• Breakfast Recipes,  Recipes,  Uncategorized

    My favorite Old fashion oats

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 cup of old fashion oats
    • 1 Tbsp of chia seed
    • 1/2-1 cup of boiling water
    • Almond milk
    • Wild blueberries or any frozen fruit of your choice
    • Sweetener of choice- maple syrup, coconut sugar or honey
    • 1 Tbsp of ground flax

    Directions:

    1.  Boil a few cups of water
    2. Add oats, chia and boiling water to a bowl and let sit for about 5 minutes
    3. Then add flax, fruit, sweetener of choice, and milk.
    4. Enjoy!!
  • Recipes,  Salads,  Uncategorized

    Chickpea Chopped Salad

    Ingredients: 

    • about 3 handfuls of chopped romaine
    • 1 cup of chopped cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes,  red onions and any other veggies you like.
    • 1/2 cup of garbanzo beans drained.  (I like to add the garbanzo bean mixture from the chickpea tacos.)
    • a few tbsp of pumpkin or sunflower seeds
    • 1-2 tbsp of hemp seeds
    • 1/2 c cooked quinoa

    Directions:

    1. Place all above ingredients in a bowl.  Toss in a few tbsp of lemon avocado dressing and enjoy!
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    Lemon avocado dip/sauce/dressing

    Ingredients:

    • 1/2 c vegan mayo
    • 4 tbsp of lemon juice
    • 1 medium avocado
    • about a tbsp of fresh parsley
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp of garlic powder
    • pepper

    Directions:

    1. Put all of the above ingredients in a blender, mix until well blended.  This is great as a dip, salad dressing, or topped on just about anything.  Tacos, wraps, burgers!  Enjoy!
  • Juice and Smoothies,  Recipes,  Uncategorized

    Tropical Smoothie

    Ingredients:

    • Spinach
    • Frozen pinapple
    • Frozen Mango
    • Flax seeds
    • Dates

     

    Directions:

    This is a great recipe because it always turns out with no measurements.  I stuff my vita-mix half full of spinach.  Then I put in about a 1-2 cups each of frozen pineapple and mango.  I put in about 2 tbsp of flax seeds and 3-4 pitted dates.  Add water to the top of the spinach and blend!  This is a staple in our home for breakfast.  This makes about 6-7 cups of smoothie!  Enjoy!

  • Blog Posts,  Uncategorized

    My top Ten Tips for a Happy Healthy Perfectly ImPerfect Life

    These are my top 10 tips I try to live by daily!  I’m definitely not perfect at it but I can sure feel a difference when I’m intentional with my life!  When I go to bed, I try to think about what my intentions are for the next day!  They generally have to do with something in my top 10 tips.  Working on trusting God, serving others, helping my children become their best, serving my husband and creating the best marriage ever, my health, my family’s health and the health of those around me.  I strive to do these daily!   This helps me to not have those days where I feel like the day was a complete waste.  Those days where you wonder what you accomplished that day!  Be Intentional about what you what to create daily!  Use mine or come up with your own 10 daily things to help you create a Happy Healthy life!  WooHoo!!

  • Juice and Smoothies,  Recipes,  Uncategorized

    Green Machine Smoothie

    Ingredients: about 1-2 servings depending on how hungry you are!

    • 2 cups almond milk or any dairy free milk
    • 2 tbsp of almond butter
    • 1 tbsp of maca powder
    • 1 scoop of plantbased protein powder (Flavor is ok it will change the taste, which could add even more yummy flavor)
    • 1 large handful of spinach
    • 1 apple
    • 1 banana
    • 2 pitted dates
    • 4-5 cubes of ice

    Directions:

    1. Put the above ingredients in a blender and enjoy!
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    Yum Yum Banana Boats

    Ingredients:

    • Bananas
    • Almond butter
    • Chocolate sauce
    • Cacao nibs
    • goji berries

     

    Directions:

    1. Slice your banana
    2. Butter with almond butter
    3. Drizzle with chocolate sauce
    4. Top with cacao nibs and goji berries

     

    Enjoy!

    • Chocolate Sauce:

    Ingredients:

    • 1/4 cup of coconut oil
    • 1/2 cup of maple syrup
    • 2/3 c of cacao powder 
    • MIx above ingredients on the  stove top until melted and it has become a sauce.  You can adjust amounts according to your liking.
  • Breakfast Recipes,  Recipes,  Uncategorized

    Buckwheat Pancakes

     

    Ingredients:

    • 2 cup rice flour
    • 1 cup buckwheat flour
    • 1 1/2  cups water
    • 2 tsp salt
    • 4-5 Tbsp honey or maple syrup
    • 2 eggs or 2 flax eggs (1 tbsp flax with 3 tbsp of water = 1 egg)
    • 2 tsp vanilla
    • 1 tsp baking soda

    Directions:  Mix all ingredients in a bowl until smooth.  Use coconut oil or avocado spray on pan and pour mix onto hot griddle.

    Top strawberries, blueberries and maple syrup.  Another favorite is chopped pecans, bananas and pure maple syrup!

  • Breakfast Recipes,  Recipes,  Uncategorized

    Banana oat Pancakes

    Ingredients:

    • 2 cups of oat flour
    • 1 cup of almond flour
    • 2 tbsp of baking powder
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tsp nutmeg
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp ground flax
    • 2 bananas
    • 2 cups of almond milk
    • 2 tbsp honey
    • 2 tsp of vanilla
    • coconut oil or avocado spray for pan

     

    Directions:

    1. Mix flax with 6 tbsp of water in a bowl set aside of 5 minutes .  Will form a gel like liquid.  
    2. Next combine flours, spices, baking powder and salt set aside.
    3. In another bowl mash bananas then add milk, honey and vanilla.  Pour in the flax mixture and mix.  
    4. Mix all the wet with the dry and your ready to go.  Heat pan, coat with a little oil and cook until both sides are golden brown.  
    5. Top with nuts and fruit! Enjoy!
  • Blog Posts,  Uncategorized

    Removing this one thing from your diet will improve your health tremendously!

    Coca-Cola ‘comparable to heroin’ in how it stimulates the brain’s reward and pleasure centers

    According to Naik, the intense sweetness of Coca-Cola as a result of its high sugar content should make us vomit as soon as it enters the body. However, the phosphoric acid in the beverage dulls the sweetness, enabling us to keep the drink down.

     

    Blood sugar levels increase dramatically within 20 minutes of drinking the Cola, explains Naik, causing a burst of insulin. The liver then turns the high amounts of sugar circulating our body into fat.

    Within 40 minutes, the body has absorbed all of the caffeine from the Cola, causing a dilation of pupils and an increase in blood pressure. By this point, the adenosine receptors in the brain have been blocked, preventing fatigue.

    Five minutes later, production of dopamine has increased – a neurotransmitter that helps control the pleasure and reward centers of the brain. According to the infographic, the way Coca-Cola stimulates these centers is comparable to the effects of heroin, making us want another can.

    An infographic showing what Coca-Cola does to the body