The Zen Smoothie

This is the smoothie I make when I'm stressed out from studying. It seriously calms me down and refuels me for the rest of studying.

Ingredients:
-0.5 cup spinach
-1 banana
-0.5 cup green tea (chilled so that the blender doesn't get damaged)
-0.5 cup coconut water
-1 orange

Blend and enjoy!

Pan grilled vegetable flat bread

Ingredients
0.5 cup mushrooms
0.5 cup red peppers
0.5 cup onions
0.5 cup spinach
1 cup tomato sauce
2 tbsp cheddar cheese (optional)
3.5oz gluten free pita (I used Aiden's brand)

Method:
-place pita in pan
-spread tomato sauce
-top with veggies
-grill for 15-20 min till cooked (medium heat- make sure it doesn't burn!)

Just a heads up: when u put it on the pan it seems like a ton of veggies but they shrink as u cook them.

Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients
-1 medium bell pepper sliced in half
-0.5 cup cooked quinoa
-0.5 cup beans (I used a mix of kidney and black beans)
-1 cup homemade salsa (tomatoes, onions, and any other veggies you have)
-1 tbspn mozzarella
-any other veggies you want to add
-spices ( I added garlic salt and paprika)

Directions:
-Mix the quinoa, beans, salsa and veggies together
-Cut the peppers in half and fill with the mix (you may have extra depending on size of peppers)
-Top with mozarella
-Bake at 350 degrees till the peppers get soft.
Enjoy!!

Scrumptious Saturday Salad

Scrumptious Saturday salad!
Ingredients:
1.5 cups Baby spinach
1tsp feta
1/4 avocado
1/4 cup kidney beans
4 grilled brussel sprouts
1 orange
Sprinkled with sun dried tomatoes

Spicy Sriracha Salad

In the mood for a super spicy and delicious salad!?! Then this is what you're looking for!!

Ingredients:
2cups kale
Handful of cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup cooked quinoa
2 tbsp sriracha sauce
0.25 cup lentils
0.25cup diced zucchini
Handful pumpkin seeds
Some plain yogurt on the side (optional)

Directions:
Place kale on plate/in bowl
Mix sriracha sauce with quinoa and place in bowl.
Add in remaining ingredients and mix the salad.

Enjoy!!

Gluten-free Salted Caramel Chocolate Cupcakes

I saw similar cupcakes at prairie girl bakery the other day and decided I had to try to replicate them!
Didn't have time to make cupcakes from scratch, so took a few short-cuts, but tried to keep the ingredients as natural as possible! They were absolutely delicious!!

Ingredients:
-Bob's Mill Natural Gluten Free cake mix (or any chocolate cake mix)
-Natural caramel pudding mix
-1 pack of low fat philadelphia cream cheese (room temp)
-1 cup milk
-Himalayan Salt crystals

Method:
-Make cupcakes as directed! I decided to make mini cupcakes!
-To make the frosting beat the cream cheese with a mixer. Then once it is creamed, add in the box of caramel pudding mix. This will form a really thick bob of icing. Slowly add in the milk till you reach your desired consistency!
-Frost your cupcakes
-Garnish with crystals of Himalayan salt!

Enjoy!

Apple Kale Smoothie

I love simple smoothies! I didn't have much in my fridge today, so just used up the kale and apples I had left! You can juice this, but I decided to just blend it!
Ingredients: Apple and kale (add maple syrup or agave is its bitter)
Blend and enjoy!

Layered Salad

Wanted to layer a salad, kind of like a trifle pudding! lol
This was an indian salad- inspired by "chaat".

Layer 1: chick peas + salad dressing
Layer 2: carrots
Layer 3: tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, sumac seed
Layer 4: spinach on top

Dressing: yogurt, water, ambli, sumac, salt, paprika

Strawberry Spinach Smoothie

Ingredients: strawberry, spinach, avocado, chia seeds
Blend and enjoy!

Super green smoothie

Ingredients: apple, kale, spinach, dates, avocado, chia seed, honey
Blend and enjoy!

Cinnabon Smoothie

Been craving cinnabon, so decided to make a healthy Cinnabon inspired smoothie!
Ingredients: almond milk, maple syrup, cinnamon, dates, baby spinach (sprinkle with more cinnamon)
Blend and enjoy!

Pinkalicious Smoothie

Ingredients: pomegranate, papaya, strawberries & kefir
Blend & enjoy!

Green coconut smoothie

Ingredients: spinach, avocado, mango, chia seeds & coconut water
Blend and enjoy!

Strawberry mango avocado delight Smoothie

Ingredients: avocado, strawberry, banana, almond milk, mango & chia seeds
Blend and enjoy!

Klassic Kale Smoothie

Ingredients: kale, spinach, oranges, avocado, coconut water

Blend and enjoy :)

Shrek smoothieee

Ingredients: spinach, mango, banana, orange
Blend and enjoy!

Puffed Quinoa peanut butter balls

Ingredients
1 cup puffed quinoa
½ cup peanut butter
1 tbsp agave nectar or honey (optional)
1 tsp vanilla extract
vegan dark chocolate (optional)

Instructions:
-In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, agave and vanilla.
-Add the puffed quinoa and stir to combine.
-Place mix in the fridge
-Then roll into 12 balls, and return to fridge for 15 min.
- can drizzle or dip with vegan chocolate if you want.

Green Energy Pancakes!

Ingredients:
-1 cup spinach
-1 cup vegan gluten free pancake mix
-1 cup almond milk
-1 tbsp maple syrup
-1 tbsp vanilla extract
-1 tbsp coconut flakes

Blend spinach and milk. Then add the rest of the ingredients.

Make like normal pancakes or on a waffle iron for waffles!

Day 28, 29, 30 Smoothie! Last days of 30day smoothie challenge!!

I knew the last few days were going to be super busy, so made a bunch of smoothies for Suhur in advance!
I know you guys have been asking for pictures, so i took one today!! lol

Ingredients: strawberry, blackberries, celery, beets, coconut water, greek yogurt and spinach!
Blend it up!!
This one was delish! Make sure the blackberries are sweet otherwise the smoothie will be bitter!
This month of ramadhan has been super fun because of all the cool breakfast/ suhur smoothies I have tried out!!

Day 27- Blueberry, lemon water

Today wasn't feeling hungry enough for a smoothie, so made a fruit water.

Put lemon slices and blueberry in cold water and left it in the fridge for a few hours.

Delish!

Make sure to squish the blueberries a bit before so you get good infusion of flavours!