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I'm pretty excited about my new breakfast, so I wanted to share it with you all. My diet was recently changed, so I'm coming up with creative ways to eat it. My 40 grams of oats were switched our for an english muffin (basically the same macros). Now, I can certainly just toast the english muffin and eat it with my eggs, but what's the fun in that?!?! I decided to make my muffins into french toast and it worked out perfectly. This was my first time making it, so I'm sure there will be tweaks along the way! Please note, this is a full description of how I made my whole breakfast this morning. If you want to make the french toast only, you could probably just use 2 oz of egg whites or just one large whole egg. I haven't made it that way yet, so you may need to play around with egg quantity.  I know the suspense is killing you, so I'll get right to it! Ingredients: (keeping in mind that these are my macros, so you can adjust for your needs) 1 whole e...

Came up with the most amazing chicken so I wanted to share. The best part, you cook it in the crock pot and it can be done over night!! I used 9 trimmed chicken breasts and 2 cans of organic diced tomatoes. Throw them together in the crock pot with whatever seasonings you'd like. I used fresh rosemary, 2 cloves of garlic, dried basil, thyme, paprika, chipotle, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. I just do a few shakes of each, don't really measure them, it's a lot of chicken so don't be afraid to use a decent amount. Cook it on low for like 7-9 hours (if your tomatoes are still pretty watery, you can cook it longer). Once it's well absorbed, shred up the chicken with a fork. Wallah, you have your protein source for almost the whole week. It is so versatile, you could use it in sandwiches, on a salad, reheated with a side dish (that's how I eat it), in a taco or anything else you can think of. Try it and let me know what you think!! The veggies in ...

Those of you that follow me on Facebook know that we had a TON of tomatoes from our garden this weekend. To make good use of them, we made an AWESOME salsa that I want to share with you. It's a bit spicy so if you prefer a more mild salsa, you may want to cut down on the peppers a bit! :) Ingredients: 20-25 Roma tomatoes 3 large garlic cloves 2 ears of corn 1 large lime 1/2 cup of dried black beans 1 Habanero pepper (finely chopped) 2 cayenne pepper (finely chopped) 1 Anaheim wax (or pepper of your choice-finely chopped) 1/4 tsp of each cumin, ground pepper and chili powder 1/2 tsp salt small handful of basil and parsley or cilantro (finely chopped) To prepare: soak the black beans overnight to be prepared the following day (can also use canned) cook black beans per instructions with water for about 45 mins or until done. (save the cooking water from the beans until the end). peel and fire roast the 2 ears of corn on the grill and remove from t...

Just came up with some pretty yummy chocolate protein froyo pops so I thought I'd share the recipe with you guys!! Ingredients: 1/2 of the large 32 oz container of Chobani plain non-fat Greek yogurt 1/3 cup unsweetened soy milk (could also use almond milk) 3 Tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder 1 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder Combine soy milk and unsweetened cocoa powder in a bowl with a whisk until it becomes a "sauce". Then mix in the whey protein until it's a thin paste consistency. It should almost look like chocolate fondue at this point. Mix this "paste" into the greek yogurt until well combined. Spoon the mixture into your favorite popsicle molds and freeze for approximately 2 hours. Makes 4 pops (give or take depending on your mold size) Enjoy :) Nutrition facts (will vary based on your protein powder, etc.) 122 Calories (per Popsicle) Protein: 19 grams Carbs: 8 grams Sugar: 5 grams Fat: .75 grams

Ingredients: 1.5 lbs Extra lean ground turkey (read the label) Seasoning of your choice (Ms. Dash or other favorite) non-stick spray Preheat the oven to 375 Spray a muffin tin with the non-stick spray Mix the turkey meat and seasioning together Make 12 equal balls (approx. 2 oz each) place each ball in the muffin tins back 20-25 mins or until they reach an internal temp of 160.

Nutrition will vary based on your protein powder, etc. Calories: 96 Fat: 1.4 grams Carbs: 12 grams Protein: 10 grams Ingredients: 1 cup Oat Flour (you can also do 1/2 oat flour and 1/2 soy flour) 4 Egg Whites 2 scoops Vanilla Whey Protein Powder (you can also use soy or casein protein) 1/4 cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal 1/2 tsp Baking Soda ¼ tsp Salt 8oz unsweetened apple sauce 3 tbsp Baking Cocoa 4oz Water To make the "icing", just mix up the PB2 powder with water and put over your bars! You can buy PB2 at select supplement and health food stores (Whole foods, some GNC's) Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flour, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl. 3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal, apple sauce, Water) together in a medium sized bowl. 4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together. 5. Spray cooking dish with a non stick ...