Homemade salsa!!

This salsa is so easy and delish! I made it as I made breakfast this morning. :)

Ingredients:
•4 large tomatoes or 5 Roma tomatoes
•3-6 chile de Arbol
•4 tomatillos
•1 clove of garlic
• 1/4 white onion
• about a handful of cilantro
•idolized sea salt, garlic and onion powder

Preparation:
• in a pan add chiles, tomatoes an tomatillos and about 2 cups of water an let summer for a bout 20 min( until the skin of the tomato starts to peel off)
• once that is done take skin off of the tomatoes and add into blender. Then add tomatillos whole & then add chiles ( if the chilies are brand new they will be a lot spicer so you may want to start with adding 3 or 4 and go from there)
• also add onion, garlic and cilantro to blender then poor into bowl.
• Then add salt, garlic & onion powder to taste. That's it!! :)

Almond pecan bars

Almond pecan bars

These almond bars are to die for!!! easy no bake almond bars! 200 cal a bar 8g of protein and it taste like you are eating some chocolate pecan pie!!! :) 

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup pecans 
• 3/4 cup raw almonds
• 1- 1 1/2 cup of dates 
• 1/2 tbs honey
• 1tsp cinnamon 
• 1/2tsp vanilla 
• 1tbs stevia
• 2tbs dark chocolate chips or bar 

preparation:

• First, if you have a food processor put dates in food processor until smooth but if you are like me and are still old school put dates in blender and plus as much as you can then take out and put them into a bowl, then mash them out with a fork untill smooth. 
• Then, put nuts in blender or food processor until small pieces (you can make them as small as you want) then add nuts to dates and add remaining ingredients(not chocolate). 
• Then, spread into flat square onto parchment paper or foil and put into freezer for about 15-20 min ( just until it is firm) 
• melt chocolate in in microwave then spread on top of the almond bars. put back into the freezer for another 15 min then cut and serve!!! :) 

It should make 6 squares making it approx 200 cal a piece.

 

The BEST Protein Pancakes!!!!

 Protein Pancakes

I am so in love with pancakes and I have tried many protein pancakes that have protein powder and they never taste fluffy and moist like a normal pancake. So I finally came up with this AMAZING, MOIST,  and FLUFFY protein pancake!!! :) With 200 cal and 20g of protein this recipe is a MUST try. 

Ingredients: 

• 1/4 cup quinoa flour 
• 1/4 cup cottage cheese 
• 3 tbs apple sauce 
• 4 egg whites 
• 1tsp baking powder 
• 1tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp stevia ( or you can use honey, monk, or agave) 
• 1tsp vanilla extract 
• Optional: dark chocolate chips, blueberries, banana instead of applesauce or pb2) 

 Preparation: 

• Add all ingreadents in a bowl and mix then place on a hot pan and cook until done. 
• Then serve with whatever toppings that you like, like agave, honey, PB, cottage cheese, and fruit!! 

Nutrition Facts:

• 210 cal 
• 1.7g fat
• 2.5g fiber 
• 20g PROTEIN!!!

Sweet potato hash and marinated chicken

Sweet potato Hash and marinated chicken 

I am always looking for ways to make "chicken and veggies" taste better and not be so boring and dull. I love sweet potato with chicken probably on of my favorite sides for chicken. Sweet potato it is loaded in fiber, high content of vitamin A, B, C, and E.

 Ingredients for chicken:

• 4 chicken breast
• 1/4 bunch of cilantro 
• 1/2 large red onion 
• 2 cloves of garlic 
•  garlic, onion powder, paprika and S&P 
• 1/4 chicken broth 

Ingredients for sweet potato hash:

• 1 large sweet potato 
• 1 red sweet potato 
• 5 shitaki mushrooms ( or regular) 
• 1/4 onion
• 1 zucchini
• S&P, garlic and onion powder 

 Preparation for chicken:

• put chicken breast in a large bowl or zip lock bag and add chicken broth and dry seasonings and then mince garlic and add to chicken. Cut cilantro into small pieces and add to chicken then cut red onion into small strips and add to chicken. then let sit for few hours or over night. 
• The cook the chicken, I used a George foreman grill and cooked chicken for about 5 min (until cooked through and tender) and if using a pan grill for about 4- 5 min on each pan. 

Preparation for sweet potato hash:

• Cut up onions and sweet potatoes into cubes and add to hot pan after the potatoes have browned add the remaining veggies and cook until tender. Then serve :) yuuummm

Healthy Chocolate date muffins!!!

Chocolate Date Muffins 

I am definitely a chocolate lover and have recently been trying new recipes to satisfy my sweet tooth and I finally mastered one that I really like!!! It is made with dates and applesauce in replacement of all the butter and sugar, dates and applesauce work great because they are naturally sweet and do not have a distinct taste. These are made with buckwheat flour ( gluten free) which I love because it is naturally sweeter and has plenty of protein. With only 100cal a piece it makes it even better!! :) 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup buckwheat flour   
• 1/2 cup dates
• 6 tbs of coco powder
•  1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp idolized sea salt ( regular salt, idolized salt is just healthier for you) 
• 1 1/2 cups of applesauce 
• 2 tbs of coconut oil ( or canola) 
• 1tsp vanilla 
•  1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
• 2-3 tbs stevia (or monk fruit sweetner, honey, or agave)

Preparation:

• First what you want to do it put dates into food processor ( or blender or mash them by hand until they are smooth) then add in large bowl.
• add all wet ingredients into bowl with dates.
• Then add in all dry ingredients.
• last you add the chocolate chips ( you can also melt the chocolate chips into the mixture to spread it and make it sweeter) 
• Taste the mixture to see if it is as sweet as you want it, if not add more stevia or whatever sweetener you are using. ( stevia and monk sweetener is a zero calorie food so you can add as much as is needed) 
• then bake 13-20 min in middle rack
• *optional top with peanut butter 

Nutrition facts: 

• 100 calories 
• 4 grams of fat
• 4 grams of fiber 
• 7 grams of sugar 

Healthy Quinoa pancakes

Quinoa Dark Chocolate chip pancakes 

These pancakes are absolutely amazing, they are thin and light but very moist loaded in flavor. I love quinoa flour (it is gluten free) because it has a sweet taste to it and it has lots of fiber, protein, complex carbs and omegas in it!! :) And of course pancakes taste even better with chocolate in it so I added dark chocolate which is my favorite ( a little goes a long way) and it is good for your heart, antioxidants, and has lots of vitamins and minerals. yuuummm 

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup plain greek yogurt 
• 1/3 cup honey or agave 
• 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk ( or more if needed to make the right consistency)
• 1/2 tsp idolized sea salt 
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 
•  2 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 1/2 cup quinoa flour 
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 
• 1/4 tsp baking soda 
• 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips   

Preparation: 

• mix all wet ingrediants in bowl and wish together and gradually add in all dry then add chocolate chips. 
• then poor onto pan and cook both sides. 
• makes approx. 14 pancakes 
• optional toppings: peanut butter, agave, cottage cheese, fruit, or honey 

Nutrition facts:

• 70 calories a pancake 
•  4 grams of protein 
• 1 g of fat 

 

Healthy Tortilla Soup

Healthy Tortilla Soup   

This recipe is really easy and taste even better the next day! It is loaded in flavor and is one of my favorite soups! 

Here are the things you will need to create this amazing soup!! 

Ingredients for soup:

• 3 large chicken breast 
• 1 1/2 onion 
• 2 stalks of celery 
• 2 carrots 
• 1 bunch of cilantro 
• 3 cloves of garlic 
• 4 small jalapenos 
• 1-2 pasilla chilies ( depending on how much heat you want, I used 2)
• 1-2 ancho chilies 
• 5 roma tomatoes 
• salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder ( to taste)  
• *optional- black beans

Toppings for soup:

• chopped cilantro 
• chopped red onion
• cabbage 
• avacado
• lemons 
• plain greek yogurt 
• 6 corn tortillas

-The first thing you want to do is preheat the oven to 350deg to bake the tortilla chips.

-The second thing you want to do is add chicken breast in a pot of water to make the stock along with 1/2 onion, celery, carrots and the stems of the cilantro ( leave them bundled up). let that boil for at least 30-45 min

-Once you have your stock cooking, get tortillas and cut them into strips and add them to a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray and season with salt, pepper and paprika. then bake for 8 min then check on them and move them around then bake for another 8-10 min and then let cool ( as they cool they will become crispier).

-Take chiles and boil until soft (takes around 10 min) 

-Now you want to cut up half the bunch of cilantro, 1 onion, Jalapenos (clean out seeds), and roma tomatoes and then add to blender with about a coup of the stock. also add the garlic and chile peppers (clean out seeds).

- Once the stock is done remove carrots, celery, and onion ( I left the cilantro bunch in there longer but you can take it out if you want) and shred the chicken and season with salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder then return to stock. Then add the blended up mixture to the stock. Then season with salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder to taste. And let that set for at least 30 min ( the longer the better). 

-Now that the soup is done and tortilla strips are cooling cut up toppings so they are ready to serve.

-That's it!!! serve and enjoy!!!! :)