Product of the Week

Annie's Organic Peanut Butter Chewy Granola Bar

 

 

Only 120 calories per bar!  These bars have some iron, 3g protein and 1g fiber.

 

Happy Spring!

If you didn't start Spring cleaning there's no better time!  I know I still have a lot to do.  It is officially Spring and I couldn't be happier.  It's supposed to be about 50 degrees today and sunny later, I'll take it!  Make sure to get outside today for a little!

Don't forget to head to Rita's for your free water ice!

 

Indulge today.

Enjoy it.

Celebrate Spring.

Mexican Chicken Salad or Burrito

The recipe calls for:
ground chicken meat
avocado, chopped
black beans, rinsed & drained
shredded lettuce
fat-free greek yogurt
taco sauce
taco seasoning

Optional:
shredded cheese
burrito wrap (whole-wheat is best)

-- Cook the ground chicken meat in a pan.  Mix in the seasoning packet and a little water.  Add the beans to the pan to warm them up.
-- Put chicken and bean mixture on top of shredded lettuce. Add chopped up avocado, a little fat-free greek yogurt and some taco sauce.
-- Mix it all up and enjoy your mexican chicken salad!
-- The other less healthy option is to put all those ingredients into a burrito wrap. If you choose this option use a whole-wheat wrap.


The meat mixture makes for great leftovers, I am eating it as we speak for lunch.

Product of the Week

Another great on the go breakfast or snack!

 

Starbucks Strawberry Smoothie

 

This drink has 16g of protein, 7g of fiber, vitamins, iron, a whole banana and is only 290 calories and 1g of fat for the non-fat milk option.  I haven't been to Starbucks for over 4 months since I am pregnant, it was nice to step foot in one again.  I missed it.  This may be sad but it made me feel like me.  I used to go there daily for coffee.  Obviously I couldn't get coffee because of the caffeine, but this is a great substitute and I finally get to use my christmas giftcards.  The baby needs mommy to eat a lot of protein so this is a great source.  I asked my doctor and made sure protein powder was okay to have before getting this.

 

Recipe Review

"It was really good.

The nuts were what did it for me."

-- Blog Reader

 

This was the arugula walnut pesto spaghetti squash recipe.  Check it out here!

Arugula Walnut Pesto

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

This isn't an irish recipe, but it's GREEN and delicious!

The recipes calls for:
1/4 cup walnuts
1 garlic cloves
1 1/3 cup arugula, packed
3 tbs olive oil
1 tbs water
2 tbs parmesan cheese
dash of lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper


-- Toast walnuts in a small pan on medium heat.  Make sure to keep stirring them so they don't burn.  Toast for about 5 minutes.  Let them cool.
-- Add the walnuts, garlic, arugula, olive oil, water, cheese, lemon juice, salt and pepper to a food processor or chopper.  Use what you have in your home.  I had a mason jar leftover from our wedding favors that were perfect to hold the pesto.


I used the pesto for a spaghetti squash meal.  Yum!

For this recipe just add a few more steps:

-- Cook a medium spaghetti squash.  See link.  Let the squash cool.
-- Scrape out the squash with a fork.
-- Mix the spaghetti squash and the pesto mixture in a bowl.
-- I heated up the spaghetti squash in the oven for about 5 minutes on 350 degrees and sprinkled a little extra parmesan cheese on top before putting it in the oven.  You could also just pop it in the microwave for a little.


Basil is one of my favorite flavors ever, but I must say this recipe and arugula substitute was really good and different.  The toasted walnuts gave it such flavor.

Crock Pot Chicken

Anytime we are able to use the crock pot is a good thing because it's just so easy.  Well, Shoprite keeps sending us super coupons and this was one of them, a free chicken!  How could we pass that up?  It's healthy, protein and the way we made it was delicious.

The recipe calls for:

a whole chicken

2 tbs + 2 tsp of jamaican spice

1 tbs brown sugar

a few dashes of lime juice

 

-- Skin the chicken, put it in the crock pot and put the above ingredients on the chicken.  It's that easy!

-- Cook on low for 6-7 hours.

 

I was so pleased with how it came out and the gravy it made was really good.  Nothing else needs to be added to it, ton of flavor.  Use any spice you like doesn't need to be jamaican.