What I'm eating this week...
If you are someone who likes pretty pictures of food, let me give you a fair warning I am not that person. You will not find that here on this blog. I hear Instagram has a lot of pretty pictures of food so maybe try there.
However, if you are someone who wants quick, easy and limited ingredients with limited prep time. Then I might just be your girl! Stick around and check them out. I don't think you will be disappointed. Because they might not look pretty in pictures but I can assure you they taste AMAZING!
WHOLE 30 APPROVED OATMEAL
Lets first start with this delicious breakfast or snack. Seriously its amazing! When I did the Whole 30 last year it was a staple of mine and I recently brought it back into the rotation. Its quick, easy and has only 4 ingredients.
Ingredients:
1 apple chopped
2 pitted dates
6 almonds
1 tbsp of nut butter
Directions:
1. Chop apple and place in blender or food processor
2. Add dates and almonds.
3. Pulse until desired consistency like oatmeal
4. Heat in microwave for 30 seconds and top with nut butter
5. Enjoy!
PORK TENDERLOIN & SWEET POTATOES
This seasoning is to DIE FOR! I'm usually one for condiments on my meat but with this seasoning there is no need for the added calories slice it and devour. These honey and cinnamon sweet potatoes are a little treat as well as a side to the pork and asparagus.
Ingredients:
1 Pork Tenderloin
Seasoning: 1 tsp of garlic Powder, 1 tsp of oregano, 1 tsp of cumin, t tsp of thyme and 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
1/2 of a small Sweet Potato
Honey
Cinnamon
10 stalks of Asparagus
Olive Oil
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Prepare seasoning. Brush olive oil onto the pork tenderloin & cover meat in the seasoning. Rubbing it into both sides. 3. Cube sweet potatoes, place cubed potatoes on tin foil.
4. Drizzle honey and cinnamon on potatoes and cover. 5. Place asparagus, olive oil and sea salt wrapped in tin foil. 6. Place meat, sweet potatoes, and asparagus in the oven. 7. Cook meat until internal temp of 165 {about 35 minutes} and until sweet potatoes and asparagus is tender.
CHOCOLATE , CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE
Are you all seeing this deliciousness right here. NO flour, gluten, dairy or sugar PLUS packed with veggies. I mean this little cupcake is packed with enough goodness that I don't mind when my 2 boys want to have it for breakfast. And they are actually even more wonderful the next day after they have a had a full day to chill.
Ingredients:
Cupcake Ingredients:
4 cups of shredded zucchini
4 eggs
2 scoops of chocolate protein {I used Vegan Shakeology}
1 cup of ground oats
2 tsp of cinnamon
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp of salt
2 tsp of vanilla
Frosting Ingredients:
1/4 cup of vanilla greek yogurt
1 Tbsp of cocoa powder
1 Tbsp of nut butter
1 tsp of stevia or honey
Directions:
Cupcake Directions:
1. Mix all together in a blender or food processor.
2. {Optional} Add in a 1/4 cup of chocolate chips
3. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes
Makes 12 muffins
Frosting Directions:
1. Mix yogurt, cocoa powder, nut butter, and sweetener.
2. Top after cupcakes are completely cooled.
BUTTERNUT SQUASH PANCAKES
These pancakes are the perfect way to introduce more vegetables into your breakfast food. Its a hard mindset to shift that food is actually not specific to a time of day. Breakfast doesn't always have to be eggs, toast, and fruit. We can eat anything we want at anytime of the day.
Ingredients:
1 cup of butternut squash
2 eggs
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of vanilla
Directions:
1. Place all ingredients in the blender & cook.
2. Top with fruit, nut butter or syrup.
CHICKEN BACON RANCH PASTA
This is the perfect little throw together dinner on a night when you just want to have something quick and yummy.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of cooked pasta
4 oz of grilled chicken breast
1 cup of sauteed spinach
2 slices of bacon
2 Tbsp of Bolthouse Ranch Dressing
Directions:
1.Cook pasta, bacon and chicken. 2. Sauteed spinach in olive oil or coconut oil
3. Place all pasta, bacon, spinach and bacon in a bowl and toss with ranch dressing
Remember eating in a way to achieve the results you want does not need to be time consuming or hard. Keep it simple and control your thoughts around meal prep and you will ultimately achieve the results that you are looking for.
