1 tbsp chopped Walnuts Instructions: Step 1) Add some yogurt into each container and top with mixed berries. Repeat this step until each container is full. Step 2) Add chopped walnuts on top of the parfait, as a garnish. Notes: A lot of people have a hard time eating completely plain yogurt – with no added flavors or sugars. I suggest adding fruit or some other healthy toppings to make it more enjoyable. Don’t add processed sugar, since that’s the whole point of buying plain yogurt in the first place, right?! Feel free to follow us,...
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Chicken Salad
I love making this easy, delicious, and healthy chicken salad recipe! This particular recipe makes a big batch, which is great to feed a lot of people at home or to bring to a potluck! You can even make this recipe and enjoy this meal for the rest of the week – and trust me, it’s good enough you’ll want to! Ingredients: 20-25 baked Chicken Tenderloins, chopped or shredded 1 cup Vegenaise (healthy mayo replacement) 1/2 cup dried Cranberries 1/2 cup chopped Walnuts 1/2 cup chopped Celery 1 cup diced Grapes 1 tsp Poppy Seeds You can shred it or chop it up, whichever you prefer! You can use canned chicken, but it’s not ideal. I have found that the freshly baked chicken tastes so much better than the canned stuff. I love this stuff…one of my favorite mayo replacements! Try to find dried cranberries...
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Banana Chips
Who else loves to munch on banana chips?! Who loves munching on banana chips that are full of sugar? Not me! I borrowed a food dehydrator from my wonderful sister-in-law (thank you!), and decided to take advantage of the situation by making healthy banana chips that have no added sugar! I think you will enjoy this easy recipe. It’s so basic, can I really call it a recipe? Hmmm… I’ll let you be the judge of that. Ingredients: 4 (or more) bunches of ripe Bananas Spectrum® Coconut Oil Spray Instructions: Step 1) Peel the bananas and slice the bananas into 1/8 inch thick slices. Step 2) Spray the dehydrator sheets with the Spectrum® Coconut Oil Spray. I recommend putting some paper towels underneath the sheets for an easier clean up. Step 3) Place the banana slices on the dehydrator sheets....
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Tiger Prawns with Lime Zest
A lot of people enjoy Tiger Prawns at restaurants (or any shrimp for that matter), but they don’t feel confident in making their own dish at home. My brother (who is an amazing cook!) was visiting me for a couple of days and was the inspiration for this superb dish! I made a few changes to his original recipe (buh-bye butter!), but I must give credit where credit is due. Thank you Eli! Here’s a gourmet tasting dish that is an extremely simple recipe anyone can follow. Ingredients: 2 lbs raw Tiger Prawns 1 tbsp Coconut Oil 1 tbsp Minced Garlic 1/4 tsp Sea Salt 1 whole Lime (you will need lime juice and zest) Instructions: Step 1) Remove the shells and de-vein the tiger prawns. Sometimes you will notice a black vein that runs across the back of the shrimp...
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Blueberry Muffins
I love to buy blueberries in bulk during the Summer so I can benefit from this wonderful fruit which is full of antioxidants. I needed to make sure I used them up before they got old and soft. Blueberry muffins anyone? Ingredients: 2 cups of GlutenFree All Purpose Baking Flour by Bob’s Red Mill 1/2 tsp Sea Salt 2 tsps Baking Powder 1/2 cup Raw Honey 1/3 cup melted Coconut Oil 1 egg 1/3 cup Rice Milk 2 cups fresh Blueberries 1/2 tsp Cinnamon 1/2 tsp Nutmeg Instructions: Step 1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin cups with coconut oil spray (or melted coconut oil). Step 2) In a medium sized bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder, honey, coconut oil, egg and rice milk. Once batter is mixed well, stir in fresh blueberries. Step 3) Scoop batter evenly into each...
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Banana Pancakes
I love buying extra bananas just to let them “go bad” – it’s the perfect excuse to make delicious recipes like banana nut bread or banana pancakes! I made these pancakes recently, and thought I would share this easy recipe with all of you. Ingredients: 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour or Gluten-Free Flour Blend 1/4 tsp Sea Salt 2 tsp Baking Powder 1 cup Raw Milk or Rice Milk 1 large Egg 2 tbsp melted Coconut Oil 2 ripe Bananas, mashed Instructions: Step 1) Mix the milk, egg, melted oil, and bananas and beat well. Step 2) Mix in the flour, salt, and baking powder. Batter will be slightly lumpy because of the bananas. Step 3) Heat skillet to a medium-low heat. Put coconut oil on the pan to prevent the pancakes from sticking to the pan. Scoop about...
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Gluten-Free Flour Blends
Did you know that you can follow any recipe and make it gluten-free, if you choose to go that route? When following your recipe of choice, sometimes a simple one-for-one substitute doesn’t always work. Sometimes, it does. Here’s some flour blends that you can make yourself to use as a simple flour replacement. Blend #1 – Use in recipes that don’t require yeast 1 cup Brown Rice Flour 1 cup Tapioca Flour 1 cup Corn Starch 1 cup Almond Flour 1 cup Sorghum Flour Blend #2 – Use in recipes that don’t require yeast 1 cup Brown Rice Flour 1 cup Coconut Flour Blend #3 – Use in Recipes that require yeast 1 cup Brown Rice Flour 1 cup Tapioca Flour 1 cup Corn Starch 1 cup Sorghum Flour 1/2 cup Millet Flour or Chickpea Flour Instructions With each gluten-free flour...
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Coconut Macaroons with Raw Honey
I love Coconut Macaroons, and I love them even more when they are healthy! These little cookies are easy to make and taste delicious – without any processed sugar! You can eat these macaroons without the guilt! Ingredients: 7 Egg Whites 3/4 cup Raw Honey 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt 4 1/2 cups Unsweetened Coconut Flakes (measure after you blend the coconut flakes together – see Step 1 for instruction.) Instructions: Step 1) Blend the large coconut flakes together to make them into small pieces. Don’t over blend them to become powder, you just want to blend them well enough so the coconut flakes won’t be too big in the cookies. Set aside. Step 2) Beat egg whites until stiff peaks start to form. Step 3) Slowly add in raw honey as you continue to beat the egg whites. Keep...
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Healthy Recipes for Memorial Day
This Memorial Day, why not try something new- and healthy!? Here’s some delicious meals you ought to try! 1) Mediterranean Portobello Burger Who needs a greasy hamburger when you can make this? This burger is so packed with flavor that any meat lover wouldn’t feel deprived eating it. With only 301 calories, this burger is sure to become a new summer time tradition! You will find this recipe at delish.com – Enjoy! 2) Grilled Rosemary Salmon Skewers When you combine salmon, tomatoes, and rosemary, you are going to enjoy a super healthy and delicious treat from the grill with very few calories – 246 calories to be exact! Find this easy to make recipe at EatingWell.com and start that grill up! 3) Chicken Salad with Almonds You thought salad was just a bunch of boring leafy greens put together? Think...
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Homemade Baked Beans
For some crazy reason, my husband loves (loved) canned baked beans. I thought they smelled gross, and never had an urge to have any. I checked the list of ingredients and I was disgusted. I just thought “I can’t keep giving this to my husband!”. So what does one do when they are in love? They make their spouse a homemade healthy version, of course! ; ) I made these baked beans from scratch, and they were pretty easy and delicious! Now my husband prefers this over the canned stuff – yay! Ingredients: 2 cups dried Navy Beans 15.5 oz Turkey Bacon, cut into small pieces. 1/2 onion, chopped 3 tbsp Molasses 2 tsp Sea Salt 1/4 tsp Black Pepper 1/4 tsp dried Mustard 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 1/4 cup Maple Syrup 1/2 cup Ketchup Instructions: Step 1) Cook beans on...
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