This protein-filled Pumpkin Frappuccino is perfect a post-workout snack any time of year! Bonus: it’s sugar-free and packs a serving of greens.
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Apple Pie Milkshake
It seems that every fast food joint has turned fall desserts into milkshakes.
Skip the fast food sugar-bomb and make your own (much healthier) version!
Apple Pie is fantastic a la mode… it’s only natural that is become part of the la mode.
Yes, my Apple Pie Shake is green. If you haven’t tried it yet, now is the time to toss an avocado in your smoothie. It adds to the creamy-milkshake texture and you cannot taste it. (Recipe at the bottom of post.)
Breakfast:
To begin my WIAW, I had a post-workout Apple Pie Shake. Perfect beginning to a warm fall day.
Words of shake-making advice:
- Virtually anything can be frozen – including avocados and apples
- Guar Gum is worth the expense – a little bit goes a long way and it makes the perfect shake texture
- Don’t skimp on vanilla and cinnamon
- Guard your apple when taking pic from your balcony
I only turned my back for a second when I heard a big “SPLAT.” I looked around… where’s my apple??? Hmmmm… glance down… apparently my apple grew legs and jumped off my balcony. It’s not that bad, apple!
Odd craving for apple sauce…
Lunch:
Today’s lunch was gourmet. By gourmet, I mean multi-course.
First a salad of arugula and spinach with carrots, cucumber, and a hearty scoop of chipotle salsa. I love salsa as dressing.
Followed by my leftover “pasta” (spaghetti squash from this dish) and a quick batch of this tahini sauce.
Dinner:
I didn’t realize today was going to be a “make it again” day. Typically I don’t repeat recipes… there are so many new ideas floating around in my head!
After the tahini sauce repeat, I re-made this Wild Mushroom Soup for dinner. It was one of my favorites last winter – someone remind me to re-make dishes more often!
Don’t judge… brown food is impossible to photograph!
I made is almost the same way; however I did use fresh parsley and roasted garlic and added lentils for bulk.
Snacks:
It was a fun snack day! In addition to my “OMG, I cannot get sick” Emergen-C, I tried a new product: Primal Strips.
It’s meatless vegan jerky made from seitan!
Observations:
- 11 grams of protein
- Only 3 grams of sugar
- Ingredient list I can pronounce
- Texture was a little weird (chewy, which I suppose is jerky-esque), but I got over it half way through the “strip”
- Loved the teriyaki flavor
Verdict: I’d definitely buy it again and would love to try other flavors!
Not pictured: I made another Apple Pie Shake as a bedtime snack. Like I said, it’s a day of repeats.
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Apple Pie Shake
- 1/2 large apple
- 1/4 large avocado
- 2 scoops vanilla protein powder
- 1 handful spinach (optional – but I swear you can’t taste it!)
- 1 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or any milk-substance)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ginger
- 7-8 drops NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia
- Shake of salt
- Shake of Guar gum (optional, but helps create milkshake consistency)
- Ice, to taste
Put it in a blender and blend until smooth! Pour into tumbler and drink your pie.
I received the pictured Tervis tumbler as part of the FoodBuzz Tastemaker Program. It didn’t influence the fact that my shake was fantastic, but it did keep it nice and cold while I took a million pics of it. 🙂
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As always, check out Peas and Crayons to see the tastiness everyone else ate today!
What is your favorite dessert-gone-shake?
Do you have “go to” dishes you make regularly?
Have Food, Will Travel
It’s no secret that I travel A LOT. I am a Consultant, so it is literally in my job description. Good thing I like to travel – work or pleasure! Last month I flew 17,140 miles on Delta. That doesn’t even include my return from Italia.
Being that it’s such a big part of my life, I though I’d share some tips I’ve picked up for eating right on the road.
Top 3 Tips for Eating Right On the Road
1. Bring Airplane Snacks
Often on domestic flights pretzels or peanuts aren’t going to cut it for me. I’m notorious for having to run through airports, leaving no time to eat meals.
I like plan ahead and bring carrot, zucchini, and celery sticks on airplanes for snack. They can handle not being refrigerated for a few hours and are far better than a few peanuts (or nothing at all… I was shocked to discover that United doesn’t serve anything). That PB packet was from leftover from hotel strategy #2 below.
For early flights I like to BYOB. I’m usually scrambling to get to the airport at 7am and need to bring my own breakfast to the airport. Sorry Delta, but Biscoff does not a breakfast make.
Sweet Potato Greek Yogurt
Yogurt will make it through security. I recently enjoyed my homemade Sweet Potato Greek Yogurt on a 8a flight. Also, remember to save your old yogurt containers for perfect storage when making your own. It was soooo good.
Other BYO Ideas:
- Various bars or granola – homemade or store-bought; I like to take my Banana Nut Bars
- Fruit – apples, plums, and bananas all travel well – I find oranges are too messy and pears are too easily punctured
- Trail mix – avoid the $6 airport bags and make you own with nuts and dried fruit from grocery store bulk bins
- Sandwiches – sans meat if you can’t keep it cool; veggie wraps and PBJ travel well
- Chocolate – I always have a bite of dark chocolate in my bag for “emergencies”
2. ASK Hotels for Healthy Food
Often the only healthy option on hotel breakfast menus is oatmeal. When I order mine, I ask for banana or fresh berries as toppings in lieu of brown sugar and raisins. Even though I always have nut butter with me, I ask if to hotel has any. Many keep individual packages of peanut butter (pictured below) that I take with me for future use.
Sometimes I shake it up and order eggs. If so, I request half egg/half egg whites and that they be cooked with olive oil or cooking spray instead of slathered with butter. If there are veggies listed with other menu items (tomatoes, red pepper, spinach, etc.) I check to see if they can scramble those into my eggs. This request isn’t always met, but it’s worth a shot!
Dinner can be more of an adventure. Options are so limited in hotels! Typically I order a salad with grilled chicken – easy on the salt and dressing on the side. What is it with the over dressed, salty food?! I also check to see what the seasonal veggies are and order a side of those too, preferably steamed. With a glass of wine.
As I discovered this week on the cleanse, it’s especially hard to order dinner on a vegan diet. Without the option of my go-to grilled chicken salad I had to think outside the box to get a substantial dinner.
Again, the idea is to ask for help. Before calling down I read the menu to see what veggies they keep in-house. Then I called and asked if the kitchen had brown and/or wild rice on hand. Night one wasn’t such a success but…
The import thing is to be specific: the hotel line cooks aren’t going to be creative like you are at home. Read the menu and know what veggies you want from, specify how much rice is a serving for you (sounds picky, but it’s better than being hungry), and asked that they bring the oil and salt on the side. Know that may sacrifice on flavor, and circumvent that problem by asking for a side of red pepper flakes or herbs.
On night 2 this worked like a charm – my dinner was delicious. Though maybe not worth the $40 the Ritz charged for it.
3. Bring Hotel Snacks/Condiments
It’s a great idea to hit a grocery store once you arrive at your destination. However, most of my work trips are 1-2 days and I don’t have time or transportation (I prefer to taxi vs. rent a car). This makes it difficult, but not impossible to eat well. I’m also lucky in that I can expense food on work trips. Helloooooo room service!
All this to say I bring my own accoutrements to accompany my crazy requests mentioned in #2.
Tops on the “to bring” list is protein powder. You can check with the hotel kitchen, find a coffee shop (99.9% make smoothies now), or locate a smoothie place. They will be happy to make you a smoothie with your powder just ignore the weird looks. Before you leave home, pre-mix it with your favorite spice(s) (I always add cinnamon) for added flavor.
This trip I ordered 2 at a local St. Louis/Clayton coffee chain called Kaldi’s shop a block from my hotel – one for immediate breakfast consumption and the second one for a post-workout protein fix (sorted in the room fridge or in a bucket of ice if you don’t have a fridge).
Custom smoothie
Other must-haves on the road:
- Fruit – good snack or breakfast in a fix
- Nut Butter – to top your hotel oats or go with your fruit
- Granola or Cereal – if the hotel has yogurt, this is a great topping; I carried my Biscoff granola all over Italy
- Chia Seeds – use your fruit to make chia pudding in your room
- Stevia – my vanilla-flavored bottle is less than 3 oz, so I carried it with my on the plan in case I had to get more creative with the protein powder… and I did…
The most creative hotel creation yet occurred yesterday morning. I knew is was going to be hectic since my boss was now on the road with me and we had an early meeting and my room service oatmeal strategy wasn’t useful since oatmeal isn’t allowed on the cleanse.
I made an overnight breakfast pudding with my cinnamon-laced protein power and a banana from home. Just be sure you remember to save a fork and glass from room service to mush up the fruit.
Hotel Overnight Breakfast Pudding
- 1 banana
- 1 T chia seeds
- 1 scoop protein powder (pre-mixed with cinnamon)
- 5-7 drops Stevia
- Water, to taste
In a glass saved from room service, mush up banana with similarly obtained fork. Stir in remaining ingredients, adding water until fairly liquid (the chia will soak up the excess overnight).
Place in mini-fridge or in ice bucket overnight.
In the morning, stir and enjoy whilst patting yourself on the back for being so creative. 🙂
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One more idea… if you’re taking a train in Italy, pack up some Prosciutto di San Daniele and bread sticks for the trip.
Do you bring snacks on the road?
How do you navigate not-so-healthy hotel menus and special dietary needs?
Crashing Vespas in Italy
This begins the start of the Bad News Bears portion of the trip.
After Valpolicalla we boarded a train to Cormons in the Friuli region. Trains in Europe are a whole other beast. The 3 of us are not accustomed to public transportation (it isn’t prevalent in the South), so tackling the Italian train system was… interesting. There were a lot of changes and a couple of times I was just crossing my fingers we were headed in the right direction!
We finally made it to Cormons around 9p – I was STARVING, but we still had to walk to our B&B. I’m not sure how far it was, but let me tell you it felt like 10 miles because the wheels on my suitcase BROKE!
I carried that $%&^*n 50 pound bag all the way there. I’ve never been to happy that I lift weights regularly in my life! It wasn’t funny at the time but later I’ll post a pic of me carrying it up the stairs in a train station. It is pretty comical – that thing is bigger than I am!
Our B&B, Borgo San Daniele was beautiful, even at night. Even more beautiful was that our hostess had a full tasting of their wines (which I drank a but too fast following the bag carrying-adventure) and a ton of cheese and cured meats (proscuitto de San Danielle is the most incredible stuff ever). Followed by desserts and grappa. I was so tired that I didn’t remember a picture until the dessert.
We woke up the next day and I decided to go for a jog through Cormons. This would have been a great idea after the wine the night before; however, my knee wasn’t having it. You seen, I had the brilliant idea to go for a run the day we were flying to Italy. Wellllll… I tripped and landed directly on my right knee (which is my bad knee, naturally). It swelled up like a melon on the plane, making me generally miserable by the time we landed.
Anyhow, my “jog” through Cormons turned into a limping walk followed by some ab work in a park I stumbled upon. This was the last time I’d work out until the last day of the trip. That’s unheard of for me!
Back the the beautiful…
Next on our “to do” list was to rent Vespas and drive ~30 km north of Cormons to Cividale. It’s a wine road (though we weren’t about to taste and try to drive scooters!) and we were told that the town of Cividale was a “must see.”
Don’t I look like a natural?
PSA: Driving a Vespa is not as easy as it looks.
We crashed that thing. Twice.
Who just hands you keys to a scooter without any instruction?! The uber chill Italians, that’s who.
I laid thing thing down on the way there and Corinne did it on the way back. Mine scraped the whole side of the Vespa! And I landed on my hurt knee side.
Corinne’s at-fault bruised up my hip and her stomach. I wish I’d gotten a pic of the bruise on my hip on days 3 or 4 – it turned black!
War wounds
We did make it to Cividale, but were pretty shaken by the time we arrived. Shaken and hungry.
Some German guests we met during the previous night’s tasting suggested we try the Salame all acela and the Frico and at Al Campanile. Being so close to the Austrian border (and Germany), we decided to trust them!
Al Campanile
They didn’t steer us wrong! The Salame alla acela was amazing served warm with cooked onions and polenta. The Frico was good, but quite heavy with all the fried potatoes and cheese. It was very German!
Salame all Acela
Frico
But the best part was… a very fresh arugula salad and a cold bier (much-needed after the harrowing ride on the Vespa).
Refreshed Slightly less frazzled, we spent the next several hours exploring Cividale. It is pretty tiny, but there we tons of quaint little streets to wander up and down.
With helmets… at this point safety was paramount.
We tour like rockstars – go big or go home!
Gelato Flavor of the Day: Pesca (peach)
Everyone was a little sad when it was time to return the Vespas to Cormons. Mostly because we were scared to drive them back.
I was scared to turn in the scraped Vespa because it was paid for on my card. Valid fear – yesterday I spent 30 mins on the phone with American Express filing a claim for the $413 Euro the rental place charged me for damage. That’s almost $600 USD.
Moving right along… nerve-calming aperitif at Jazz & Wine and dinner at Ai Due Fratelli. The dinner spot was a recommendation for our new friend Erika, the bartender at Jazz & Wine. We have her to thank for one of the top meals of the trip!
Spaghetti with clams and a fantastic clam-olive oil-butter-garlic sauce
Eggplant with red sauce (much like an eggplant parm with out the heavy fry)
Some delicious grilled fish that I can no longer name…
Wait. Where’s the wine? Did we not order a bottle of white with dinner in the region most famous for it’s Pinot Grigios, Friulanos, and Ribollas?
Silly Rabbit, of course we did! White wine, noir-style.
We selected a bottle of the Ribolla, which is a light-bodied, floral wine from the region. It also has hints of lemon, which played well with the fish. The Friulanos tend to be sweeter and the Pinot Grigios are what you see most often in the States. Being red wine fans, we chose more acidic and obscure white. 🙂
Post-dinner we headed back Wine & Jazz to hang out with Erika and some other soon-to-be new friends.
I like sparkly things. Including wine.
Italy Milestone: first bar we closed down during our trip.
Speaking of wine… I’m almost through the first 1/3 of the cleanse!
Interesting observation/learning: it is EXTREMELY difficult it is to be vegan (and bread-free) while on the road. It took the Ritz 2 hours to figure out how to make me wild rice and grilled veggies for dinner on the first night of my stay! They did apologize and offer a free glass of wine… which I turned down (sorry for the cold front – hell hath frozen over).
As nice as they were about making me a special meal… I was starving after it took so long to prepare. Sadly, there wasn’t nearly enough food on my plate and it was really oily. Ritz fail.
For breakfast I wandered down the street to a local St. Louis/Clayton coffee chain called Kaldi’s with the hope that they would be able to make a smoothie for me. Success – they guys there were super nice and made me a delicious berry–banana smoothie WITH the protein powder I brought with me.
Special Diet Travel Tip: pack your own protein powder (BYOP!) and locate a smoothie place. They will use your powder! If you enjoy cinnamon if your smoothies like I do, go ahead and toss some in the baggie with your powder before you leave home. It worked perfectly! I’m a little shocked I didn’t get search by TSA with my bag of powder!
It was so good that I returned for lunch to have a delicious vegetable soup with a (modified) Greek salad. They (once again) went above and beyond to customize my food and were incredibly nice about it. Thanks for making my day, Kaldi’s!
I was actually nervous to call down for dinner after the previous night’s ordeal, but steeled up and dialed room service again.
The Ritz pulled through for dinner this time – they were ready for me! Perfectly cooked wild rice with steamed french green beans, asparagus and spinach with cherry tomatoes on the side. Not too oily or over salted this time! Ritz win.
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All that flying on Delta will call for some Biscoff Cookie Dough Balls soon ehough. 😉
Do you have any trips for traveling on a special diet?
Have you ever been on Vespa? Would you try it in a foreign country?
Kicking and Screaming
I came back to America.
That doesn’t mean I’m happy about it though! Have you ever gone somewhere and felt like it’s where you were meant to be?
That was Alba, Italy for me.
Over the next few days I’ll recap the many adventures we had over 14 days. For now I’ll just say it was the trip of a lifetime.
We were lucky in so many ways – from navigating train stations to getting private tours of wine cellars to making friends with winemakers.
Let’s start at the beginning: overnight AirFrance flight to Verona (via Paris).
We were well-prepared with out neck supports, magazines, iPods, eReaders, etc. First hint we over-packed: the neck thingys were the only travel items used.
Dinner time!
First wine of the trip
Our airplane feast
Ummmm… let’s just say it’s a little cruel to begin a food and wine trip with such foul food and wine. 😉
Packing snacks was a brilliant idea
The view of the Alps was incredible!
Finally, in the promised land of food and wine.
Most people would take a nap after all that travel. We aren’t most people.
3 quick showers and a chat with the Bed & Breakfast owner. Now we’re on our way to the Verona city center for drinks and an appetizer at recommended stop #1:
One of each, please!
I have died and gone to cheese heaven
My first glass of wine was an Amarone Masi. It was incredible – deep raisin taste, thick, and layered with flavor.
This place proved to be key because we met a new friend – Tim. Tim was there on business, but his family is from the area. Lucky us – he offered to meet up and guide us later!
We also learned the historic Bottega opened a location in NYC. I smell a trip in our future. 🙂
Dinner was at Antico Verona. It apparently had changed names, so we had a fun walk trying to FIND it (at least we burned off the first drink).
Our reward to locating this place:
Valpolicella Superiore is less expensive Amarone – same grapes, different process. It is lighter and the raisin taste is less prevalent. Still delicious – it’s a good “drinking” wine.
Dinner was okay – not the best meal we’d have, but not bad.
Steak, sautéed veggies, pasta with black truffles
Never a dull moment, the old electrical system meant the lights went out in the restaurant periodically. I wish I spoke Italian because every time they went out, the table next to us would sing a song I couldn’t understand. It added to the adventure – especially when the lights went out while in the bathroom.
HUGE thanks to the fabulous guest posters who helped me out while I was gone. In case you missed any, here is a listing:
- Healthy (Meatless) Meal Ideas for Busy People by Lisa @ Healthful Sense
- Martha: My Meatball Muse (gluten-free!) by Jessica (my college friend!)
- Getting Started with Strength Training by Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun
- Falafel on a Waffle by Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen
- Reformed Cardio Junkie by Claire @ Live and Love to Eat
- A Few of My Favorite Things Lee @ In My Tummy
- Northern Indian Menu Vocab by Parita @ My Inner Shakti
- Pumpkin Pie Milkshake by Ari @ Diva Dish
- Remembering Your Passion by Carol @ Lucky Zucca
- Fall Workout Must Haves by Heather @ Girly Ever After
Advice for those of you going on extend trips abroad: beg for recruit guest bloggers. I had very good intentions of blogging while away, but Internet and time is far too unpredictable.
Please check out these rockin’ ladies – you may discover your new favorite blog! 🙂
In other news, this weekend was Atlanta Pride. It is the first year I’ve brought a green beverage to the park.
Butternut Squash-Banana Smoothie
- 1/2 C butternut squash
- 1/2 banana
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/4 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 handful spinach
- Ice + milk/water, to taste
As usual, the people watching was rich.
Rawr
I NEED these shoes!
Happy Pride, ATL!
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I’m shoveling fresh fruits and veggies in my mouth by the handful – they were SO hard to find in Northern Italy.
Did you enjoy the guest posters? Did you discover anyone new?
Have you ever traveled somewhere and felt such a strong connection to it you almost stayed?
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake
Just another day in paradise… errr… Italy. Specifically, Siena! We’ve been so excited to see this area. (More) Great food, medieval history, and Gothic architecture.
I was lucky enough to discover Ari’s blog, ThE DiVa DiSh, a few months back and have looked forward to reading every day. She has the MOST beautiful little girl I’ve ever seen (and I’m not just saying that), complete with a ton of spunk. Ari is an innovator – whether it’s doing her own “design on a dime” or creating a healthy meal that looks like a fat kid’s heaven, I can always count on her for inspiration and a good recipe.
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Hey Guys!
My name is Ari and I blog over at ThE DiVa DiSh!
I am so excited that I have the opportunity to guest post for Laura today! I am super jealous of her trip adventures right, and secretly wished she would have taken me in her luggage so I could join her….
Maybe next time. (Editor’s note – for sure!) 🙂 As for now, I’m excited to share a little bit about me and my amazing family.
I’m a wifey and a mama, and there is nothing I love more. My husband is a cross between a woman who loves shoes and a man who loves sports… And my daughter is beautiful, dramatic, and full of energy. I try best to raise my family living a healthy lifestyle, and we feel that our bodies are temples, and we should treat them that way. We try to eat an abundance of plant based, whole, and natural foods as much as possible.
Even though we go through a Costco size spinach package in two days, I can assure you the same goes for chocolate. We know how to live and be happy, as well as love and respect the bodies we have been given.
One of my favorite kitchen tools is my blender. I had to do many “I ain’t gonna talk about” things so I could convince my hubby to get me the blender of my dreams. I use that thing at least twice a day.
That being said, one of my favorite things to make is a milkshake! It’s hard enough when we crave foods we love, and we try and tell ourselves we can’t have them. This only makes it harder, and in the end we are more likely to give in to those “butt” shakes, as I like to call them. Well my friends, I can assure you that there will be no more worrying. No more telling yourself, your kids, or even your hubby NO!
Healthy, natural, whole, yummy milkshakes!
Coconut Vanilla Chai Milkshake
And lastly, how about a seasonal one?
Pumpkin Pie Milkshake
Ingredients:
1 c. coconut or soymilk
1 banana
½ c. pumpkin puree
1 carrot finely shredded
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp. molasses
1 TB. 100% pure maple syrup
1 TB. vanilla
Directions:
Blend all together until creamy! Sip and enjoy!
There you have it! Now go get your milkshake on! (you never know, it might bring some boys to the yard…)
Did I really just end with that?
(Editor’s note – Yes. I could teach you, but I’d have to charge.)
Thanks again Laura for giving me this opportunity! Have a great and safe trip!
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I’m going to make one of these with gelato… mmmmm…
What is your favorite milkshake flavor?
Do you they to “healthify” your favorite shake flavors?
Healthy (Meatless) Meal Ideas for Busy People
Today I am in Valpolicella tasting Amarone – my favorite wine. 🙂
Lisa from Healthful Sense has graciously composed a rockin’ guest post for you all. This is the first in a serious of guest posts from some of my FAVORITE bloggers. Lisa’s blog is fairly new to me. It was love at first visit to her site when I saw her innvoative, tasty-looking recipes. (Epecially the vegan brownies – OMG).
Hopefully you will discover some new bloggers through this guest series!
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Morning! I’m Lisa and I blog over at Healthful Sense!
I’m so excited to be a guest poster on Laura’s blog today! We have alot in common – we love to eat healthy, make crazy food concoctions, and share a love of peanut flour (yeah baby). She definitely has me beat on the exercise though!
One other commonality that we share is that we are extremely busy… she with work and working out… and I with kids (3 rugrats). I still haven’t decided which is more exhausting — working 3 jobs (before I had kids) or being a stay-at-home mom of 3 little ones.
Anyway, since we are both busy people it’s safe to say that we’ve both become “experts” on making quick, healthy meals. So quick & healthy meals are going to be the theme of today’s post.
Quick & Healthy Meal Ideas
1. Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt is usually put in the snack category but because it’s so rich in protein you can easily make a quick meal out of it.
Here are some fabulous ideas:
Laura’s cinnamon roll oats:
And her Sweet Potato Greek Yogurt:
You have got to try the sweet potato/greek yogurt combo… it is amazing!!
Another fabulous combo is peanut flour/greek yogurt!! It’s packed with protein from both the peanut flour and the greek yogurt. I recently did a post about peanut flour — it’s a great product that you can add to just about anything!
One last idea is this dark chocolate hemp mousse made with greek yogurt.
2. Smoothies
Smoothies might just be the perfect quick & healthy meal. We both make killer green smoothies!
Laura’s Avocado Green Smoothie:
And my High Protein Green Smoothie:
3. Pudding
These pudding ideas are packed with protein and sure to satisfy.
4. Bananas & Peanut butter
This is my all-time favorite quick/healthy meal. Simply a banana with peanut butter, cococa powder and cinnamon.
Now you have no excuse for skipping a meal due to the lack of time 😉
What is your favorite quick and healthy meal?
♥ Lisa
Stop by and visit me soon at Healthful Sense … muah!
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I’m with Lisa – PB and banana is the best snack. 🙂
Have you ever put avocado in your smoothie?
What’s your favorite wine?
Black Cherry Breakfast “Soup”
3 more days!!!
This week is creeping by… yet flying at the same time because I have SO much to do.
Not the least of which is formatting some rockin’ guest posts. Hopefully you guys will discover some new bloggers and gain so fantastic info from these guest spots. All of these lades and gents offer something special and unique!
My lofty goal is to post every other day. Wi-fi may be sketchy and we are going to be on the move quite a lot, so I’m being realistic at the same time.
One of my other lofty goals is to use everything in my kitchen this week. My challenge to myself is to not buy even the smallest thing at the grocery store. It’s much harder than it looks!
The color of today’s breakfast almost made the title this post “Food No One Will Steal From the Office Fridge.” The fact that it is too long a title is the only thing that held me back.
I used a new product – Sunrich’s Sunflower Seed Milk. Sounds exciting, right?
To be honest… it tastes a bit like Milk of Magnesia on its own.
Mixing it in smoothies and oats hides that taste. I still wouldn’t buy it again.
The “soup” does taste good! Much better than the color would indicate. 🙂
I love cherries and with the creamy texture the banana adds it makes for a fantastic soup. Why not just drink it like a smoothie? Because eating it with a spoon for breakfast seemed like more fun!
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Black Cherry Breakfast Soup
- 1/2 C black cherries
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1 C milk (or milk substitute)
- 1 C fresh spinach
- 1 T chia seeds
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 large banana
- 5-6 drops NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia
- shake of guar gum (thickener)
- Ice/water, to taste
Throw it all in your blender/Bullet/Vitamix and blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl and top with your favorites – nut butter, granola, cereal, muffins… whatever you crave!
Enjoy!
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Thank you to everyone for the sweet hair compliments – you guys made my day! 🙂
What’s your favorite milk substitute? Or do you prefer the real thing?
Do you try to use everything in your fridge before trips?
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